I just finished "Use of Force" by Brad Thor, the 16th in his Scot
Harvath action/adventure series. I listened to it on audio book and it
had a bonus at the end of the recording: Brad Thor talked to us for
about 15 or 20 minutes. It as a very nice feature of this audio book.
He talked to us about how he did his research and how his career got
started. He mentioned that he went to USC and studied creative writing,
so he did not fall into writing as a second career like Tom Clancy.
In this chat Brad Thor mentioned his favorite action adventure characters and their authors. Here is what he said:
Painter Crowe written by James Rollins
Cotton Malone written by Steve Berry
Mitch Rapp written by Vince Flynn, called the gold standard by Brad Thor
He
mentioned he likes Robert Ludlum. Mr. Thor said when he is stuck in
his writing he sometimes pulls down a Robert Ludlum, finds the start of a
chapter and reads to see how Mr. Ludlum started the chapter. That
sounds like a great compliment.
I was very glad Mr. Thor recommended other action adventure series because I am coming to the end of his series of books.
You
would think Mr. Thor, interested in the military and special ops, would
be a political conservative, but he is not. He was a left-leaning
Republican but has changed to Independent now that we have a
conservative President. This is not surprising when you learn that his
private high school is based on the progressive education philosophies
of John Dewey, the Marxist.
There are a number of
successful Republican politicians who were social liberals, Nelson
Rockefeller being the most notable example.
This chat by Brad Thor at the end of "Use of Force" was a real treat
Robert
