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re: Spy Thrillers set during Cold War
Posted on 12/15/24 at 3:29 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Posted on 12/15/24 at 3:29 pm to FightinTigersDammit
The funny thing is he played the same role in Dark City, I'm sure that was intentional.
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Posted on 12/15/24 at 7:29 pm to PikesPeak
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Gentleman in Moscow
GOAT Book.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 7:59 pm to shinerfan
Movie on Amazon prime was good too.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 4:46 pm to Tigris
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Arkady Renko series by Martin Cruz Smith
I randomly picked up Gorky Park at a library about 20 years ago. It's been one of my favorite book series.
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There is a recent one involving Ukraine that will probably be the last in the series.
I figure that to be the case also. The author is over 80 and has Parkinsons. I read that he wasn't even able to type his last book or two. I've been holding off on reading it because of that. Getting to the end of this series will probably put me ina bit of a mood. December 6 by the same author is pretty good too, though not a cold war novel.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 5:48 pm to PikesPeak
Robert Ludlum's The Materese Circle is my all-time favorite.
But if you want a hillarious change .... a cold war spy novel by Robert Ludlum, The Road to Gandolfo.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is generally considered the gold standard in cold war spy novels.
But if you want a hillarious change .... a cold war spy novel by Robert Ludlum, The Road to Gandolfo.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is generally considered the gold standard in cold war spy novels.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 8:10 pm to scrooster
quote:Finished the Karla series earlier this week. Maaaaan I'll definitely read Tinker Tailor again in the near future. So many things to uncover each time I'm sure.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is generally considered the gold standard in cold war spy novels.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 6:50 pm to PikesPeak
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I'll definitely read Tinker Tailor again in the near future.
The BBC did a great seven part episode version of this (Oldman's version is great but the story needs more length than a movie) in 1979 and Smiley's People in 1982 staring Alec Guiness as George Smiley. You'll never guess who played Karla.
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Posted on 12/19/24 at 7:27 pm to rebelrouser
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You'll never guess who played Karla.
Picard ... if I remember correctly although you couldn't be sure warching the series.
I watched it while VPNs still got past the BBC algorithms.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:12 pm to scrooster
Correct. I watched it on cd's checked out from the library.
Posted on 12/23/24 at 6:31 pm to PikesPeak
None of you mentioned Jack Ryan. Hunt for Red October is amazing.
Posted on 12/24/24 at 1:48 am to scrooster
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Robert Ludlum's The Materese Circle is my all-time favorite.
The Parsifal Mosaic is my favorite Ludlum book. This is the book that got me hooked on Ludlum and espionage novels.
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:45 am to PikesPeak
For an amazing hidden gem, check out the Station Series by David Downing.
It’s about 5 books. Each book is named after a train station in Berlin.
It’s about espionage in Berlin during the war.
It’s about 5 books. Each book is named after a train station in Berlin.
It’s about espionage in Berlin during the war.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 5:24 pm to rebelrouser
Watched the first two episodes last night and it just didn't do it for me.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:33 pm to Adajax
I actually enjoyed the Matarese Circle more than the Bourne series, which you were right about. The books share nothing with the book besides the name of the main character.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 11:54 pm to TheFunk
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I actually enjoyed the Matarese Circle more than the Bourne series, which you were right about. The books share nothing with the book besides the name of the main character.
I actually learned to speak Italian on those two books ... il circolo matarese (about the Trilateral Commission) and un nomme sensa volta ... the man with no name, Jason Bourne. I've probably still got them around here somewhere.
Ludlum was huge in Italy. His books were in bookstore windows from Napoli to Venetia and over to Milano.
He was a prolific writer of spy novels. Another one of his that is very good was The Holcroft Covenant. All of them were good from around 1970-1995. I think he passed in the early 2000s ... about the time Tom Clancy took over as the king of cold war writers.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:48 am to PikesPeak
Betrayal in Berlin - Steve Vogel
Amazing true story set in the Cold War era. I have enjoyed reading Le Carre and found this historical book to be just as interesting and exciting as a Smiley adventure.
Amazing true story set in the Cold War era. I have enjoyed reading Le Carre and found this historical book to be just as interesting and exciting as a Smiley adventure.
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