2006-04-21
From hereTop Ten Characters in SF & F
- Cugel from the Cugel books of Jack Vance. - What can I say? He's the best and worst of any character I can think of. Every thing he does and every step he takes is entertaining.
- Ullii from the Well of Echoes quartet by Ian Irvine. - A plug for a fellow Australian here. I loved this character, one of the best drawn women I have read in fiction. Superbly done.
- Master Eremis from the Mordant duo by Stephen Donaldson. - Superbly nasty piece of work. A believable super-intelligent villain.
- Steerpike of the first two Gormenghast books by Mervyn Peake. - I doubt I could add to anything else that's been written about him.
- Aila Woudiver from The Pnume by Jack Vance, - Vance's best villain. One of fiction's best villains.
- Weena from the Time Machine by H. G. Wells, - come on, who *didn't* want to go back and try and save her life?
- Rupert of Hentzau from a Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau by (Sir) Anthony Hope, - I couldn't tell you why, he's just an energetic bad guy.
- David Strorm from The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, - An appealing young man who you genuinely care about what happens to. I did, anyway.
- Bannor from the first Thomas Covenant trilogy by Stephen Donaldson, - Solid as a rock. The definition of still waters run deep.
- Federico de Soya from the Hyperion and Endymion books by Dan Simmons, - Total, all round solid character.
