Updates

February 12, 2012

Added a note regarding books co-written by MacLean's second wife.

February 5, 2012

Just a maintenance update, cleaning up a few typos & so forth.

December 2, 2011

I added a note on the recent passing of Gisela MacLean (the author's first wife).

September 13, 2011

I added a notice that Sony Pictures will soon release The Guns of Navarone on Blu-ray Disc.

August 1, 2011

I added a review of Robert A. Lee's 1976 book Alistair MacLean: The Key is Fear, which analyzes MacLean's novels to that point and discusses many themes common to his work.

July 26, 2011

I added a review of The Lonely Sea and updated the A Look at MacLean page with some information gleaned from that book. (Please note, too, that a contact email address now appears at the bottom of each page; I welcome your thoughts about this site.)

July 18, 2011

I added a review of the film version of Golden Rendezvous.

July 13, 2011

I added news about Powercorp's four upcoming MacLean-based TV miniseries.

July 6, 2011

I added a review of the film version of River of Death.

June 22, 2011

I added a review of the film version of Puppet on a Chain.

June 15, 2011

I added a review of the film version of The Satan Bug.

May 27, 2011

I added a page called A Look at MacLean, with brief biographical notes and an overview of some common themes in his writing.

I later changed all the text so that his name is correctly formatted as MacLean rather than Maclean.

May 24, 2011

I posted a review of the movie Bear Island.

May 20, 2011

I posted a review of the movie Caravan to Vaccares.

I reduced the ratings of the four worst books, by one star each, to contrast them more sharply with MacLean's better works.