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Jeff
User ID: 1536664 Feb 22nd 8:20 AM
Most of us have discussed out favorite character from ASOIAF, but I was wondering about our respective favorite characters from all of the fantasy each of us have read.

My first pick is Samwise Gamgee from the Lord of the Rings. The heart of a true hero.

My second is Corwin from Roger Zelazny's first Amber series. I just really liked his smart-mouthed sense of humor.

Ants
User ID: 1711124 Jul 24th 0:35 AM
Can you even begin imagining that someone (other than the idiots in that series) actually liking
Lysaer?

Rania
User ID: 1711124 Jul 24th 0:39 AM
First of all sorry for appropriating your name in the above post.
Second, I just got an e-mail from Kate Elliott.
Anyway, who do you like from the Jaran books?
I like Charles, Anatoly, Vasha and surprised myself with this one, I really felt sorry for Prince Janos.

Ants
User ID: 2240694 Jul 24th 2:27 AM
I just looked yo Guy Gavriel Kay at my library due to these posts. Would you believe it the first book is lost! All the others are there except that one. What a bummer.

Rania, thats all right. What did the e-mail have to say?

Rania
User ID: 1711124 Jul 24th 7:11 AM
I was checking connection to German history and turns out, I was right about them.
But most importantly she said that the book is coming out in September in England...

Padraig
User ID: 9586293 Jul 24th 1:29 PM
I might have missed something earlier on Ants, but several of GGK's stuff is just single volume stories, namely A Song for Arbonne, the Lions of Al-Rassan and Tigana. They should be safe to jump into.

He has written a couple of series the Fionaver Tapestry(a trilogy) and the Sarantine Mosaic (a duology).

Although I have only read the Lions of Al-Rassan so I can't guarantee this info. Everything else is on my extended reading list.

Rhaegar
User ID: 9293943 Jul 24th 2:52 PM
My Favorite Characters-

1. Rhaegar Targaryen....an awesome knight with Ruby-Studded Black Armor--nuf said

2. Shef, Bruno, and Brand from Warriors of the way/King and Emperor....they were all awesome in their own way, and Bruno was a smart, savy, decisive enemy even if he was religiously insane.

3. Jon Stark....realistic, smart, prophesied

all i can think of now, away from most of my books for the summer..only asoiaf with me

jorycassel
User ID: 6033653 Aug 10th 5:48 PM
i like dumb ol' lelldorin the archer from eddings, faramir and boromir (so what if he was flawed) jory and robar royce of course, triss and the owl from the shannara books, luis and jimmy the hand for feist, hurin, ingatar, juilin sandar, and mat for WOT, brother francis from salvatore's demon wars. yup, cool fellas. oh, sansa and dany and arya and tanselle too-tall. i approve.

St John Wraith
User ID: 1787354 Aug 29th 3:03 PM
Raistlin Majere, Flint Fireforge, Tasslehoff Burfoot: Weis & Hickman

Fitzchivalry (my personal all time fav), Shade: Robin Hobb

Drizzt Do'urden: RA Salvatore

Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, Jamie Lannister, Daneyrs Targaryen, Eddard Stark: Martin

Being a history major kind of occupied all my reading time, now that I am out of school, I can read moe for me, I expect more favs.

St John Wraith

Tony
User ID: 1139804 Sep 10th 1:53 AM
Cugel the Clever from that Jack Vance book, Tales of the Dying Earth.

Greg
User ID: 9934403 Sep 11th 2:50 PM
I'd go with Mat and Min from WoT. I like Mat's attitude and Min is one of the few Wetlander women who doesn't annoy me, but then again she is neither a noble nor an Aes Sedai, which is the problem with most of the annoying women.

LindaElane
User ID: 0276214 Sep 12th 0:58 AM
Is all of WOT from Rand's pov? Because so far I would say it is. And so far, the whole thing seems to view men and women as horribly, irreconcilably different. And Rand seems like he is afraid of women or else they make him nervous when he is young. All well and good, I imagine a lot of young guys feel that way. Does RJ ever write about a woman who would not make a man nervous or irritated or both?

Well Moraine only makes men nervous because she is so powerful. The rest of the women though....pah....we really are not that bad. But if its Rand's POV and thats how he sees things, I can allow for that.

KAH
User ID: 0541004 Sep 12th 8:13 AM
Nope, not all of WoT is from Rand's PoV...how far have you read, anyway?

As for RJ's thoughts (or lack thereof) of the Randland male-female relationships; the less said about that, the better. :P

labor
User ID: 2198314 Sep 12th 8:14 AM
You know nothing, Linda! Grin. It is how RJ generally depicts his female characters.

I dislike both Mat and after-TSR Min, BTW. Mat is just a drifter and a wencher who is shepherded towards great destiny by an extremely heavy use of deus ex machina. Yes, he is occasionally witty and very occasionally tries to save his friends of his own free will as in TDR. But generally Mat would have been an almost complete nonentity without his vast array of supernatural gadgets and author�s ta�veren stick.

Min has no other goal in life apart from winning and subsequently propping up her man. I guess that is what makes her so popular with the guys...

My favourite WOT characters are Moraine, Lan, Thom and Siuan, with Gareth Bryne close behind. I used to like pre-TFOH Perrin, too, but absolutely hated his storyline in TPOD, so he is out.

