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Well, for me... bobsledai Send a noteboard - 08/07/2010 04:22:13 PM
It's the sheer number of characters introduced that made me ask the question. Most books don't have anywhere close to the number of characters as the WoT.

Of course, it's also the sheer number of characters that made it hard for me to notice that people did have the same name.
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How many non-WoT books have characters with duplicate names? Cannoli - 08/07/2010 02:35:08 PM 1030 Views
Well, for me... bobsledai - 08/07/2010 04:22:13 PM 662 Views
It's rare in fiction Sidious - 08/07/2010 08:39:38 PM 673 Views
Not true. It's rare in genre fiction. *NM* Tom - 09/07/2010 11:30:38 PM 237 Views
If you write stories regularly, you understand the problem newyorkersedai - 08/07/2010 09:14:13 PM 900 Views
Re: If you write stories regularly, you understand the problem Underwood - 09/07/2010 05:20:04 PM 599 Views
Actually, I never thought "John" and "Jonathan" were different names. newyorkersedai - 10/07/2010 12:41:36 AM 588 Views
It's fairly rare DomA - 08/07/2010 09:53:59 PM 663 Views
The Bible would seem to be a good place to research this dadof5 - 09/07/2010 04:10:32 PM 562 Views
That's cause the Old Testament rocks. *NM* Kronin al'Sulc - 09/07/2010 06:14:22 PM 305 Views
There are lots of repeated names in the Old Testament. Tom - 09/07/2010 11:36:40 PM 553 Views
It's fairly common in Russian literature at least. Tom - 09/07/2010 11:35:24 PM 566 Views
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