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Subject: Re: Commom Characters...
Date: 16 Jan 2002 06:21:25 GMT
From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

>I've noticed that in a number of JMS's works (B5, Crusade, Tribulations, and
>now B5:LotR) that one character occurrs frequestly.  It's the Character that
>lives through something tramatic and sees either alot of people or someone
>close to them die.  For lack of a better term I call it Survivor's Guilt.
>But does anyone know why Sinclair, Marcus, Gideon, Galen, Raymond (from
>Tribulations), and now the new captain in LotR.  Does anyone know if like
>something happened to Joe where he's compelled to write about (or at least
>it seems to me like he's compelled to write about) those that survive and
>continually ask why they were left alive?

All things considered I would rather this discussion not go any further than
this.

 jms

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