The Invincible | Characters
Who are Lem's envoys of humankind and why do they fail so dramatically to break out of their routine patterns of thinking? The answer may lie in a number of striking imbalances which The Invincible displays in the presentation of its characters.
Only Horpach, the Commander, and Rohan, Navigator and second-in-command, are given enough prominence to emerge as individuals. Even at that, the differences between them are carefully balanced so that their individuality is only as separate as two sides of the same coin. Rohan's character, as he grudging identifies with Horpach,...
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