The Hunt for Red October audiobook by Tom Clancy Read by Richard Crenna. Abridged

The Hunt for Red October audiobook by Tom Clancy Read by Richard Crenna. Abridged
The Hunt for Red October takes place during the cold war between the USA and the Soviet Union. Russia has developed a submarine called the Red October that has an ultra-quiet engine. This technology is far ahead of any other submarine engine and would allow Soviet submarines to invade allied waters undetected. What the Soviet’s plan to use this for is unclear, but the Red October’s Captain, the mysterious Marko Ramius, has his own plans. Enjoy!
Tom Clancy (1947-2013) born in Baltimore, was an insurance salesman who wrote in his spare time. The Hunt for Red October was his first book published (1984). It had decent success until President Ronald Reagan mentioned that it was “the best yarn” which led the book to become a bestseller. That allowed Mr. Clancy to quit his insurance job and devote his time to writing. His subsequent books including, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Red Storm Rising were all best sellers and have sold 100 million copies worldwide. A number of his books were turned into productions for the small and big screen including The Hunt for Red October which is excellent. Later material from his books would be adapted into video games including Tom Clancy’s: Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, Elite Squad, and more. Tom Clancy married twice and fathered five children. He was introduced to Alexandra, who would become his 2nd wife until his death, by Colin Powell the first African American Secretary of State.
Quote: The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
Richard Crenna (1926-2003) A Los Angeles native, Richard began his acting career in radio at age 11. His continued with radio only to stop by joining the US Army after high school during the last year of World War 2. After his discharge in 1946 he returned to radio and in 1948 joined the cast of the comedy series Our Miss Brooks. What makes this unique was that in 1952, the radio show became a television show with Mr. Crenna becoming a TV actor practically overnight. Since then, he has performed on numerous tv shows and multiple films. He is probably best known for his roll in the Rambo trilogy starring Sylvester Stallone. Rambo 2 touched a nerve in viewers of that time. Mr. Crenna acted alongside Steven McQueen in The Sand Pebbles, Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark, and costarred with Judy Andrews in Star!*
Richard Crenna received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and an Emmy for his leading performance in a 1985 TV movie about a police officer who believes rape victims are just “…asking for it” (this was the 80s after all) until he was assaulted and raped by two men. The Rape of Richard Beck was an unexpected and disturbing TV movie subject at that time but was well received by critics for its thoughtful depiction of the trauma of rape. You can watch it on KZbin.
Quote: It's not difficult to learn the lines if you listen to what the other characters are saying.
*During high school, I and my classmates got to watch the play of Wait Until Dark, in lieu of class, presented by the drama club. They gave a fine performance. Now that was a good class!

[@tomrausch7014]

Oh my goodness, a human reading and not AI screwing up everything.

[@warplanner8852]

Sure miss Richard Crenna - from his days on the _Our Miss Brooks_ radio show as the acne-laden pubescent Walter Denton to the husband in _The Real McCoys_, Col Trautman, Rambo's commanding officer, and the captain of the San Pablo in _The Sand Pebbles_, he was one one of the best of the journeymen actors who turned in a good performance every time!

[@seriously6649]

What a pleasure it is to hear a well read book; so lacking in many recordings.

[@ellenthorne8222]

I've the dvd, paperback & unabridged Audible version of this book. I did have Richard's version unfortunately the tape got mangled beyond repair. Nice to hear his version again.

[@greatbooksontape782]

Your a super-fan of Red October. I just got the DVD from the library to watch the movie again.

[@ellenthorne8222]

@@greatbooksontape782 I watched film first and I got curious about the book knowing how they tend to differ when I came a cross Richard's abridged version, loved it, got the paperback finally got Audible apps and got the unabridged version. I've done the same Day of the Jackel and ice Station Zebra. I read the Zebra paperback so many time it finally fell to pieces luckily I have it in hardback but I'm visually impaired now so I use Audible and kindle!, I can adjust the font with kindle which is great.

[@michaelynedwards1043]

I love Richard Crenna.

[@averagejoe1943]

This was the first technical, tactical, political, and espionage novel converted to film that I saw as a kid! My brother and I listened to the audiobook, and also the Bear and the Dragon, while homeschooling! Hearing it again after 22 years, is like a trip down memory lane.

[@martinmcchesney315]

I've got it on betamax

[@davidrains3918]

I appreciate the medium length stories with an actual person narrating. Keep up the good work.

[@lizlawrence4553]

The book outclasses the film any day. Well read. Far more realistic than the film. As is the usual case when a book is made into a film. Superbly read .

