Hemmingway has an interesting story around the film The Sun Also Rises, loosely based on his own experiences with a social group he was part of. For sure, life would have been far more interesting in those days with those people than it is with the 'shoved down your throat' Jenner bunch.

(05-03-2016, 10:51 AM)Donovan Wrote: A lot of the older authors were real adventure stories in their own right. Sometimes even better than their creations. Hemingway, Ian Fleming, Conan Doyle, Tolkien, Twain...had some straight up action and tragic heroes in that lot.

Nearly all my favorites right there.

(05-03-2016, 11:47 AM)Blindgreed1 Wrote:

(05-03-2016, 10:51 AM)Donovan Wrote: A lot of the older authors were real adventure stories in their own right. Sometimes even better than their creations. Hemingway, Ian Fleming, Conan Doyle, Tolkien, Twain...had some straight up action and tragic heroes in that lot.

Nearly all my favorites right there.

Have you checked out their biographies? Some genuine badasses in there.

(05-03-2016, 07:57 PM)Donovan Wrote:

(05-03-2016, 11:47 AM)Blindgreed1 Wrote:

(05-03-2016, 10:51 AM)Donovan Wrote: A lot of the older authors were real adventure stories in their own right. Sometimes even better than their creations. Hemingway, Ian Fleming, Conan Doyle, Tolkien, Twain...had some straight up action and tragic heroes in that lot.

Nearly all my favorites right there.

Have you checked out their biographies? Some genuine badasses in there.

Yes, for Hemingway, Doyle and Twain.

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