@futurebird Zelazny wrote that he'd often return to themes when he thought of a new way to approach them, or a new way to resolve them. _Madwand_ and _A Night in the Lonesome October_ revolve around the same theme, but the protagonists are very different, and their narrative styles are even more different. (Having named obscure novels by a not well known author, I might be obligated to explain, but I made plans to go to a library book sale today, so in this essay I will not.)