Favorite Character?

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Permalink Reply by Sharon Cousins on February 11, 2010 at 6:18am

Kimberly Rae said:

Rachael from Anita Diamant's 'The Red Tent'.... Anita spins so much soul into her....

Sigh. My husband is still reading it, and he has even less time to read than I do. My turn next. Now it's harder than ever to wait.;)

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Permalink Reply by Cincinnatus on February 11, 2010 at 2:41pm

One might be disappointed to read this and find that writers, who are supposed to keep aware of odd locals, haven't named one yet ;)

I'll go with Captain Redbeard. He is a "housing challenged" individual with an impressive knowledge of Keats and local soup kitchens. He made an igloo with a backyard patio out of the recent snow, valiantly battles our mutant sewer-rat population (we have the worst Waste Management department in the nation), and knows every hill and valley of our lovely city with the intimacy of a lover (or, uh...homeless guy).

"Survivor Man" has nothing on him, our Wandering Sage of the Queen City!

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Permalink Reply by M G Kizzia on February 11, 2010 at 5:02pm

Actually, Kilgore Trout was an invention of Kurt Vonnegut (mentioned in several novels). Venus on the Half Shell was written by Philip Jose Farmer after obtaining Vonnegut's permission to use the pen name. But I imagine you already know this.

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Michael Guy Lipuma said:

Coneilious from the Corneliou Cronnicals by michael Moorcock. I'm also kind of fond of Kilgore Trout, author of Venius On a Halfshell.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Guy Lipuma on February 12, 2010 at 5:08pm

I didn't know farmer wrote it. To Your Scattered Bodiies This Way Go. Was it Hermin Gorring yho came up with the "Suicide express?"

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Permalink Reply by Janice Campbell from NAIWE on February 13, 2010 at 1:03pm

Mmmmm... it's hard to choose just one! Here are a few:

Jean Valjean from Les Miserables- He exemplified love, grace, and fortitude in the face of injustice.
Lily Bart from The House of Mirth- She did the best she could with what little she had.
Mrs. Pollifax from the series by Dorothy Gilman- hope, humor, flexibility and fun.
Harriet Vane in Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey books- well-rounded, intelligent, independent.
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford in several novels by Agatha Christie- creative, out of the box.
The Wild Things from Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are- sweet beasties.
Beverly Gray in a whole series from the 1930's or so-- independent, courageous, interesting, inspiring.

I'd better quit... this is making me want to read about them all again!

-Janice
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Permalink Reply by Stacy on February 14, 2010 at 4:50pm

Dorian Gray from the classic, "The Portrait of Dorian Gray".

Why was he interesting? Because he was vain to the point of extreme insanity and he was a killer.

I love villains. Give me a charasmatic, villain any day.

Best Wishes!

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Permalink Reply by Duane Lee on February 14, 2010 at 5:05pm

Bigger Thomas/Holden Caulfield. Boy, what a combo! One's afraid, but willing to do whatever it takes to keep his unreal freedom and the other is a prisoner of his nostalgia, but somehow manages to press on.(Sorta.)

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