ryoder 1,590 #1 October 2, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/books/tom-clancy-best-selling-novelist-of-military-thrillers-dies-at-66.html"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melch 1 #2 October 2, 2013 One ping only... I shed a tear on this one. Great author. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 October 2, 2013 :-( .... I enjoyed a lot of his work. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 221 #4 October 2, 2013 ryoder http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/books/tom-clancy-best-selling-novelist-of-military-thrillers-dies-at-66.html Dammit!I was looking forward to more years of losing reality into someone else's version of it.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tink1717 2 #5 October 2, 2013 End of an era. Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 806 #6 October 2, 2013 Nah, that was when the ghost writers took over his work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #7 October 2, 2013 normiss Nah, that was when the ghost writers took over his work. Yes, I just learned about that this morning. Disappointing."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #8 October 2, 2013 Damn, that's a shame. He was good. I enjoyed many of his great stories. . .I'm guessing heart attack. He always seemed, in his photos, to be enjoying the good like. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 806 #9 October 2, 2013 As well as the cigarettes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #10 October 2, 2013 normiss Nah, that was when the ghost writers took over his work. Yeah I just said on fbook that debt of honor was the last book I think he actually wrote. Maybe rainbow 6.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #11 October 2, 2013 "The Hunt for Red October: The Untold Story": http://gawker.com/read-the-cias-parody-version-of-tom-clancys-most-famo-1440143480"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 54 #12 October 2, 2013 Sad to hear. He lived just up the road. I never met him though. Was talking to a gal today whose son used to date his daughter. I always enjoyed his work.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 806 #13 October 3, 2013 Wasn't Rainbow 6 the first ghost writer or co-writer he used? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #14 October 3, 2013 normissWasn't Rainbow 6 the first ghost writer or co-writer he used? Wouldn't surprise me. I loved that book but it didn't feel quite right. I haven't seen any lists or anything of books he actually wrote vs were ghost written, thoughcavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattjw916 2 #15 October 3, 2013 he and Michael Crichton left us far too soon...NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
