I enjoyed Hunt for Red October a fair amount but damn everything after that declined faster than the Dune sequels
I enjoyed Hunt for Red October a fair amount but damn everything after that declined faster than the Dune sequels
He came to a literary festival at ND while I was a student. It was a bit of a departure b/c we usually didn't invite "commercial" authors. All he talked about was how much money he made. I knew some folks running it and they all said he was a dickhead behind the scenes, and a creep to the women.
We got Mick Foley!
We got James Earl Jones the next year which was pretty awesome even though he wasn't a writer, he gave a great speech and his Q&A was amazing. Someone got him to record a voicemail greeting.
It's shock his divorce was so acrimonious