Reply #56: Oooh wow, that'sdead on!

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You must have read the Sum of All Fears. However, all of you Clancy bashers are really missing out. You need to check out Dale Brown. Man that shit was so tiresome I nearly lost my mind it's about an order of magnitutde more technical and abou twenty times more militaristic that Tom's stuff. I shit you not.

I read about two-thirds of one Brown's books once (it's a long story, but let's just say I was REALLY bored and there was one lying around. I just can't stop compared to Dale Brown, Clancy's dialogue is witty and subtle, and his characters are vibrant and nuanced, and not in the least likely to slip into military/techno-jargon.

And then zig-zagging 180 degrees, can somebody explain Hemmingway to me? Was he on a mission to write using only periods for punctuation. As an example I will cite The Green Hills of Africa.

"We awoke in the morning. Breakfast consited of eggs and coffee. After camp was struck we moved into the hills for the day's hunt. I shot two antelope."

Hey! Does somebody want get in touch with me as soon as that shit gets interesting? Don't even get me started on Across the River and Through theTrees.....