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Larry Bond

Author of Red Storm Rising

71+ Works 10,908 Members 115 Reviews 7 Favorited

About the Author

Larry Bond is a writer and game designer. He graduated from St. Thomas College in 1973 with a degree in quantitative methods. Bond worked as a computer programmer before entering The U.S. Navy Officers Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated in 1976 and served in the Navy for six show more years. Bond spent two years with the Navy Reserve Intelligence Program and then worked as a naval analyst for consulting firms in Washington, D.C. Bond also designs games. His Harpoon gaming system was published in 1980 and has won the H.G. Wells Award as the best miniature game of the year in 1981, 1987, and 1997. A computer version of the game was created in 1990 and won the Wargame of the Year award from Computer Gaming World. Bond began his writing career by collaborating with Tom Clancy on the bestseller Red Storm Rising. His own novels include Red Phoenix, The Enemy Within, and Day of Wrath. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Larry Bond

Red Storm Rising (1986) 6,555 copies
Red Phoenix (1989) 900 copies
Vortex (1991) 570 copies
Cauldron (1993) 526 copies
The Enemy Within (1996) 394 copies
Day of Wrath (1998) 321 copies
Dangerous Ground (2005) 263 copies
Larry Bond's First Team (2004) 161 copies
Cold Choices (2009) 147 copies
Exit Plan (2012) 105 copies
Shattered Trident (1602) 75 copies
Lash-Up (1705) 52 copies
Fatal Thunder (2016) 48 copies
Arctic Gambit (2018) 45 copies
Red Phoenix Burning (2016) 29 copies
Vluchtplan (2013) 3 copies
Sabotage (1998) 3 copies
Arctic Fleets 2 copies
Emperor's Fleet 2 copies
Fénix rojo (1990) 2 copies
Harpoon II (1984) 2 copies
L'ENNEMI INTERIEUR (1997) 1 copy
Vortex, Part 1 of 2 (1991) 1 copy
Burial at Sea (2014) 1 copy
Vortex, Part 2 of 2 (1991) 1 copy
Harpoon 4 1 copy
Home Fleet 1 copy
No title 1 copy

Associated Works

The Tom Clancy Companion (1992) — Introduction, some editions — 165 copies
Combat (2001) — Contributor — 153 copies
Combat, Vol. 1 (2002) — Contributor — 127 copies
Tombs (1995) — Contributor — 114 copies
The Tom Clancy Companion [Revised 2005] (2005) — Introduction — 22 copies

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Classic late cold war novel from the creator of the game Harpoon. I have read the book several times and find it still to be entertaining.
 
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Lewis.Noles | 6 other reviews | Mar 23, 2024 |
Lightweight military action novel - an ok beach read but not the best (or worst) example of the genre. The bad guys start out being sneaky and smart and end up being dumb and predictable.
 
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furicle | 4 other reviews | Aug 5, 2023 |
I first read Red Storm Rising 35 years ago, after being blown away by Hunt for Red October. I eagerly consumed each subsequent Tom Clancy novel until he pretty much ran out of things to write about, though, like Larry McMurtry, it didn’t stop him from churning out substandard offerings.

Having pretty much run through my reading list, I elected to go back and reread the early Clancy novels, to see if they were as good as I remembered. I skipped Hunt for Red October, because I’ve seen the movie a dozen times and began with Red Storm Rising.

Set in the 1980s Cold War, a domestic terrorist has destroyed the Soviet’s largest refinery and put its largest oil field out of production for many months, with potentially disastrous effects for the Soviet economy. Faced with this existential crisis, the Politburo elects to seize Middle Eastern oil fields, but first must destabilize NATO.

The novel follows the military and political machinations that follow. As everyone concedes, Clancy is extremely well educated and conversant on military systems and equipment. His scenarios are well presented and believable. If anything, Clancy becomes so technical and verbose in his explanation of military engagements, that the action itself tends to take a back seat.

I think that I originally gave this novel 5 stars. Upon reflection I would downgrade to 4 1/2 stars. A very good piece of work, but not the equal of a few of his others, in my opinion.
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santhony | 58 other reviews | Dec 12, 2022 |
I read this long ago. I don't even remember what it was about, so I won't give it a very high rating. But I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it, FWIW.
 
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