Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!EE.GDS%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC From: EE.GDS%MIT-OZ%MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: The name space of fantasy fiction ... Message-ID: <2754@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Jul-83 10:43:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2754 Posted: Sat Jul 2 10:43:00 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 20:42:32 EDT Lines: 19 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 -------