[@nmr6988]

Excellent narration by Richard Crenna of Clancy's best book.

[@gianniminicucci7462]

I could watch this movie 50 times a week !! best sub movie, EVER!! Star studed cast, everybody, awsome actors!!

[@Crowka274]

U-571

[@NiekEdeling]

7:26 Comrad Putin is death...

[@jamespeters9522]

Richard Crenna is awesome!

[@decimated550]

his voice is so perfect for anything 80s Cold War related! He can declare great over the top liners "bring a good supply of body bags...eat stuff that would make a billy goat puke!". And here he is doing a classic tom clancy novel, charmingly using a russian accent as needed. RIP to Col. Crenna

[@7134KN]

Colonel Troutman from Rambo 👍👍👍

[@cgarby]

thank you for posting

[@greatbooksontape782]

You're welcome

[@TheWonderer7]

Is this really the whole book? Two hours and some change seems like not enough time to me

[@clydebear6914]

Richard Crenna....that is all....🙌

[@shirleybewley6646]

One of my favorite books of all time, and the reading was Excellent!

[@7134KN]

Great movie, even better book. Jack Ryan beats his kid in the book 🤦‍♂️. SUPER-DAD!!!😂

[@trashfire9641]

Craving Poutine right now.

[@jcs480able]

Fantastic book. The film is one of my favorites but id rather listen to this reading by Crenna

[@DaveSCameron]

Love listening to these. 👍

[@greatbooksontape782]

Glad you like them!

[@dmutant2635]

Tom Clancy was the best. Really miss that guy....

[@michaelcortright5525]

These early books are amazing. He needed an editor badly at the end

[@nmr6988]

Totally agree. And he should have stuck to techno thrillers and not tried to write personal emotions of his characters.​@@michaelcortright5525

[@jaytc3218]

Ahhhh. An audio book read by an actual human being. None of this AI synthetic speech crap.

[@patbowman9959]

Richard Crenna?! Amazing!

[@karljensen893]

Being a bit hard on reading font 5 and 6 ... well font 11 too ... really appreciate audio books

[@conrox400]

Bookmark 1:50:36

[@davidoink2385]

Absolute Gold! Thank you for this special treat. 🙌🏻

[@entity_dragons2013]

Thank you

[@francisflood8921]

Loved it!!!

[@gertrudlehmann4869]

Listening for a second time! Thanks!!

[@reddyandre]

This is being read through a paper bag?

[@LawrenceMabel-y8y]

Davis Charles Taylor Maria Wilson Nancy

[@blankstares4355]

They drew first blood, not me.

[@johnny6171]

outstanding!

[@reginamurray722]

Good story thanks

[@localbod]

Thank you for posting this. I found this far more enjoyable than the film. 👍😎

[@nigeriadan1371]

General troutman 🫡🫡

[@grantroberts2203]

....a good supply of bodybags

[@jcs480able]

Eat things that would make a Billy goat puke

[@THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of]

I STILL HAVE THIS ON TAPE, GOOD TO HEAR ON HERE AND YES LOVE THE FILM, BUT THE AUDIO IS STILL BETTER THAN THE FILM

[@charlessmyth]

Richard does a good read. Another example of how much of a book can be excised, without missing much :-)

[@alanbuttell4181]

Well done.

[@michaelynedwards1043]

Rec’d impression no survivors of copter crash, then when on phone w/ prez, one survivor.

[@ChasOnErie]

Fantastic !!!!

[@thomsbooth4906]

Read the book several times back in the 80's. Pretty good story. Well written. A few obvious errors, like "Jonesy" smoking cigarettes at his sonar station.Nobody smokes on a nuclear sub, not even back in the 80's.

[@timothyarnold1679]

That's weird. One my roommates back in the early 90s operated a towed sonar array on a sub, he said the exact opposite, that everyone on board smoked like chimneys but the air filtration sucked it up immediately.

[@mikewolfson2988]

You are wrong.

[@toothyclam443]

We all smoked in the 90's

[@robertbrodie5183]

read and reread red storm riseing from 86 to 89 during radio watches as a signalman in the berlin brigade

[@user-bf3pc2qd9s]

Beg to differ on that

[@joeavery6344]

Thank you

[@greatbooksontape782]

You're welcome

[@danielmuscovalley1529]

Is this the whole book in just over 2.5 hours??

[@lukepotter8319]

30:20

[@Dimmo87ie]

My first time listening to this story, I have watched the movie many times through my childhood and never realised how much passed over my head until now.. A truly amazing story, thank you so much for this iteration Sir. Definitely my favourite audiobook telling this year.

[@codywaterman93]

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