American author and wargame designer
Lawrence L. Bond
(born June 11, 1951)
[1]
[2]
is an American author and
wargame
designer. He is the designer of the
Harpoon
and
Command at Sea
gaming systems, and several supplements for the games. Examples of his numerous novels include
Dangerous Ground
,
Day of Wrath
,
The Enemy Within
,
Cauldron
,
Vortex
and
Red Phoenix
. He also co-authored
Red Storm Rising
with
Tom Clancy
.
Early life and education
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Bond was born on June 11, 1951, and grew up outside
St. Paul, Minnesota
.
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When he was eight years old, an uncle gave him a copy of
Afrika Korps
, spurring his lifelong interest in
wargames
. In 1973, Bond graduated from
St. Thomas College
with a degree in
quantitative methods
, and worked as a computer programmer for two years before joining the U.S. Navy.
[3]
[4]
Career
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U.S. Navy
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Bond graduated from the
United States Navy Officer Candidate School
in
Newport, Rhode Island
, in 1976.
[4]
He spent six years on active naval duty, including four years on
destroyers
,
[5]
followed by two years in the Naval Reserve Intelligence Program.
[4]
After leaving the navy, he worked as a naval analyst for defense consulting firms in the
Washington, D.C.
, area.
[4]
Harpoon gaming system
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Author Larry Bond at Origins 2018
Bond's
Harpoon
gaming system
was first published in 1980. Designed as a general-purpose air, surface, and submarine naval simulation, it combines playability with a wealth of information on modern naval weapons systems. Designed for the entry-level player, it has found acceptance in both the commercial market and the professional naval community. It is used at the
Naval Academy
, several
ROTC
installations, and on several surface ships as a training aid.
Now in its fourth edition,
Harpoon
won the
H.G. Wells Award
, a trade association honor, in both 1981 and 1987 as the best miniatures game of the year. The computer version of the game first appeared in 1989 and won the 1990 Wargame of the Year award from
Computer Gaming World
, an industry journal.
Literary career
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Bond's began his writing career by collaborating with
Tom Clancy
on
Red Storm Rising
(1986), a
New York Times
bestseller
that was one of the best-selling books of the 1980s. It depicted a hypothetical conflict between
NATO
and the
Warsaw Pact
, drawing heavily on current analysis of what such a conflict would be like. It has been used as a text at the
Naval War College
.
[6]
Since then, Bond's books have depicted military and political crises, emphasizing accuracy and fast-paced action.
Red Phoenix
,
Vortex
, and
Cauldron
were all
New York Times
bestsellers.
Red Phoenix
is set in South Korea and depicts an invasion of the south instigated by the North Korean government.
Vortex
tells the story of a reactionary Afrikaner government trying to roll back the clock in South Africa.
Cauldron
shows a financial crisis in Europe that grew out of control, leading to a military confrontation between France, Germany and countries of the Eastern Europe (Poland,
Czech Republic
,
Hungary
) supported by the United States.
Personal life
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Bond makes his home in Springfield, Virginia.
[7]
He and his wife Jeanne are the parents of two daughters.
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[3]
Bibliography
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Sources:
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- Red Phoenix
, 1989
- Vortex
, 1991
- Cauldron
, 1993
- The Enemy Within
, 1996
- Day of Wrath
, 1998
With Chris Carlson
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- Lash-Up
, 2015
- Red Phoenix Burning
, 2016
Jerry Mitchell Series
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- Dangerous Ground
, 2005
- Cold Choices
, 2009
- Exit Plan
, 2012
- Shattered Trident
, 2013
- Burial at Sea
, 2013
- Fatal Thunder
, 2016
- Arctic Gambit
, 2018
With Jim DeFelice
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First Team Series
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- Larry Bond's First Team
, 2004
- Larry Bond's First Team: Angels of Wrath
, 2006
- Larry Bond's First Team: Fires of War
, 2006
- Larry Bond's First Team: Soul of the Assassin
, 2008
Red Dragon Rising Series
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- Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shadows of War
, 2009
- Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Edge of War
, 2010
- Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shock of War
, 2012
- Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Blood of War
, 2013
Edited by Larry Bond
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- Crash Dive: True Stories of Submarine Combat
, 2010
References
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- ^
"Adventure Games Inc"
.
Dragon
. Vol. 6, no. 2. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: Dragon Publishing. August 1981. p. 73.
Harpoon
by Lt. Lawrence L. Bond, USNR.
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Peacock, Scot, ed. (1999).
Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields
. Vol. 171. Farmington Hills, Michigan:
The Gale Group
. p. 38?39.
ISBN
0-7876-2677-5
.
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Drew, Bernard A. (2009).
100 Most Popular Thriller and Suspense Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies
. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 14?17.
ISBN
978-1-59158-699-9
.
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"Larry Bond -- Biography"
.
larry-bond.com
. Larry Bond
. Retrieved
August 13,
2022
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"Interview with Larry Bond"
.
RipRawlings.com
(Interview). Interviewed by Rip Rawlings. March 25, 2019
. Retrieved
October 10,
2022
.
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Peck, Michael (October 11, 2013).
"The Name's Bond, Larry Bond"
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Foreign Policy
. Retrieved
August 13,
2022
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"Larry Bond | Authors"
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Macmillan
. Retrieved
March 14,
2022
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"Larry Bond -- Books"
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larry-bond.com
. Larry Bond
. Retrieved
October 10,
2022
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