"Ed Rasimus" wrote :
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 15:53:08 +0100, "Paul J. Adam"
wrote:


1) Who are you favorite espionage/war authors and why?

Derek Robinson, Mark Berent, John Del Vecchio, Steven Coontz, Barrett
Tillman all wrote one or more good books that I've kept.

I'll probably see Mark this week in Nashville at the annual River Rats
Reunion. He's the real deal, a true fighter pilot and a good guy (a
lot like Tom "Bear" Wilson whose fiction has eroded a bit since the
original F-105 Weasel trilogy that drew so heavily on his war
experiences.) I'll mention to Mark that he's got a nascent fan-club in
the UK.

And here in New Zealand as well. I didn't have any trouble getting paperback
copies of his excellent Rolling Thunder series, now sitting very well worn
next to my Nelson DeMille collection. If he ever gets the urge to take up
writing again I'd be more than keen to read the result.


2) Who are your least enjoyable espionage/war authors and why?

Of the ones I've read and can remember, Dale Brown (too much
ubertechnology), . . .

Funny how tastes change. What was entertaining at fourteen becomes quite
unreadable later in life.


Dare I say "that's what you get" when you put the Nav in charge? ;-))


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8

And that book is first on the list next time I'm feeling financial enough to
go ordering from Amazon again (shipping costs are a right pain).

Cheers,
Simon