CLANCY ON CLANCY

James Joyner · Wednesday, August 13, 2003 · 3 Comments

Newsweek has an interview with Tom Clancy about his upcoming novel The Teeth of the Tiger. Amusingly, Clancy continually insists that he’s not trying to make political points, he’s merely a storyteller. But, throughout the interview, he’s making political points. As he does in his novels.

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Steven says:

Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 10:17

He seemed to admit, however, on Hannity and Colmes the other night, that his books do make fun of liberals after a fashion.

And every time I have seen him interviewed he makes political points.

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Scipio says:

Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 10:40

Yes, but none of those political points are good, sophisticated, or accurate. It’s like watching a blind man playing darts, which makes it a lot like reading his books.

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Tiger: Raggin' & Rantin' says:

Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 09:47

Something really inane
It seems that Tom Clancy has written a book about my dental problems. Now won’t that be a must read. [back story here]…

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