I apologize for my failure to research, I'm pretty tired - but someone posted something to the effect that Tolkien is unique in starting his story in Fall, it proceeding the Winter, and resolving in Spring. Is this really unique in fantasy? I don't think so. My instincts tell me that this is actually, shall we say, "correct" for fantasy. It feeds into the archetypes, don't you think? Stories start light, get dark, and become light again. Even Weis and Hickman in "Dragonlance" follow this pattern. Not being as well read as I should be, I can't think of many examples for this. It's just instinct, but can anybody name modern or classic fantasy that starts in Spring and ends in Fall or Winter? I can also believe that some fantasy stories begin in Winter and resolve in Spring.... Just curious what y'all think?
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