TRex wrote:
Following the Flame. Far superior. Less poetic, better tale.
Following the Flame is a great book, I loved it. The ending was way too corny, but other than that great.
I also loved Once a Runner though. I read it in high school and it's always been my favorite book since then. I haven't read the whole thing since hs though (I've only read over some of my favorite chapters). Maybe I would have a different opinion as a 24 year old than I did as a 16 or 17 year old, but I doubt it.
Based on these comments, I think the people who don't like Once a Runner are the same people who don't like action movies because there's no complex story line or they're not intellectually stimulating. For me, sometimes I like to just watch Bruce Willis kill people and blow shit up and I'm fine with that.
I didn't really like Again To Carthage though. Parts of it were ok, but so much of it was just boring as hell.