Posted by Terry on February 16, 1998 at 11:49:31:
In Reply to: Re: Vance Heroes posted by Gabriel Stein on February 11, 1998 at 08:10:10:
:I personally like Glawen Clattuc and also Ghyl Tarvoke in Emphyrio. But it's difficult to find an ultimate favourite.
Yes, the young heroes are more vulnerable, more tormented and grow more than their adult counterparts. Like them too and Vance's touch with creating believeable young characters while he is in his 80's is a thing of wonder in itself.
But it's not Sklaar Hast's problem solving that I admire, but the way the character is drawn. I guess the reason Blue World's hero appeals to me is that he is much gruffer and less diffident than Gersen or Reith. Hast seems cut of real material and not mistakable for another Vancian protagonist.
Terry