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From: Bruce Stephens <bruce@liverpool.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Characterization in Christminster: A Critical Essay
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>>>>> "Jacob" == Jacob Solomon Weinstei <jweinste@castor.usc.edu> writes:

> Despite the occasional lapse, Gareth has succeeded in putting
> together the most believable assembly of characters I've yet seen in
> IF. I'm looking forward to seeing what he comes up with next.

I'd like to put in a vote for the two minor characters at the
beginning: the policeman and the busker.  I assume they're only
capable of saying a dozen or so things, but they do so exceptionally
effectively: the policeman's intent watching of the busker, and the
bit with the toffee, was quite lovely.  Characters quite as endearing
as Floyd from Planetfall, I think, although Floyd probably has a
little more to say.
-- 
Bruce                   Institute of Advanced Scientific Computation
bruce@liverpool.ac.uk   University of Liverpool
http://supr.scm.liv.ac.uk/~bruce/

