So many have said [wry g]. If I had a nickel for every time someone's recommended a book to me because "the hero is like Miles" and he has turned out not to be at all like Miles in my perception, we could go out for a very nice lunch. Oh, well.
Miles-like heroes are much fewer and farther between than most people seem to think [g]. I can count on the fingers of one hand (with fingers left over) the heroes I've read who truly fit that category. Including Miles himself.
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Date: 2007-11-08 11:42 pm (UTC)So many have said [wry g]. If I had a nickel for every time someone's recommended a book to me because "the hero is like Miles" and he has turned out not to be at all like Miles in my perception, we could go out for a very nice lunch. Oh, well.
Miles-like heroes are much fewer and farther between than most people seem to think [g]. I can count on the fingers of one hand (with fingers left over) the heroes I've read who truly fit that category. Including Miles himself.