The folks at Rinkworks have a Book-A-Minute service for people who want to read the classics but just don't have the time. Sure, they take some artistic license, but when you're condensing War and Peace down to two sentences, you pretty much have to. They also have sections for SF/Fantasy and Bedtime books, but they don't do technothrillers.
And that's too bad, because I was all ready to submit
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Any Book featuring Jack Ryan by Tom Clancy Ultra-Condensed by Chris Carter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jack Ryan Aw, shucks. I'm just a regular guy with a lot of money and the perfect family. Catherine Ryan And my career's incredibly fulfilling. The Ryan Children Look at us! We're incredibly cute! Bad Guy Here's my Master Plan to bring down the United States and increase my standing in the world community... (Begins to EXECUTE Master Plan. It is succeeding. The United States is CLUELESS.) Jack Ryan Gosh, can I do this job? (CLUE arrives in Washington via Federal Express.) Smart People In The Government We've figured out what the Master Plan is... Various Military Folks Let's foil the Master Plan... (They do. Lots of things get BLOWN UP; some people get KILLED.) Bad Guy Curse you, Jack Ryan! Oops, my house just blew up. Jack Ryan Oh, look--I got promoted. Golly! THE END
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