Men's Fiction
I couldn't find a Phoenix Force novel in my library but these three are examples of Men's Adventure Fiction. Also called Men's Adventure Fiction or Action-Adventure Fiction. It's not as dirty as it sounds as "Men's Fiction." It's a sub-genre of action novels that includes military fiction and other high action stories. I ate it up when I was a kid, my favorite being Phoenix Force, part of the Mack Bolan universe (not to be confused with the Marvel Comics character of the same name). It was pulp designed to appeal to an almost entirely male segment of readers who craved stories of war and violence. Although in point of fact my sister read many of the same books that I did, apparently due to my dad being into the genre. We both read whatever was available in the era before the internet. The problem is that it has an influence on my own writing. It's difficult to write a story without the use of force at least every other chapter. On the one hand I th
