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The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 18 Dec 2001
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Alice K. Turner — 18 Dec 2001, 18:18

> > 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

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