|  09-03-2011, 11:46 PM | #16 | 
| reddit, reddit, reddit            Posts: 184 Karma: 405760 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Oz Device: Kobo Touch | 
			
			C S Lewis' sci fi trilogy - Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra (aka Voyage to Venus) and That Hideous Strength.  The hero is called Ransom. Although written pre WW2 I believe, they are a very vivid and moving set of books, and a surprising output from C S Lewis. | 
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|  09-08-2011, 08:06 AM | #17 | 
| Readaholic            Posts: 255 Karma: 1058454 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Swindon, UK Device: Sony PRS-T2 (previously 505 and 650) | 
			
			It doesn't fit your specifications exactly, but I think it's a near miss: Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein (It's moving ever closer to the top of my to be re-read pile) | 
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|  09-08-2011, 06:09 PM | #18 | |
| Junior Member  Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kindle | Quote: 
 Sure, it might not be announced by a prophecy or tribal ritual, but all plots are made up of a character that must react to the situation they're called/chosen too.. They are the only one that can save their families farm, win the heart of the girl, slay the dragon, win the game, etc. | |
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|  09-09-2011, 01:40 PM | #19 | 
| Wizzard            Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite | 
			
			Would that include Lee Child's books, all featuring Jack Reacher?  Hmm, Lord of the Rings, maybe...
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|  09-10-2011, 07:45 AM | #20 | 
| The Dank Side of the Moon            Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6 | 
			
			Thomas Covenant chronicles
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|  09-11-2011, 10:55 AM | #21 | 
| Connoisseur            Posts: 66 Karma: 29886 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Colorado Springs Device: Kindle 2, Kindle 3 | 
			
			I recently recommended the Repairman Jack series in the adventure thread... but it fits perfectly here. Definitely check it out!
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