European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse La Page 8busy Clancy making up for late Start Ron Jensen Tom Clancy spent 20 years disguised As a student and an insurance agent. Rattling around inside however was a writer albeit a non published one. It had been there since the writing Bug sunk its Teeth into him in Junior High school. A i never really finished anything. I had to go to College a he says. A and then i got married. I had to have a Job and be a daddy. A Twenty years i thought about it instead of doing it. I never lost the dream. I knew someday i was going to do when he finally did it at age 37, he really did it. His first published Book was a the Hunt for red october a which became a runaway Best seller. He has followed that with a red storm rising a a Patriot games a a a Cardinal in the Kremlin and a Clear and present there Hasni to been a Flop in the Bunch which causes Clancy to Ponder what might have been. A if id started writing 10 years earlier id have been a multimillionaire at 33 instead of 43,�?� he says. Clancy was interviewed in his hotel room at a amps Linda Davidson Tom Clancy during West German visit. Rhein main a West Germany during a two Day visit to the country last weekend. He also visited Ramstein a. His books have received Praise for their realistic portrayal of such things As combat equipment and International intelligence efforts which has won him a reputation As a meticulous researcher. He does no to deserve the tag he says. A a it a child a play a he says of the research. A i never spent More than three weeks researching a Book and that was a Patriot i done to know Why people make a big Deal about my research. I make More mistakes than i care to think All of the technical information in his books he says he found in other books. When Clancy is working on a project a and that is All the time his next Book will be out next summer a he works from 8 . Until noon. A i have other things to do the rest of the Day a he says. A working on a continuous basis for four to five hours is All i can being a successful writer is fun and glamorous he says. He had dinner with actor Sean Connery who portrayed capt. Marko radius in the movie version of a red he saw that movie for the first time in the White House sitting next to first lady Barbara Bush. But he cautions those Are rewards not easily earned. A being a writer is fun a he says. A the actual writing is miserably hard work. A you Start off with a premise. A what if.?�?T a what if a soviet sub Captain decided to defect to the West a it sounds kind of weird but your characters do Surprise you. Situations arise that you do not anticipate. You take the Ball and carry it from with the Success of a red october a Clancy was burdened by the pressure to do it again. And again. And again. A a that a the pressure on writers a he says. A it gets Clancy described the pressure this Way if a buyer pays $22 for the newest Clancy Book he expects $22 Worth of entertainment. A if i do not deliver in be stolen that Guys Money a he says. A i have a moral obligation to turn out a Good despite the hard work and the 20 years spent writing but not finishing books Clancy has simple advice for anyone trying but failing to follow in his footsteps. A the Only Way to do it a he says a is to do Ron Jensen is a stars and stripes staff Best books done to miss them so Many books in the world. So what shall we read three British Bookman and 15 collaborators have produced a list of 2,500 books that they consider the Best in the English language. A a that a a lot of titles but if you Start Young enough we think you could get through it. You could read a Book a week if you wanted to a said Brian last one of the three editors of a an English Library from Gower publishing co. Their Book contains 15 categories of books from fiction to reference and cites 11 books of the Bible in the old testament and seven in the new testament. Charles Dickens novels and William Shakespeare a plays mingle with the poems of the present poet laureate of England Ted Hughes and modern american novels such As Ken Kesey so one flew Over the cuckoos last 39, is managing editor of scholar press a Gower subsidiary. He and co editors Nigel Farrow 50, chairman of Gower and Vernon Pratt a University researcher say they compiled their list with the single of extending Peoples enjoyment of Reading. A we All write teach or publish books for a living but read for enjoyment a Farrow said. Upon request last and Farrow selected their top books in each category. They picked Charles Dickens a Little Dorrity As the Best English novel and f. Scott Fitzgerald so the great gatsby As Best in american fiction. William Butler Yeats was selected As Best in poetry and William Shakespeare so King learn was picked As Best in drama. The choices were not always unanimous. A there was some argument Over the american novel and a gatsby was challenged by a Huckleberry finn a a said last. A there was a problem with the poetry As we Felt that Geoffrey Chaucer Philip Larkin Thomas Hardy and Andrew Marvell had a right to the top spot. A it was difficult to choose a play of Shakespeare As All his plays should be there and on another Day we might have picked a other top picks included a children a literature Lewis Carrolls a a lice a adventures in wonderland a biography James Boswell a the life of Samuel Johnson a autobiography Robert Graves a goodbye to All that a essays and other prose writings George Orwell a inside the the editors final advice a if you done to like something done to plow through it. Reading Isnit Competition its enjoyment. The classic you done to like is in our Book because it is a associated press. Quot an English Library Quot is available from Gower publishing old Post Road Brookfield it. 05036.soviets hungry for . Magazines Drums and drumming wants to get in on it. So does sew news. So do perfumer amp flavor St weight watchers Magazine medical aspects of human sexuality Cricket Magazine Vogue and rolling Stone. The word is out that russians Are eager for american magazines and the Rush is on to answer the Call. Helen Radionova the manager of the . Bookstore in Moscow met this summer with Magazine Industry representatives to work out final details for displaying hundreds of their magazines in the Bookstore a a where subscriptions will be available for each Magazine. Several publications have already sent two copies of their Magazine. Under an agreement Between the . Information Agency and the soviet government one copy will go on display at the huge Bookstore where soviet citizens can come in and browse. The other copy will be part of a travelling display. A for the first time there will be a real display of american magazines a Radionova said. A up to now american magazines could be seen and bought mostly by foreigners at airports and i tourist new York times c sunday september 2,1990 it
