Le Carre
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Are there any authors/books out there in the same vein as John le Carre? Any recommendations? (Wasn't very happy with Amazon's recommendations) Would Len Deighton be a candidate?
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Are there any authors/books out there in the same vein as John le Carre? Any recommendations? (Wasn't very happy with Amazon's recommendations) Would Len Deighton be a candidate?
Current languages - Assembly, C Current Book - Cryptonomicon Current Albums - Alice In Chains, Sap, 21st century breakdown
I like the Frederick Forsythe novels, and Tom Clancy, both are technically marvellous, but tend to explain things to you, whereas Le Carre tends to intimate and infer, leaving the educated reader to surmise who is doing what and why, it is very clever, especially with Smiley. I have recently taken up the Kathy Reichs series and find them well written. Or Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series. I know they are of a different genre, but they are still well written and treat the reader with respect. Agatha Christie is, of course, excellent.
------------------------------------ "Possessions make you poor, wealth is measurable only in experience." Sun Tzu 621BC
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Are there any authors/books out there in the same vein as John le Carre? Any recommendations? (Wasn't very happy with Amazon's recommendations) Would Len Deighton be a candidate?
Current languages - Assembly, C Current Book - Cryptonomicon Current Albums - Alice In Chains, Sap, 21st century breakdown
I'm a big fan of Craig Thomas. He was the author of Firefox which was made into a film starring Clint Eastwood. His books feature one of my favourite protagonists - Kenneth Aubrey, the cerebral secret agent along the lines of George Smiley.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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I like the Frederick Forsythe novels, and Tom Clancy, both are technically marvellous, but tend to explain things to you, whereas Le Carre tends to intimate and infer, leaving the educated reader to surmise who is doing what and why, it is very clever, especially with Smiley. I have recently taken up the Kathy Reichs series and find them well written. Or Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series. I know they are of a different genre, but they are still well written and treat the reader with respect. Agatha Christie is, of course, excellent.
------------------------------------ "Possessions make you poor, wealth is measurable only in experience." Sun Tzu 621BC
Forsythe and Clancy are both good suggestions - I remember reading Dogs of War and The Fourth Protocol many years ago and thoroughly enjoyed both. I've just started reading Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs; it's a little slow to start so far but I'm hoping it'll be as good as some of her others. James Patterson's style isn't dissimilar to Reichs but make for fairly easy reading while being entertaining (I prefer the 'Alex Cross' books to the 'Womens Murder Club'). I'm currently quite a fan of Lee Childs and his 'Jack Reacher' series of books (which I believe are to made into films starring Wolverine's Hugh Jackman)
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Forsythe and Clancy are both good suggestions - I remember reading Dogs of War and The Fourth Protocol many years ago and thoroughly enjoyed both. I've just started reading Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs; it's a little slow to start so far but I'm hoping it'll be as good as some of her others. James Patterson's style isn't dissimilar to Reichs but make for fairly easy reading while being entertaining (I prefer the 'Alex Cross' books to the 'Womens Murder Club'). I'm currently quite a fan of Lee Childs and his 'Jack Reacher' series of books (which I believe are to made into films starring Wolverine's Hugh Jackman)
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Hugh Jackman as Jack Reacher sounds good, as he is very similar to how I mentally vision Reacher. They are good 'Holiday' reads. Certainly far better than Grisham.
------------------------------------ "Possessions make you poor, wealth is measurable only in experience." Sun Tzu 621BC
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Forsythe and Clancy are both good suggestions - I remember reading Dogs of War and The Fourth Protocol many years ago and thoroughly enjoyed both. I've just started reading Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs; it's a little slow to start so far but I'm hoping it'll be as good as some of her others. James Patterson's style isn't dissimilar to Reichs but make for fairly easy reading while being entertaining (I prefer the 'Alex Cross' books to the 'Womens Murder Club'). I'm currently quite a fan of Lee Childs and his 'Jack Reacher' series of books (which I believe are to made into films starring Wolverine's Hugh Jackman)
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How are they going to get round the fact that Reacher's meant to be 6 foot 5, and 250 pounds?
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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I like the Frederick Forsythe novels, and Tom Clancy, both are technically marvellous, but tend to explain things to you, whereas Le Carre tends to intimate and infer, leaving the educated reader to surmise who is doing what and why, it is very clever, especially with Smiley. I have recently taken up the Kathy Reichs series and find them well written. Or Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series. I know they are of a different genre, but they are still well written and treat the reader with respect. Agatha Christie is, of course, excellent.
