Who are your favorite characters in fantasy and science fiction?
My favorite of all time has to be Corwin of Amber. I love that guy so damn much, that I had to quote him in my signature. His aphorisms, asides, and put-downs make me laugh out loud every time I read the "Amber" series. In addition to that, he's fantasy's greatest badass (in my opinion), a master swordsman, the creator of a new universe, and the most hated/loved man in Amber. He's a great character, especially as a narrator.
Runners-up would have to be Thomas Covenant himself, one of the finest tragiheroes in fantasy, as well as Paul Muad'Dib the Atreides Emperor, my favorite Messiah in science fiction.
(Sorry if this is a rehash. I want back a few pages, and could only find pat's poll.)
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Sci Fi-Danlo in A Requiem for Homo Sapiens, the trilogy that follows Neverness
Paul Muad'Dib, Dune
Mallory Ringess, Neverness
Martin Silenus, The Hyperion Cantos
Severian, Book of the New Sun
The Mule, Foundation series
Emerson D'Anite, the Uplift series
Hashi Leibwol, the Gap Sequence
Major Theory and The Todd, Metaplanetary and Superluminal
Fantasy-Thomas Covenant
Tyrion Lannister, A Song of Ice and Fire
Strider/Aragorn, Lord of the Rings
Ged, the Earthsea series
Randolph Carter, The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath
Corwin, the Chronicles of Amber
Valdashu Elahad, the Ea Cycle
Elric of Melibourne
Deth, the Riddle Master series
Duke Isgrimnur, Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
(actually YOUR original topic is back on page ten--but new lists are always good...especially when 3 years have passed
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Paul Muad'Dib, Dune
Mallory Ringess, Neverness
Martin Silenus, The Hyperion Cantos
Severian, Book of the New Sun
The Mule, Foundation series
Emerson D'Anite, the Uplift series
Hashi Leibwol, the Gap Sequence
Major Theory and The Todd, Metaplanetary and Superluminal
Fantasy-Thomas Covenant
Tyrion Lannister, A Song of Ice and Fire
Strider/Aragorn, Lord of the Rings
Ged, the Earthsea series
Randolph Carter, The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath
Corwin, the Chronicles of Amber
Valdashu Elahad, the Ea Cycle
Elric of Melibourne
Deth, the Riddle Master series
Duke Isgrimnur, Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
(actually YOUR original topic is back on page ten--but new lists are always good...especially when 3 years have passed
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Damn, you're right. Nice choices, by the way, especially the Mule. He(?)'s a good one. Almost forgot about him.-
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Covenant, Foamfollower, and Mhoram
Sir Able, Patera Silk, Latro, and Severian
Strings, Karsa, Quick Ben
Gandalf
Socrates
Drusas Achamian, Kellhus
Danlo
Rincewind, Death, Carrot, Samuel Vimes
Arthur Dent
Mat Cauthon
Raistlin, Haplo
Sir Able, Patera Silk, Latro, and Severian
Strings, Karsa, Quick Ben
Gandalf
Socrates
Drusas Achamian, Kellhus
Danlo
Rincewind, Death, Carrot, Samuel Vimes
Arthur Dent
Mat Cauthon
Raistlin, Haplo
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Socrates from where? Way of the Peaceful Warrior?
guess I run the gamut from Fantasy to Sci-Fi as my real name (never before revealed on national TV) is Thomas (Covenant) (Arthur) Dent. Tis true, tis true! **now, excuse me while I make love to this delicious bottle of Ron Anejo Aniversario Venezolana rum** nOOb alert! Yes, this is the first time in 6 years I've revealed my real name on the net!
guess I run the gamut from Fantasy to Sci-Fi as my real name (never before revealed on national TV
) is Thomas (Covenant) (Arthur) Dent. Tis true, tis true! **now, excuse me while I make love to this delicious bottle of Ron Anejo Aniversario Venezolana rum** nOOb alert! Yes, this is the first time in 6 years I've revealed my real name on the net!
