Kevin's Watch

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.)

Fitz - the Assassin's trilogy.
Severian - Book of the New Sun.
Nick Succorso - The Gap Sequence.
Charlie Gordon - Flowers for Algernon.

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 )

Good choices, Mr D!

Gorgik, the Liberator

danlo,

(actually YOUR original topic is back on page ten--but new lists are always good...especially when 3 years have passed :Razz)

Damn, you're right. Nice choices, by the way, especially the Mule. He(?)'s a good one. Almost forgot about him.

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

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!

danlo wrote:Socrates from where? Way of the Peaceful Warrior?

indeed

Thomas Covenant - SRD (sure )
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

Brienne is one of my favorites (from ASoIaF). She's strong as a horse, ugly as a mule, great with a sword but she's never really killed anyone. And to top it all off, she's completely socially inept. I love her.

Heh, that basically sums Brienne up. Couldn't stand her as a POV character, myself.

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)

Bigwig, Fiver, Keehar, Blackavar, and my favorite Blackberry. all from Watership Down.

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.

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 ) 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!

Big moment!

Cail, Bannor, Angus, Nick.

Rick Deckard-Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Cail wrote:Rick Deckard-Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

yeeessssss!!

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?

Holsety wrote:Like, 1/4 of the whole cast of the gorm series.

Ha, yes.