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Like most self-employed people, I'm deep in Taxes Doodoo at the moment. Did you know that the IRS has videos on YouTube?! I know, right...need help? Just go to Youtube...every darn thing there, including helpful hints from the IRS. I can't decide whether the Information Age is pervasive or invasive.
I'm loving all your thoughts about the hero/heroine characteristics from my previous post. Please continue to give me your opinions and ideas in the comment area. I'll write a more conclusive post about the topic once I'm out of the government paperwork. As it is, I think I'm going to have an awesome panel at RT!
Definitely, the name, James Bond, strikes a chord with people, fan or not. He's part of the cultural vernacular, an icon that stereotypes a certain ideal. Can you think of a couple of character names that have stuck around with us, be it from a romance book (or any other genre) or a TV show that brings instant recognition to people (or at least, fans of that genre)? Especially heroines. Off the top of my head, I have a few nominations:
Buffy
Count Dracula
Sherlock Holmes
Nancy Drew
Eve Dallas and Roarke
Dr. Who
Stephanie PlumJed McNeil Heh, heh, couldn't resist, sorry
Jack Bauer
Gidget and Moondoggy
Steve McGarrett
Wolf McKenzie (and his sons!)
Mr. Darcy
Heathcliffe
I threw out the above names to my roofers and crapenters and they recognize 80 percent of them. You guess it--they failed in the romance book dpt. (Wolf, Mr. Darcy) but hey, one actually knew who Jed McNeil was, LOL. That made me laugh. Very heartily. I called my bookseller friend up and she recognized all the names. We readers are such well-rounded people :-).
When I give the introduction to my panel discussion, I'll definitely mention a few of these names and maybe get a show of hands. That would certainly bring home to the attendees why memorable characters make a story, right?
Do you have any for me?
9 comments:
MacGyver, Spock, Charlie Brown, Hamlet
I must confess I didn't recognize
Eve Dallas and Roarke, Stephanie Plum, Moondoggy, Steve McGarrett or
Wolf McKenzie... And I totally apologise if some of these guys are yours :)
Kim,
Oh yeah, people talk about MacGyvering stuff :) and yes, Charlie Brown is definitely an icon.
Eve Dallas and Roarke is the famed couple in JD Robb's (aka Nora Robert) futuristic series, beloved by many, twenty-something books now! Stephanie Plum is Janet Evanovich's very famous bounty hunter, up to fifteen or sixteen books now, and about to be a movie w/Katherine Heigl. Moondoggy and Gidget was a famous couple in the first beach movies of the early 60s (my age is showing). Steve McGarrett is Hawaii 5-O Alpha top guy. Wolf McKenzie is Linda Howard's iconic first half-Indian hero that had the then-famous frustrated Wolf in the shower scene. Wolf had many, many alpha sons who had their novels, beloved by many: McKenzie's Mountain, McKenzie's Mission, McKenzie's Pleasure, A Game of Chance, etc.
Hmm definitely showing my age and literary penchants with this one, but Le Petit Prince. :)
Ooooh and Lady MacBeth.
they keep coming to me in singletons - Dirty Harry
I'm happy to say that I recognise most of the names on the list, even Wolf McKenzie and his sons!
I'd add Magnum PI - I'll never forget that show though it's been more than 20 years!
And I expect Sookie Stackhouse to make the list one day too.
This is kind of fun! I'm throwing in:
Lassie
Laura Ingalls
Jaime Fraser
Lestat
Johnny Carre
Captain Jack Sparrow!
Miss Havisham :)
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