[Dragaera] _Taltos_ and _The Hobbit_

[Konrad Gaertner]

Scott Schultz wrote:
> 
> That was an amusing bit of literary comparison. Now I'm curious how the
> other books line up against other well known novels.

[Oops, forgot to send this to the list.]

Several months ago I posted this to rec.arts.sf.written:

: I've just finished a fantasy novel about a dysfunctional royal 
: family fighting itself about the succession, which results in the 
: overthrow of the state religion and the palace turning into a tree.
: 
: The weird thing is that this is the second book I've read that fits
: that description, including the palace becoming a tree.  Is there 
: some myth about that?  Or is it just a coincidence, due to the vast 
: amount of fantasy being written and the useful symbolism of "palace" 
: and "tree"?

after reading N.K. Jemisin's _The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms_.


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