Slain.Writer Wrote:
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> I'm so glad this piece of shit's dead...I've been
> waiting 25 years for this fucking news!
>
> In 1988, I was 17 years old. I had read all of his
> books and "Cardinal of the Kremlin" was being
> released and he was attending a book signing at
> the Crown Books at Springfield Mall. This was in
> his creative prime so, the line of course was
> incredibly long.
>
> At that time in my life, I was exploring the idea
> of writing as a profession and he was absolutely
> my #1 author idol. I had a list of questions about
> being a writer that while I knew I wouldn't get to
> ask them all, I we just going to fire away at him
> and hope for the best...
>
> So, after 3 hours of waiting I get to the front of
> the line. I had purchased "Cardinal" then and
> there at Crown to have him sign and I had brought
> all of his hardbacks that I owned to sign, too. I
> step up to him and lay down the books to sign. He
> takes one look at the stack and points to a sign
> in 10-point font that says, "Hey kid...can't you
> fucking read? I'm only signing "Cardinal"
> today...can you see the line behind you? If
> everyone wanted to have all my books signed, I'd
> be here all day. I don't have time for that and
> other people don't want to wait that
> long...Christ!"
>
> Undeterred in my quest to interview my writing
> hero, I started in with my questioning, "Mr.
> Clancy...I'd like to write a novel someday, too.
> How do you feel about the evolving geo-political
> Arab-Islamic message of hate as it relates to the
> freedoms we here in the West enjoy as a way of
> life? Could that somehow be molded into the plot
> of a techno-thriller in a style similar to the
> novels that you write?"
>
> He turns to one of his handlers and says,
> "Hey...would someone get Ernest Hemingway here to
> the exit please?" Then turns to me and says,
> "Kid...the line? I don't have time for this...I
> don't know what to tell you."
>
> I never read "Cardinal" nor any of his books ever
> again. What an absolute crabby fucktard of a human
> being! Holy fuck, Tom...I'm sorry so many people
> bought your fucking books and made you so popular
> that you have all this "work" now coming out to
> book signings and doing your fans a solid. Rot in
> the 8th circle of Hell you fuck...
A shame as TC was a fantastic author, and actually a good dude. As people have written here, stop holding up the line, he was doing everyone a favor, not just you.
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