[HereInTheHeartland]

That’s a pretty neat story!

I lived in San Francisco at the time and bought the book. I would go to Union Square and read it over my lunch hour a few times.
Not sure why I remember that; but I do.

He was a master story teller; truly gifted.

[Finny]

Well, it kinda makes sense, San Francisco being such a maritime city and all!!! My husband and I honeymooned in San Francisco, in fact! And one of our first formal dates, so to speak, was on the submarine Pampanito, there in SF harbor!

Hunt for Red October was such a good book -- I've read it many times, and God willing, will read it at least a few more times in the years to come. Novels are like works of art -- when you get a painting, you don't just look at it once and put it away, instead you admire it repeatedly. Same thing with a good book. Reading it only once is like only looking at a fine painting once!