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Jeff User ID: 1536664	Feb 22nd 8:20 AM Most of us have discussed out favorite character from ASOIAF, but I was wondering about our respective favorite characters from all of the fantasy each of us have read. My first pick is Samwise Gamgee from the Lord of the Rings. The heart of a true hero. My second is Corwin from Roger Zelazny's first Amber series. I just really liked his smart-mouthed sense of humor.
Ants User ID: 1711124	Jul 24th 0:35 AM Can you even begin imagining that someone (other than the idiots in that series) actually liking Lysaer?
Rania User ID: 1711124	Jul 24th 0:39 AM First of all sorry for appropriating your name in the above post. Second, I just got an e-mail from Kate Elliott. Anyway, who do you like from the Jaran books? I like Charles, Anatoly, Vasha and surprised myself with this one, I really felt sorry for Prince Janos.
Ants User ID: 2240694	Jul 24th 2:27 AM I just looked yo Guy Gavriel Kay at my library due to these posts. Would you believe it the first book is lost! All the others are there except that one. What a bummer. Rania, thats all right. What did the e-mail have to say?
Rania User ID: 1711124	Jul 24th 7:11 AM I was checking connection to German history and turns out, I was right about them. But most importantly she said that the book is coming out in September in England...
Padraig User ID: 9586293	Jul 24th 1:29 PM I might have missed something earlier on Ants, but several of GGK's stuff is just single volume stories, namely A Song for Arbonne, the Lions of Al-Rassan and Tigana. They should be safe to jump into. He has written a couple of series the Fionaver Tapestry(a trilogy) and the Sarantine Mosaic (a duology). Although I have only read the Lions of Al-Rassan so I can't guarantee this info. Everything else is on my extended reading list.
Rhaegar User ID: 9293943	Jul 24th 2:52 PM My Favorite Characters- 1. Rhaegar Targaryen....an awesome knight with Ruby-Studded Black Armor--nuf said 2. Shef, Bruno, and Brand from Warriors of the way/King and Emperor....they were all awesome in their own way, and Bruno was a smart, savy, decisive enemy even if he was religiously insane. 3. Jon Stark....realistic, smart, prophesied all i can think of now, away from most of my books for the summer..only asoiaf with me
jorycassel User ID: 6033653	Aug 10th 5:48 PM i like dumb ol' lelldorin the archer from eddings, faramir and boromir (so what if he was flawed) jory and robar royce of course, triss and the owl from the shannara books, luis and jimmy the hand for feist, hurin, ingatar, juilin sandar, and mat for WOT, brother francis from salvatore's demon wars. yup, cool fellas. oh, sansa and dany and arya and tanselle too-tall. i approve.
St John Wraith User ID: 1787354	Aug 29th 3:03 PM Raistlin Majere, Flint Fireforge, Tasslehoff Burfoot: Weis & Hickman Fitzchivalry (my personal all time fav), Shade: Robin Hobb Drizzt Do'urden: RA Salvatore Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, Jamie Lannister, Daneyrs Targaryen, Eddard Stark: Martin Being a history major kind of occupied all my reading time, now that I am out of school, I can read moe for me, I expect more favs. St John Wraith
Tony User ID: 1139804	Sep 10th 1:53 AM Cugel the Clever from that Jack Vance book, Tales of the Dying Earth.
Greg User ID: 9934403	Sep 11th 2:50 PM I'd go with Mat and Min from WoT. I like Mat's attitude and Min is one of the few Wetlander women who doesn't annoy me, but then again she is neither a noble nor an Aes Sedai, which is the problem with most of the annoying women.
LindaElane User ID: 0276214	Sep 12th 0:58 AM Is all of WOT from Rand's pov? Because so far I would say it is. And so far, the whole thing seems to view men and women as horribly, irreconcilably different. And Rand seems like he is afraid of women or else they make him nervous when he is young. All well and good, I imagine a lot of young guys feel that way. Does RJ ever write about a woman who would not make a man nervous or irritated or both? Well Moraine only makes men nervous because she is so powerful. The rest of the women though....pah....we really are not that bad. But if its Rand's POV and thats how he sees things, I can allow for that.
KAH User ID: 0541004	Sep 12th 8:13 AM Nope, not all of WoT is from Rand's PoV...how far have you read, anyway? As for RJ's thoughts (or lack thereof) of the Randland male-female relationships; the less said about that, the better. :P
labor User ID: 2198314	Sep 12th 8:14 AM You know nothing, Linda! Grin. It is how RJ generally depicts his female characters. I dislike both Mat and after-TSR Min, BTW. Mat is just a drifter and a wencher who is shepherded towards great destiny by an extremely heavy use of deus ex machina. Yes, he is occasionally witty and very occasionally tries to save his friends of his own free will as in TDR. But generally Mat would have been an almost complete nonentity without his vast array of supernatural gadgets and author�s ta�veren stick. Min has no other goal in life apart from winning and subsequently propping up her man. I guess that is what makes her so popular with the guys... My favourite WOT characters are Moraine, Lan, Thom and Siuan, with Gareth Bryne close behind. I used to like pre-TFOH Perrin, too, but absolutely hated his storyline in TPOD, so he is out.