[Dragaera] Spellbreaker vs. Frakir

[Jon Lincicum]

--- Tim Owen <feetalsjeez at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   Jon Lincicum <jlinc at yahoo.com> wrote: 
>   >It's worth noting, however, that Spellbreaker's
> >appearence in /Jhereg/, published in 1983, predates
> >the first appearence of Frakir in the Amber books
> >(/The Trumps of Doom/, 1985).
> >
> >Perhaps this is a case of Zelazny being influenced
> by
> >Brust?
> 
> That, or some serious Jungian Collective Unconscious
> stuff happening...

It's also possible that Spellbreaker may have taken on
more Frakir-like characteristics as the series went
on--in /Jhereg/ we don't really see much evidence of
sentience in Spellbreaker; it just acts like a chain.

The wiki has a speculation article on this particular
topic that's worth a read:

http://dragaera.wikia.com/wiki/Meta:Spellbreaker

Majikjon


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