Author Lee Child: Another Stephen Hunter?

[John Ross]

Matt, my jaw hit the floor when I read your first post.

I read "The Persuader" on a flight to Vegas last week and although it was entertaining at times, the plot was ludicrous (a BG making MILLIONS selling Title 1 guns on the black market, guns that he purchased through legitimate channels) and some of the gun stuff was just awful. How about a single shot from a 12-gauge slug gun cutting a grown man IN HALF? Or putting a Beretta 92 in a pants pocket?

I concur with your current assessment.

JR

 

[carebear]

Or putting a Beretta 92 in a pants pocket?

Big pants?

I started a Reacher novel and quickly lost interest in both the content and style during the opening scene involving a .44 outside a private school.


Oh, Mr. Ross, I lent a coworker (who's father-in-law is a tin foil hat kinda guy) UC and he couldn't get into it, but his wife is loving it, I haven't asked if it's the sex scenes though.

Which leads me to, what's your opinion of Eisler and the John Rain novels?

 

[John Ross]

Haven't heard of them.

JR

 

[pete f]

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"Jack Reacher himself is supposed to be a former Army MP, who was also a Major (he mentions). His backgrounders on the US military are laughable. This "former MP major" just strolls around America like Kwai Chang Cain in Gung Ho, with no ID and a few thousand bucks in the pockets of the one set of clothes he's wearing. No bag, no nothing. **Somehow** he stumbles onto the most incredible damsels in distress, needing rescue. R-i-g-h-t.


I do not know about you, but when I have had the opportunity to walk a bout with a few thousand dollars in my pockets, the most incredible damsels all seemed to find me.....fifty ben franklns in my pocket must put out a pheromone no woman can resist.

 

[Chris Rhines]

John (and anyone else who likes a good thriller,)

http://www.barryeisler.com/

The title character in Eisler's (to date) four novels is John Rain, an introspective, half-Japanese assassain who specializes is arranging "accidents." Eisler has a strong martial arts background himself, and he knows firearms pretty well. Only mistake I've found in his work is a somewhat optimistic view of what can be concealed under a tailored sport coat.

I also suspect that Eisler has worked for the CIA or some other intelligence outfit, or has some contacts who do. Check that - I just read the bio on Eisler's website. He worked for the DO for three years. I'm totally not surprised.

Really good stuff. Check it out.

- Chris

 

[grampster]

Was just at the bookstore today. I picked up "Rain Storm" by Eisler. I'm gonna start it when I finish a Dean Koontz book I'm reading.

I gotta do something while I'm waiting for Travis to finish his sequel. hint hint.

I've read a number of "Reacher" books. Good entertainment if your not parsing fantasy for facts. Some are better than others. I just picked up "The Enemy" today.

I've also got to pick up UC. (Sorry I haven't done so yet, John.) I'm gonna save it for my January trip to Key West for poolside escapism.

 

[dfaugh]

Just found another good author

F. Paul Wilson...Has a whole series of novels starring "Repairman Jack"(www.repairmanjack.com)...He gets the gun stuff right, and the plots are amusing, and different, and entertaining..Not really high for "liturature points", but entertaining...WARNING: He does throw in some "supernatural" goings on which makes them a little weird, but they aren't the entire focus of the stories...IMHO, similar but much better than the "Reacher" stuff

 

[Riverrat]

Like to get them as ebooks and put them on my palm pilot for reading on the airplane or in airports while waiting.

 

[Werewolf]

Who would best play Reacher in a cinema version?

Ahhhhhnold - of course...

 

[Correia]

dfaugh, I'm also a big Repairman Jack fan. F.Paul Wilson doesn't really know guns that well, but he is humble enough to admit it, and has gotten better as the series has gone on as fans have written him. He is an excellent author. And the supernatural stuff is what makes it cool.