In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Tom Clancy’s The Hunt for Red October! Merry Christmas, everyone!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• Tom Clancy’s original novel, first published in 1984. Read on iBooks and Amazon.
• The 1990 theatrical adaptation, directed by John McTiernan, written by Larry Ferguson, and starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, James Earl Jones, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, and Courtney B. Vance. Watch on iTunes and Amazon.

Footnotes:

• The Naval Institute Press
• Judgment at Nuremberg
• The many faces of Jack Ryan
• Senator Fred Dalton Thompson of Tennessee (and Law & Order)
• John McTiernan’s relationship with the law
• Ghost Recon Wildlands: The Red Dot trailer, directed by John McTiernan
• Jeffrey Jones’ legal troubles

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