The Sword and Laser discussion

Overall, Wendig seems to me to have done a good job with an ensemble cast - I said as much in my review. But I was curious what the rest of you thought? Particularly how well did he do writing all the different types of characters.

Did he do a good job writing female characters?

Both older and younger characters?

People from different parts of the US?

And of different ages?

I think he did a great job and I’m glad he made a group of very different personalities. They were all distinct and had their own perspectives on their situation. They all handled it different and reacted different.

I found chucks narrative concepts about human behavior very spot on and relatable but as far as individual characters it’s hard for me to judge his job because I think he has an intimacy with these characters that I never was able to achieve because their are so many of them!

I loved the characters, but then I’m always an absolute sucker for a ragtag band of misfits.

In terms of the type of hackers I thought he did a great job. The personalities seemed to fit their styles very well too. So I think he did a good job with it.