On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 19:03:51 -0800, you wrote: >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. > The Mule was kinda cool. In a mulish sort of way. -- lazarus "Therefore, my Harry, Be it thy course to busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels; that action, hence borne out, may waste the memory of the former days." -- King Henry IV, Part ii Act 4, Scene 5