Action/Adventure Aficionados discussion

Okay, where do we put those book that are maybe not so much horror, as they are action adventure and involve battles with huge monsers and other nasty critters. In the movie world, there is an entire sub-genre of sci-fi we call "Monster Movies." There are some modern movies, but most of us remember the old black and white movies where the army and Navy are the heroes, and battle is done with huge monsters that are bent on destrying things.

Those old movies are full of action and creativity crippled by a lack of technical ability to put on screen that which we can imagine. Of these, my favorites are "Crack in the World," The original "The Thing" (Starring James Arness as the monster) and, a 1990s verion of "Godzilla!" staring Mathew Broderick and (a show stealing performance by Jean Reno as a French Special Forces/spy)

Where there are movies, there are books. If you enjoy this sub-genre of good reads, please share them with here. If you haven't thought of books like this, then maybe we can help you find one or two that are exciting for you!

I'll throw up those I know, that I can think of.

I actually like this style of action book. To me, these are different than the horror books. These involve a monster (usually singular, or few in number) that is super powerful against the world! (or a large part of it.)

Here's my short list (It'll get longer).

Pulse by Jeremy Robinson

Event by David L. Golemon

Phantoms Dean Koontz

Midnight Dean Koontz

RelicDouglas Preston (and Child)

ReliquaryDouglas Preston(and Childs)

The Lost World by Michael Crichton

Beastmaker James V. Smith

Beaststalker by James V. Smith

Monster: A Tale of Loch Ness by Jeffrey Konvitz

Phoenix Fire by Elizabeth Forrest

Firebird by Anthony Bellaleigh

Extinct by Charles Wilson

Jaws by Peter Benchley

That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley

Feel free to help me add to this, or to let us know what you like about these or other action books featuring a creature.

Hello Hugh:
Ah, this will be fun. I read a book last year that was "monsters to the max!!!" I'll dig it up and post the title. Then I'll get started on "Monster Books."
And now back to our regularly scheduled zombie book!
Have a Great Day!!!
The "Creature"
P.S. OOOO! Teacher, call on me. I got one to start off with..."The Lost World," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."
Pleasant Screams!!!

We read lost world as a buddy read a while back. Fun classic. I think there's a review on it somewhere.

Good book to add.

Right now I'm reading That Which Should Not Be which I think fits perfectly into this category.

It looks good to me. I picked up a Kindle Copy and it' on my tbr.

Adding it to the list

I think of the classics. Jaws, piranha, the beast, King Kong, creature from the black lagoon, and the wolfman. Then I will add grizzly, orca, empire of the ants, alligator, the fly, kingdom of the spiders, croc, and day of the animals.

I wish the app would let me edit. I wanted to add Relic; a.k.a. Da first Pendergast. Although I like the third book the best in the NY museum set (Had Nora Kelly as Pendergast’s partner) Relic was awesome.

There's a really good one of these called Below -- very good!