missybct Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Atticus Finch has to be #1 for me. George Milton in Mice of Men. Others change all the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Booth Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Not necessarily in this order: - 1. Ron Weasley Harry Potter Books 2. Harry Bosch Michael Connelly Books 3. Jacob Black Twilight Series 4. Rebecca Bloomwood Shopaholic Series 5. Holly P.S. I love you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireW Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 My list at the moment: Crowley - Good Omens Marquis de Carabas - Neverwhere Lyra - His Dark Materials Lucifer Box - Lucifer Box novels Sirius Black - Harry Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Crowley - Good Omens'He had been quite pleased with Manchester... !' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Marquis de Carabas - Neverwhere Good choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Elizabeth Bennett Albus Dumbledore Anne Shirley Scout Finch Gwenni Morgan (the Earth Hums in B Flat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 wow good list topic... hmm Mr Rochester: always brooding and enigmatic Charlie Parker: from the John Connolly tortured soul Jack Parlabane : Christopher Brookmeyer always witty and sharp comebacks Sherlock Holmes: intellegence Nanny Ogg: for a bit of light relief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 "Tyler Durden (Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk). His utopian vision is crazy but has some valuable points in my opinion." There's a lot of Tyler Durden in me (for good or worse), and I'm not sure what it says about me, but I like his vision, and would swap this reality for his any day that ends in a Y, so yeah (nodding), good character. To be honest, Pi from Yann Martel's 'Life Of Pi' is the only character who really springs to mind for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladd Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Off the top of my head I would say Sherlock Holmes Edward - the Anita Blake books Death - The discworld Harry Dresden - The Dresden Files and finally because my kids love it so much I have to read it so often The Mouse - The Gruffalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilona Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 This is inevitably going to change, but: Raoul Duke - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and others (Thompson) Howard W. Cambell, Jr. - Mother Night (Vonnegut) The Grim Reaper - The Book Thief (Zusak) The Ruler of the Universe - Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Adams) Lord Henry Wotton - The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 "Raoul Duke - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and others (Thompson)..." Good choice Ilona. I'd forgotten about all about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Had a thought, and here they are: 1. Takahashi After Dark, by Haruki Murakami After Dark was the first Murakami novel I read, and Takahashi just stole it for me. There's nothing particularly amazing about the character, but his laid back manner has a definite charm and it just makes him very cool indeed. It's the only time I can recall finishing a book and being genuinely disappointed that I would never read about a character again. 2. Jack Coker The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham Wyndham wrote so many wonderful characters, but everyman Jack Coker is my favourite. He is an old head on young shoulders, who has a practical, no-nonsense approach but there is also a streak of back-talking cheek thrown in. If I was facing the end of civilisation, I couldn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilona Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 "Raoul Duke - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and others (Thompson)..." Good choice Ilona. I'd forgotten about all about him. Thank you - I loved his drug-frenzied dialogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Mines Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 1. Leopold Bloom, husband of Molly, father of Milly, mayor of Bloomusalem, appreciative consumer of the inner organs of beasts and fowls, new womanly man, lovable homo domesticus, correspondent of Martha Clifford (qua Henry Flower), marker of tea, buyer of lemon soap, reader of tidbits, teetotaler, Jew, wittol, all round man. Good old Bloom! 2. Professor Kinbote, nom de guerre of Charles Xavier the II, nom de folie of Professor Botkin, who may also be the ghost of John or Hazel Shade. No, no, don't ask me to explain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Carson Whit Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 1. Lisbeth Salander. Easily my favourite fictional character of all time, as someone who has always been somewhat of an outsider, she is someone I can relate to. 2. Tyler Durden. Again as somewhat of an outsider he is someone who really 'spoke' to me. Some of the lines he comes out with I find truly inspiring. 3. Jack Torrance. For no other reason than I found him fascinating and a joy to read, in one of the best SK novels ever written. 4. Alex - A Clockwork Orange One of the most despicable, inherently evil yet somewhat refined characters ever written. 5. John Rainbird. A very imposing and well written character in the latest SK novel that I have read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 3. Jack Torrance. For no other reason than I found him fascinating and a joy to read, in one of the best SK novels ever written. I hadn't read the book when I put my suggestions up on the board before. He's a character I am going to remember for a long time. Although I can't say I liked him though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilona Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I mostly felt sorry for him - it's hard to imagine what it'd be like to realize the terror you've caused your own loved ones like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz3 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 1.Erik from the Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 2.Dagny Taggart from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.Elphaba from Wicked by Gregory Maguire 5.Javer and/or Jean Valjean from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (I'm not sure which one I like best yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Five of my favourites are: Myron Bolitar from Harlan Coben's novels Dexter Morgan from Jeff Lindsay's novels Carson Ryder from J A Kerley's novels Chief Inspector Alan Banks from Peter Robinson's novels (because it's possible he's based on me...) Jack Reacher from Lee Child's novels It's interesting how these are all connected in some way to the Police, isn't it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brida Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 At the moment, I pick these characters (in no particular order) - Nakata (Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami) - Pi (Life of Pi by Yann Martel) - Hamlet (Hamlet by William Shakespeare) - Gregor Samsa (The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka) - Santiago/Brida (The Alchemist/Brida by Paulo Coelho; can't chose) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffin Nail Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Blimey. Only 5?? That's a tough one. In no particular order; Winston Smith--1984 Atticus Finch--To Kill a Mocking Bird DI Steel--A national treasure as written by Stuart Macbride Hagrid-Harry Potter series Miss Sophia--Colour Purple But what about: Sam Spade, Hannibal Lecter, Miss Haversham, Scrooge, Mrs Danvers, The Twits, Willy Wonka, Begbie, Drancula, Adrian Mole, Rebus........and probably another hundred. Any of which could have made the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brida Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Adrian Mole He is special... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 (edited) Hmmm, difficult to choose. 1. Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) 2. Aramis (The Three Musketeers) 3. Philip Carey (Of Human Bondage) 4. Rhett Butler (Gone With The Wind) 5. The Fool (The Farseer Series) I had to change my list. I almost forgot Aramis! Edited August 18, 2010 by Pixie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursenblack Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 My choices are: 1. Mr. Darcy from Pride and Predjudice 2. Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland (do animals count? well he does talk) 3. Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights 4. Laura Ingalls Wilder from Little House books (is a real person but not living) 5. Anne Shirely from Anne of Green Gables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNinthWord Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 In no particular order: Susan Sto Helit (Discworld Novels) Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre) Perrin Aybara (The Wheel of Time) - followed closely by a lot of the female characters; Elayne, Min, Egwaine, Nynaeve, Moiraine, Faile Kelsier (Mistborn Trilogy) Jonathan Strange (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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