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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 20, 2012 - 11:27am

Post your favorite literary characters and why. They don't have to be the main characters either.

Mine would be the Continental Op from Dashiell Hammet's novels.

 

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. February 20, 2012 - 11:31am

Mr. Rosewater from God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.  I love a character that is mellow.  It thrills me.

 

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Laramore Black from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8 February 20, 2012 - 11:36am

Harry Keough from the Necroscope series.

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Jose F. Diaz from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel February 20, 2012 - 11:37am

Artemis Entreri from the Drizzt Do'Urden Novels by R.A. Salvatore. He worked his ass off to be the best and kept up despite his competition having a hundred or so years on him in training. Yeah, he was just a bad ass.

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Boone Spaulding from Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.A. is reading Solarcide Presents: Nova Parade February 20, 2012 - 11:39am

John Yossarian from Catch-22

(but lately, Rorshach from Watchmen is a close second)

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Jose F. Diaz from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel February 20, 2012 - 11:41am

I'll give you Rorshach. He was pretty bad ass.

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. February 20, 2012 - 11:44am

Also, I love Lisbeth Salander from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  She's so strong.  I love her.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 20, 2012 - 11:50am

Atticus Finch.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 20, 2012 - 11:54am

Jon Snow from A Song of Ice and Fire.

I can relate a lot to his character.

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Boone Spaulding from Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.A. is reading Solarcide Presents: Nova Parade February 20, 2012 - 11:59am

"Never compromise. Even in the face of Armageddon." - Rorschach (AKA Walter Kovacs)

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 20, 2012 - 12:14pm

Chauncey Wayne Sughrue.  Sug as in sugar.  Rue as in rue the fuckin day.

by James Crumley

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Jose F. Diaz from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel February 20, 2012 - 12:18pm

Panda: Are you a bastard as well. I am.

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Nick Wilczynski from Greensboro, NC is reading A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin February 20, 2012 - 12:21pm

Rorshach is a classy choice.

Jon Snow? Not Tyrion Lannister?

Raoul Duke, for me, just the way that a fictional character came to life and ate it's author, I mean, Raoul Duke destroyed Hunter.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 20, 2012 - 12:23pm

Tyrion is at the same level, including Aria.

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Nick Wilczynski from Greensboro, NC is reading A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin February 20, 2012 - 12:24pm

Fine, if you bring her into it then that series has 3 characters that are totally legendary.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 20, 2012 - 12:25pm

I apparently need to read these books.

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Jose F. Diaz from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel February 20, 2012 - 12:28pm

Not gonna lie, but I like Paul from...Paul.

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly February 20, 2012 - 1:39pm

Woodrow F. Call

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Mark Halliwell from UK is reading martin amis ...money February 20, 2012 - 1:40pm

well,for me thats a no brainer hank chinaski in all bukoski novels..................pours beer into the ground

 

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 20, 2012 - 1:42pm

"Woodrow F. Call"

That answer.  I love Lonesome Dove.

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly February 20, 2012 - 1:45pm

Deets would be a pretty close second. Or Pea Eye, so many great characters!

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 20, 2012 - 1:49pm

Speaking of that, is Lonesome Dove worth reading?

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly February 20, 2012 - 1:50pm

Definitely. The whole series.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 20, 2012 - 1:52pm

Oh yes, yes, yes.

I think Lonesome Dove is ...splendid.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 20, 2012 - 1:57pm

Yeah?  Okay.  I've recently started to enjoy the idea of western novels, and I was all excited when I found an old copy of Zane Grey's Lone Star Ranger, but I couldn't get more than about 50 pages into it because the writing was a bit...dated.  And I've wondered about McMurtry's stuff, just never dedicated myself to it.

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly February 20, 2012 - 1:59pm

Yeah I never read any westerns and I didn't want to. LD was awesome, though.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 20, 2012 - 2:18pm

I don't like Westerns.  Lonesome Dove is in a class by itself.  Read it...and then we can talk about themes....

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 20, 2012 - 2:20pm

I will.  Loved the mini-series.  Difficult to get actors of that caliber to commit to a project like that.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 20, 2012 - 2:21pm

Can Blood Meridian be classified as a western?

