The Literary Character Tournament nomination thread! Final-ish list posted

Captain Nemo
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (not sure if these count as 2)
Long John Silver

 

Nick Carraway-Great Gatsby
Abraham Van Helsing-Dracula

 

Has this been advertised in SFF:BC and Literature?







Corran Horn
Robert Langdon
Edward Cullen

 

Advertising in Literature would do little, unless we'd like 98% of the list to consist of Star Wars characters.

 

That said, I'm sure that people who love reading Star Wars books generally love reading as a whole and would jump at the chance to share their literacy knowledge.

 

Alex-A Clockwork Orange

 

No, though that is a good idea. I think Amph would be good.

 

Thor Prose Edda/Poetic Edda
Sun Wukong - Journey to the West
Emperor Elend Venture - Mistborn Trilogy
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin - Ender's Game

Evil.

 

You'd think there would be more interest in this...

Evil.

 

Harry Dresden, Dresden Files

Anzha Lyu Mitethe, In Conquest Born

Zatar The Magnificent, In Conquest Born (this is a book that is VERY well worth reading)



more later, as they come to me.

:snoopy

 

Horatio Hornblower
Samwise Gamgee, Lord of the Rings
Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Lyra Belacqua, the Golden Compass

 

Interesting characters are unfortunately rare, these days.

 

Lee Scorseby
Lord Asriel
Quentin Compson
"The Whiskey Priest"


question: can you nominate a character who is in a non-fiction book and exists outsied the book?

 

Tyrion Lannister Song of Ice and Fire series

Winston Smith Nineteen Eighty-Four

Bob Gray/Pennywise/It It

Frankenstein's monster, as opposed to Frankenstein himself, the scientist who was nominated up above

 

Grand Admiral Thrawn
Nom Anor
Scarlett O'Hara
Rhett Butler (you have to have both!)

 

Count Olaf
Artemis Fowl
Fitzwilliam Darcy
Ishmael Beah

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Snape

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gollum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aslan

 

For the lulz.


Jesus, The Bible
Moses, The Bible

 

Edmond Dantès, The Count of Monte Cristo

Running out of ideas here, this should be easier to come up with characters, there has to be hundreds of them we are missing.

 

Robinson Crusoe
Cardinal Richelieu
Captain Nemo
Phileas Fogg

 

Hercule Poirot
Miss Jane Marple
Hector
Clytemnestra

 

Just saw this in The Amph.

Holden Caulfield, Catcher in the Rye
Owen Meany, A Prayer for Owen Meany

 

Geralt of Rivia, the Witcher short stories and novels

Lord Havelock Vetinari, the Discworld series

Sam Vimes, the Discworld series

Yossarian, Catch XXII