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Subject: The name space of fantasy fiction ...
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Date: Sat, 2-Jul-83 10:43:00 EDT
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From:  Greg Skinner 

... is being used up.  I just couldn't help noticing the almost
identicality of ...

Beren One-Hand  (of The Silmarillion) and
Berek Halfhand  (of the Covenant trilogy)

There are other examples of similarity ...

Valinor (Tolkien) and Balinor (character in The Sword of Shannara)
Durin (father of the Dwarves in Middle-Earth) and Durin (another Sword
of Shannara character)

Has anyone else noticed this in other SF/fantasy novels.  One would
think we are running out of names to call our characters!

--Gregbo
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