<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Marc Aramini <marcaramini@yahoo.com><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">...<br><br><div>>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.</div>
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<div>>In the fifth/sixth grade, I would be hard pressed to choose between Wolfe or Zelazny as my<br>>favorite,<br><br>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 <span style="font-style: italic;">Lord of Light</span> (though I enjoyed it some years later).<br><br>>but that setting aside the throne is supposed to be, I think, the definitive proof that these<br>>demigods of Amber CAN change - it just isn't likely.<br><br>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.)<br><br>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 <span style="font-style: italic;">Malafrena</span>--no revolution, nothing between Itale and Piera--though perhaps that's not quite as good.<br><br>Jerry Friedman<br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 1/2/11, Jerry Friedman <i><jerry_friedman@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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.<br><br>Jerry Friedman<br></div></div></div><br></div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br>
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