wow. i found a really cool site through a bunch of links. i think i originally started at matrix essays, but i found this. it has a ton of really cool stuff about joseph campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and tolkien's the lord of the rings and frank herbert's dune. really cool. if you've read any of these it's worth checking out. there's a bunch of star wars stuff too, but my favorite is the section on the lord of the rings.