ur-bane wrote:Of course, I don't believe any of that crap. But I had fun writing it.

Funny!

But I agree--it is possible Linden is dreaming all this, but it's unlikely that's SRD's intent IMHO.

Tell me, please, how that explains the simple fact that, with the exception of TC's Elohim-silence in TOT and a few other scattered incidents, the entire story line is from TC's point of view. Well, it was just a thought. Not one I am seriously inclined to accept myself. But.... Linden's POV has be...

I'm sorry, lomillialor, but I dislike the idea of having a scene that pays obvious homage to LOTR. Personally, I would prefer a Covenant movie that stands on its own, with no association at all with Peter Jackson's LOTR films. Maybe that's idealistic BS, but I just don't want anything in a Covenant...

Oh, he hated himself, agreed. But then you said "and hate the way so many people treated him disdainfully because of his actions". I was just saying that I thought he hated the way that people like the Lords - and maybe above all Lena, in TPTP - tried to forgive him for his actions. OK, g...

I never saw him as hating the way that people treated him disdainfully. I thought it was the other way round; he understood that, but hated when people tried to forgive him for his actions (because he was the White Gold Wielder). Was it to Bannor he said something like "You're the only one tha...

Here's one idea I have for solving the issue that TC's ring is too similar to Lord of the Rings.... In the TC movie, as TC slips off to unconsciousness after being struck by a police car (and is therefore about to wake up in his dream of the Land), they could have TC stare with fluttering lids for a...

Welcome again. :) Interesting post indeed. I certainly think that the refining fire of his guilt contributed in a large way toward his eventual triumph, if in no other way than it forged him into the person he became later in the series, perhaps even only in the 2nd Chrons. The below, I think, is a...

Great thread. I tried reading thru it all, but got so excited around page 10 that I just had to make these comments. I apologize if they've been discussed already.... I think at least two issues might help us to reasonably decide how technologically advanced any ancient civilizations might have beco...

I read quite a lot of the John Titor information. It was quite entertaining. It had once occured to me that the Aliens that are supposedly visiting earth, given the distances involved, are more likely visitors from our own future. :-) Hmmm. If true, that would imply that they most likely would visi...

I had never heard of John Titor until yesterday.

You all surpass me with your knowledge.

Although it is clearly not to be believed, it is amazing how much effort went into perpetrating this hoax. Still, as I sift thru the info, I am constantly accosted by red flags.

SRD has used time travel in his work (won't say where so as not to spoil it for anyone), so I wonder what you all think of the John Titor phenomena (I think it's a very thorough and enjoyable fake). There's even a wikipedia entry about John Titor. www.johntitor.com/ A Brief Summary of the John Titor...

lomillialor is the High Wood used in the test of truth.

Too many lies in the world, not enough truth!

Maybe Linden is the one dreaming it all up, and TC is someone from her imagination? That might explain her realistic cussing (TC cussed in a more literary way). Maybe TC was her escape into the land, an assumed identity to keep the dream/fantasy at arm's length, and later, as she started accepting t...

Thanks all. I live in DeLand.

Nice to meet you!

My first post here (other than my intro). I read the series in the 80s and also more recently. As a woman, I was not really disturbed by the rape. It's just fiction, and to be honest, it happened very early in the story line. So early, that I hadn't yet had a chance to sympathize with Covenant yet. ...

I was pleasantly surprised to find this forum. I am a big SRD and TC fan. I first read the TC series in the early 80s, and recently read them again before launching into Runes of the Earth. All these books were such a joy to immerse myself into--both times. Looking forward to reading more of the won...