At 06:32 PM 1/23/2003 -0600, Davis, Iain E. wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kat [mailto:tsarren at alyra.org] > > > I have heard the annoyance at the characters from just about > > everyone I know. The general consensus seems to be that we > > read Jordan for the complexity of the plot and the richness > > of the world, but not for the depth of the characters. > >Oddly, that makes a certain amount of sense. However, that kinda puts >it in the "Yet Another World" category for me. Hmm. I'm trying to think >of some books that I liked that the characters weren't important (to me >at least). At first I couldn't think of any, but then I remembered >Asimov's "Foundation Series". What? You didn't think Hari Seldon was cool? Not to mention the other guy....uh...the one who tried to ignore his psycho-history training. He was cool too.