Epic plot scripting by a best-selling British novelist.
(Not least of which by inventing a non-existant island out of his underpants.) His novels, and the screenplays derived from them, are epic masterpieces. Tom Clancy got where he did by standing on Alistair MacLean's shoulders from day one. MacLean was the Louis L'Amour of the modern thriller genre.
For but four examples: Guns Of Navarone Ice Station Zebra Where Eagles Dare Breakheart Pass
There were 6 or 7 other movies made, and over 2 dozen more books. Every one of which could be made into a movie tomorrow, and succeed.
you should look for Desmond Bagley (?) not sure of the spelling. but his books where great. running blind is one. I used to have quite a few in paperback, but they got lost between moves over the last 40 years. even MacLean said good thing about his books ! dave in pa.
@Aesop. I'm aware of MacLean. He was one of the best action/spy authors of the sixties and seventies. I used to have all of his books. I'm surprised Hollywood hasn't done remakes of the movies made from his novels. They could always race/gender swap the White male leads.
I'm an Alistair MacLean fan. I love Ice Station Zebra in particular. It was reading MacLean that taught me the difference between a mystery writer and a thriller writer. The mystery writer has to play fair with the audience, and show them all the clues the protagonist encounters so they have a chance to figure out the puzzle. A thriller writer (MacLean) doesn't; his hero can reveal clues he discovered only after the fact, but he tells a hell of a story in the process.
$4.00/round? Chikkin feed. .338-378 Weatherby @6.50/trigger pull for factory. I think my reloads run $4 each. But seriously, having shot a .50 a few years back, it’s a hoot. Glad you had a fun range day.
Not counting the news outlets or websites along the full range of accuracy and veracity, I follow multiple actual individuals' handwritten blogs. (Bot news aggregators don't thrill me.) Looking them over, many are current serving or former military and a couple are some variation of high-speed low-drag elite forces ninjas. Or just funny as all. Because life without humor is just despair. So in other words, the same folks I trusted in the military not to wet the bed, sh*t themselves, or otherwise run around like headless Nancys, are the same folks I trust on the interwebz, for demonstrating pretty much the same trustworthiness and circumspectly responsible behavior. Color me shocked.
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How did the Krauts get those big ass guns installed on a Greek Island in the middle of 1941?
Kentucky Ballistics was firing a 4 gauge slug. 1". It's on YT, worth a giggle.
I never found my M82A1 painful.
@Skyler,
Epic plot scripting by a best-selling British novelist.
(Not least of which by inventing a non-existant island out of his underpants.)
His novels, and the screenplays derived from them, are epic masterpieces. Tom Clancy got where he did by standing on Alistair MacLean's shoulders from day one. MacLean was the Louis L'Amour of the modern thriller genre.
For but four examples:
Guns Of Navarone
Ice Station Zebra
Where Eagles Dare
Breakheart Pass
There were 6 or 7 other movies made, and over 2 dozen more books.
Every one of which could be made into a movie tomorrow, and succeed.
@Sentenza,
Then you obviously haven't shot it enough to feel that stabbing twinge in your wallet. ;)
you should look for Desmond Bagley (?) not sure of the spelling. but his books where great.
running blind is one. I used to have quite a few in paperback, but they got lost between moves over the last 40 years. even MacLean said good thing about his books !
dave in pa.
@Aesop. I'm aware of MacLean. He was one of the best action/spy authors of the sixties and seventies. I used to have all of his books. I'm surprised Hollywood hasn't done remakes of the movies made from his novels. They could always race/gender swap the White male leads.
I'm an Alistair MacLean fan. I love Ice Station Zebra in particular. It was reading MacLean that taught me the difference between a mystery writer and a thriller writer. The mystery writer has to play fair with the audience, and show them all the clues the protagonist encounters so they have a chance to figure out the puzzle. A thriller writer (MacLean) doesn't; his hero can reveal clues he discovered only after the fact, but he tells a hell of a story in the process.
$4.00/round? Chikkin feed. .338-378 Weatherby @6.50/trigger pull for factory. I think my reloads run $4 each.
But seriously, having shot a .50 a few years back, it’s a hoot. Glad you had a fun range day.
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