A Goodreads user
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Mark Lawrence:
Why did you make Jorg such an anti-hero to the point that, as I've seen, many readers dislike him for what he does (ie: raping women, killing people for no reason at all, etc.)? I'm curious because he's such an interesting character.
Mark Lawrence
I'm not sure 'anti-hero' is the right word for Jorg:
http://mark---lawrence.blogspot.co.uk...
Jorg's character was inspired by Alex from Anthony Burgess' 1962 classic, A Clockwork Orange, who does those things. So that's one answer.
The other answer is 'why not'. It's not necessary (for most people) to like a characters in order that they be interested in what happens to them. Additionally is it interesting that we can like a character even when we don't like what that character does.
http://mark---lawrence.blogspot.co.uk...
Jorg's character was inspired by Alex from Anthony Burgess' 1962 classic, A Clockwork Orange, who does those things. So that's one answer.
The other answer is 'why not'. It's not necessary (for most people) to like a characters in order that they be interested in what happens to them. Additionally is it interesting that we can like a character even when we don't like what that character does.
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Scott Shjefte
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Mark Lawrence:
"He has held secret level clearance with both US and UK governments. At one point he was qualified to say 'this isn't rocket science ... oh wait, it actually is'.' Hey me too except secret clearance in USA was with BAE. Rocket science I did was mostly launched from guns and from ships, so what 'branch' of rocket science did you work with? Plasma and rail guns were cool.
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