That sure was an interesting survey. some things I'd have to agree with whole heartedly, but others seemed the results were skewed by participants. overall very interesting though.
Man you have to check out Matthew Reilly. action galore i8n all his books. I'd start with ice station and work through the other in that series, or go for the classic scifi like one set in new york library - contest. or do the whole indiana jones style action with temple. he just gets better and better and it's action from page 1 and hard to put down. not bad for an aussie writer who had trouble getting published. he now rules the action catagory of books with suspense, action, heart stopping emotional roller coaster! - http://www.matthewreilly.com/