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From: berosetti@watrose.UUCP (Barry Rosetti)
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Subject: Re: Chron. of Thomas Covenant
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Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 19:45:42 EST
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> 
> The reason may seem silly -- certainly my wife thinks so.  But the
> demonic things that Donaldson introduces in the second book are all
> named with Sanskrit words that represent very good things in Buddhism
> or Hinduism (moksha, for example).
> 
> After all: would devout Catholics be happy with a book in which the main
> villains were named Jesus, Mary, and Joseph?
> 
  
  The reason iiss silly.  Devout Catholics are usually not interested in
  the 'escapism' of fantasy literature (not to mention AD&D) at all
  (cf. Moral Majority).  Literature of this type is designed for an
  audience that wants the excitment of that 'escape', just as pulp 
  romances provide the same type of escape (if not the same form).
   
  Donaldson provides a wide range of concepts and names that the 
  average reader never encountered before (myself included).
  I find the new ideas interesting and they provide many bits and
  pieces to use in my ongoing campaign.  However, to the reader who
  knows the derivation of these words or concepts, you just have to 
  take some of it with a grain of salt.  The author can't please  
  everyone and even if the books offend some, they entertained many
  many others.

						  Barry Rosetti
                          ( watrose!berosetti )