Topic started by JayBee (@ bkj-cache81.jaring.my) on Sat Oct 21 09:02:51 .
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Any devotees of Frederic Forsyth around?

Responses:

• From: bala (@ 203.197.138.165) on: Mon Oct 23 07:48:44 EDT 2000
  
  
  oops dr.jb i didnt see this one first. i went
  to the history section first and posted on the
  kadal pura thread.
  
  i have read all novels of forsyth and am searching
  for a copy of "the biafra story".Is it available online?
  Its very sad that he stopped his trade mark thrillers
  after "ICON".
  When i heard that he has come out of retirement with
  "the phantom of the manhattan" i was over joyed and
  immediately got hold of it. But i was greatly disappointed
  by it.The feeling i got was, forsyth is getting old
  and has forgotten his master touch.
  
  
• From: Ichi (@ 202.144.64.4) on: Sun Nov 5 21:22:33 EST 2000
  
  hi bala,
  The Phantom of Manhattan was basically a sequel to the Phantom Of the Opera, and hence did not give enough scope for Forsyth's trademark immaculate research, hence was more clasical than all his other novels.
  
  
• From: JayBee (@ 203.106.176.166) on: Sat Nov 11 17:54:44 EST 2000
  
  Whatever has happened to the 'Old Responses'?
  
  
• From: Ichi (@ dialpool-210-214-4-78.maa.sify.net) on: Sun Sep 9 11:58:27
  
  Guys, am reviving this thread for some nice snippets abt the master of intrigue, the God of fiction Frederick Forsyth
  
  
• From: bj (@ 61.11.81.25) on: Wed Oct 3 13:03:36
  
  hi all,
  
  read "the veteran". its ok, but certainly not amongst his better works
  
  
• From: rajakrishnan pr (@ ) on: Sun Dec 9 14:53:02
  
  hi friends,
  
  I recently read Forsyth's antho;ogy of short stories 'The veteran'. A real tour de force. Especially the title story('the triumph of justice' line was masterclass)
  
  
• From: Paul Adriaenssens (@ nchobo04.telenet-ops.be) on: Mon Oct 14 05:30:01
  
  Especially "The Veteran" 's final twist will knock you out indeed, but the other stories in the anthology are top quality as well. Does this man have a research team available or something?)
  
  Anyone out there knows of other short story anthologies by FF?
  
  
• From: stg (@ 12.151.162.68) on: Tue Oct 15 04:26:47
  
  Forsth's no comebacks was a master piece.. It was revealing to find such a humorist in forsyth especially after reading day of the jackal, devil's alternative and odessa file.
  
  
• From: stg (@ 12.151.162.48) on: Tue Oct 15 04:27:55
  
  Paul Adriaenssens
  'no comebacks' is a collection of short stories
  
  
• From: Aydın (@ nwusr-41712.dial-in.ttnet.net.tr) on: Mon Dec 2 08:41:04
  
  I heve newly read The Fourth Protocol. I think it was really thrilling.Two days after I have finished I watched the film but it was miserable.
  Are the other films a little like the books.
  
  
• From: CK (@ ce8.time.net.my) on: Tue Feb 25 11:38:22
  
  I think The Negotiator is one of Forsyth's best. The characters here seem a little bit alive compare to cardboard characters from Forsyth's other novels. The plot developed well and events unfolds nicely. Thought its ending was cliche, but I am a sucker for stories where the hero gets the girl!
  
  
• From: sandy (@ 202.54.26.125) on: Tue Apr 1 00:23:22
  
  hey guyz
  dont u pepl think freds the best 1 out there .man i cud not sleep after i had that multi dose of all those fundas in fourth protocol.the deciever was equally good.man did he get me imotionally supportive of sam mcready.hes the best.no doubt.anybody interested in mailin me an knowing a cool n crazy guy are welcome
  
  
• From: the devil's alternative (@ 206.49.38.14) on: Tue May 20 12:28:03 EDT 2003
  
  Anybody knows where can I find a biography of Frederic Forshyth, it's a homework and I cant really find info about him... heh
  
  
• From: the devil's alternative (@ 206.49.38.14) on: Tue May 20 12:28:16 EDT 2003
  
  Anybody knows where can I find a biography of Frederic Forshyth, it's a homework and I cant really find info about him... heh
  
  
• From: asasas (@ 63-192-26-6.ded.pacbell.net) on: Tue May 27 14:49:00 EDT 2003
  
  aasasas
  
  
• From: jaybee (@ ) on: Fri Dec 5 09:38:32
  
  Does he not have a web-site?
  
