![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here are a few chestnuts from his very first novel, a little Cold War drama called The Hunt for Red October. Dan Brown definitely took notes.īut let’s try to remember that Tom Clancy wrote books, first and foremost, and some of his writing was informed and wise. Some people love that stuff others fall asleep. (The H.A.W.X universe, seriously?) The guy built worlds.Ĭlancy also popularized a certain trick in his genre where you try to impress the reader by getting really, really technical about what kind of gun your hero is carrying, or the engine mechanics of a particular class of nuclear submarine. But he also built worlds for a number of other video games and book series, including the Op-Center universe, the Net Force universe, and the H.A.W.X universe. He created the Jack Ryan universe, sure-a fifth movie is coming out in December, with Chris Pine playing the role made famous by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and *cough* Ben Affleck. Maybe the best way to understand Tom Clancy’s legacy is to look at all the “universes” on his Wikipedia page. ![]()
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