Neil Serven

I admit not having read any of Tom Clancy’s books, not even The Hunt for Red October.

But his best achievement might have been to get otherwise stolid, nonverbal men to enjoy reading, and that is a pretty great thing. His death, announced today, comes as somewhat of a shock given his relatively young age (66) and voluminous output up until the end. He has a new title, Command Authority, due out December 3.