  
• From: Bunk Gambrel (@ ca01-ch03-bl06.accel.pas.earthlink.net) on: Fri Dec 12 13:06:13 EST 2003
  
  I first read The Odessa File. Immediately I noticed that Forsyth had the ability to weave current events with fiction so seamlessly that one could not tell where the fiction began. He literally had the ability to make you believe that the evildoers had somehow come into your world via his typewriter. In later works I recall having the feeling that I dare not put his book down, fearing that something would happen while I was gone. I wonder if anyone out there could post the titles and dates of all his books?
  
  
• From: zailsingh (@ pcp04292460pcs.mtlrel01.nj.comcast.net) on: Fri Dec 12 19:51:52 EST 2003
  
  Yes .That is true. I read most of Fredrick Forsyth's novels in one sitting. I bunked some of my classes in my college years just for finishing the book.of all his novels the day of the jackal was well made as a movie. Next comes odessa file.
  
  
• From: zailsingh (@ pcp04292460pcs.mtlrel01.nj.comcast.net) on: Fri Dec 12 19:52:00 EST 2003
  
  Yes .That is true. I read most of Fredrick Forsyth's novels in one sitting. I bunked some of my classes in my college years just for finishing the book.of all his novels the day of the jackal was well made as a movie. Next comes odessa file.
  
  
• From: Arun Shivanandan (@ 210.212.228.8) on: Sat Jan 3 03:15:57 EST 2004
  
  i would say most of FFs novels end in cliches.'fourth protocol' was very much thrilling in its theme,though the ending was not at all comparable to the greatness of the theme.i happened to read 'great flying stories' by the same man,it was very much disappointing..Odessa File,Day of Jackal are okay.Another novel worth mentioning is 'Dogs of War',which i would say,is his best.currently reading 'The Negotiator'.
  
  
• From: Madhurabarathi (@ 61.11.79.191) on: Wed Jan 7 10:04:44 EST 2004
  
  How come nobody talks about Avenger, a slick and racy beauty of a thriller?
  
  
• From: quake (@ 202.68.154.19) on: Tue Jan 20 19:52:58 EST 2004
  
  http://www.iomx.com/online_ebooks.htm
  
  
• From: fact or fiction? (@ 195.73.17.197) on: Mon Feb 9 14:57:05 EST 2004
  
  FF's research really is commendable, be it africa (dogs of war) or europe (odessa file, negotiator) or the middle east (fist of god), he seems so familiar with all of them as if it were all his backyard. Though it is almost impossible to judge which one is the best, i was particularly fascniated my the fist of god. one just cant figure out where facts end and fiction starts.
  
  
• From: Ogonna Ezeani (@ germ3.iwayafrica.com) on: Fri Feb 27 21:36:25 EST 2004
  
  The Fourth Protocol remains my best
  Ogonna, Nigeria
  +234 803 786 1990
  
  
• From: Bijay (@ ) on: Mon Sep 13 13:06:28
  
  I have read Avenger. A slick thriller.
  
  But still I feel his best 3 are (in the following order):
  
  A) Negotiator
  B) The Icon
  C) Fist of God
  
  
• From: Hermes Damian (@ kilionline.com) on: Wed Sep 15 12:30:36 EDT 2004
  
  I really apreciate Frederic, I am now for the fourth book and to me - the negociator. I really fail to imagine how he does that.The Jackal was fantastic
  
  
• From: Elisabeth Paton (@ host81-153-100-215.range81-153.btcentralplus.com) on: Tue Oct 12 11:11:12 EDT 2004
  
  Madhurabarathi, I agree with you. I am in the middle of reading my 1st Frederic Forsyth book - the Avenger. I am totally hooked (still reading at 2:15 am when I know I will have to be up at 7:00 !!). I will eventually go through the whole of his books.
  
  
• From: calvin dexter (@ 61.2.70.37) on: Fri Oct 15 09:30:32 EDT 2004
  
  hi guys
  this is my first post and i found this great unofficial site of FREDRICK FORSYTH,and i think you must check it.
  the site is
  "http://www.whirlnet.co.uk/forsyth/"
  
  i collect F.F's books and right now i have 9 out of his 15 fiction titles and hope to get the rest.
  
  read "the devils's alternative".....the best political fiction title i've ever read
  
  

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