SBALZAC%YKTVMX.BITNET@Berkeley (07/10/85)
From: Stephen Balzac <SBALZAC%YKTVMX.BITNET@Berkeley> It's not so much that Shadowjack is like Corwin as all of Zelazny's heros fit a certain pattern: that is, they all have some unusual ability that the reader doesn't know about, and only slowly learns of. In Amber, of course, he adds an additional twist in that Corwin doesn't know of his powers either. Anyway the use of shadow in JoS is not at all like Shadow in Amber. Amber's Shadow is really parallel worlds, whereas JoS deals with absence of light. Creatures of Light and Darkness is a much closer analogy, especially Thoth's power to "transport himself to anyplace he could imagine."