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Old 17th April 2008, 08:27 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: What actually makes it....

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I like that one, Interference. Of course, in both cases, it works best when the protgonists are very human and the reader can relate to their aspirations, or, at least, understand them.
In science fiction (and to a lesser extent in fantasy) a large percentage of the most memorable characters haven't been human at all, or even humanoid.

Some of them have not even been living creatures under the general definition of the term.
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