"Darth Vader is a servant of the dark side of the Plot." When Ben Kenobi gets written out, he becomes one with the Plot and can speak inside the hero's head. When a whole planet of good guys gets blown up, Ben senses "a great disturbance in the Plot."
Before modification by Chas at 30/08/2009 07:02:45 PM
Especially ones with excellent characters. I've read a lot of Bernard Cornwell and while his books are entertaining his characters are pretty much copy/pasted from one book into the next.