favorite character from literature?

lord jagged of canaria

  asymmetrical head said:

probably lennie small from "of mice and men"!

the book actually made me cry in high school!

  dese manz hatin said:

Raoul Duke

and Dr. Gonzo.

Holden Caulfield... if you really want to hear about it.

Eeyore

i quite like the baddy in that Lemony Snickets book

i liked that Salvatorin character in The Name Of The Rose

i think that was the name of the guy who mixed up different languages while he spoke, right?

<---------- little my from the moomins is my final decision

If we're counting comics, then Scud.

<-----------Also.

John Constantine

  bossman said:

Cugel from TALES OF THE DYING EARTH by jack vance

 

dude is THE entertaining bastard

fucking VANCE. Blue World, Demon Princes.

read some Vance people

my favorite character in literature is prince myshkin from the idiot.

beowulf is fucking bad ass.

  zaphod said:

my favorite character in literature is prince myshkin from the idiot.

nice

also Tom Joad.

oh and finally Yossarian.

from the grapes of wrath and catch 22 respectively.

  sneaksta303 said:

John Constantine

my ex's dad used to draw him for vertigo

Aremis Slake

That book stuck with me for some reason.

Also: Equality 7-2521

i can't believe it took 3 pages for someone to say holden caulfield.

right at this very moment i'm going to go with desmond aka "coyote" from the mars trilogy.

Hermine from Steppenwolf

  all_purpose_sandpaper said:

  bossman said:

Cugel from TALES OF THE DYING EARTH by jack vance

 

dude is THE entertaining bastard

 

fucking VANCE. Blue World, Demon Princes.

 

read some Vance people

any other vance recommendations? below are the vance books available at my library:

Jurgen, Maskull, and Mr Vane from lit...

King Mob from comics...

John McClain from screenplays...

  IRARI said:

  all_purpose_sandpaper said:

  bossman said:

Cugel from TALES OF THE DYING EARTH by jack vance

 

dude is THE entertaining bastard

 

fucking VANCE. Blue World, Demon Princes.

 

read some Vance people

 

any other vance recommendations? below are the vance books available at my library:

 

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ports of call

night lamp

throy

when the five moons rise

ecce and old earth

madouc

the green pearl

rhialto the marvellous

cugel's saga

lyonesse: book i, suldrun's garden

maske: thaery

many are pieces of series.. i see alot of pieces. i rec Cugel's Saga and then decide if you like Vance... basically extremely lucid and rolling lolling lit-speculative fiction. the uncanny ability to use a word when many would write a sentence or fragment.

Spot the Dog

Dick

Jane

  all_purpose_sandpaper said:

  IRARI said:

  all_purpose_sandpaper said:

  bossman said:

Cugel from TALES OF THE DYING EARTH by jack vance

 

dude is THE entertaining bastard

 

fucking VANCE. Blue World, Demon Princes.

 

read some Vance people

 

any other vance recommendations? below are the vance books available at my library:

 

ports of call

night lamp

throy

when the five moons rise

ecce and old earth

madouc

the green pearl

rhialto the marvellous

cugel's saga

lyonesse: book i, suldrun's garden

maske: thaery

 

many are pieces of series.. i see alot of pieces. i rec Cugel's Saga and then decide if you like Vance... basically extremely lucid and rolling lolling lit-speculative fiction. the uncanny ability to use a word when many would write a sentence or fragment.

CUGEL'S SAGA, mind you, is the sequel to EYES OF THE OVERWORLD, so you might be a little lost if you start with this one. There's a pretty cheap paperback TofDE floating around on ebay and amazon... that includes Tales of the Dying Earth, Eyes, Saga, and Rhialto. well worth the $10.

"Vance... basically extremely lucid and rolling lolling lit-speculative fiction. the uncanny ability to use a word when many would write a sentence or fragment."

great description!

yeah.. there are too many great moments. cloak made of eyeballs.

woodrow guthrie from seeds of man

jimmy corrigan