World, Writing, Wealth discussion

Which ones are your favourite fictional characters ? Any genre.

One of mine is Miss Marple,the Agatha Christie sleuth.
Although I love the movie James Bond (before Daniel Craig),I've never been fond of Ian Fleming's original creation.

I have always liked strong female characters especially those who dared to be different when Females were meant to know their place.
Elizabeth Bennett and Jo March are two of my favourites.
Lately I adored Lisbeth Salander .
My recent favourites are three female characters from a book called The Cursed Sister by Andrew Blair.
All three were Belsen concentration camp survivors. One was a child, one an elderly lady and one was a ruthless vigilante.
I loved them all.

As a young reader, I always liked the unconventional female characters like Nancy Drew and Scout Finch and Jo March. Girls these days have plenty of strong role models, but back in the '60s, they were hard to find and, thus, remain well beloved by women of my generation.

Sherlock (even paid a visit to his museum in London), Corleone

Oh, yeah, Sherlock. I read all the stories when I was in high school and was hooked.

Woe, cool, Nik! Sherlock Holmes is one of my fav fictitional characters EVER.

As a kid I loved George, from Enid Blyton's Famous Five.

Now, some of my favourites are Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Sam Vimes from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

All those characters from Alice in Wonderland,the mad hatter,the dormouse etc.

And the Cheshire Cat!

The whole cast of characters from the Discworld Series. I started reading Terry Pratchett back in 1987 and was heartbroken when he died. It was one of the few world builds that never became old or repetitive.

The Masterharper of Pern and the Dragons.

Peter Pan was my favorite that I always asked my dad to read when I was a little kid.

Nancy Drew - My first house I had a whole wall of bookcases, Instead of a door to the laundry room, my ex created a set of bookshelves that I could pull open (like opening French doors).

Nancy Drew books gave me a heroine I could identify with when I was growing up, independent tomboy that I was :-)

Love Discworld! Particularly Granny Weatherwax and Vimes.

Also, Pern - the Masterharper and the Dragons are marvellous.

The witcher from Sapkowski's series is not bad

Okay, so my contributions may be a bit of 'taking the easy way out' but I would say Hodor from A Game of Thrones (Hodor, hodor!) and Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy (I am Groot).

I'm in agreement with you on both of those :-)

I am a big Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit fan - so fictional characters in there would be quite of few of them but main ones are:
Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo, Sam, Bilbo, Legolas, etc. All of the main ones that were in the books are favorites to me.

Marie wrote: "I am a big Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit fan - so fictional characters in there would be quite of few of them but main ones are:
Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo, Sam, Bilbo, Legolas, etc. All of the main o..."

Agreed. Hobbits are awesome. They have it ALL figured out. Live life. Drink. Eat. Live more life. Drink more. Sleep. Repeat.

And be a true friend.

Favorite fictional character: Kathy H.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Published by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc. - New York - 2005

Jeffrey wrote: "Marie wrote: "I am a big Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit fan - so fictional characters in there would be quite of few of them but main ones are:
Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo, Sam, Bilbo, Legolas, etc. All..."

Agreed. Hobbits are awesome. They have it ALL figured out. Live life. Drink. Eat. Live more life. Drink more. Sleep. Repeat.

Well you know Jeffrey you might agree with me on something else as well for "favorite fictional characters"! What is our favorite fictional series we are into right now?! Hmmmm.....anything come to mind? Might have something to do with vampires....does that ring a bell?! LOL :)

Favorite fictional characters from this series and yes I am adding the actual link. :)

A Subtle Agency Omnibus

Characters for me are as follows:

Gang Wu
Li Wu
Peter Lamb
Arthur Slayne
Francis Mirovar
Juliette Mirovar
Justin Blake
Chloe Armitage
The Sand Crocodile (What? I like that nickname!)
Louise Wesson

Okay those are my favorites! :)

Jim wrote: "Favorite fictional character: Kathy H.

Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Published by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc. - New York - 2005" really good read!!

I just read Dr Sleep and I love Danny. He trying to come up from his father abuse and be his own person. Stephen King books are the best old and new.

Jim wrote: "Favorite fictional character: Kathy H.

Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Published by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc. - New York - 2005"

That book is my all time favorite dystopia. It is so understated, by the time you really figure out what is really happening, it is devastating.

Ishiguro is the master of understatement.

I pretty much feel I am the only person in the world who did not like Lord of the Rings. Maybe I should buy the movies on DVD as a cure for my insomnia? I am not a huge fantasy fan.

Lizzie wrote: "I pretty much feel I am the only person in the world who did not like Lord of the Rings. Maybe I should buy the movies on DVD as a cure for my insomnia? I am not a huge fantasy fan."

Do you like fantasy at all and if so which books?

Marie wrote: "I am a big Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit fan - so fictional characters in there would be quite of few of them but main ones are:
Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo, Sam, Bilbo, Legolas, etc. All of the main o..."

What about Tom Bombadil? He and Sam were the only two characters who held the One Ring without being tempted by it.

Sam got tempted.

I'll grant the point, with the caveat that Sam and Tom both handed the ring back to Frodo without a fight.

Indeed. They mastered the effect. Technically Galadriel and Gandalf were both offered and managed to decline ... without touching the one ring.

Papaphilly wrote: "Lizzie wrote: "I pretty much feel I am the only person in the world who did not like Lord of the Rings. Maybe I should buy the movies on DVD as a cure for my insomnia? I am not a huge fantasy fan."..."

Probably not. Except for a few independent authors who's sci fi resulted in me reading their fantasy series. Joseph Lallo's Deacon series, Lindsay Buroker's Emperor's Edge series, and Jade Kerion's Daughter of Air series. The latter 2 feel more like sci fi mixed into historical fiction. I really fell for Rothfuss' Name of the Wind.

Graeme wrote: "Indeed. They mastered the effect. Technically Galadriel and Gandalf were both offered and managed to decline ... without touching the one ring."

I'm not sure how to rate Gandalf's resistance at a distance. He's an Ainur, his abilities are literally not of mortal men or even Middle Earth.

Lizzie wrote: "Papaphilly wrote: "Lizzie wrote: "I pretty much feel I am the only person in the world who did not like Lord of the Rings. Maybe I should buy the movies on DVD as a cure for my insomnia? I am not a..."

I've always loved LOTR. I enjoyed the movies, except for the portrayal of Faramir.

And Name of the Wind. Will we ever see the next book, do you think?

I read the 2nd book immediately after the first and felt very let down that book 3 was not out. Once I started checking out the situation, it felt like some cosmic joke that everyone else had been in on for years. I want to believe that Rothfuss will someday finish it and I suspect he hasn't discovered his own ending, as yet.

Have you read The Slow Regard of Silent Things? I really loved it, but it's quite polarising amongst fans.

I haven't read The Slow Regard of Silent Things because I felt what they were charging for what is essentially a novella is scandalous. But I have read the critiques of it. I believe that Rothfuss intended it as a character study, so it is fairly slow and introspective and many readers don't really care for that. But as an author, I completely appreciate how important they can be to add backstory to the main story.

I highly recommend The Lies of Locke Lamora (at least, the first book). The main characters, Locke and Jean, are a phenomenal duo and the book is very well written.

J. wrote: "I'm not sure how to rate Gandalf's resistance at a distance. He's an Ainur, his abilities are literally not of mortal men or even Middle Earth...."

It's a moral choice. Having great power only raises the stakes - it doesn't make the choice easier to make..