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Title: The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425133516 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: March, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.46
Rating: 5
Summary: Taut, well-told story of cold war drama and intrigue
Comment: This is the book that introduced me to Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy's pre-eminent hero of such political action stories as Patriot Games, A Clear and Present Danger, and The Sum of All Fears. I guess if this book wasn't such a fantastic novel, I probably wouldn't have read any of his other stories. But this book truly has it all, and I'm thankful that it introduced me to the Jack Ryan saga.
This book starts out in a menacing-enough fashhion, with the launch of Russia's most powerful new nuclear submarine, the Red October. The captain is one of the USSR's greatest war heroes, Marko Ramius. His mission is to test out new stealth technology intended to confound the Americans, and help win the Cold War.
Arrayed against Ramius and his crew is Jack Ryan and quite a large cast of military personnel (my favorite is the sonar operator known as Jonesy). What follows is a cat and mouse game that's as good as any I've read. The Americans must find out what the Red October is up to, while Ramius is playing a deadly game with both the American navy and his own government.
Ramius's goal is to defect to the West, and hand over the contents of the Red October while not letting his crew know what's happened. It's up to Jack Ryan to determine what Ramius's intentions are before war is declared. Then, it also falls on his shoulders to find a way to get Ramius and the Red October to safety without the Russians finding out.
This is one of those 'edge of your seat' novels that literally keeps you up all night reading to find out what happens next. It's not too long (like some of Clancy's later books become), and it has some very nice descriptions of military hardware and tactics being used by both sides today. His research is impeccable, and his story is fantastic.
This book has been turned into a movie with Alec Baldwin starring as Jack Ryan and Sean Connery as Marko Ramius. While most people see Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan these days (even though A Clear and Present Danger was, in my opinion, a truly awful movie when compared to Clancy's fine book), I thought Alec Baldwin did a good job, and that this was one of the most faithful movie adaptations of Clancy's books so far (we'll see what happens with The Sum of All Fears...).
If high-tech military action and suspense are appealing to you, and somehow you still haven't read this book, do so immediately. It's one of the best by Tom Clancy, and Tom Clancy is the Stephen King of great military fiction.
Rating: 5
Summary: You've got to read it for yourself
Comment: It's the cold war. A Russian missile submarine -- the Red October, commanded by Captain Marko Ramius -- is secretly attempting to defect to the United States. Will the Russians stop her? Or the Americans get her?
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER is one of those incredibly detailed military thrillers that I would never manage to get through without the marvel of audio books. The characters and scenerios are fascinatingly real (note: this is a Jack Ryan, CIA novel) and the last quarter of the book is a riveting chase the likes of which I have never before encountered, but the first three quarters are so chock full of details about submarines, Russia, and politics that I would have bailed out within minutes were it not for John MacDonald's careful narration (note: he does an excellent job with the accents). While neither a Navy buff nor a techno geek, I give the book five stars because the realism is so intense that it reads like nonfiction, yet the plot is not so complicated that I got lost. I do think Clancy used the story as a vehicle to show off his great knowledge on various subjects, but he still kept the pace surprisingly fast. I could launch into a long dissertation here on the many plots involved, the many subjects covered, the Soviet and American political scene, but I think the reader will be far better off getting it from the book than from me.
While certainly not the sort of thriller to grab the hyperactive reader, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER is one of those stories that is steadily persisting in becoming a classic and quite deservedly so.
Rating: 4
Summary: one great book
Comment: The Hunt For Red October was an excellent book. this was the first Tom Clancy book that I have read . i decided to read it because i like playing his video games and watching the movies that are made from his books. I thought this book was great except for the beginning it started off kind of slow but since it was his first Jack Ryan Novel He had to give his readers a little background info on him. The action packed end makes up for the slow begining. I don't know much about the military but clancy sure sounds like he knows what he is talking about I mean he uses the military lingo he knows about allof the different subd.This may have been my first Clancy novel but it definitely won't be my last. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read abook that is action packed anvery detailed.
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Title: Patriot Games by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425109720 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425116840 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: July, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425122123 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy ISBN: 042510107X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Without Remorse by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425143325 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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