On Thu 28 Jun, Marian de Haan wrote:
Stephen Date wrote:
Ah you have neglected Tarrant and Dayna in Traitor. But come to think of
it Traitor is the story of Space Major Hunda and his gallant band of rebels fighting a doomed struggle against Servalan and a one eyed baddie. Tarrant and Dayna are, if not ciphers, almost incidental to the plot.<
Exactly. The focus is on the guest characters. One of the things I dislike about Holmes's B7 plots is that he seems to give more attention to the guest characters than to the regulars.
But I like his ability to write well-rounded guest characters and don't mind a few of the regulars taking a back seat on occasion (you can't have all the characters and the guest characters having major parts - just isn't possible in the time available).
Bellfriar and Gambril were a delight with their good-natured banter and light cynicism. (Egrorian was totally unbelieveable, but I enjoyed Krantor and Toise).
Judith