Foamfollower says that his great-grandparents were among the first wanderers (apparently meaning those who were Lost), and that that was over 3,000 years ago. If Giants live ~2,000 years (or more), and the average generational span is ~1,000, then the Giant:human life ratio might be estimated at som...

His first bargain, to the Ranyhyn: "Listen. I'll make a bargain with you. [...] You're free. I don't choose any of you. [...] But you've got to do things for me. If I need you, you had better come. So that I don't have to be a hero. Get it right." [...] And - and there's one more thing. O...

Read here . The relevant quote from Findail is: Should he rouse the Worm himself, without the wild magic in his hand, would he not also be consumed in the destruction of the world? That “himself” seems to imply that Foul will be safe without the Ring if the Arch is destroyed as long as he’s not righ...

Covenant's first impression of the haruchai, from Lord Foul's Bane:

They were like Stonedowners in size and build, but they were flat-faced and brown-skinned, with curly hair cropped short.

but the simplicity that one racial group are irredmable evil while others are 'noble' higher than other races andmore deservig of life is throughot lotr... No, that is not all throughout the series or anywhere in it. It's a paper-tiger argument set up by JRRT's critics so that they can then tear it...

I always picture the Haruchai as looking Tibetan, because of their fighting style and their high altitude origins. The Tolkien stuff is silly. When you base your story on northern European myths, naturally northern Europeans are going to be your heroes (and many of your villains), and outlanders are...

Then AuPt it is. Sorry to butt it, Sturmstring! Though I agree with you and Vector that it shouldn't be platinum, especially for a young married couple like the Covenants with no particular $$$, but SRD should know. I've also wondered though how white gold can be a rarity since it's not a rare eleme...

Except that white gold is an alloy of gold with nickel, not with platinum.

How about Advanced Utility Network Interlink?

I also drew a blank on Howor. Was he ever mentioned in the text itself, or just the glossary?

Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, and H.P. Lovecraft were the three big "Weird Tales" names of ~70 years ago. Lovecraft (not a sociable man) was friends with both of the others (mostly by mail). He and Smith were particular admirers of each others' writing. In no way can Clark Ashton S...

Seriously: a number of big-name agents count coup by the size of advances they can wring out of publishers. If the publisher can't afford the advance, the book isn't worth it, and everybody (except the agent) winds up losing money on the deal, that just proves how powerful the agent was. You have t...

True. That was after he left Revelstone but before he encountered the Giants. But he didn't find the Tree with just the general notion of Berek must have gone east - he found it by following Troy's map. And note that Covenant's reasoning is still valid even if the Tree has moved - aast is clearly th...

IIRC, Jordan once described his vision of the “Shipwrecked” series as having an older hero like Lan. The setting would be a society reminiscent of Jordan’s Seanchan one. Supposedly Jordan’s hero would be shipwrecked and discovered by these people, who would then enslave him as is their custom. I wou...

i have been wondering about how SRD said in the GI that the one tree would not have always been where it was in the one tree. he said that it moves about. does this not kinda ruin Covenants deduction of where berek found the tree ( ie east ) because it might have moved Covenant didn’t “deduce” the ...

I think everyone who has read the series has asked in frustration, “But why don’t they just…?” at various points – particularly during the prosecution of the Illearth War. And as noted by many, SRD really doesn’t seem to have much of a concept of military strategy (as opposed to tactics, which are n...

I haven't read it in years, but Mark Twain was so outraged by the bizarre translation of his story, The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County , that he restranslated the story back into English from the mangled French and published the result. It makes for entertaining reading . This Smiley had an animal...

The women of the Land fought and died in the Chronicles. However, I am quite certain they did not fight and die naked. LOL! Beautifully put. Now, if they were Robert Jordan women, they'd spend a significant amount of their lives being naked, parading around naked in front of other women (& some...

So if you can't beat him..join him..or join with him, and maybe cause him to stop dispising everything. You’re still seeing him as being independent of human experience and concerns. What I’m saying that as long as anyone is still capable of violence, envy, etc. there will be Despite. Lord Foul isn...

Right, there are no wrong opinions. Some people just like it a lot more than others did, and that’s fortunate for them and SRD. For me, lack of battles per se certainly isn’t a problem. I never really cared much for SRD’s (or anyone’s) larger confrontations. The Gap series interested me less and les...

I don’t think he ever can be finally defeated. Foul doesn’t seem to just be an external force of evil persecuting those who would otherwise be living in some paradise. From the things he and TC have said to each other, it seems that some mix of the following statements would be true: •Foul is not to...

Variol, your remarks are I’m sure in general correct regarding typing vs. word processing. As for Donaldson specifically, I am under the impression that he has always been a classic overwriter. While many writers self-redact their works for tightness, I think much of the trimming of Donaldson’s prio...