who are your favorite characters from books you have read?

[daveshel]

Travis McGee.

 

[zerocool1]

John Clark/Kelly (without remorse-tom clancy)
siddartha (siddartha-hermann hesse)
howard roark (the fountainhead - ayn rand)
aragorn (the Lord of the rings)
Atticus Finch (to kill a mockingbird-harper lee)
holden caulfied (the catcher in the rye jd salinger)
edmond dantes (the count of monte christo-alexander dumas)

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: ATLien247

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: dhcloud
Quick Ben

NICE!!!! I was trying to think who from those books I would pick. It's a hard choice though, you gotta love Fid and Kal. And of course Whiskeyjack.


Edit:

Have either of you 2 gotten Reaper's Gale yet? I had to order it from the UK so I could read it earlier.

Thanks for reminding me! I ordered both 'Midnight Tides' and 'The Bonehunters' from the UK back before their US releases.

Have you read either of his novellas that take place in the Malazan Empire?

The novellas are awesome.

The two bauchelain / korbal brooch books are pretty funny (in a dark way).

Esselmon't novella, Night of Knives, was AMAZING. DEFINITELY give that one a read (BEFORE you read Bonehunters)

Quick Ben is pretty damn awesome; I like Karsa Orlong and Anomander Rake.

Paran's a pretty slick bastard too, in that unassuming way.

I ordered my autographed copy of Reaper's Gale, should arrive any day now

 

[Nerva]

Originally posted by: hungfarover
John Galt
Howard Roarke

I know they're robotic and inhuman but that's why I love them. That's just how I'm wired.

i actually like dagny taggart, she's pretty hardcore.

and i cant believe anyone hasnt said this yet, but jason bourne/david webb from the bourne series.

 

[Arcex]

Snap, I forgot one of the best, Atreyu ("the Neverending Story" the book, not the movie, although the first movie was decent)

**EDIT**

Oops, and Robert Langdon (DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons)

 

[sixone]

Kidd

Claire Fraser.

 

[patentman]

Gollum from the lord of the rings series

Matt Cauthon from WOT

Ender from Ender's Game

 

[Kirby]

Babo from Benito Cereno

 

[Canun]

Originally posted by: patentman
Gollum from the lord of the rings series

Matt Cauthon from WOT

Ender from Ender's Game

Glad at least one person agrees with me.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Gerald Tarrant, Neocount of Merentha

 

[GooeyGUI]

Captain Horatio Hornblower

Er, Midshipman, Lieutenant, Commander, Captain, Admiral

 

[TeeJay1952]

Lazarus Long

 

[lokiju]

Walking Dude - Stephen King, The Stand.

Takeo Otori - Lian Hern, Tales of the Otori.

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: ATLien247

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: dhcloud
Quick Ben

NICE!!!! I was trying to think who from those books I would pick. It's a hard choice though, you gotta love Fid and Kal. And of course Whiskeyjack.


Edit:

Have either of you 2 gotten Reaper's Gale yet? I had to order it from the UK so I could read it earlier.

Thanks for reminding me! I ordered both 'Midnight Tides' and 'The Bonehunters' from the UK back before their US releases.

Have you read either of his novellas that take place in the Malazan Empire?

Only one of them and it was ok. I think it was the Healthy Dead. I'm not sure on the other one because Erikson didn't write them.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Manuwell

Originally posted by: ThePresence
John Corey, Paul Brenner or Sam Hollis.

If anyone recognizes these characters, I'll eat my hat.

Enjoy your hat

Sincerely yours,

Nelson DeMille

If you didn't Google it, I congratulate you on your fine taste in literature. Consider my hat eaten.

 

[Manuwell]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Manuwell

Originally posted by: ThePresence
John Corey, Paul Brenner or Sam Hollis.

If anyone recognizes these characters, I'll eat my hat.

Enjoy your hat

Sincerely yours,

Nelson DeMille

If you didn't Google it, I congratulate you on your fine taste in literature. Consider my hat eaten.

I didn't ! I actually know the Corey character only. 'Night Fall' and 'Wild Fire' successfully got me back into books. What's your favorite DeMille's one ?

 

[Kwaipie]

Hiro Protagonist - Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
Scout Finch - To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (Truman Capote?)
Richard Mayhew - Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Arthur Dent - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

 

[djheater]

The Mule
Elric
Stephen Maturin
Paul Atreides

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: djheater
The Mule
Elric
Stephen Maturin
Paul Atreides

hehe I'm reading the second Dune book right now.

 

[eplebnista]

Ayla
Iza
Creb
Brun
Talut
Tom Pasmore
Tom Flanagan
Jack Sawyer
Speedy Parker
Stu Redman
Fran Goldsmith
Nick Andros
Tom Cullen
Mother Abagail
Glen Bateman
John Baker
Richie Tozier
Mike Hanlon
Beverly Marsh
Bill Denbrough
Ben Hanscom
Doc Savage

 

[IronWing]

Soulcatcher
LeRoy Brown
Tallis Keeton

 

[CallMeJoe]

"Slippery" Jim DeGriz

 

[Kaolccips]

Paranoid Android from The Ultimate Guide to the Universe er w/e.. (book is 1000x better than the movie)

And The Gunslinger from The Dark Tower series.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: Canai
Roland Deschain.

/thread.

and Ender.

What about Bean? You don't really get to meet him until the Shadow books, but overall Bean became my favorite character in the series.

Edit: other favorites

Roland Deschain
Lazarus Long
Jubal Harshaw

 

[SlitheryDee]

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