Posted by Jay Palmisano on March 29, 1998 at 18:15:19:
In Reply to: Re: Vance Heroes posted by Terry on February 10, 1998 at 07:13:31:
There is a quote, I think by Sessily Veder although it may have been Wayness Tamm, in "Araminta Station" to the effect that the quality she found attractive in Glawen Clattuc was competence. I think that this is the quality that JV admires most. All his heroes seem to have competence aplenty, even the "bad boys" like Cugel. This leads to the almost superhuman individualism that guys like Gersen, Reith, and Aillas exhibit. They rarely need anybody else; _they_ can deal with it. You might say that this is true of most heroes, but I think it's particularly striking in Vance.