Meme from princess_mia

[nuranar]

Hmm, interesting meme.  The hard part is limiting myself to only 15, because I pick at least one favorite character in everything I read. And I'm just now over 600 books on LibraryThing, and not finished cataloging. >.<

List fifteen of your favorite characters from different series, and ask people to spot patterns in your choices, and if they're so inclined, to draw conclusions about you based on the patterns they've spotted.

Which means YOU, my dear friends list, get to play psychoanalyst. Enjoy! :p 


1. Albert Campion (author Margery Allingham)
2. Nhi Vanye i Chya (Cherryh's Morgaine books)
3. Kelly Robinson (I Spy)
4. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (Shaara's The Killer Angels)
5. Lord Peter Wimsey (author Dorothy Sayers)
6. James Eckert (Dragon Knight series)
7. The Duke of Sale, a.k.a. "Gilly" (Heyer's The Foundling)
8. Sir Gareth Ludlow (Heyer's Sprig Muslin)
9. Simon Templar, the Saint (author Leslie Charteris)
10. John Carter (MacLean's The Golden Rendezvous)
11. Tuppence Beresford (author Agatha Christie)
12. Tyrel Sackett (L'Amour's Sackett books)
13. Donald Lamb (author Erle Stanley Gardner)
14. Aragorn (The Lord of the Rings)
15. Kimball Kinnison (Lensman series)

I used a random sequence generator, so don't make anything of the order. I will volunteer that except for Tuppence, these are all men. :p

(Note - it says "series," but that may be geared toward TV series and I don't do many of those. I'd rather focus on favorite characters, period. Which is hard enough... I know I'm leaving off some dillies...)

Comments

[suededsilk.livejournal.com]

Oh, boy. I've read maybe 5 of the ones on your list, so I'll wait to let the more well-read readers chime in! In any event, I suspect the answers may tell more about the analysts than the list-makers. :D

Offhand, I deduce that you like sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery...

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

From the overall sound of crickets, I'm getting the impression I'm a rarely eclectic reader even in this eclectic atmosphere. *g*

[jordannamorgan]

I know less about your choices than Suededsilk does. (Simon Templar and James Eckert, obviously.)

[fancyfrocks.livejournal.com]

Your choices tell me that you're well read and I admire that about you!
I honestly don't know enough about any of the characters to give any other insight ;)
hehe

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! Hehe!

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's pretty much all true. I'm not sure I've ever really read chick-lit, and I think "cozies" tend to bore me. I honestly think (or thought) I'm pretty predictable, because I tend to fall for the main character. Stick "hero" on the guy and I'm there. And considering the types of books I read, they tend to be the ones who can hold their own in action and plot. Ergo, tough and intelligent. :)

That said, I admit I'm surprised that more of them aren't the stereotypical tough, smart hero. Kelly Robinson (the single one out of TV instead of book), the Saint, John Carter, Tyrel Sackett, and Kim Kinnison are probably the only ones that come close to being merely that. (And Indiana Jones, if I hadn't had a stupid fit and forgot him.) The rest all are even more multidimensional; both intelligent and tough in one way or another, but sometimes it's less obvious, as with the Heyer-heroes, or even disguised, as with Vanye.

As for timing... interesting. 9/15 were written as you say, mid-to-early 20th century. But I Spy, Dragon Knight, John Carter, and Tyrel Sackett all date from the 60s/70s, and the Morgaine books and Killer Angels were written more recently than that. (Well, maybe the first Morgaine was late 70s.) Indiana Jones would also be from the 80s.

[princess-mia.livejournal.com]

I love Tuppence Beresford! I just started reading that series.;)
I don't know a lot of your favorites, but from the ones I recognize, it looks like you enjoy strong characters and good detectives.;)
What did you think of my list?

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

It's excellent! That is, the first ones are... the last ones Christie wrote when she was really advancing in years, and they're (IMHO) not very good.
Strong characters and good detectives definitely!
I just commented over on your site - thanks for the reminder. Oops!