Category: Friendships

My next post with examples of friendships from literature has a local flare. I live in the western suburbs of Chicago, so the death of Aurora-born author Clive Cussler gave me the opportunity to include his characters Dirk Pitt and his childhood best friend, Al Giordino, as part of this subset of adventure literature. In my earlier posts, Discovering My Wild Heart and Men Need Get-Aways and Retreats, I wrote that every man needs adventure in their life. The friendship between Pitt and Giorino exemplifies this sense of adventure, even if it is based on fictional characters.  About Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. He was the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. Cussler was the sole

This next post about friendships from fantasy and adventure literature may surprise you. Did you know the Star Wars franchise started as a book before the first movie was even released? It may also surprise you that even these examples of friends from a galaxy far, far away had a “force” that makes their relationship special. The Book Not Written By George Lucas Did you also know a paperback novel titled Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker appeared in bookstores a full 6 months prior to the first movie’s release? Did you also know the original book was not penned by George Lucas? According to several sources, George Lucas hired 29-year-old writer Alan Dean Foster to ghostwrite a book on the original screenplay for Star Wars, along with a sequel that could easily be spun into a second, lower-budget film if the first underwhelmed at the box office.

This current subset of examples of friendships comes from fantasy and adventure literature. My last post covered the friendship of Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of The Rings trilogy. This one features the trio from the Harry Potter series to show how some friendships digress over time while others progress. It also shows the power of a threesome as friends. About the Harry Potter Franchise The Harry Potter series of seven fantasy novels by British author J. K. Rowling chronicles the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his two friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in June of 1997, the books have attracted a wide adult audience as well as younger readers. The original seven books were adapted into an eight-part namesake film series by Warner Bros. Pictures. As of February