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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? - 08/07/2010 02:35:08 PM 1046 Views
Well, for me... - 08/07/2010 04:22:13 PM 676 Views
It's rare in fiction - 08/07/2010 08:39:38 PM 687 Views
Not true. It's rare in genre fiction. *NM* - 09/07/2010 11:30:38 PM 247 Views
If you write stories regularly, you understand the problem - 08/07/2010 09:14:13 PM 912 Views
Re: If you write stories regularly, you understand the problem - 09/07/2010 05:20:04 PM 610 Views
Actually, I never thought "John" and "Jonathan" were different names. - 10/07/2010 12:41:36 AM 604 Views
It's fairly rare - 08/07/2010 09:53:59 PM 678 Views
The Bible would seem to be a good place to research this - 09/07/2010 04:10:32 PM 574 Views
That's cause the Old Testament rocks. *NM* - 09/07/2010 06:14:22 PM 311 Views
There are lots of repeated names in the Old Testament. - 09/07/2010 11:36:40 PM 567 Views
It's fairly common in Russian literature at least. - 09/07/2010 11:35:24 PM 580 Views

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