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No more Tom Clancy's novels...

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samstone13

He has just deceased recently. Will update with sources soon.

Even though I do not love all his works, some of them are truly amazing :(

source

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Mew2

Oh no. D:

11 years ago
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torik

Damn, no more Splinter Cell games..oh wait, he has nothing to do with any of them anyway.

Well nonetheless Rest In Peace.

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TheChack

RIP :(

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dorimi

sad

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SCHUMI4EVER

Wow...that's unexpected and sad :(
Rest in Peace.

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doctorofjournalism

BUT WAT ABOUT DING CHAVEZ???

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laymonage

Rest in Peace :(

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LIGrenadier

There's at least one more novel coming. He has a new Jack Ryan book coming in December.

The Ryan movie series also gets a reboot in December, with Chris Pine in the lead.

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Shungbat

R.I.P Tom Clancy, dude was a legend. Pure Legend.

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drelbs

RIP.

I miss the time when he actually wrote books (instead of just lending his name to things.)

Gonna have to dig out Red Storm Rising (C64) Rainbow 6 (PC) and Harpoon4 (boardgame) to play this weekend...

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DeathMaster

RIP and such..

But for the games, the added Tom Clancy was just a tagline, Ubisoft's version of 'Sid Meier'.. a name to sell based on recognition.

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EthylMethylEther

Except that Sid Meier actually works on the games that carry his name.

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grynn

not anymore, he didn't work on Civ5.

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EthylMethylEther

He worked on Sid Meier's Ace Patrol :3

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Rocksoldier

im so sad... i have lot of his books :(

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goldenguy43

rest in peace,this man made alot of great games.

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PillowPants

had nothing to do with any of the games...

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mastaninjax

had nothing to do with any of the games...

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Mew2

had nothing to do with any of the games...

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Grimcicle

Actually, he was involved with the original Rainbow Six game.

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PlayfulKaitie

had nothing to do with any of the games...

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Feyora

had nothing to do with any of the games...

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Katens

RIP

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hedgehog2k

RIP Tom Clancy

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FireEqual

Rest in peace =(...

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DarmoweKluczeSteam

Rest in peace

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CombatWars

GOD DAMN IT! I WANTED MORE JACK RYAN NOVELS!

:(

Well then...time to stalk the nearest bookstores/used library book stores to complete my Tom Clancy collection if possible.

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GPTrixie

Don't worry, his estate will put like 25 new ones on market in next decade. With his name, of course.

Though, once you realize his war books are all "MURICA FUCKYEAH" where US side has cheat codes turned on and enemy side never does anything right (but does every single mistake in war) they quickly lose any appeal.

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darkreality

Yeah, the pncvgbyohvyqvat sure had its cheat codes on...

rot13.com for spoiler (end of Debt of Honor)

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GPTrixie

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Firearrows

His novels weren't good. At all. And don't get me started on the games.

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p0wd3rd

I share your opinion on the novels. I did enjoy Splinter Cell as a game series though :)

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vcvc8

What about Tom Clancy games?

And well, I guess I will read his books one day, I've just gotten out of the "TEEN" section at the book store... Sigh, people I heard of, dying, makes me kinda sad...

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Khalaq
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It happens more frequently the older you get. Some of my professors at the Masters level didn't even make it through the few years it took me to get the degree, and all of them were famous.

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vidmavidma

RIP.

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darkreality

He was a good writer. I read most of the Jack Ryan books. They were all at least decent with some being very good. One of the better ones was chronologically the first one, Without Remorse. Should have appeal to action fans; the rest is more espionage.

Glad a lot of you know he had nothing to do with the games. Also, a lot of young adult novels were written in his name, but not by him.

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Edelrost

Покойся с миром.

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ShayMing

Never say never. I don't know about the novels, but I'm sure new games with his name will keep haunting us for years!

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ScHiLLa

Codemasters dropped the "Colin McRae" name from the Dirt games after he died, Ubisoft is probably doing the same :>

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Sisyphus

I think that was moreso because he died young. I would imagine that a lot of gamers know his name through the games rather than his books, so I think its unlikely they remove his name any time soon.

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nagi

Yeah, never say never. he had ghost writers, so some of his stuff was not actually written by him.

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Closed 11 years ago by samstone13.