Lawrence Watt-Evans Lords of Dus series has as it central character Garth the Overman. Overmen are literally modified humans, sorcerously created several ages ago by powerful human wizards. I think Overmen (or at least Garth) are slightly less intelligent than humans on average. When I asked him in person Watt-Evans disagreed and just thought Garth was naive. It is possible he suffers mostly from not having an RPG background - during the initial event which sets off the whole series I was almost literally shouting "No! Don't do it!."
I've only read a few of the Harry Potter books, but other than Harry himself what examples of psychological toughness do you see? I remember thinking the wizards lacked creativity in general and found their resistance to technology absurd.
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Date: 2009-03-03 02:03 pm (UTC)I've only read a few of the Harry Potter books, but other than Harry himself what examples of psychological toughness do you see? I remember thinking the wizards lacked creativity in general and found their resistance to technology absurd.