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Summary: I read them all, this is the best
Review: a lot more technical, that was great.the best book so far.and if you read this cur, you didn't re-pack those shutes before your jump,andyour not wearing tiger stripes on the inside cover but it was still awesome baby
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Summary: Demo Dick back on track
Review: Better than last time: fun, active, and slightly mellow. Dick relies more heavily on his team than in Designation Gold's "Solo Dickie" theme. This outing even has Dick engage in repeated daring-do while bitching about the aches and pains of over-50-dom. Roger that, Rogue, I'm a 50+ Army Ranger myself. I'm beginning to worry that Mr. Rogue spends all his time with his buffed lads, talks a lot about his male organ, refers frequently to detecting and/or chasing females - but never does. When's the last time our fictional Captain Marcinko got laid? This book has two female operatives in it, primed and worthy to be Dickie's bedmate de jour, but what happens? Nada.
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Summary: Alpha was Bravo!
Review: Bravo, Marcinko!! This hilarious, action-packed romp through the ocean made a weekend in my life disappear. I was glued to it!
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Summary: Another cheap Mac Bolan type book
Review: Demo Dick Vietnam Sharkman, is a lousy writer. True he has lived the life and even in this book, you get a few juicy bits of how covert operations are carried out. Lets face it, Demo Dick is a has been, who constantly anchors down on Bombay Gin. A few years ago, I saw him on NBC news mouthing off about how he could poison Saddam Hussein. Well Dickey, Saddam is still alive. If you are the real man you claim to be, Daniel Boone, sobber up and go get him!
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Summary: I've gotten too used to this series, I guess.
Review: Don't mistake me: I respect Weisman for his incredible talent and Marcinko for his drive, heart, and integrity. (To his detractors I can only say, "A prophet is without honor in his own time, in his own home town.") I'm from a military (mostly Navy) family and am a NavSpecWar enthusiast, so I hope I've established some bona fides here.That said, these novels are falling into a rut. The series is lucrative, and Weisman and Marcinko are (understandably) just extruding product, anymore. I'm getting a sense that John Weisman has a formula for crafting the plots of these stories: 1. Fade-in to opening action sequence underway 2. Marcinko finds something unexpected 3. Marcinko distracted from pursuing the unexpected something by new complication and so on. All Weisman has to do is sit Demo Dick down with the list of events, decide who the bad guys will be, toss in some political criticism based on recent events, and off we go. As much fun as Marcinko has in his asides to Mr. Editor, I noticed that Dick's "luminous Timex" on page 23 of the hardcover edition turned into a "cheap allegedly waterproof East German dive watch" on page 110. Doom on your copy editor, Sharkman. : )
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Summary: A more mature Marcinko means VVM (very verbose meanderings)
Review: For perspective, I must not only admit that I eagerly await each Rogue Warrior novel but that I purchase them all - in hardback. Yet sadly, there seems to be a definate trend away from Marcinko's original mix of: meaningful action; interesting and unusual equipment and techniques; and enticingly well-developed characters found in his first books. S.F. Alpha - though entirely readable and occasionally exciting - nearly killed my enthusiasm with condescending footnotes (more than 70 of them) and AIDOA (an incessant diarrhea of acronyms). The new 'stuff' and new characters in S.F. Alpha are too thinly developed to hook the reader or pain him when they fail/break/die. I look forwad to Seal Force Puce hoping that the mix will be more toward the unique people who are the operators, the equipment that they use and their incredible bonds. Plus frequent rockin' & rollin'. I will, of course, buy it - in hardback.
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Summary: Lots of action, not too much tekkie stuff GREAT
Review: HELP ME OUT HERE---Anyone remember the kind of dogs the 2 were at his Israeli friends' house?
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Summary: Rotten Richard
Review: Hmm, the #%*?$@% has a great way of telling a story! Typical Demo Dick fasion - lots of action and color. A truly entertaining book. Thank you Cpt. for your service to our country.
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Summary: Perfect. One piece of work!
Review: I enjoyed this book dearly and liked it a lot. Readin' Option Delta and good so far!
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Summary: OK, but not his best
Review: I enjoyed this book far more than the previous volume in the series, Designation Gold. Seal Force Alpha has "less talk and more action" than its predecessor. SFA lacks the epic grit of the original autobiography, and was not quite as exciting as Red Cell or Green Team, but it's still worth reading if you're a fan of the genre.
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