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minus-squareDivineChaos100 [none/use name]hexbear43arrow-down1·4 years agoTom Clancy books are just imperialism fanfiction link
minus-squareGrouchyGrouse [he/him]hexbear21·4 years agoI read a depressing number of them when I was in middleschool/highschool because I was obsessed with the Soviet Union/Cold War. link
minus-squareEugeneDebs [he/him]hexbear21·4 years agoThey're light, engaging books to read as a teen. Michael Crichton books were similar, and I ate those up as a kid. The other draw was the contrast between these "fun" books, and the more serious "literature" books that you'd be forced to read as part of school. link
minus-squarePigPoopBallsDotJPG [none/use name]hexbear3·4 years ago Crichton was and probably is one of my favorite non-fiction authors Uhm, dude. That Steven Spielberg film wasn't a documentary. link
minus-squareLeninsRage [he/him]hexbear3·4 years agoI only really cared for Red October and Red Storm Rising link
Tom Clancy books are just imperialism fanfiction
I read a depressing number of them when I was in middleschool/highschool because I was obsessed with the Soviet Union/Cold War.
They're light, engaging books to read as a teen. Michael Crichton books were similar, and I ate those up as a kid.
The other draw was the contrast between these "fun" books, and the more serious "literature" books that you'd be forced to read as part of school.
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Uhm, dude. That Steven Spielberg film wasn't a documentary.
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I only really cared for Red October and Red Storm Rising