Just finished Foundation by Isaac Asimov. You know how I mentioned in a previous post how he has just some of the weirdest names and it makes it hard to take certain characters seriously despite what they do in the text? Well, I present to you the spectrum of how Hober Mallow is seen based on his name, his ego, his public persona and how he acts around his friend.
Featuring some of my funky little doodles of the trader mayor of Anacreon.
Fun tidbit for anyone who’s starting to read Asimov’s Foundation series:
Hober Mallow is canonically gay. Asimov doesn’t come out and say it but HO BOY does he imply it. See the scene where Mallow and his “friend” Ankor Jael are hanging out naked in a sunroom.