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My father read to me,
he read the Sunday comics:
Alley Oop, Blondie, Little Orphan Annie,
Li'l Abner, etc.
Those comics were the closest my father came to reading fairy tales or science fiction to me. I remember that some of them had father or father figures in them. Little Orphan Annie had Daddy Warbucks,Blondie's husband was Dagwood, and Li'l Abner's father was Pa Yokum. There could have been other comics with fathers in them, which I don't remember. Were these men in the comics good fathers? Yes, for the era when they were created.
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Are there any good fathers in fantasy and/or science fiction? According to my research there are ten, and since I have no intention of defining a good father, I will go with them. I believe that, as individuals and authors, we need to define good or bad fathers for ourselves or our characters. This top ten list of good fathers, which can be found on GeekDad.com , is dated 2013. If any of the readers have any father figures from fantasy or science fiction they think should be remembered, please send your comments about these fathers in the reader feedback section.
The list provided by Geek Dad, beginning with number one, are Gepppetto, Ben Sisko, Sam Vimes, Jonathan Kent, Arthur Weasley, Rau Kinsella, Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible), Bill Amada, Jor-El, and Kyle Reese. My favorite on that list are Geppetto, Ben Sisko, Jonathan Kent, and Jor-El. I like Geppetto and Jonathan Kent because neither of them expected to become a father. Jonathan Kent adopted Kal-El (Clark Kent), while Geppetto became a father when Pinocchio, unexpectedly, came to life.
I like Jonathan Sisko because, as a single father, he did a good job of raising Jake. He attempted to balance his duties at Deep Space 9, with his job as a father to Jake. I like Jor-El because he made sure, despite the fact that he knew he was doomed, that his son survived. Who do you like on this list? Who would you like to add to this list? Do you have any stories with either good or bad fathers in them?
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Excerpt: It started out with the idea of making the charges more efficient.
Excerpt: While the wizard slept, the magical ink from the quill of a Phoenix began working its own magic upon the pages of the open book. What happens when you mix various kinds of magic? What if Marty does not wake in time to stop the course of events he started? If Marty uses his own magic to stop the mysterious actions, will it work? Or, will the demon's curse strike yet again and make matters far worse?
Excerpt: Running through a forest is never easy, especially when pursued. You constantly worry about making sure your feet hit solid ground, dodging limbs, vines, trees and roots and this is only made harder when you're afraid someone's behind you....
Excerpt: The sound of waves caress a shore
then ... footsteps softly on the floor.
She thrills as hands touch heated breast.
Tonight, once more, she'll get no rest.
Excerpt: There is a legend, that all the children of Trivern know, about how the land came to be. Many millennia ago, when the world was still in its formative phases, everything looked very different....
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Quick-Quill  writes: My mother not only read to us but we saw her and my father reading and the joy it gave them. All my sister's and I love reading.
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