Fight scenes and novels?

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Permalink Reply by Alter_Ego on March 15, 2009 at 11:33pm

You are right about that. Lots of sci-fi/fantasy war epics have characters going into battle just to kill people and then come back as heroes. But the fighting in Ender's Game really does effect him psychologically and emotionally and shapes him into a three-dimensional character.

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Permalink Reply by Drew on March 16, 2009 at 11:14am

Battle Royale the novel by Koushun Takami.
Loaded with fighting and much better than the movie.

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Permalink Reply by sinshenlong on March 16, 2009 at 10:34pm

ive read the manga and it was PHENOMENAL Man that stuff changed my life. Ive been dying to find the novel but I havent been so lucky *_*

Can u tell me how long are the fight scenes in there? Like a word estimate- 1000-2000 words? (4-8 pgs?)

I mean the manga scurmishes with kuriyama were detailed and wow :| Never watched the movie don't plan to either (even though its load better than the ripoff condemned >_<)

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Permalink Reply by Drew on March 18, 2009 at 9:50am

I'm loaning it out at the time so I don't have a word/page count, but every fight scene is detailed enough that you never feel unsatisfied (More than half the book).
I don't know how well the manga was adapted, but the movie was trash in comparison. I'd hunt it out if I were you.
Look in the Sci-Fi section of a Barnes and Nobels or Borders under Takami.

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Permalink Reply by sinshenlong on March 18, 2009 at 1:41pm

aight thanks I will ^_^

and oh!? more than half the book :O

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Permalink Reply by Lord Tzeentch on April 4, 2009 at 10:18pm

Read Blood For The Blood God. The fights there are quite good.

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Permalink Reply by PFreaky PFister on April 5, 2009 at 12:18pm

in the book Warriors of Ultramar, there was a massive (at least that's how I remember it) battle between the Ultramarines and a Tyranid swarm.

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Permalink Reply by Jenna on April 13, 2009 at 1:00am

I like a lot of Tamara Pierce does a great job on fight scenes. There always seems to be one come out of nowhere like how most fights are. (especially in books where a war is taking place) Usually intense. I wouldn't say long but very enjoyable. Especially in her Protector of the Small quartet.

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Permalink Reply by sinshenlong on October 16, 2009 at 10:05pm

ok thanks for the reply guys I'll be sure to check out your recommendations and read these books. I already benefited from reading Ender's Game- friggin awesome. I've also found some novels with plenty of action in them; like the Dresden Files (which is like Harry Potter for adults) along with some other books like Gears of War (yes from the game) and even Golden Compass.

Anyway thanks for the replies ^_^.

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