Re: OT: elves and jinn (was Re: [...] THE WORLD OF THE JINN)

This is why I read so little contemporary fantasy despite being an avid
RPG'er.

>That's one of the things that infuriates me about "Assembly-Line Fantasy"
>such
>as one endures in the Dragonlance books, etc.  The Elves in the LOTR are so
>much more than human in many respects it can come as a shock to realize
>that
>a mere mortal, Beren, marries one of their greatest, Luthien, daughter of
>the
>Maiar (Nature Spirit - subgoddess) Melian, and the Elven King Elu Thingol.
>
>Occasionally one finds an author who at least attempts to understand, and
>they
>also are pleasures to read - Ursula Le Guin springs to mind, also Gene
>Wolfe,
>and a few others.
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