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Old 10-18-2008, 09:39 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Andsigil View Post
IIt seems to violate the "norms" of fantasy magic, I guess. And it's never clearly explained.
Tolkien wrote before most fantasy. And unless I'm mistaken, Tolkien was, so to speak, the kick-off for a great deal of what fantasy is out there.
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