Somewhat related, from a question I asked in the GI: JP: I have a question about the nature of personal choice as it relates to Covenant's ring. Covenant tells Linden that the reason that Foul hasn't simply possessed him with a Raver to obtain the ring is that it has to be given by choice in order f...

I couldn't get the link to open.
I'll keep trying though.

Yeah, it was down earlier tonight, but it's working now.

This isn't really about Runes exactly, but I'm thinking about the scene where Stave and Hami meet, and the two talk about how "we remember" or "we were there" (with "we" meaning the Haruchai and Ramen, respectively). This always struck me as unique and powerful, the way...

Just reading the snippet of LFB posted by DrPaul reminds me of just how much I missed this type of writing in The Last Chronicles (don't worry, no spoilers here; just talking about general writing style). So much conveyed in such a short number of sentences, and no hint of over-writing. And Foamfoll...

Okay, so we have a thread about things we thought would happen, but didn't. This thread is for the things in TLD that you guessed correctly. Me, I totally nailed that Linden was going to magic-gold-warp her way to The Lost Deep in order to yank souls out of SWMNBN and plop them into waiting Demondim...

Speaking of retcons, two others jumped out at me: 1) The explanation about why Ravers never possessed Covenant: in the First and Second Chronicles, it's explained that Covenant serves no purpose as a mere tool; he has to accomplish Foul's will voluntarily. But now there's a (to me) weak explanation ...

I enjoyed the writing around Jeremiah's struggle against and defeat of Moshka Raver, and especially when he casts him out at the end. And Stave was probably the best-written character in the entire Last Chronicles. This is neither a positive nor a negative, but I thought it was strange the way TLD s...

I've seen at least one ARC reader give their non-spoilered opinion of TLD, and I'm interested in hearing what other ARC readers have thought of it (again, in a completely non-spoiler-y way; I'm curious just about how it compares to the other books, whether they were satisfied with the denouement, wh...

And me as well!

I'd like it. I'll still buy one when October rolls around, but the waiting is the hardest part.

There's another one now on ebay, but the seller wants $100 for it:

www.ebay.com/itm/ARC-galley-Stephen-R-D ... 257f09da2e

I see where it says, "Click here for the trailer", but I'm not able to click it. I tried both Chrome and Safari on a Mac, and neither worked.

We'll open the TLD forum when ARCs become available, or a first chapter preview is released on SRD's website, whichever comes first.

And for those more in the know, is there any sense as to when the ARC might become available?

I just saw this on stephendonaldson.com: I have now completed the first rewrite for "The Last Dark." At this stage, the text is 1026 pages (not counting "What Has Gone Before" and the Glossary). As usual, the next step is that my agent will read the book and decide whether it's g...

One quick note: But let us look at Hile Troy. There had always been a symmetry between the happenings in TC's world and the Land. The wounds in the Land replicated the ones suffered in the other world. There is an assumption that Hile Troy died during his arrival to the Land but his transformation i...

Everyone: we had an absolute blast Saturday night at the Cooperage! So sorry we missed out on all the non-Saturday-night festivities, but my mom was waiting in Tesuque for us to visit on Sunday, and as to post-Cooperage fun ... well, let's just say that a 4:45 AM start from Alabama on Saturday morni...

I thought it said he could have incorporated himself, but then would have been at risk of being trampled by K. On a personal note, I've found this whole issue of K's death to be one of the most baffling things in AATE. It simply beggars logic that Foul would have had any difficulty whatsoever killin...

danlo, we are all immensely in your debt for all the work you do to put this together and make it happen!

Wow. I obviously had no idea how involved this was or how many people were coming. I shall get it right for Elohimfest 4 and come earlier/stay longer, but for this one I think we may make it only for supper at the Cooperage (until I get my mom to read SRD's stuff, she shall not accept my gallivantin...

I'm not sure about the two of us for tea, as we fly in on Saturday; what time does it start? And when (what day) is the BBQ?