[Dragaera] _Taltos_ and _The Hobbit_

[Maximilian Wilson]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Jerry Friedman
<jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> But it's the same plot problem--Tolkien has to keep Gandalf out of the way when
> he'd be too powerful, as Paul Kocher pointed out, and Steven has to keep Sethra
> away ditto.

Like Morrolan doesn't have plenty of power? What Morrolan can't budge
(the gods), Sethra couldn't either. The same goes for Gandalf
actually--his absence causes a leadership vacuum as opposed to a power
vacuum.

> I might add that in both books, somebody gets his or her rightful leadership
> position (Aliera as Heir, Bard the descendant of Wossname as King of Dale).  And
> an evil character who seems to have been defeated will come back later with a
> vengeance. :-)

Who's the evil character in The Hobbit? You mean the Necromancer? He's
barely mentioned.

-Max

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