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1201383 No.1201383 [Reply] [Original]

What kind of Adventure books would /lit/ recommend?

>> No.1201394

for grown-ups or kids?

>> No.1201401

>>1201394
It doesn't matter.

>> No.1201407

Get some Dumas. The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte-Cristo are badass.

>> No.1201408

Anything from Brian Jacques about Redwall is good.

>> No.1201413

Would Don Quixote count?

>> No.1201426

THe Monkeywrench Gang by Ed Abbey is a good adult one. Not really a conventional adventure, but I believe it qualifies. Helps if you have environmental concerns, but it's not preachy hippie stuff, either.

>> No.1201444

What does /lit/ think of the Narnia series?

>> No.1201449

I loved Lloyd Alexander's books (The Book of Three, etc) when I was younger. They're still pretty awesome.

>> No.1201459

>>1201383
Not anything by Brian Jacques. All his books are THE SAME.

>> No.1201470

>>1201459
>All his books are THE SAME AWESOME

fixd

>> No.1201465

>>1201449

I'm kind of afraid to read that series again. It was what got me into fantasy, and probably reading in general, and I'm worried that if I read it now I'll think it sucks and it'll ruin all my memories of it.

>> No.1201479

>See Redwall
>Nostalgia all over the fucking place
I started rereading that the other day.
I miss youth..

>>1201459
Doesn't mean bad.
Although I agree it usually goes like this
>Redwallers are all happy, nothing bad ever happens
>They eat a lot of food
>Evil guy shows up and decides he's going to take over the place for little or no reason
>Some horribly innocent character is brutally killed
>Some kid has to take the sword and go on a quest for something that they don't really need but want anyway
>Despite having no training,kid kills hundreds of bad guys
>They win
>Everybody lives at redwall, eats a lot of food, and nothing bad ever happens ever again until the next book.

>> No.1201489

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, srsly. Shit's classic.

>> No.1201493

>>1201459
>Never read castaways or The Ribbajack

>> No.1201520

>>1201479
Plus the same animals are always good/evil. Never different. They tried something new with the one about the Ferret or whatever that was raised in Redwall but he still turned out evil.

>>1201493
I have read the castaways from the flying dutchman and the sequel or whatever, but I don't recall liking them much (him being able to talk to his dog kind of ruined it for me)

>> No.1201548

>>1201520
I don't really mind that much, when it comes to the species thing. Tolkien did the same thing in Lord Of The Rings, more or less, and that didn't ruin it.

The Ribbajack was just a bunch of short stories, and I loved it. Literary masterpiece it is not, but it was still surprisingly good.
Miggy Mags made me cry when I was twelve ;_;

>> No.1201556

>>1201548
Well it bothered me. It's like racism or something. Like saying niggers are always evil and asians are always smart and badgers are always noble lords and foxes are always cunning evil bastards.

Mixing it up would make it more interesting.

>> No.1201594

>>1201556
I think you're taking a childrens book about talking animals a little too seriously.

He mixes it up occasionally. I remember one had this rat guy who did almost nothing but play with little kids the whole book.

>> No.1201633

>>1201594
So he made the rat a pedo?
....

>> No.1201679

>>1201594
I'm not taking it too seriously. But it made it boring. So I stopped reading around Loamhedge or whatever it was called. No clue if he's done anything new since (but I doubt it)