Movie Star Blog

In the realm of tech-heavy novels I much prefer, say, Tom Clancy’s The Hunt For Red October where out main characters all have history and back story and motivation. (Ramius feels the Soviet Union was ultimately responsible for the death of his wife and that détente requires that nether side get ahead of the other in an arms race. Jack Ryan was basically an academic who found himself dropped into the middle of a very dangerous, very tense situation and told to prevent a war — all he really wanted to do was get home to his wife and daughter and get back to writing. It wasn’t until the later books that Ryan became a super hero and Harrison Ford had to take over the role.) However, that’s just the way I remember the books. Before I’d trust myself to write more than one paragraph on the topic I would have to read them again.