RSR is the only Clancy book I’ve read. Is it comparable to his other books?
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DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 2 days ago
I recall liking it, but I read it in like the 5th grade so my standards were low (before that I’d been reading my mom’s terrible ‘caterer turned detective’ novels).
I enjoyed Clancy for a long time after that but at this point I aim more towards militaristic speculative fiction.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 2 days ago
I think I remember liking Rainbow Six around the same time and I liked his books until he started tag teaming with other authors which was probably around 2000?
Based on that I imagine his books from 1986-2000 are “similar” enough.
SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
The old school Rainbow Six games were my gateway drug to the book.
The plot is essentially “what if tree huggers went batshit and weaponized a virus” so take that for what you will but the training and operations in that book were facinating to me. I saw it as world building for one of my favorite games of the time
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 22 hours ago
Yeah, all of the Rainbow Six plotlines are about people conservatives hate.
dustyData@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hunt for red October is far more thrilling if not as realistic. The characters are far more unique and interesting, though jack Ryan and anything navy/CIA is just propaganda. At least it is fun to read propaganda.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The other books are far more plot and character focused, less exacting military stuff. If you like RSR, you might like the following books even more. It’s an outlier, but not too far, from his other books.
Mothra@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Caterer turned detective?
DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Don’t get me wrong I loved the as a kid and it was a nice way to transition to “adult” books but not really my speed anymore.
jrubal1462@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Similar to my experience. I enjoyed reading but hated the process of finishing a book, finding a new, one, and getting started again. T. Clancy books were my go-to because they were interesting enough and WAAAY longer than they had to be so I could just keep on reading.