tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post7511959968271227652..comments2024-03-29T03:14:14.401-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Who Was Your Literary Hero Growing Up?pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41413383762083752602013-07-15T15:33:13.993-04:002013-07-15T15:33:13.993-04:00I was a reader for a long long time before I gave ...I was a reader for a long long time before I gave any thought to writers. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40857768758741239362013-07-15T15:20:02.567-04:002013-07-15T15:20:02.567-04:00BOMBA was fiction before he/it was comics...much l...BOMBA was fiction before he/it was comics...much like the Hardys, and from the same people.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-52712239588511067422013-07-15T15:17:46.869-04:002013-07-15T15:17:46.869-04:00I dunno--most women I work with, in a media-soaked...I dunno--most women I work with, in a media-soaked environment, aren't the biggest readers, either. <br /><br />Meanwhile, writers were more likely to be my heroes than fictional characters. Characters were...fictional...<br /><br />As close as I might get as a kid would be the likes of Claudia in FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER by E. L. Konigsburg or Maftu in CALL IT COURAGE by Armstrong Sperry...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-23238152727679369872013-07-15T12:16:51.839-04:002013-07-15T12:16:51.839-04:00I should have said that my first "literary&qu...I should have said that my first "literary" hero was probably Santa Claus, of song, poem fame. A guy who comes around and gives me presents? What not to like?Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-17923454428412793902013-07-15T11:21:06.086-04:002013-07-15T11:21:06.086-04:00Started out with Captain America and Batman, then ...Started out with Captain America and Batman, then Conan of Cimmeria opened the door for all manner of fantasy heroes: Aragorn, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, etc. Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070278104646895235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74102536850667646842013-07-15T10:29:15.793-04:002013-07-15T10:29:15.793-04:00Hardy Boys, definitely, and later the Three Invest...Hardy Boys, definitely, and later the Three Investigators.Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-62051176405526326992013-07-15T06:59:51.354-04:002013-07-15T06:59:51.354-04:00I think your experience is pretty typical for most...I think your experience is pretty typical for most men, That you came to it at all is wonderful. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-86395382031280386552013-07-15T05:15:07.178-04:002013-07-15T05:15:07.178-04:00A late bloomer (I'm still catching up), I didn...A late bloomer (I'm still catching up), I didn't read as a kid until I was forced to ... so my earliest literary memories probably don't sink in until high school (aside from sports bios, Willie Mays, etc.) ... The Stranger during my sophomore year of high school kind of nudged me into reading, although I detoured after that year until college ... pretty pathetic, come to think of it now.Charlieoperahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876755029099726686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49225718477924008542013-07-14T15:29:18.395-04:002013-07-14T15:29:18.395-04:00The Hardy Boys for me too, along with Tom Swift Jr...The Hardy Boys for me too, along with Tom Swift Jr. I also wanted to be in the Stone family featured in Heinlein's Rolling Stones. Later, David Falkyn, Poul Anderson's hero and sidekick of Nicolas Van Rijjin.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27992575178203309762013-07-14T15:19:33.442-04:002013-07-14T15:19:33.442-04:00No one. My childhood reading was eclectic and spor...No one. My childhood reading was eclectic and sporadic. When I was in high school I read the complete Sherlock Holmes mysteries so he was probably my first literary hero.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65259868262360108032013-07-14T15:10:10.913-04:002013-07-14T15:10:10.913-04:00I guess Betty and Veronica if we're taking com...I guess Betty and Veronica if we're taking comics. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74386379595905972062013-07-14T15:02:08.595-04:002013-07-14T15:02:08.595-04:00Hopalong Cassidy, The Hardy Boys (more Frank than ...Hopalong Cassidy, The Hardy Boys (more Frank than Joe, who always seemed to me a bit of a wuss), Perry Mason, and Bomba the Jungle Boy.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-88272155246988094752013-07-14T14:41:19.038-04:002013-07-14T14:41:19.038-04:00The Hardy Boys series when I was really young. Bu...The Hardy Boys series when I was really young. But then at age 9 came Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-57767990358488790302013-07-14T13:28:38.938-04:002013-07-14T13:28:38.938-04:00Tarzan and Conan. Hasn't really changed. come ...Tarzan and Conan. Hasn't really changed. come to think of it...Charles R. Rutledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14265387377510655973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-51781604250989588062013-07-14T11:24:28.110-04:002013-07-14T11:24:28.110-04:00hum, John Carter would be one of mine. Ryan Tyler ...hum, John Carter would be one of mine. Ryan Tyler from Louis L'Amour. Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-33608575546936136772013-07-14T09:58:03.493-04:002013-07-14T09:58:03.493-04:00Pippi was great but living in a tree was too adven...Pippi was great but living in a tree was too adventurous for me .pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-704330098843646082013-07-14T09:41:33.860-04:002013-07-14T09:41:33.860-04:00Jackie's was Pippi Longstocking, who lived her...Jackie's was Pippi Longstocking, who lived her ideal life - had adventures and had no parents to tell her what to do.<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com