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OT: RIP Tom Clancy

Jay_NOLAJay_NOLA Posts: 1,145
edited December 1969 in The Commons

He passed away at 66.

Links to news stories about his death.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57605658/tom-clancy-best-selling-author-dead-at-66/

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/10/02/tom-clancy-dies-at-age-66-according-to-multiple-media-reports/

Weirdly I had posted this about 20 minutes ago but the post has never showed up even though I got a messege was posted when I made the first post.

Comments

  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116
    edited December 1969

    Aww. I never read the books, but I loved the video games that were based on them.

  • Faeryl WomynFaeryl Womyn Posts: 3,659
    edited October 2013

    Not just the games and books, movies as well.

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  • VanguardVanguard Posts: 486
    edited December 1969

    That's a shame. The Hunt For Red October was the first book I read in one sitting, just couldn't put it down.
    RIP Mr. Clancy

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,774
    edited December 1969

    Vaskania said:
    Aww. I never read the books, but I loved the video games that were based on them.

    same here, the best gaming moments in my life were in Ghost Recon and the Rainbow Six series on PC.

  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 7,830
    edited December 1969

    Read more than a few of his novels back in the nineties when they came out. They were definitely involved page turners. With the games and movies, he leaves a legacy behind.

  • whispers65whispers65 Posts: 952
    edited December 1969

    I was swapping computers out today for a co-worker and the default MSN page popped up and I saw the announcement. I was surprised and saddened by it.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,205
    edited December 1969

    ...loved his books and loved the films.

    Never played any of the video games, however, his work had a major influence on many of my Shadowrun RPG scenarios including the one that Leela came from.

  • JohnDelaquioxJohnDelaquiox Posts: 1,195
    edited December 1969

    That's Terrible. My two favorite novelist are Philip K. Dick and Tom Clancy.

  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 5,997
    edited December 1969

    A sad thing. I did a bit of a double-take when I heard it on the radio - didn't quite catch the name only that 'renowned author' had died and then the name of another, extant author who had good things to say, so I got confused! As is the way with the news these days all I had to do as wait 15 minutes and it was re-announced. The books were good, the films I enjoyed (less so the Harrison Ford portrayal of Jack Ryan), and the only games I played were sub games (one based on Red October on the Atari ST and one on PC called 'SSN' (or something like. It was waaaaaay too real as I could never finish the final section as the enemy subs ran too quiet for me to find in time!))

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    He had a rare talent for bringing truth to light in a manner of speaking through the fiction he wrote.

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