On naming

[bellinghman]

In a certain rather good fantasy novel{*} that I have just finished reading, I am somewhat amused by the name of one character: Seolfor.

Which is the Anglo-Saxon word from which the modern word 'silver' is derived.

Said character is specifically described as having silver hair.

{*} mizkit/C E Murphy's The Pretender's Crown. Strongly recommended, though do read its predecessor first.

Comments

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

I may have to go back and reread part 1 (oh, the tedium! *snort*), but it's much less obvious in that one that it isn't trying to be a fantasy historical. On the other hand, the prologue to this one pretty well states up front that we're in SF.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's only at the very end of TQB that there's really any indication that it's not straight-out historical fantasy. It'll be at the other end of the spectrum by the final book...