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From: ddw@cornell.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Names of Fantasy Characters
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Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 18:53:10 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  7 18:53:10 1983
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From: ddw (David Wright)
To: net-sf-lovers

Greg Skinner should note that the similarity between names in Tolkein
and in that odious hack work "The Sword of Shannara" is probably not
accidental.  Let's face it:  TSoS is a bare-faced ripoff of Tolkein
and so stealing a few names is all of a piece with the rest.

As for the similarity between Berek Halfhand and Beren One-Hand, well,
let's be charitable.  The Thomas Covenant stuff is pretty far from Tolkein
and I think we can forgive Donaldson an occasional sin.

                                 David Wright

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