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Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Tom Clancy went on write technically detailed espionage and military science books.
He is responsible for best-selling books such as "The Hunt for Red October," "Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger," and "Rainbow Six."
In 1996, Clancy co-founded the video game developer Red Storm Entertainment and has had his name on several of Red Storm's most successful games.
Red Storm was later bought by publisher Ubisoft Entertainment for an undisclosed sum.
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Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)It's what hooked me on his books. I think it was his first, too.
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(11,771 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)This was nowhere in my radar.
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(11,771 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)What a loss.
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(11,771 posts)gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)it was good. RIP
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(11,771 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,771 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)His fictional disasters were much more devastating than 9/11 so his characters' reactions to 9/11 always seemed out of sink. Also his Tom Swift Jr. approach (the children of the original characters) always struck me as somewhat childish.
Sorry to see him go. His books gave me great pleasure especially Red Storm Rising which seemed so realistic for a 1980s conventional conflict in Europe.