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FROM: Susan Creed <[removed]@spokanelibrary.org>
REC'D: 5/9/02, 7:56 PM

Hello--I'd like to pick the collective brains for some suggestions for an
elderly patron who would like some Dale Brown readalikes without a lot of
bad language. My impression is that he would tolerate the occassional
swear word but not lots of smut. Not a genre I'm familiar with and don't
know about the language in some other 'techno-thriller' authors. Thanks--SC

Susan Creed
Youth Services Librarian,
Shadle Library
Spokane Public Library
2111 W. Wellesley
Spokane, WA 99205
[removed]@spokanelibrary.org

FROM: "Rolf Laun" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/9/02, 8:29 PM

A couple of authors spring to mind, other than the most obvious one, Tom
Clancy. Both Stephen Coonts and Dean Ing do techno-thrillers, both
revolving around aviation technology. Also in the same genre would be books
by Larry Bond, Harold Coyle, and Ralph Peters. Off hand I can't remember
any of their books that I have read using tremendous amounts of bad
language, but I tend to skip right over that, so it wouldn't hurt to scan
the copies just to be safe. As far as smut goes, I'm almost positive that
none of these authors delve much into scenes like that. One to avoid, and
not necessarily a techno-thriller but often lumped in with them, is the
Rogue Warrior series by Richard Markinco; bad language abounds in that
series.

->Rolf Laun<-
San Antonio Public Library

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Hello--I'd like to pick the collective brains for some suggestions for an
elderly patron who would like some Dale Brown readalikes without a lot of
bad language. My impression is that he would tolerate the occassional swear
word but not lots of smut. Not a genre I'm familiar with and don't know
about the language in some other 'techno-thriller' authors.

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FROM: Diana Tixier Herald <[removed]@sff.net>
REC'D: 5/9/02, 9:34 PM

I haven't read any of the recent Clancy's but have heard complaints from
readers that his language is "deteriorating."

--
Happy reading,
Diana Tixier Herald
Books of the Week Page http://www.genrefluent.com
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on 5/9/02 7:17 PM, Rolf Laun at [removed]@hotmail.com wrote:

> A couple of authors spring to mind, other than the most obvious one, Tom
> Clancy. Both Stephen Coonts and Dean Ing do techno-thrillers, both
> revolving around aviation technology. Also in the same genre would be books
> by Larry Bond, Harold Coyle, and Ralph Peters. Off hand I can't remember
> any of their books that I have read using tremendous amounts of bad
> language, but I tend to skip right over that, so it wouldn't hurt to scan
> the copies just to be safe. As far as smut goes, I'm almost positive that
> none of these authors delve much into scenes like that. One to avoid, and
> not necessarily a techno-thriller but often lumped in with them, is the
> Rogue Warrior series by Richard Markinco; bad language abounds in that
> series.
>
> ->Rolf Laun<-
> San Antonio Public Library
>
> ----- original message -----
>
> Hello--I'd like to pick the collective brains for some suggestions for an
> elderly patron who would like some Dale Brown readalikes without a lot of
> bad language. My impression is that he would tolerate the occassional swear
> word but not lots of smut. Not a genre I'm familiar with and don't know
> about the language in some other 'techno-thriller' authors.
>
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FROM: "Karen Migaldi" <[removed]@nsls.info>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 12:11 PM

David Poyer and Patrick Robinson also fit into the techno-thriller category.
It's been a while since I've read David Poyer, but I don't remeber him using
a lot of swear words. I haven't actually read Patrick Robinson, but patrons
indicate his stories are gripping.

Karen Migaldi
Crystal Lake P.L.
Crystal Lake, IL

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Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 8:17 PM
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Subject: Dale Brown readalikes with few 'bad language'

Hello--I'd like to pick the collective brains for some suggestions for an
elderly patron who would like some Dale Brown readalikes without a lot of
bad language. My impression is that he would tolerate the occassional
swear word but not lots of smut. Not a genre I'm familiar with and don't
know about the language in some other 'techno-thriller' authors. Thanks--SC

Susan Creed
Youth Services Librarian,
Shadle Library
Spokane Public Library
2111 W. Wellesley
Spokane, WA 99205
[removed]@spokanelibrary.org

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