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[cagedwriter61]

Can anyone reccomend any novels with prominent male-male friendship, besides Patrick O'Brian and Hornblower?

Also - in order to write a book on friendship, do you think it's necessary to have a degree in sociology, anthropology, psychology, etc?

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[duskpeterson]

"Can anyone reccomend any novels with prominent male-male friendship, besides Patrick O'Brian and Hornblower? "
Oh, dear. How long a list do you want?
My top picks: Riddle-Master, by Patricia A. McKillip (Morgon and Deth); Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana and A Song for Arbonne and especially The Lions of Al-Rassan (Kay does a very good job at male friendships); Susan R. Matthews's Jurisdiction series (romantic friendships par excellence between the protagonist and his slaves); Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series (Will and Merriman - intergenerational - and Will and Bran); Sylvia Louise Engdahl's Children of the Star (an example of a loner strenuously fighting against friendship but continually having it thrust into his life); Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice and probably later books as well, though it's been a while since I read them (intergenerational friendships); Ursula K. LeGuin's The Farthest Shore (the third of the Earthsea books; intergenerational friendship again); Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter novels (friendship between a

[shiplizard]

I had a long description of the Jurisdiction series written out, only to see that someone below had mentioned it. I second the nomination, and say to specifically look at the first book, Exchange of Hostages, which details the growing friendship between protagonist and his dearest bond-slave.

[shiplizard]

And in an ETA, because I'm too easily distracted...

H. Beam Piper's 'Little Fuzzy' trilogy. Interesting play between protagonist Jack Holloway and his companions, and in later books a quiet but fairly sincere-looking friendship between Victor Grego and Leslie Coombs.

A retelling of Gilgamesh called Gilgamesh the King had the bond between Gilgamesh and Enkidu in the foreground.

Lord of the Rings is a shoo-in.

And the very odd Jeeves and Wooster. It's a friendship even if it's comedy.

[spacenewt]

You could do a lot worse than to read the Lymond books by Doroth Dunnette(Historical novels), they're amazing.
Lots of male/male friendship plus incredible characters, brilliant writing and wonderful storylines (You can tell I'm a fan :D)
The first one inb the series is 'The Game of Kings'.

Go... read.....lol

[grace_poppy]

Dorothy Dunnett!!!!! Hurrah!!!!

[maggiebloome]

To quote Neil Gaiman: "I would have thought that all one needs to understand people is to be a person."

[keenoled]

Well, there's Sherlock Holmes, of course. And I really love Carol Berg's fantasy trilogy of the former slave and the prince becoming friends, Transformation, Revelation and Restoration. Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens. Howard Pyle's Robin Hood.
Those are some of my favourites. With the list above, you should be set for a few months... :)