Tom Clancy: His Life, His Style, His Books
by Adam Salvo
"Vampire, Vampire!" The CIC talker said aboard Ticonderoga. "We
have numerous incoming missiles. Weapons free."1
Tom Clancy, the best modern fiction writer, and probably, one of
the all time best. Above was an excerpt from his second number one
bestseller, Red Storm Rising. Tom Clancy is a civilian genius that knows
more about top-secret weapons systems than the men who designed them. This
makes for an explosive, could be real, story. It is because of his
gripping story lines, and powerful descriptions of battle scenes that have
drawn me, along with millions of other Americans to his master works of art.
Ironically Mr. Clancy's dream of becoming a writer was not ...
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employee, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1947. He attended a local
catholic parochial elementary and secondary school. Most of his friends
were interested in sports, and following their favorite teams throughout
the season, but Tom had more important things on his mind like guns, tanks,
and planes. He went to Loyola College, a Jesuit college of liberal arts in
Baltimore where he majored in English. While attending college he joined
the ROTC in order to serve in Vietnam, but poor eyesight kept him from
fulfilling his desire. The first short story he wrote was rejected by
Analog Sci-Fi magazine, crushing another dream of having his name on a book.
In 1973 he became an insurance agent, as he wasn't making any head way as
a writer. Eventually he joined his wife's father's insurance agency, and
later bought it in 1980 for $125,000. It was an established business with
around 1,000 clients. Tom was so effective, and the business so profitable,
that he could accomplish ...
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The Hunt for
Red October. It took him 6 months to write the book, and again, he
submitted his work to the Naval Institute Press for $5,000. A year later,
Ronald Regan reads it, calls it "the perfect yarn," and Clancy's career
takes off like the F-14 tomcats in his books. The book was an immense
success soaring to number one in hard cover and paperback. This was the
first of many bestsellers Mr. Clancy wrote. Three of his books have been
made into movies, netting him more than ten million dollars.7 Surprisingly
enough, Tom Clancy doesn't care about awards, only money. "I don't want to
sound commercial," says Clancy, "but I'm in it for the money, not the
awards. What do I care if ...
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