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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1374525" data-attributes="member: 5171">So despite the fact that Shannara is so clearly closer to Asimov's Foundation series, Vinge's Fire Upon the Deep, and several minor sub-plots from the Honor Harrington books, you insist on seeing only the surface-level similarities that could, to the untrained eye, bespeak some form of similarity?I don't have the book with me, but it's all there, if you're willing to look at the metaphorical subtext.  Brooks was writing well ahead of his time, and his super-scientific druidic magic actually predicted cell phones, wireless ethernet, and the concept of the prepaid phone card (metaphorically represented through the elfstones, which appear to be mere trinkets but contain ultimate power provided that the user possesses the self-knowledge, or personal identification number, necessary to unlock the power imbued into it in the form of minutes).Lord of the Token Ring: An Examination of Druidic Magic as a Naturalistic Interpretation of Superscience in Hard Science FictionGoodKingJay, I'm sorry that you feel threatened by my post, but it obviously illustrates that you're not a very careful reader.  Honestly, ask yourself: Did you even notice that The Belgariad is a gods-substituted-for-computer-programs retelling of TRON?</blockquote>