Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!SBALZAC%YKTVMX.BITNET From: SBALZAC%YKTVMX.BITNET@Berkeley Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Jack of Shadows vs Amber Message-ID: <2639@topaz.ARPA> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 08:17:34 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.2639 Posted: Wed Jul 10 08:17:34 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 02:57:31 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 10 From: Stephen BalzacIt's not so much that Shadowjack is like Corwin as all of Zelazny's heros fit a certain pattern: that is, they all have some unusual ability that the reader doesn't know about, and only slowly learns of. In Amber, of course, he adds an additional twist in that Corwin doesn't know of his powers either. Anyway the use of shadow in JoS is not at all like Shadow in Amber. Amber's Shadow is really parallel worlds, whereas JoS deals with absence of light. Creatures of Light and Darkness is a much closer analogy, especially Thoth's power to "transport himself to anyplace he could imagine."