From: David Silberstein <davids at kithrup.com> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, M J wrote: >>So, I was rereading the Amber series the other day, and I >>noticed that Corwin's sword's name is Grayswandir. >> >>"Blackwand!" flashed across my brain, and I began to make >>other demented connections, such as TALL, dresses in BLACK AND >>SILVER, and IS A BADASS SORCERER AND SWORDSMAN. Morrolan >>e'Drien > >Well. I bow to you, for I believe you have found a significant >connexion here. There does seem to be certain similarity in the names. I think there's a different series that's a closer match in this particular case -- can anyone think of a well-known fantasy series hero that is an elven sorcerer who wields a large black soul-devouring sword? There are a number of other parallels between the two, ranging from the obvious to the strained. -- David Goldfarb |"An athiest is a person who wierdly refuses goldfarb at ocf.berkeley.edu |to recieve the gift of beleif in a diety." goldfarb at csua.berkeley.edu | -- Dave Langford, on rec.arts.sf.fandom