> I've always found Clancy and the like quite > mediocre. Somewhat comparable to > King.
I posted on this before, and I agree. I read Red Storm Rising in HS, and despite the fact that many people talk well about the book, I felt it was pretty bad. The writing was OK, but what I really disagreed with is the contrived beginning and ending, which really broke the bounds of suspension of disbelief (the Soviets come up with this crackpot plan to invade NATO, so they can later invade the Middle East to secure the oil supply, all the while because of terrorists destroying the oil fields, leaving them with a limited supply of fuel!?!). The ending is equally dodgy (status quo re-established). After that I lost any real interest in continuing to read his fiction, though I do have some of his non-fiction in my collection. Damon. ===== ------------------------------------------------------------ Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: ------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
