Re: Characters You're *Supposed* To Hate...but don't.

In article <3rav2fFiaucrU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
m.blundenATntlworld.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...

> > Though in later books they get over it.

> Calhoun tends toward the opposite end of the spectrum - 'character you're
> supposed to like but don't'. He can only get away with his attitude to life
> so long as he's right, and far too often he only seems to be right by
> authorial fiat, often through elaborately bizarre set-pieces.

Thus bringing us to exactly the same place as "House, M.D." which
someone else mentioned.

--
John S. Novak, III
The Humblest Man On The Net
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