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OMW: Scalzi is ballsy in naming his protagonist
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Jan 15, 2013 01:02PM
For some reason I think this applies more if your name isn't John. Being the most common English male surname (or at least it used to be), it seems to have that sense of Perry being "the common man" - but I get your point. I doubt if Ron makes it as a main character in anything I'm writing!
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Ron wrote: "For some reason I think this applies more if your name isn't John. Being the most common English male surname (or at least it used to be), it seems to have that sense of Perry being "the common man..."So apparently your Psychic :) because this is near word for word what I was going to say
Look for my new novel Trike: Three-Wheeled Warrior and Catnip to the Ladies, starring Trike, written by Trike.
He did still choose to use the John combo as the protagonist. So that's at least one ball. ;)
Philip Jose Farmer used to put a character with his initials in a lot of his books. If I remember correctly, I think it was Peter Frigate in the Riverworld series. I wonder if it somehow gave him a connection to what he was writing.
I actually had this thought when reading the Cirque Du Freak series. The main character is Darren Shan and it is written by Darren Shan.
