Anyone here have any favorite martial fiction? Doesn't necessarily have to be books, could be movies/comics/whatever, although on movies, I'm talking about well written, not fun schlock.
Anyone here have any favorite martial fiction? Doesn't necessarily have to be books, could be movies/comics/whatever, although on movies, I'm talking about well written, not fun schlock.
Kung Fu/Qigong Magazine.
I read this trilogy of books about eight or ten years ago. More of a sci fi, but the story revolves around a fighter:
- Streetlethal
- Gorgon Child
- Firedance
This series sticks out in my mind, because I remember the fight "scenes" in the books being very clearly written. Steven Barnes is the author, and I remember reading a couple other books by him as well.
Anyone here read anything by Stephen Hunter? He writes some really cool sniper stories.
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Paul,
My god man, I was laughing so hard I almost choked on my lunch!
Spectacular!
"Kung Fu/Qigong Magazine"
I was going to pu the sam exact thing! Latly they have been publishing allot of fiction. Between Race Bannon and Mooney I thought I was reading a comic book.
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Yeah, that Race Bannon is a real superhero. I don't understand how he finds time to rescue little girls from kiddie porn rings, what with all his responsibilities as guardian of Johnny Quest. Keeping up with that wacky kid's adventures must be a full time job.
In all seriousness though, if only Rich Mooney and Race Bannon could join forces, they would be an unstoppable heroic duo.
btw, just to prove I'm not aiding and abetting the hijacking of this thread, I like "Lone Wolf and Cub" - great martial fiction.
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**** hijackers!!
Fortunately, the flight attendants have been thouroughly trained to deal with such things in a recent 4 hour course, so they are now blocking any chance of escape with food carts and will promptly immobilize each of you using a painful pressure point found on your shoulders.
Now go read a book!
the old Powerman and Ironfist comic books were pretty good.
At the bookstore i saw a magazine put out by CFW enterprises(IKF) called "america strikes back" It was full of fat old bald men in karate uniforms showing mcdojo defenses against knoves and such. That was a great comedy/fiction mag. I think Bannon and mooney should go write for Marvel Comics. Bannon could write for the punisher and mooney could write for the Doctor strange(with his mystical powers).
Gene is right though those guys bull really stands out amongst the rest of the stuff in the mag.
Strange though I like this months IKF better than kungfu mag and Bruce Lee is on the cover again!
Is this bizzaro world or what!
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Oh yeah the real topic. I like fantasy peices like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (even though allot of people hated it). I also like old stories about shaolin monks, Taoists etc. I didn't like the Ironfist comic cause he was always trying to be to mystical. I used to really like Dragon Ball z until recently it's starting to loose it's steam. I like shaw brothers movies the more corny and bad dubbing the better.
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Tigerstyle-solid recommendations. I enjoyed those alot.
Also on the scifi bend
Steve Perry's Matador series. I actually felt that the fights made what was otherwise a rather melodramatic storyline. His other stuff usually has MA heros as well.
Joel Rosenberg's Keepers of the Way series. solid explanation of fencing and decent sword fights.
Kundalini Equation-also by Stephen Barnes. Bit too much of the esoteric martial arts stuff but still cool.
Warriors of Blood and Dream-edited by Roger Zelazny- This one is actually a collection of short stories- all martial arts themes. Mostly scifi. Very entertaining read.
Armor-by John Steakly. It's a classic. Blend of military scifi and martial arts.
Anita Blake Vampire Hunter novels- Laurel Hamilton. Picked this up on a whim. Passed over them as schlocky 1000x but then I started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer(which I mocked with the best of them til I actually watched it a few times) and have been pleasantly surprised by the gun play and fight scenes in these novels.
My personal preference is scifi so those are my recommendations(and tons more if you want them) My experience is that mainstream fiction gets to carried away with the mystique of the arts and not enough of the details in the MA depictions. Some scifi writers get into this too but they usually back it up with better fights.
But my one mainstream pic would have to be Shibumi by Trevanian. Usual mainstream thriller in the vein of Clavell novels but a lot of fun none the less.
Most fights start standing up. Keep it there.-standup school
Most fights end up on the ground. Take it there.-ground school
Fights start where they start and go where they go. Go or take it whereever works best.-MMA
Ninja stories were always cool. Those wacky '80's...
Mac Bolan - pulp fiction version of the Punisher. used to read those books as a kid.
Iron and silk ? recall a fiction book by that title. (think my sifu was in the movie, a badguy I'll wager.)
I don't read alot of fiction.
Is your sifu Master Pan? The reason I ask is that the movie Iron and Silk and the book are non-fiction, regarding an american, Mark Salzman, who tought english and learned kung fu in china, one of his teachers being Master Pan. Pretty good read, decent movie, though, other than the Master Pan bits, I prefer the book.
Don't have any.
Hopefully I can make some.
Did you send your manuscript in yet? I'm about to send mine in the next few days.
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