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{{work|wppage=The Hunt for Red October}}{{cleanup|The page, although specifically for the novel, crams in information about the film, which should be moved to [[The Hunt for Red October (film)|that page]].}}
{{Infobox book
| title = The Hunt for Red October
| image =HuntForRedOctober.JPG
| caption =1st edition
| author = Tom Clancy
| central theme =
| elevator pitch = Tom Clancy's first published novel, featuring a rogue prototype Soviet nuclear missile submarine. Jack Ryan is the man on the spot to assist its officers with their plan to defect to the United States.
| genre =
| franchise = Jack Ryan
| preceded by = Red Rabbit
| followed by = The Cardinal of the Kremlin
| publication date = October 1, 1984
| source page exists =
| wiki URL =
| wiki name =
}}
{{quote|"'''''RIGHT FULL RUDDER!'''''"
|'''Captain 1st Rank Marko Ramius'''}}
The first and [[First Installment Wins|most famous]] novel by [[Tom Clancy]], first published in 1984.
It's a [[Cold War]] tale of the fictional [[Cool Boat|"Typhoon" class missile submarine]] ''Krasniy Oktyabr'' ("Red October"). In the film, the sub has an [[Soviet Superscience|experimental magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system]] (more easily referred to as Caterpillar Drive, and in the book it's just a ducted tunnel drive -- basically a scaled up jet ski engine), which allows it to run more quietly than any other ship at sea; effectively making it nigh-invisible to SONAR detection. On its first deployment, Captain Marko Ramius murders his political officer, taking his [[Two-Keyed Lock|set of keys]] for the ''October'''s nuclear missiles. Conspiring with his senior officers, Ramius notifies his crew that they will be testing the ship by evading both the U.S. and Soviet navies to reach the eastern coast of the United States itself...
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The ''Typhoon''-class submarine is real, and the largest submarine in the world. The submarine in the story, though, is quite considerably different to its real-life counterpart, to the point where they can't really be considered the same vessel, mainly because of its fictional "silent" propulsion system. On the other hand, the film maintains [[Plausible Deniability]] by specifically stating it to be a prototype variant of its class, and at least alludes to [[The Great Politics Mess-Up|future Soviet political instability]] as a good reason why they never got around to producing more.
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* [[Anti-Mutiny]]: The GRU mole.
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: Seaman Jones. In just a few hours, he finds a way to beat the Red October's top secret stealth propulsion system and track the sub.
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* [[Techno Wizard]] : Seaman Jones
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: The titular Hunt is called off about 80% through after the ''October'''s apparent going down. Cue {{spoiler|a lingering Soviet attack sub}}.
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