Speaking of Rorschach I also like the character he was based on The Question. The male version, I haven't read the female yet.

He's one of my favorite DC characters.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 20, 2012 - 2:25pm

@Joseph

I am a bastard. I used to have it rubbed in my face also, just like Jon.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 20, 2012 - 2:32pm

In the LD movie, Gus reminded me of my grandfather, except for the blatant sex stuff.  Just his sense of humor.

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Nick Wilczynski from Greensboro, NC is reading A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin February 20, 2012 - 2:34pm

I read a lot of comics when I was little, but there was a long gap between the comics I read then and when I read Watchmen and V for Vendetta. But back when I did read comics I always liked a very specific type of superhero and since the Question was an Objectivist I might as well mention that I always liked superheroes that fit a pretty specific economic mold.

Side note: Objectivist Superhero? But, superheroes help other people, don't they? Isn't it immoral to help other people?

Anyways, I always liked Batman and Iron Man, and for more or less the same reasons. If you're superman and you show up on Earth and you have superpowers well, what are you going to do? Supervillan, Superhero, doesn't matter, you're stuck in that career path one way or the other. But Superheroes who don't have superpowers, who actually chose to get into the trade, I always respected them more. Batman and Iron Man got extra points because I always believed that there was a fundamental message about social responsibility in their characters. Both of them were super-rich, society had given them a lot. And so the least they could do to return the favor was to dress up in crazy outfits and fight crime.

If we had a Tony Stark or a Bruce Wayne the world would be a better place. They would make the rest of us look so goddamn ungrateful and irresponsible that we would be guilted into submission.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 20, 2012 - 2:35pm

Roland--dark tower.
Holden Caulfield--yeah, I said it.
Jesus.

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Nick Wilczynski from Greensboro, NC is reading A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin February 20, 2012 - 2:38pm

Ringo Starr.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 20, 2012 - 2:52pm

Scarlett O'Hara, the original Paris Hilton of the South

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 20, 2012 - 2:54pm

I like the Question because he was like Batman, but not rich. He also didn't do what Batman does, like stop a crime here and there. Which isn't bad either. The Question worked on a much larger scale, taking on corruption from within. There were also a lot of philosophies put into the series.

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Laramore Black from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8 February 20, 2012 - 4:52pm

That Jesus character has been in a lot of books.

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Renfield from Hell is reading 20th Century Ghosts February 20, 2012 - 6:27pm

Yossarian

Philip Marlowe

Brer Rabbit

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 25, 2012 - 9:29pm

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly February 25, 2012 - 9:37pm

I fucking love Rorschach!

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 25, 2012 - 9:43pm

 

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Boone Spaulding from Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.A. is reading Solarcide Presents: Nova Parade February 26, 2012 - 7:38am

@ Dave - one of the most haunting scenes from the Watchmen film was the actor's scream in the prison fight. It is the most testicle-tightening scream I've ever heard, and should have won a "Best Sound Effect" special award from the Academy.

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jyh from VA is reading whatever he feels like February 26, 2012 - 10:34am

There were times when my entire defense of the Watchmen movie rested solely on Rorschach.  So good.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 26, 2012 - 6:08pm

I like when he does the inkblot tests.

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly February 26, 2012 - 10:46pm

Aw now I'm all hot and bothered, I'm watching the Watchmen.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 26, 2012 - 10:48pm

So you watch the Watchmen!

I feel like watching it too. I just ordered it from amazon. It was on sale.

I have a shitty copy.

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly February 26, 2012 - 10:52pm

You caught that huh ;)

Yeah, I "retired" from the airlines and funded a respectable home theatre.  I'm rockin HD Watchmen in 5.1.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 26, 2012 - 11:15pm

Must be nice! Haha.

That's a nice setup though.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 26, 2012 - 11:21pm

Im in the ER with an ear infection right now. Yay me.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 26, 2012 - 11:23pm

That sucks Alien. How many people are in the waiting room?

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 26, 2012 - 11:43pm

Just 2 people ahead of me.