[Sandwich]

RIP Tom Clancy.

[yuezhi]

oh

[Nuke]

i like authors you can respect without reading a single one of their books.

[Beskargam]

I was very saddened by this. I only read 3 or 4 of his books and even though they were long dense and wordy they were among some of the best I've ever read.

[headdie]

loved his books since a teenager, RIP Tom

[Mongoose]

I feel really bad now that I've never actually read one of his novels, though I've enjoyed several movies that have come from them, and the game series that bear his name.  66 is too soon to check out.

[TwentyPercentCooler]

I'm saddened but not terribly surprised - he was a notorious chain smoker. His doorstoppers helped me kill off a LOT of boredom.

[Sandwich]

I feel really bad now that I've never actually read one of his novels, though I've enjoyed several movies that have come from them, and the game series that bear his name.  66 is too soon to check out.

As usual, the books are far superior to the movies (at least, as long as the books are the original... don't get me started on how the novelization of The Phantom Menace was worse than the movie - yes, worse).

[Scotty]

Having both read and seen The Hunt for Red October, I'm not convinced the book is better.

However, both are rather excellent, so that's not saying a whole lot.

[FIZ]

Having both read and seen The Hunt for Red October, I'm not convinced the book is better.

However, both are rather excellent, so that's not saying a whole lot.

It may be the exception that proves the rule.  The movie was very well done.

[haloboy100]

Having both read and seen The Hunt for Red October, I'm not convinced the book is better.

However, both are rather excellent, so that's not saying a whole lot.

I think the same thing can be said for 2001: A Space Odyssey, for comparison. Read and seen it both, both have their own charm. Even if the movie came first, both are excellent.

Reading a Tom Clancy novel is on my bucket list. Not exactly my particular style of military fiction, but close enough that I know I'll enjoy it.
 The games are very interesting in many ways, and I loved pretty much all of them. Tom Clancy was one of the most badass storytellers out there. He deserves a gun salute at his funeral.