"the green ripper" By john d. mcdonald

No.. thanksjustthesame.

This is a book of vengeance and revenge. Travis has finally found true love, and she is snatched from him by death. At first it appears to be a lethal illness, then horrifyingly a random sophisticated killing. Trav is almost mad with a desire to find one face to batter and then to execute the killer. To face the fact that the murder appears to be an organizational hit with no single one-of-a-kind killer seems obscenely unfair. Travis follows some paper-thin leads, discards his identity, and infiltrates a terrorist camp sponsored by a cult religious group.

This is a fast paced book, one of my all-time favorite McGees. I was struck by MacDonald's uncanny accuracy in depicting the terrorist personality way back in 1979. The healthy young American soldiers in superb shape confidently believed their next lives would be vastly improved by destroying the civilization in this one. They disdained, even looked forward to death. One character tells McGee that the terrorists will not "waste" their rockets on military vessels. Blowing up a planeload of civilians containing women and children was far more "productive."

The finale is a fine display of McGee's sniperly abilities, derring-do and just plain luck. (Rambo has nothing on him!) The only thing that dated "The Green Ripper" was McGee's reluctance to treat the female terrorists as anything but "ladies" no matter how fearsome they were. Today no such chivalry (even if misguided) would be allowed.

Guess you're well-Into heaped dead burned bodies ... for "re-Creation" ['recreation' kinda just misses-the-Point?]
You and Beau Geste / the French Foreign Legion.. never mind smelling-the-flowers before you turn-on-the flamethrower.

(Maybe you should warn us--or maybe we should already Know, eh?)

Post #380,725 by boxley 9/15/13 8:27:49 PM Reply	"the green ripper" By john d. mcdonald writtem in 1979n you could transplant the story into today by just changing ideology from the "church of the apochryphia" to another well known religion. The conclusions on the how and why are every bit as pointed today as they were those many years ago. Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #380,731 by jake123 9/15/13 9:32:19 PM Reply	I remember that book pointed observations indeed. Lots of that going around these days in all three monotheisms.
Post #380,733 by boxley 9/15/13 10:03:23 PM Reply	re-read it the other day tactics, dead on economic descriptions dead on Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #380,762 by jake123 9/16/13 11:55:43 AM 9/16/13 11:56:47 AM Reply	Yeah, I remember the long soliloquys McGee had about how they were doing what they were doing. ETA: I read that as a young teen; read it a few times. Found it in my grandparents farm house. I read fiction voraciously back then; nowadays it's mostly technical docs that I get to spend all my reading time on. Edited by jake123 Sept. 16, 2013, 11:56:47 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #380,766 by CRConrad 9/16/13 1:29:45 PM 9/16/13 2:15:48 PM Reply	My reading nowadays is people gibbering on the 'Net... [Edit: Spelling correction.] Edited by CRConrad Sept. 16, 2013, 02:15:48 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #380,767 by boxley 9/16/13 1:42:52 PM Reply	hey, I find time to read and gibber Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #380,769 by CRConrad 9/16/13 2:15:10 PM Reply	Th'more you gibber,th'less can I:Spend mor time read'n yours
Post #381,024 by Ashton 9/20/13 5:32:10 AM Reply	Per an Amazon review: No.. thanksjustthesame. This is a book of vengeance and revenge. Travis has finally found true love, and she is snatched from him by death. At first it appears to be a lethal illness, then horrifyingly a random sophisticated killing. Trav is almost mad with a desire to find one face to batter and then to execute the killer. To face the fact that the murder appears to be an organizational hit with no single one-of-a-kind killer seems obscenely unfair. Travis follows some paper-thin leads, discards his identity, and infiltrates a terrorist camp sponsored by a cult religious group. This is a fast paced book, one of my all-time favorite McGees. I was struck by MacDonald's uncanny accuracy in depicting the terrorist personality way back in 1979. The healthy young American soldiers in superb shape confidently believed their next lives would be vastly improved by destroying the civilization in this one. They disdained, even looked forward to death. One character tells McGee that the terrorists will not "waste" their rockets on military vessels. Blowing up a planeload of civilians containing women and children was far more "productive." The finale is a fine display of McGee's sniperly abilities, derring-do and just plain luck. (Rambo has nothing on him!) The only thing that dated "The Green Ripper" was McGee's reluctance to treat the female terrorists as anything but "ladies" no matter how fearsome they were. Today no such chivalry (even if misguided) would be allowed. Guess you're well-Into heaped dead burned bodies ... for "re-Creation" ['recreation' kinda just misses-the-Point?] You and Beau Geste / the French Foreign Legion.. never mind smelling-the-flowers before you turn-on-the flamethrower. (Maybe you should warn us--or maybe we should already Know, eh?)
Post #381,030 by boxley 9/20/13 8:35:47 AM Reply	hey, I read oaters too Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep

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