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fall far and well Pilots!
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indeeddanlo wrote:Socrates from where? Way of the Peaceful Warrior?
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
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Thomas Covenant - SRD (sure 
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Strider/Aragorn - JRRT, Lord of the Rings
Gandalf - JRRT, Lord of the Rings
Merlin - Mary Stewart
Morgon - Patricia McKillip, Riddlemaster
Belgarad - David Eddings, Belgariad-Saga
)Strider/Aragorn - JRRT, Lord of the Rings
Gandalf - JRRT, Lord of the Rings
Merlin - Mary Stewart
Morgon - Patricia McKillip, Riddlemaster
Belgarad - David Eddings, Belgariad-Saga
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My short list: Elric, Sam Gamgee, Mhoram, and Corwin. (I need to read more scifi/fant. I read lots of regular fiction, but they rarely have as good characters)
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aw hell yeah Sarge! Keehar. Pig Vater! 
and in no particular order
and thanking all those afore me who thought of stuff i woulda left out:
Hiro Protagonist & YT stephenson's snowcrash
Saltheart Foamfollower, the best giant ever
that evil little wench Tinkerbell
Fiddler, WhiskeyJack, Anomandar, Tehol, Karsa, and those
too infinitely numerous to name in The Malazan Book of the Fallen.
Angus, Morn, Min, and the gang. first sci-fi series i wish i'd written.
Gandalf and that whole gang.
Tenar, Tehanu, Sparrowhawk, Kalessin, Lebannen, Ogion
of earthsea fame, plus Genly Ai and Estraven of Left Hand of Darkness
Slippery Jim DeGriz The Stainless Steel Rat
Cayce Pollard wm gibson's pattern recognition
Lore nicola griffith's slow river
James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser & Claire Beauchamp Randall
of Gabaldon's Outlander
ok. there's more but i figure i'd better stop now.
and in no particular order
and thanking all those afore me who thought of stuff i woulda left out:
Hiro Protagonist & YT stephenson's snowcrash
Saltheart Foamfollower, the best giant ever
that evil little wench Tinkerbell
Fiddler, WhiskeyJack, Anomandar, Tehol, Karsa, and those
too infinitely numerous to name in The Malazan Book of the Fallen.
Angus, Morn, Min, and the gang. first sci-fi series i wish i'd written.
Gandalf and that whole gang.
Tenar, Tehanu, Sparrowhawk, Kalessin, Lebannen, Ogion
of earthsea fame, plus Genly Ai and Estraven of Left Hand of Darkness
Slippery Jim DeGriz The Stainless Steel Rat
Cayce Pollard wm gibson's pattern recognition
Lore nicola griffith's slow river
James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser & Claire Beauchamp Randall
of Gabaldon's Outlander
ok. there's more but i figure i'd better stop now.
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have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
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lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
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Big moment!danlo wrote:Socrates from where? Way of the Peaceful Warrior?
I guess I run the gamut from Fantasy to Sci-Fi as my real name (never before revealed on national TV
Cail, Bannor, Angus, Nick.
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Cail wrote:Rick Deckard-Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
yeeessssss!!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Like, 1/4 of the whole cast of the gorm series.
Skade from the Revelation Space series.
Sam Vimes from Discworld.
Cnaiur from Prince of Nothing
Severian, Jonas, Latro (NOT Able), and the guy from Peace who's name I can't remember.
Montag from Fairenheit
the monk from the first part of Canticle for Leibowitz
Others but I'm too lazy.
EDIT-Oh, dare I leave out Gurgi from the Prydain series?
Skade from the Revelation Space series.
Sam Vimes from Discworld.
Cnaiur from Prince of Nothing
Severian, Jonas, Latro (NOT Able), and the guy from Peace who's name I can't remember.
Montag from Fairenheit
the monk from the first part of Canticle for Leibowitz
Others but I'm too lazy.
EDIT-Oh, dare I leave out Gurgi from the Prydain series?
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