Sujet : Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Works Featuring Nameless Protagonists
De : tnusenet17 (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Tony Nance)
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On 6/26/24 10:08 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
Five SFF Works Featuring Nameless Protagonists
What's in a name?
https://reactormag.com/five-sff-works-featuring-nameless-protagonists/
Oh spiffy - very interesting essay - thanks.
Of the very few that came to mind, one is in your essay (A Nameless Witch[1]), and one is in the comments (Zelazny's My Name is Legion).
The other definite one that came to mind is Annihilation[2] by Jeff Vandermeer.
Two more that I think fit come from two different Wells:
- I don't think the protagonist of Wells' The War of the Worlds has a name.
- I don't think Wells' Murderbot has acquired a name yet (besides "Murderbot")- at least not one they accept.
By the way, there are a decent number of Dr Seuss stories where a protagonist/main character is not named. My kids and I noticed this way back when I was reading books to them.
Tony
[1] Which I enjoyed, like all of Martinez' novels, and I am wishing he would write more, soon.
[2] I have not read the sequels, so I don't know if the protagonist acquires a name later.
(ReacTor) Five SFF Works Featuring Nameless Protagonists
Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Works Featuring Nameless Protagonists
