Villains

[soopaman]

It's about time we started having a "heated debate". So I thought I'd post a couple of new topics to get the ball rolling.

Who, in your opinion, is the best literary/fictional villain?? Opinions could be clouded by films and suchlike but we'll have to live with that. :lol:

My choice would be Captain Dudley Smith from the James Ellroy series of Detective/Crime books (LA Confidential, The Big Nowhere,Etc). What a bastard!! He postively resonates with evil, sleaze and degradation. He moves through LA's seedy underworld like a shark preying on anyone weak or stupid enough to get in his way. Twisted, manipulative, greedy - class character.

Impress me Bookworld!! :D

ps I realise there is a typo in the topic heading. D'oh!! :P

[MagicNakor]

Damn. That's a mean, mean question.

There's Steerpike from the Gormenghast trilogy.

Hm. Now that I think about it, I don't read many books with villians.

:ninja:

[J'Pol]

The ultimate villain must be Prof Moriarty.

He even appears here sometimes.

[tracydani]

I like Randall Flag/ The Walking Man from Stephen King's The Stand. For some reason whenever I hear the song Bad Company from Bad Company I think of him.

[Curley]

Patrick Kelly from 2 of Martina Cole's books, The Lady Killer and Broken.

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

Punisher.

[Curley]

Originally posted by FuNkY CaPrIcOrN@10 May 2003 - 20:29
Punisher.
:huh: :unsure: :blink:

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

Originally posted by Curley+10 May 2003 - 14:30--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Curley @ 10 May 2003 - 14:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--FuNkY CaPrIcOrN@10 May 2003 - 20:29
Punisher.
:huh: :unsure: :blink: [/b][/quote]
:D I take that back.It would have to be these 2 Evil doers as part of one of the greatest Comic Strips of all time.....



http://bellsouthpwp.net/F/u/FuNkY_CaPrIcOrN/paulandVB.jpg

[Curley]

Lmao, i&#39;m sure they&#39;ll be proud of the fact :D

[J'Pol]

Agrajag

Does anyone know who he is. Without looking below, or doing a search.

Don&#39;t look (http://www.angelfire.com/wy/dev/HitchHikersGuide.html)

I did. So be honest, post your answer.

[soopaman]

I&#39;ll be honest I didn&#39;t know who/what it was. Thought of another good villain: The Joker from the Batman comics. Insane&#33;&#33; :lol:

[MagicNakor]

Iago from Othello.

:ninja:

[acebrain01]

shiatan of the wampri
lumley greatest works the necroscope series

[imported_QuietSilence!]

its ether hitler or stallin

[MagicNakor]

I don&#39;t think we meant real-world people... ;)

:ninja:

[imported_QuietSilence!]

ok then how about Ma’ar of the Valdemar series by lacky had afew difrent names but he was born as Ma&#39;ar

[Schmiggy_JK23]

Grand Admiral Thrawn, from Timothy Zahn&#39;s Star Wars Triliogy.... a master stratatician, immense intelligence, cunning and ruthless... yet a love for the fine arts....

btw... my first post in book world, ill try to help out...though sci fi, and comics are my specialties.

[MagicNakor]

No...after some thinking, Steerpike&#39;s still my favourite villian. Iago has to come in second.

:ninja:

[PCP]

Richard the III for classical literature

The Vogon Captain from Hitchhiker&#39;s Guide for modern


EVIL RULES&#33;

[Infested Cats]

Originally posted by JPaul@10 May 2003 - 18:35
Agrajag
I had to be reminded by the site. But that section of the story was absolutley halarious&#33; A twist i never expected.

But, I would choose... Apocolypse or Sinister from the X-Men series

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by PCP@13 May 2003 - 01:54
Richard the III for classical literature

The Vogon Captain from Hitchhiker&#39;s Guide for modern


EVIL RULES&#33;
Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (http://webhome.idirect.com/~sev/vogpage.html)

Sadly I knew that. See Agrajg earlier.