Best novels about assassins
10-05-04, 12:23 PM
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Originally posted by Joem
When you say "like Tom Clancy"....do you mean with respect to action quotient or writing style? I can't stand to read Clancy, he drives me up a wall....but if you filter it out for the action, he's pretty awesome.
When you say "like Tom Clancy"....do you mean with respect to action quotient or writing style? I can't stand to read Clancy, he drives me up a wall....but if you filter it out for the action, he's pretty awesome.
Action style, not writing style. For example, in Ice Station there are about 50 pages of build up and then BAM you are on a roller coaster ride for the rest of the book. It doesn't let up at all.
10-05-04, 07:01 PM
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10-06-04, 11:43 AM
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Originally posted by JEStinson3
Action style, not writing style. For example, in Ice Station there are about 50 pages of build up and then BAM you are on a roller coaster ride for the rest of the book. It doesn't let up at all.
Action style, not writing style. For example, in Ice Station there are about 50 pages of build up and then BAM you are on a roller coaster ride for the rest of the book. It doesn't let up at all.
Zero pages of buildup, non-stop action for 300 or so pages. Would make a great action movie in the Die Hard vein.
10-06-04, 11:58 AM
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Originally posted by RevLiver
Another book like that is Joseph Garber's Vertical Run. It starts off with a guy showing up at his office in a skyscraper for work in the morning and his boss is waiting for him with a gun. Everyone he knows is trying to kill him, including his family, and he has no idea why. He just needs to escape the skyscraper and stay alive.
Zero pages of buildup, non-stop action for 300 or so pages. Would make a great action movie in the Die Hard vein.
Another book like that is Joseph Garber's Vertical Run. It starts off with a guy showing up at his office in a skyscraper for work in the morning and his boss is waiting for him with a gun. Everyone he knows is trying to kill him, including his family, and he has no idea why. He just needs to escape the skyscraper and stay alive.
Zero pages of buildup, non-stop action for 300 or so pages. Would make a great action movie in the Die Hard vein.
10-06-04, 12:40 PM
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Joseph Garber's 4th novel "Whirlwind" was released a couple of months back. I don't think his 3rd "In a Perfect State" ever got published in the U.S. but it is available in the U.K.
10-06-04, 11:10 PM
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Went to the library and looked for some of the books that have been suggested. None were in, but there were 2 others by M. Reilly. I got "The Contest" (his first book) and enjoyed it, and am now on "The Scarecrow" and so far so good....thanks for turning me onto him!
10-12-04, 04:39 PM
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You really should have read Ice Station and Area 7 before Scarecrow, but they are all good on their own.
The reason that I didn't recomend Contest was beacuse I read it 5 years ago, long before it was published in the US. When I read it, it was only OK, not great, but I know that he did basically re-write the book for the UK and US release. I'm going to check it out (and see what he changed) next time I go to the Library.
Another guy that you may be interested in is Vince Flynn. His books are
Term Limits
Transfer of Power
The Third Option
Seperation of Power
Executive Power
Memorial Day
These NEED to be read in order to avoid confusion and spoilers. (He sure does use the word power a lot in his titles)
The reason that I didn't recomend Contest was beacuse I read it 5 years ago, long before it was published in the US. When I read it, it was only OK, not great, but I know that he did basically re-write the book for the UK and US release. I'm going to check it out (and see what he changed) next time I go to the Library.
Another guy that you may be interested in is Vince Flynn. His books are
Term Limits
Transfer of Power
The Third Option
Seperation of Power
Executive Power
Memorial Day
These NEED to be read in order to avoid confusion and spoilers. (He sure does use the word power a lot in his titles)
10-12-04, 05:00 PM
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Originally posted by JEStinson3
You really should have read Ice Station and Area 7 before Scarecrow, but they are all good on their own.
You really should have read Ice Station and Area 7 before Scarecrow, but they are all good on their own.
I'll add Flynn to my list. I actually have a little piece of paper in my wallet that has all of these suggestions listed on it, and each time I go in I check and see if any of them are available.
10-19-04, 06:08 PM
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Originally posted by wendersfan
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10-19-04, 08:20 PM
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If you enjoyed Shibumi, I highly recommend Grandmaster by Warren Murphy & Molly Cochran. It's a similar book in some ways, but the writing is better.
If you enjoyed Shibumi, I highly recommend Grandmaster by Warren Murphy & Molly Cochran. It's a similar book in some ways, but the writing is better.
10-19-04, 09:57 PM
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Originally posted by JEStinson3
Another guy that you may be interested in is Vince Flynn. His books are
These NEED to be read in order to avoid confusion and spoilers. (He sure does use the word power a lot in his titles)
Another guy that you may be interested in is Vince Flynn. His books are
These NEED to be read in order to avoid confusion and spoilers. (He sure does use the word power a lot in his titles)
10-22-04, 04:25 PM
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Originally posted by wendersfan
Honestly, if it's got the professional chess world as its backdrop, I'd probably hate it. The chess world is never presented fairly or accurately in fiction (books or movies), with the distinct exception of the works of Nabokov. I'll give it a chance anyway, in case I'm wrong. And I certainly thank you for the recommendation.
Honestly, if it's got the professional chess world as its backdrop, I'd probably hate it. The chess world is never presented fairly or accurately in fiction (books or movies), with the distinct exception of the works of Nabokov. I'll give it a chance anyway, in case I'm wrong. And I certainly thank you for the recommendation.
The good news is, the book really doesn't have much chess stuff in it.
