The Tom Clancy Companion
by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)
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An in-depth look at the work of Tom Clancy presents an interview with the author, an alphabetical guide to his characters, and more.Tags
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The Tom Clancy Companion is a combination biography and dictionary for followers of his works. The biography portion is interesting and takes us through the author's personal life where we are introduced to what motivates him as a writer. A few common myths about his life and writing are debunked as well, and I found this portion of the book to be both facinating and informative.
Once past the 'meat' of the book however, you run into what I would call a 'military dictionary', which might be interesting to those with little knowledge of the subject, although I would not expect to find many like that reading a Tom Clancy novel. There is a connection between the terms and where they appear in his various books, but again, if you are a fan show more to the point that you purchased the 'Companion', the odds are pretty good that you are already familier with this information.
So although the first part of the book would rate at least 4.5 stars, the latter half is really just filler in my opinion.
The true Tom Clancy fan will certainly enjoy the biography and might even enjoy thumbing through the dictionary portion to brush up on their knowledge, and therefore, I still feel the book rates four stars and of course, it is a 'must have' for the true fan of Clancy's work.
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Once past the 'meat' of the book however, you run into what I would call a 'military dictionary', which might be interesting to those with little knowledge of the subject, although I would not expect to find many like that reading a Tom Clancy novel. There is a connection between the terms and where they appear in his various books, but again, if you are a fan show more to the point that you purchased the 'Companion', the odds are pretty good that you are already familier with this information.
So although the first part of the book would rate at least 4.5 stars, the latter half is really just filler in my opinion.
The true Tom Clancy fan will certainly enjoy the biography and might even enjoy thumbing through the dictionary portion to brush up on their knowledge, and therefore, I still feel the book rates four stars and of course, it is a 'must have' for the true fan of Clancy's work.
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Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 - June 25, 2011) was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books; he was also a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel. Some of his anthologies included: Past Imperfect (2001), Once Upon a Galaxy show more (2002) and Sirius: The Dog Star (2004). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Tom Clancy Companion
- Original publication date
- 1992-11-01
- Dedication
- I'd like to thank Mary Prisco and Audrey Hanson for their help in preparing this book, and Tom Clancy for his cooperation, patience, and good humor.
-- Martin H. Greenberg - First words
- Tom Clancy's remarkable first novel, The Hunt for Red October, marks the birth of a genre.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In Sum the A-4s of Motti, ZADIN's flight are rearmed with Zunis for their strike on the Golan Heights; the rockets destroy the Syrian SA-6 battery.
- Disambiguation notice
- Do not combine with any revised editions. ISBN 0425186229 is 2005 revision.
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