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Pippin -> RE: Tom Clancy.. (9/14/2004 7:02:57 PM)
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Well lets put it this way, didn’t he write SSN or SSBN. I was hoping for another Red October, unfortunately this turned out to be a total BS piece of crap, gave me reminding shivers of U-571 in an odd way.
I just finished Games of State one of the Op-Center books. I don’t know, things seemed a little too far fetched. Seems about some conspiracy about France and Germany starting a Riech again, with help of American white supremists etc. Well, I guess your right, he certainly has been running out of ideas.
Though he tried to make things creditable… Once in a while there would be some French or German comments, as though it added weight to the whole thing. He also would throw in some computer wiz words, thinking it made things technically impressive. That’s all great, but coming from a person who has worked most his life with computers, I will state that a lot of what Clancy wrote didn’t add up or make sense. He may con people into thinking he’s a computer genius but from his poorly written tech scenes, I am 99% positive he has never even seen assembler code in his life.
To top it off, the Op-Center books he co-wrote with another writer, amazing how both of them couldn’t put together a better novel. In any case, I see no why years ago I put down that ‘Games of State’ book and took me almost a decade just to finish it! LoL! Lets just say, I wont be reading that 500 pages of ‘junk’ again.
Maybe I am being too harsh, everyone runs into a flop now and then. I’ll try and finish the few other ones I have here and give him perhaps the benefit of the doubt. But I think I’m wasting my time.
Oh, another thing. It is a shame when you quickly grasp the Clancy algorithm. Suddenly any suspense you expected from a book goes down the tubes. For example, how many times, do I have to read about the lone American in the middle of an army of enemies, always escaping out, no matter what the odds, no matter how many times? Ugh… I thought a book needed some kind of suspense to get in the top sellers…. Guess not. Even as a kid it got boring when you knew Captain Kirk will always save the day or get back onboard the enterprise no matter what situation he is cast into AGAIN.
On a side note, thought I’d duplicate a page here. I know Clancy has been accused of having poor writing skills more than plot skills. But here I thought there was a tad too much SHE SAID HE SAID repetition…. What do you think?
“What kind of information did Bernard want?” Herbert asked. He was still drumming on the armrest. He really, really didn’t want to go to the French.
“That data is not in the file,” Alberto said. “It’s eyes only. I’ll have to go to Darrel for it.”
“Do,” Herbert said, “and call me as soon as you have something.”
“Okay,” Alberto said. “Is there a secure line you can get to?”
“I wont have time for that,” Herbert said. “You’ll have to take a chance and call me on the chair. Also, brief General Rodgers.”
“Of course. And since he’s going to ask, where do I tell him you’ll be?”
Herbert said, “Tell him I’m going to check out a few Chaos theories.”
“Ah,” said Alberto, “it’s that time of the year, isn’t it?”
“Right,” Herbert said. “The annual diseased maniacs’ convention. Which brings me to question number two. Have you got anything there on where the hub of these Chaos Days activities usually is?”
“Like a hospitality suite?” Alberto said.
“Not funny,” Herbert said.
“Sorry,” Alberto said. “Searching.”
Herbert could hear the tap of the computer keys.
“Yes,” Alberto said. “For the past two years, many conventioneers have kicked off events with a six P.M toast at the Beer-Hall in Hanover.”
“Why am I not surprised,” Herbert said……..
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