Andrea Price and Pat O'Day
敏敏
Well, the two have met a total of six times in the novel. That was quick romance
in anyone's book! Engaged!
Why doesn't Ryan allow Price to keep her job? Is there anything that disallow a
married security chief for the President?
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Clayton Neff
>Well, the two have met a total of six times in the novel. That was quick romance
>in anyone's book! Engaged!
I used that statement as an indication that more time had passed than was
immediately obvious. I mean, the IRC has completely collapsed back into
Iran and Iraq, things are well on their way to being normalized, and
enough time has passed for Price and O'Day to "find" each other.
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Lyle Beidler
>Why doesn't Ryan allow Price to keep her job? Is there anything that disallow a
>married security chief for the President?
Maybe not, but a single person would be better. After all, the Detail works
odd hours, and a married person (especially one with a 4 year old
step-daughter) might be hesitant to jump in front of a bullet.
Lyle Beidler
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The book doesn't seem to suggest that she isn't *allowed* to stay in her
job; I always thought that she had made a reasoned decision that she was
going to spend more time with her new family, and that it might not
allow her to concentrate fully on he duties.
Ross J. Corbett
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Rochus Wessels
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Niraj Agarwalla
Rochus Wessels <roc...@uni-muenster.de> wrote:
>min...@pop3.hknet.com (敏敏) writes:
>> Well, the two have met a total of six times in the novel.
>Six times are *mentioned* in the novel. That doesn't exclude more.
>The novel doesn't cover every second of the life of every person.
There should of been at least some mention of a relationship. As far as I
was concerned they knew each other only on a professional level. Either
that, or I missed a signal or to; which wouldn't be the first time. :)
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Andy Boden
In article <53ds4u$a...@ulowell.uml.edu>, naga...@jupiter.cs.uml.edu (Niraj Agarwalla) writes:
> Rochus Wessels <roc...@uni-muenster.de> wrote:
>
> >min...@pop3.hknet.com (敏敏) writes:
> >> Well, the two have met a total of six times in the novel.
> >Six times are *mentioned* in the novel. That doesn't exclude more.
> >The novel doesn't cover every second of the life of every person.
>
> There should of been at least some mention of a relationship. As far as I
> was concerned they knew each other only on a professional level. Either
> that, or I missed a signal or to; which wouldn't be the first time. :)
>
You definitely missed the signals TC was sending. The fact that
*both* O'Day and Price were spouseless under such unfortunate
circumstances *and* that there was obvious professional respect
between the two made it obvious. Or at least I felt like this was
telegraphed far ahead of time.
That seems to be a general theme in later Clancy efforts BTW. He sets
up the action so meticuluously that you could almost skip the middle
third of the book(s) and not lose overall continuity. Of course,
there'd be context, plot development, and enjoyment of TC's prose that
you'd miss, but it would wash.
Not that I'd for a moment suggest it to others or contemplate it
myself...
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Tero Narinen
In article <53ds4u$a...@ulowell.uml.edu>, naga...@jupiter.cs.uml.edu (Niraj Agarwalla) wrote:
>Rochus Wessels <roc...@uni-muenster.de> wrote:
>
>>min...@pop3.hknet.com (敏敏) writes:
>>> Well, the two have met a total of six times in the novel.
>>Six times are *mentioned* in the novel. That doesn't exclude more.
>>The novel doesn't cover every second of the life of every person.
>
>There should of been at least some mention of a relationship. As far as I
>was concerned they knew each other only on a professional level. Either
>that, or I missed a signal or to; which wouldn't be the first time. :)
certain tone in them. One could easily take it like there is something else
than what people around them know...
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Larry Tipton
Andy Boden wrote:
> In article <53ds4u$a...@ulowell.uml.edu>, naga...@jupiter.cs.uml.edu (Niraj Agarwalla) writes:
> > Rochus Wessels <roc...@uni-muenster.de> wrote:
> > >min...@pop3.hknet.com (敏敏) writes:
> > >> Well, the two have met a total of six times in the novel.
> > >Six times are *mentioned* in the novel. That doesn't exclude more.
> > >The novel doesn't cover every second of the life of every person.
> >
> > There should of been at least some mention of a relationship. As far as I
> > was concerned they knew each other only on a professional level. Either
> > that, or I missed a signal or to; which wouldn't be the first time.
> You definitely missed the signals TC was sending. The fact that
> *both* O'Day and Price were spouseless under such unfortunate
> circumstances *and* that there was obvious professional respect
> between the two made it obvious. Or at least I felt like this was
> telegraphed far ahead of time.
In my instance, and what I believe others are actually saying as well,
the problem is NOT that I/we didn't see it coming. Quite the reverse.
We saw it coming all along, and were not satisfied with the result. TC
sprung the engagement on us quite abruptly at the end. I, for one,
would've rather been privy to more of the relationship. Who asked who
out first? How quickly did the relationship develop? How'd the daughter
react to it?
These are probably two of our favorite minor characters, and we wanted to
be more involved in this aspect of their lives. Granted, it would've
only been filler, but as I've said before, TC had no need to rush it.
Simply have a scene @ the end of EO where O'Day asks Price out (or vice
versa). Then continue the relationship is the next book (you KNOW he's
gonna write another one).
It seems to me that TC added the Epilogue to hastily answer several
hanging questions that were unanswered at the end of the last chapter.
This struck me as odd, and I would've thought his editor would've had him
re-do that. Perhaps he was under time constraints. Perhaps what I think
doesn't count. Anyway, IMHO, it could've been handled better.
Larry Tipton
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I got it. It was very obvious to me that the two singles would somewhere
down the line get together, or I was afraid would die in the others arms
at the Day Care. Glad that didn't happen.
Jackie
Rochus Wessels
naga...@jupiter.cs.uml.edu (Niraj Agarwalla) writes:
> There should of been at least some mention of a relationship. As far as I
> was concerned they knew each other only on a professional level. Either
There are some *very* faint signals, but even for me as a non-native
english reader they were strong enough to be not surprised about the marriage.
Read again, how they met the first time and how their
former private life is described.
darkstar
another subplot to wonder about. I'm going to re-read it soon so I'll keep
an eye out, as it were.
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Szu-yuan Huang
>The novel doesn't cover every second of the life of every person.
You mean it doesn't?!! 8)
EO's sheer volume and complexity were probably meant to make a point,
but personally it became rather painful for me. I guess I just do
not have the attention span for it. Take out 1/3 of the plot, and
I would have been captivated by it as I was by HFRO.
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