Literary Spy Heroes

[Shammrog]

A question - which literary spy character can kick all the others' ***es?

My vote is for Mitch Rapp - he is just one bad dude.

So is Jason Bourne, but I like the movie version better than the strictly interpreted book one.

Jack Ryan is ok, but too cerebral. He would be better commanding the others to kill each other.

Finally, Gabriel Allon is one of my true favorites, but he is a bit older and relies more on experience than true butt-kicking.

I like James Bond, too, but even in the more serious recent movie, he is kind of a pseudo-comical foil; a caracture of the spy. This (based on his WWII intelligence experience) was a mark of Fleming's true genius. Still, cannot really consider Bond a true butt-kicking spy hero.

[Indoor66]

A question - which literary spy character can kick all the others' ***es?

My vote is for Mitch Rapp - he is just one bad dude.

So is Jason Bourne, but I like the movie version better than the strictly interpreted book one.

Jack Ryan is ok, but too cerebral. He would be better commanding the others to kill each other.

Finally, Gabriel Allon is one of my true favorites, but he is a bit older and relies more on experience than true butt-kicking.

I like James Bond, too, but even in the more serious recent movie, he is kind of a pseudo-comical foil; a caracture of the spy. This (based on his WWII intelligence experience) was a mark of Fleming's true genius. Still, cannot really consider Bond a true butt-kicking spy hero.

I join youo on Mitch Rapp and also add Dirk Pitt to the mix.

[Shammrog]

I join youo on Mitch Rapp and also add Dirk Pitt to the mix.


Oh, crap - you are right! How could I forget; I am big scuba diver and have read most of the Cusslers...

[Indoor66]

Oh, crap - you are right! How could I forget; I am big scuba diver and have read most of the Cusslers...

Because you are so beautiful, sensible and precocious, you are forgiven. LOL

Are you old enough to include Mike Hammer and Travis McGee?

[Shammrog]

Because you are so beautiful, sensible and precocious, you are forgiven. LOL

Are you old enough to include Mike Hammer and Travis McGee?

No. (35.)

(Sorry.) :(

[Indoor66]

No. (35.)

(Sorry.) :(

you might check out Travis McGee if you like the water. He lived on a houseboat at Bahia Mar in Ft. Lauderdale. His best buddy, Meyer, was a retired economist living on his boat, the John Maynard Keynes. John D. McDonald is the author. (Travis was the Dirk of the 60's-70's era. A human salvage expert. Good stuff, fun reads.)

[Shammrog]

you might check out Travis McGee if you like the water. He lived on a houseboat at Bahia Mar in Ft. Lauderdale. His best buddy, Meyer, was a retired economist living on his boat, the John Maynard Keynes. John D. McDonald is the author. (Travis was the Dirk of the 60's-70's era. A human salvage expert. Good stuff, fun reads.)

Thanks! I read all the time; watch very little TV (usu. Discovery Channel, Military Channel, History Channel, or HGTV. Or sports.), so I am always looking for good books.

[Indoor66]

Thanks! I read all the time; watch very little TV (usu. Discovery Channel, Military Channel, History Channel, or HGTV. Or sports.), so I am always looking for good books.

Not to make this a dialogue, but have you tried James Patterson?

[Shammrog]

Not to make this a dialogue, but have you tried James Patterson?

A little bit - I think I have a few of his (unread); any recommendations?

[Indoor66]

A little bit - I think I have a few of his (unread); any recommendations?

Most recent I have read is Beach Road. I also enjoy J A Jong and Michael Connely.