R.I.P. Tom Clancy – Thank you for your Jack Ryan thrillers!

Tom Clancy, the Baltimore-born author died Tuesday October 2nd in his hometown at the age of 66, two months' shy of the publish date of his new Jack Ryan novel, Command Authority. It's fascinating to see how the former insurance agent couldn't find a publisher for his first book, The Hunt for Red October, until …

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Five for the Fifth October 2012: Spy Edition

Hello folks, since October 5 2012 edition of Five of the Fifth happens to fall on Bond's 50th Anniversary, all the questions have a SPY theme in honor of our super spy 007. As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to …

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