In Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings there's a (relatively) minor wizardĬalled 'Radagast the Brown', who was also very well in tune with nature, Archchancellor Ridcully's wizard name is 'Ridcully the Brown'. That should be: trying to find the Philosopher's Stone: the quest ofĪll alchemists is to discover a substance that will turn all base metals "'I thought they were trying to cure the philosopher's stones, It's sometimes called the final frontier." Ginger was an obvious choice for the leading lady's name. Quote (see a few annotations further down) about her partner, and so Ginger got her name because Terry wanted to use the Fred Astaire Instead, Ruby got her name because like all trolls she needed a mineral That he did not intend this as a reference to Gone with the Wind's Ginger and Ruby, both names signifying a red colour. People have noticed that the two femmes fatale of this novel are called Terry actually meant for Gaspode to die at the end of the book, but hisĮditors/beta-readers made him reconsider. This one has uncountable references to classic Hollywood movies and
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