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Posted: 10/26/2010 6:17:13 PM EDT

No movies, no TV. (although if they started in a book, they're in the running. So Sherlock Holmes, for example, is in. Magnum PI is out.)

Who is the baddest ass, coolest, smartest, most kick-ass character of literature?

James Bond?
Conan?
Sherlock Holmes?
Phillip Marlowe?
Jack Aubrey?
Lucas Davenport?
Mitch Rapp?
Tarzan?

You can nominate almost anyone, but you must provide reasoning behind your pick.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:17:40 PM EDT

[#1]

Barack Obama is the "Greatest" fictional character... now quite how you intended

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:18:13 PM EDT

[#2]

I vote for Rapp.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:18:50 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Barack Obama

Unfortunately, he's real. And he's on TV.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:19:15 PM EDT

[#4]

Anton Chigurh
Griso

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:19:32 PM EDT

[#5]

Bond, James Bond

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:20:04 PM EDT

[#6]

Bob Lee Swagger

(not marky mark)

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:20:07 PM EDT

[#7]

Gandalf

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:20:19 PM EDT

[#8]

<––––––––––––––––––

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:20:34 PM EDT

[#9]

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:20:59 PM EDT

[#10]

John Carter of Mars

Different and not yet corrupted by a motion picture travesty.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:21:04 PM EDT

[#11]

Tarzan.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:21:04 PM EDT

[#12]

Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird
George Smiley, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Robin Hood

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:21:39 PM EDT

[#13]

Lazarus Long.

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Posted: 10/26/2010 6:22:02 PM EDT

[#14]

Horatio Hornblower

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:23:10 PM EDT

[#15]

Edmond Dantes, the Count of Monte Cristo.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:25:53 PM EDT

[#16]

Jack Ryan

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:26:43 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

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That or Howard Roark.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:27:36 PM EDT

[#18]

BOND? James Bond?

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:29:32 PM EDT

[#19]

Captain Nemo - Renounced his identity, built a kickass submarine, fought all his life on the side of nations struggling to be free from oppression, and saved The Engineer and his crew on the mysterious island multiple times.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:30:10 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Edmond Dantes, the Count of Monte Cristo.

This is what popped into my head too.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:30:57 PM EDT

[#21]

Doc Savage

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:31:31 PM EDT

[#22]

Ulysses/Odysseus

Greek Mythology. Known for his intelligence and his return home after his travels including that to the Underworld.

Also, Trojan Horse is well known.

"Beggar though I am, I was a soldier once: And there still may yet be some strength in these arms of mine."

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:32:02 PM EDT

[#23]

James Mowry is pretty badass. Disrupts an entire planet with his actions. Smart, dangerous and extremely lucky.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp_%28novel%29

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:32:14 PM EDT

[#24]

Ender Wiggin

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:32:15 PM EDT

[#25]

Sam Damon.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:32:18 PM EDT

[#26]

Natty Bumpo a.k.a. the Deerslayer a.k.a. La Longue Carabine a.k.a. Leatherstocking.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:33:25 PM EDT

[#27]

The Judge.

From the novel Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:35:20 PM EDT

[#28]

Paul Atreides.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:36:29 PM EDT

[#29]

Catcher In The Rye's Holden Caufield

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:36:32 PM EDT

[#30]

John T. Kelly aka "Snake"

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:36:35 PM EDT

[#31]

Yosarian.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:37:09 PM EDT

[#32]

Or Harry Potter

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:37:54 PM EDT

[#33]

Beowulf

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:38:12 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
The Judge.

From the novel Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

Most insidious, perhaps.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:38:13 PM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
Doc Savage

This

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:39:46 PM EDT

[#36]

Lucas Davenport is a good one. He's smart, self-made, cool, knows when to break the rules and he kicks ass when he needs to. Oh, and he's man enough to admit he likes fashion.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:41:07 PM EDT

[#37]

Custis Long.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:41:18 PM EDT

[#38]

John Galt?

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:41:20 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
Lucas Davenport is a good one. He's smart, self-made, cool, knows when to break the rules and he kicks ass when he needs to. Oh, and he's man enough to admit he likes fashion.

And he'll pistol whip a man's face into shredded wheat with the front sight of his 1911 when he must.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:41:42 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
Beowulf

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:41:53 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Lucas Davenport is a good one. He's smart, self-made, cool, knows when to break the rules and he kicks ass when he needs to. Oh, and he's man enough to admit he likes fashion.

And he'll pistol whip a man's face into shredded wheat with the front sight of his 1911 when he must.

true. and he drives a porsche.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:42:59 PM EDT

[#42]

Marcellus Wallace.

What does Marcellus Wallace look like?

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:44:38 PM EDT

[#43]

Regimental Sergeant Major Patrick Harper.

He had a Nock Gun.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:45:12 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

John Galt?

Who was he ?

I nominate Lazarus Long

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:46:18 PM EDT

[#45]

Gus McCrea

(... as played by Robert Duvall in the miniseries of Lonesome Dove)

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:47:04 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
John Galt?

Beat me to it.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:47:45 PM EDT

[#47]

Flash Gordon

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:48:37 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
John Carter of Mars

Different and not yet corrupted by a motion picture travesty.

Yes he has...and an INCREDIBLY bad one at that...check netflix for "princess of Mars"

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Posted: 10/26/2010 6:48:59 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:
Ulysses/Odysseus

Greek Mythology. Known for his intelligence and his return home after his travels including that to the Underworld.

Also, Trojan Horse is well known.

"Beggar though I am, I was a soldier once: And there still may yet be some strength in these arms of mine."

This. A fictional character, from before the Roman Republic, who is still on reading lists today.

Steve

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:49:34 PM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:

Barack Obama is the "Greatest" fictional character... now quite how you intended

this was my response when i saw the subject headline and clicked

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