Superman and quite a number of the folks from the Legion of Super-Heroes. I had the Adventure comic that they first contacted Superboy. I was 8 in 1960, so the Silver Age was in full bloom--villains like Mechano, Bizarro, Konga, Braniac. All of them were worthy of a fight with Superman and could hold their own, at least for a while. I admired Superman's code in that he would not kill anything, even if they deserved it.
During my junior-high years, James Kirk and Doc Smith's Galactic Patrol.
High-school, I discovered Heinlein, so I admired Jubal Harshaw and Wyoming Knott and worshipped Valentine Michael Smith. About the same time, I discoved stories about a bunch of doughy halflings and a wizard. I probably reread LOTR two-dozen times during my Junior and Senior years in high-school.
The person who most affected my life, however, was David Lamb, from Time Enough for Love. I read about him during my third year of college in 1973, dropped out of school, and modelled my life after him. So far, it's working great.
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Date: 2008-01-19 05:14 pm (UTC)During my junior-high years, James Kirk and Doc Smith's Galactic Patrol.
High-school, I discovered Heinlein, so I admired Jubal Harshaw and Wyoming Knott and worshipped Valentine Michael Smith. About the same time, I discoved stories about a bunch of doughy halflings and a wizard. I probably reread LOTR two-dozen times during my Junior and Senior years in high-school.
The person who most affected my life, however, was David Lamb, from Time Enough for Love. I read about him during my third year of college in 1973, dropped out of school, and modelled my life after him. So far, it's working great.
Tom