interview question

Jerry Friedman · 03 Jan 2011, 16:52 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: jerry_friedman at yahoo.com (Jerry Friedman)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 08:52:27 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (urth) interview question
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From: Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com>

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>Since you mentioned the Amber books, that putting aside the throne is a vital 
>step in Corwin's >maturation.  Even when stripped of memory, Corwin is still 
>"trapped in Amber" - unable to mature, >still immediately pulled into a demigod 
>struggle with his eternally unchanging brothers, but >SOMETHING eventually 
>changes him.  At the end of the first novel, even having his eyes purged >out 
>can't destroy that unchaging desire to thwart Eric, but Eric, his greatest 
>enemy, leaves the jewel >of Judgement to him at the time of his death.
> 

>In the fifth/sixth grade, I would be hard pressed to choose between Wolfe or 
>Zelazny as my
>favorite,

Interesting.  I wasn't ready for a lot of their work then.  In fact, it was 
probably in seventh or eight grade that I bounced off Lord of Light (though I 
enjoyed it some years later).

>but that setting aside the throne is supposed to be, I think, the definitive 
>proof that these
>demigods of Amber CAN change - it just isn't likely.

The other definitive moment is when Corwin creates the new pattern from his 
memories of a "shadow", Earth, not Amber.  One of my favorite moments in 
fiction.  (Only I wish it had been Cleveland instead of Paris.)

Anyway, I agree with you completely, and thanks for "trapped in Amber".  But I 
also think that this is an excellent example of a gun not going off.  The other 
example I was thinking of may have been the end of Malafrena--no revolution, 
nothing between Itale and Piera--though perhaps that's not quite as good.

Jerry Friedman

--- On Sun, 1/2/11, Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> wrote:


>
>In the Amber books, Corwin pits worlds against each other to make his crowning 
>of himself come true, and then puts the kingship on the back burner and 
>eventually leaves the decision to someone else.  I'm sure I've read other good 
>examples of this, maybe closer to "Cinderella", but I'm not coming up with them.
>
>Jerry Friedman
>
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