Tom Clancy [was Re: Slate...]

[Sean Hoade]

Clancy jes' visited up here for the Notre Dame lit festival, and oh lawd,
were people up in arms.  Some uppity folks asked him during the Q&A, "You
write such commercial fiction-- where do you think it'll be in 75 years?"
Real snide-like.  He shrugged and said essentially, "I don't give a damn--
I'll be dead.  As long as I give someone an evening's pleasure reading, I
could care less."

Got to respect that attitude, if not the actual (yecch) works.

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On Tue, 6 May 1997, Joe Varo wrote:

> On Tue, 6 May 1997, Sean Klein wrote:
> 
> > I'm gonna get myself in trouble here but I gotta defend Tom Clancy --
> > 
> 
> > Tom Clancy may not be a great writer but he is a great storyteller. 
> > [...]
> 
> I also enjoy the occasional "pulp" espionage techno-thriller but I've just
> not been able to make it through an entire Clancy book.
> 
> Now the movies, on the other hand...I guess I'd have to say that, with
> respect to Clancy books, the movies are better than the books.  Maybe he
> should just write screenplays?
> 
> Joe
> 
>