Larry Bond | |
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Born | Lawrence L. Bond June 11, 1951 |
Occupation | Author, wargame designer |
Language | English |
Alma mater | St. Thomas College |
Years active | 1986–present |
Notable works | Red Storm Rising |
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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.
Bond was born on June 11, 1951, and grew up outside St. Paul, Minnesota. [3] 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]
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]
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.
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.
Bond makes his home in Springfield, Virginia. [7] He and his wife Jeanne are the parents of two daughters. [4] [3]
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