Multaniette Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 It can be anything from angsty classical heroes, hulking barbarian giants to innocent, little farmboys/girls-turned-superhuman-protagonists. A setting or a stereotype that you just can't get enough off, whose presence in a book will cause you to pick it up no matter how big of a suck the rest of it is. Happy endings, sad endings, talking chickens, croaning witches - anything goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walpurgisborn Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 It can be anything from angsty classical heroes, hulking barbarian giants to innocent, little farmboys/girls-turned-superhuman-protagonists. A setting or a stereotype that you just can't get enough off, whose presence in a book will cause you to pick it up no matter how big of a suck the rest of it is. Happy endings, sad endings, talking chickens, croaning witches - anything goes. I only say this because Ive been seriously drinking and won't remember in the morning, but I sometimes rather enjoy reading bodice rippers with Scottish protaganists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanMrMustard Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 postcolonial magical realism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multaniette Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 I only say this because Ive been seriously drinking and won't remember in the morning, but I sometimes rather enjoy reading bodice rippers with Scottish protaganists. Claire. Gotcha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Knights and pirates and heinleinian SF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackwater Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Big barbarian with sword . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Sun Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 The (good-hearted) man with the dark past, or his younger version, the idealistic young man who does really stupid and bad things for good reasons. They always break me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Minute Timer Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Crap or seriously outdated sci-fi. Think C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet, but preferably badly written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyanna Stark Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Talking animals who act all human, and amazons. I was liek, addicted to Beatrix Potter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Boston Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 .I was liek, addicted to Beatrix Potter. A Beatrix Potter fetish ::shivers:: I like end of the world type stuff like Stephen King's The Stand . It should be noted, however that this fetish does not extend to the Left Behind Series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I'm a sucker for anything written from the bad guy's POV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ztemhead Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 out with it! Myrrish swamps and pink, fat masts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrancy Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I love me some intense, tragic heores; the kind of guys who are intelligent, angsty and snarky all at once, could willingly barbecue an entire village for their beloved because they're messed up like that, and probably have some sort of dark past to make it plausible (barely). The rest of the story could be pants for all I care, but if there's a guy like that hidden in there, I'm going to be shamelessly hooked. I have a thing for smart-ass thieves/rogues/assassins too, especially if they repeatedly make the 'hero' look like an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add-on Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Swashbuckling. I'm also a fan of the talking animals deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Stories that have a 'sentence' structure that José Saramago would be proud to claim for his own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I will refrain from answering this until I'm Walpurgisborn-level drunk. That'll yield something interesting, certes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactus Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Ridicilously powerful wizards. Preferably annihilating entire cities, nay, provinces, in a few moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosicus Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Heroes that are physically, intellectually, and morally perfect. Objectivism. Chickens that aren't really chickens. Wise-cracking dragons, talking wolves. Really really evil sorceresses that require very little to turn them to the side of good. Powerful wizards who don't know how to comb their hair. Little girls getting their teeth kicked in. Peace protesters getting hacked to bloody peices by an armed mob. Just to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Moose, I think I may have the perfect series for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zadok Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Time travel/paradoxes. I'll enjoy pretty much any story where this is central to the plot. and of course antagonists armed only with their hatred of moral clarity. can't get enough of those guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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