------------------------------------ "Possessions make you poor, wealth is measurable only in experience." Sun Tzu 621BC
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Hugh Jackman as Jack Reacher sounds good, as he is very similar to how I mentally vision Reacher. They are good 'Holiday' reads. Certainly far better than Grisham.
------------------------------------ "Possessions make you poor, wealth is measurable only in experience." Sun Tzu 621BC
Grisham wasn't too bad - until he stopped writing himself and allowed co- and ghost writers to do all the work!
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Grisham wasn't too bad - until he stopped writing himself and allowed co- and ghost writers to do all the work!
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Ditto Clancy. The Jack Ryan Series was excellent, and indeed so was Red Storm Rising, but since the likes of Op Center it has been rather disappointing. "Tom Clancy's Op Center by G. Host Righter"
------------------------------------ "Possessions make you poor, wealth is measurable only in experience." Sun Tzu 621BC
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How are they going to get round the fact that Reacher's meant to be 6 foot 5, and 250 pounds?
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Employ short co stars and smaller sets. It worked in the 50's Westerns. Alan Ladd was only 5'3" and was always on a box or a horse!
------------------------------------ "Possessions make you poor, wealth is measurable only in experience." Sun Tzu 621BC
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How are they going to get round the fact that Reacher's meant to be 6 foot 5, and 250 pounds?
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Good point - though how do you make someone look like 'a condom full of walnuts' in real life anyway!?
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Tom Clancy
Brilliant author currently reading Patriot Games
Some people are like slinky's... They're not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs
Remember to read them in order! (Very important as they are often self referential).
------------------------------------ "Possessions make you poor, wealth is measurable only in experience." Sun Tzu 621BC
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Good point - though how do you make someone look like 'a condom full of walnuts' in real life anyway!?
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Remember to read them in order! (Very important as they are often self referential).
------------------------------------ "Possessions make you poor, wealth is measurable only in experience." Sun Tzu 621BC
Yeah I was planning too but my dad told me to read Hunt for Red October first and I've just bought Red Storm Rising which is the first I think but I will be in order. Still brilliant books though.
Some people are like slinky's... They're not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs
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Yeah I was planning too but my dad told me to read Hunt for Red October first and I've just bought Red Storm Rising which is the first I think but I will be in order. Still brilliant books though.
Some people are like slinky's... They're not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs
RSR was his first and is not a Jack Ryan book, THFRO is the First JR written, although set AFTER PG.
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Are there any authors/books out there in the same vein as John le Carre? Any recommendations? (Wasn't very happy with Amazon's recommendations) Would Len Deighton be a candidate?
Current languages - Assembly, C Current Book - Cryptonomicon Current Albums - Alice In Chains, Sap, 21st century breakdown
Some of Graham Rankin's work is pretty similar to Le Carre as I remember
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Some of Graham Rankin's work is pretty similar to Le Carre as I remember
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Employ short co stars and smaller sets. It worked in the 50's Westerns. Alan Ladd was only 5'3" and was always on a box or a horse!
------------------------------------ "Possessions make you poor, wealth is measurable only in experience." Sun Tzu 621BC
He made some great films though. Most of them ended with him galloping into the sunset on a box. Incidentally, that horse he was on was a Shetland Pony on 4 boxes.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Are there any authors/books out there in the same vein as John le Carre? Any recommendations? (Wasn't very happy with Amazon's recommendations) Would Len Deighton be a candidate?
Current languages - Assembly, C Current Book - Cryptonomicon Current Albums - Alice In Chains, Sap, 21st century breakdown
She who must be obeyed love leCarre, I sit here next to the bookshel, let me read you some authors P D James Kathy Reichs Nicci French Patricia Cornwell Fred Forsyth Irene Nemirovsky * 6 Bernard Schlink Johnathon Harris Oh yeah and Murakami, every single one of them I make no comment as they are not my style, I'm SF, the harder the better, but I'd bet there are some interesting books by those authors.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Did you mean Ian Rankin? Amazon hasn't heard of a Graham Rankin who writes spy novel!
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Yep, exactly who I meant, not sure where I got Graham from. I think he writes crime and spy novels so you may need to check that it's a spy book you're buying if you don't want crime.