Neil wrote: <As for the characters being unpleasant, I'm all for it. I don't want them to be nicey-nice squeaky clean heroes, I want them to show that they have it in them to be complete bastards from time to time.>

And if they weren't, we'd have far less to talk about, going from my reading of the archives and the ever-popular and never-resolved argum- I mean *nice friendly discussions* <g> - on the subjects ...

Blake in 'Shadow' Tarrant in 'City on the Edge of the World' Avon in 'Power' Avon in 'Stardrive' Blake in 'Star One' Avon in 'Orbit' Avon in 'Blake'

... just to name the Major 'You-Bastard-You' multi-threads ...

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