Simon Farrelly

Sex

male

Location

Stuttgart, Germany

Occupation

Geriatric nurse

Favourite writers

Jeremiah Healy is my favourite author. I own every book he published. 

Robert B. Parker hooked me on Detective and Western fiction, but I prefer Healy's

"Cuddy" series. I especially like the realism, the prose and the plotting.

 

Robert B. Parker is my second favourite author. Without his Cole/Hitch novels, I wouldn't have been 

a reader of western fiction. I also like:

 

Ace Atkins, Louis L'Amour, Haruki Murakami, James Lee Burke, Ian Fleming, William W. Johnstone, Banana Yoshimoto, Larry McMurtry, Ann Cleeves, Dennis Lehane, Dashiell Hammett, Janet Evanovich, 

Helen Oyeyemi, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Ralph Compton, Robert Knott and many more.

Favourite music

I listen to Metal and Hard Rock mostly. Here are a couple of my favourite bands:

 

Alcest, Saint Vitus, Black Sabbath, Boston, Les Discrets, Candlemass, 

Explosions in the Sky, Social Distortion, Rainbow, UFO, Slowdive,

Endstille, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Toto, Pat Benatar, REO Speedwagon,

Helloween, Baroness, Rush, Ghost Brigade, Pity Sex, Whirr, Jefferson Starship,

Off Course (J-Rock), Dio, Living Colour, Deep Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd.

 

Favourite movies

Kikujiro, Hana Bi, The Magnificent Seven, Some Like It Hot,

The Odd Couple, Intouchables, James Bond series.

Favourite TV series

Seinfeld, Father Ted, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spenser: For Hire, Friday Night Lights, 

Inspector Morse, New Tricks, Wagon Train, Naeturvaktin, The Avengers,

Heartland, Breaking Bad, Early Doors, Step Dave, The Vicar Of Dibley, Cannon,

Crossroads, Black Books, Der Letzte Bulle, Vera, The Almighty Johnsons.

Favourite Anime / Manga

Neon Genesis Evangelion, 3x3 Eyes, Clannad, Non Non Biyori,

Yowamushi Pedal, Captain Tsubasa, Barakamon,

One Punch Man, Monogatari series, Durarara, One Piece.

Favourite Video Games

Donkey Kong Country 2 is my all time favourite video game. I also like:

Red Dead Redemption, GTA series (especially GTA IV), Pro Evolution Soccer series,

Super Mario World 2 "Yoshi's Island", Donkey Kong series, F-Zero series,

Yakuza series, WWE SmackDown games, Super Smash Bros., Mafia II, 

Killzone, Mega Man series, Earthbound (SNES), Pokemon series.

Favourite Football (Soccer) Teams

VfB Stuttgart, FSV Frankfurt, Celtic Glagow, Racing Strasbourg, Everton,

SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg, Colo Colo, SC Schiltigheim, VfR Aalen.