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Have we been here before?
Arwen = Apheta
Aragorn = Severian
elves = Heirodules
Gandalf = Father Inire
Gollum = Baldanders (has to get that ring you know, or maybe Saruman) Ring = Claw Sauron = Abaia
I am unsure who Cate Blanchett gets to play
Master Malrubius.
Looks like I was unclear above. I meant that LotR may have been Wolfe's model in how to handle literarily the role of God, not that BotNS is some kind of imitation of LotR.
Jerry Friedman
Nevertheless, David Duffy's equivalences are amusing and apt. I'm looking forward to the movie--fairly appreciative review (negatives: too much background music, too repetitive, women simply banner objects, though apparently Cate Blanchett looks spectacular as Galadriel) in The New Yorker.
-alga