| Re: Anti-heroes
I wasn't at a loss for ideas, Omphalos, I was just looking for some titles of recent books with anti-heroic protagonists, that being the subject of the panel. If we'd been talking about classics, I would have had plenty to say. As it was, I brought up Lies of Locke Lamora and a few others that attract a lot of discussion on forums like this one, but there were blank looks from the other panelists. None of us had read any of the same books, old or new, as anyone else on the panel, and the conversation languished. OK, I said to myself, if we aren't going to talk about books, let's see what we can do with TV. I mentioned Sayid and Sawyer on Lost (which I agree with you should have sparked some discussion) but that didn't go far. So I gave up on current shows and said (which I was sure would provoke an enthusiastic response) that I was a big Spike fan when Buffy was still on. That was good for about five minutes out of the hour.
Mercifully, that particular panel is now several months in my past. |