when Fantasy’s biggest authors disagree

Why do resurrections feel miraculous in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and horrifying in George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones? Ahead of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’s premiere, let’s compare LOTR (Gandalf) and ASOIAF (Jon Snow and Lady Stoneheart) to explore how each author's resurrections reflect their own cosmologies.
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Additional Credit - these artists are amazing, check out their work!
The Hangwoman by Denis Maznev
The Wolf Mother by Denis Maznev
Stoneheart by Marta Sokołowska
Lady Stoneheart by Arantza Sestayo
Lady Stoneheart by zippo514
Gandalf and the Balrog by John Howe
Gandalf Returns by Ted Nasmith
The Five Wizards by Tristan Wang
Eru during the Great Music by Ted Nasmith
Balrog by Eric Velhagen
Glorfindel Before the Storm by Venlian
Bran Stark and the three-eyed crow by Marc Simonetti
Jon Snow by Hylora
Jon Snow by Denis Maznev
Jon Snow by Cristi Balanescu
Jon Snow by Bella Bergolts
Sauron by Warren Mahy
The Drowned God by James Fletcher

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