What are you reading?

If you only read one Clancy novel, it should be Red October Rising. It is stand alone from his universe the other books are in. Worth it for expressing the tension the world was under during the Cold War.

 

Some of “his” later books were in fact by other authors: his name prominent on the front cover, actual authors name in smaller print. They were decent reads as well, albeit formulaic.

Sum of All Fears and Debt of Honor were a couple more I found real page turners.

 

too many Russian names for me. and speaking of Russian names, I'm plodding through Anna karrenina.
not thinking much of Tolstoy so far

 

Just struck me; I did not really answer Mendel. Yeah, sort of alike, but Griffin seems to focus more on the people, if that makes sense...of course...I am all of 50 pages into Griffin and read one Clancy, which lists a second author, Mark Greaney.

 

Just heard Tom Robbins had died about a year ago... so thinking about re-reading 'Skinny Legs And All', first novel a memorable g/f had suggested back in the '90s (enjoyed Jitterbug Perfume as well).

 

His passing was a sad day. How am I to perfect Bandaloop breathing now to alter my place in history? (Time travel) It was always hard to separate fact from fiction in his stories. I still wonder about a certain canyon mentioned in Wild Ducks Flying Backward. I enjoy his writing as much or more than everything I've read and reread by another of my favorites, Kurt Vonnegut.

 

A re-read, but 10 hours of mindless entertainment from....DANG! Has it BEEN nearly 30 years?

I actually re-finished Red Storm Rising recently from (gasp!) 40 years ago although it took well over 30 hours to listen to it.
I read it for the first time underwater on a submarine - and today I am amazed at how many of those weapons systems are still in use.
Today we are still sending kids down-range with the same hardware from 40 years ago....PLUS!

RSR was published in 1986, and 40 years before THAT we were cleaning up after WW1-part 2.....

Glad I'm retired and non-deployable - even by Ukraine/Russian standards!