Who Do You Think are Literatures Greatest and Most Compelling Antihero's and Villains ?

Peppa said:
I have only read "Klara and the Sun" by this author. I haven't read "The Buried Giant" yet.
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I was impressed with this book and I may read more of his books. :cool:

Under Arthurian books .
The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart
1. The Crystal Cave
2 .The Hollow Hills
3. The Last Enchantment
Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliffe
Merlin and Company by Alvaro Cunqueiro
The Dragon Lord by David Drake
The short story Last Defender of Camelot by Roger Zelazny
 
BAYLOR said:
I was impressed with this book and I may read more of his books. :cool:

Under Arthurian books .
The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart
1. The Crystal Cave
2 .The Hollow Hills
3. The Last Enchantment
Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliffe
Merlin and Company by Alvaro Cunqueiro
The Dragon Lord by David Drake
The short story Last Defender of Camelot by Roger Zelazny
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I was also very impressed by this book, but not just because of the talent of the author (although Kazuo Ishiguro is certainly very talented). I'm not really comfortable explaining to other people why.
In any case, I will definitely read The Buried Giant.
As for Mary Stewart, I've read the trilogy and also "The Wicked Day" (where Mordred is a good guy and the main protagonist). When I was a little girl I also read a book by Rosemary Sutcliff about a Celtic boy who was born with a mutilated arm or something like that. I can't remember the title.
I can also name The Once and Future King and The Mists of Avalon. However, Morderd is the bad guy in these books.
There is also a book called "I am Mordred" by Nancy Springer.
Last year I tried to read a book that looked like a clumsy attempt to rewrite the Mary Stewart trilogy from Guenevere's point of view. I got through the first few chapters and gave up my unsuccessful attempts to read this book. The author's style was very good, but this book was like a dish made with very healthy and high quality foods, but lacking any seasoning.
I would hope that the books on your list are more tasty.
 
Peppa said:
I was also very impressed by this book, but not just because of the talent of the author (although Kazuo Ishiguro is certainly very talented). I'm not really comfortable explaining to other people why.
In any case, I will definitely read The Buried Giant.
As for Mary Stewart, I've read the trilogy and also "The Wicked Day" (where Mordred is a good guy and the main protagonist). When I was a little girl I also read a book by Rosemary Sutcliff about a Celtic boy who was born with a mutilated arm or something like that. I can't remember the title.
I can also name The Once and Future King and The Mists of Avalon. However, Morderd is the bad guy in these books.
There is also a book called "I am Mordred" by Nancy Springer.
Last year I tried to read a book that looked like a clumsy attempt to rewrite the Mary Stewart trilogy from Guenevere's point of view. I got through the first few chapters and gave up my unsuccessful attempts to read this book. The author's style was very good, but this book was like a dish made with very healthy and high quality foods, but lacking any seasoning.
I would hope that the books on your list are more tasty.
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One book I tried was Marion Zimmer Brandely's The Mists Of Avalon , I got about page 50 and gave up on it. I didn't like it .

On YouTube there is a tv adaptation Of Zelazny's The Last Defender of Camelot It was for 1985 version of The Twilight Zone. I liked the episodes and its does vary from the original story but keeps the essentials.
 
BAYLOR said:
One book I tried was Marion Zimmer Brandely's The Mists Of Avalon , I got about page 50 and gave up on it. I didn't like it .

On YouTube there is a tv adaptation Of Zelazny's The Last Defender of Camelot It was for 1985 version of The Twilight Zone. I liked the episodes and its does vary from the original story but keeps the essentials.
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I read it stoically to the end. Television adaptations of Jelazny's books can be very interesting. Thank you very much!
 
Peppa said:
I read it stoically to the end. Television adaptations of Jelazny's books can be very interesting. Thank you very much!
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A character I mention earlier in the thread was Kane the Mystic Swordsman he was created by Karl Edward Wagner . Kane is immortal amoral heroic villain /antihero . It's a dark fantasy series comprising 5 book
1. Bloodstone
2. Darkness Weaves
3. Dark Crusade
4. Death angels Shadow
5 Nightwinds

His last Kane story A Gothic Touch has Kane meeting uo with Eric of Menibone and Moonglum from Michael Moorckcs Eternal Champion saga.


The Dark World by Henry Kuttner is fantasy novel with an unusual protagonist.
 
Flagg. The antagonist of Stephen King's The Eyes of the Dragon.
Thoth-Amon. A character, not necessarily the antagonist, from Robert E. Howard's The Phoenix on the Sword. The fact that there were characters merely roaming the Hyborian Age blew my mind. It made the world more insidious.
Ishida Mitsunari. Yes, he's a paper thin cliche... but I still don't like him.
Grand Inquisitor Zhaspahr Clyntahn of David Weber's Safehold series. I felt this was a nod to Hilary Clinton in a man's body.
Jadis, Empress of Charn, aka The Queen of Narnia and Empress of the Lone Islands, and the White Witch.
Shift from The Last Battle.
Gollum and Grima, son of Galmod.
Jaime Lannister.
The Vermicious Knids.
Antinous.
Logen, aka Ninefingers aka the Bloody Nine.
Caul Shivers.
Sand dan Glokta.
 
BAYLOR said:
A character I mention earlier in the thread was Kane the Mystic Swordsman he was created by Karl Edward Wagner . Kane is immortal amoral heroic villain /antihero . It's a dark fantasy series comprising 5 book
1. Bloodstone
2. Darkness Weaves
3. Dark Crusade
4. Death angels Shadow
5 Nightwinds

His last Kane story A Gothic Touch has Kane meeting uo with Eric of Menibone and Moonglum from Michael Moorckcs Eternal Champion saga.


The Dark World by Henry Kuttner is fantasy novel with an unusual protagonist.
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Immortal and amoral at the same time? He seems like an interesting character.:giggle:
 
Boaz said:
Thoth-Amon. A character, not necessarily the antagonist, from Robert E. Howard's The Phoenix on the Sword. The fact that there were characters merely roaming the Hyborian Age blew my mind. It made the world more insidious.
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He was a very cool magician, as I recall. And I liked him more than Conan himself.
But I liked almost all the villains in the Conan books better than the main character.
 
Peppa said:
He was a very cool magician, as I recall. And I liked him more than Conan himself.
But I liked almost all the villains in the Conan books better than the main character.
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Thoth - Amon was most impressive In the movies, the perfect actor to play him would have been Amrish Puri who played Mola Ram in Temple of Doom, he would great in the role.:cool:
 
I imagined him a little differently. But this Amrish Puri seems like a really great actor.
 
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