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by tbsteph
Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:07 pm
Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Topic: How old will you be when chronicles are done?
Replies: 115
Views: 19589

Surrounded By Youth!

Well, it's time to have someone with a bit more age post on this thread. In 2013 I will be 66 - my official age to begin receiving social security. I first read Lord Fouls Bane in the year it was published. Still have the book by the way. Aging sucks but I have not found a better alternative,yet!
by tbsteph
Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:22 am
Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Topic: How old will you be when chronicles are done?
Replies: 115
Views: 19589

Well, let's see - I was 30 when Lord Foul's Bane was published (1977). Assuming 2014 is an accurate time-line for book 4 of the Last Chronicles, I should be 67. I can still remember waiting patiently for the White Gold Wielder and the last book of the Gap series to be published. Some things never ch...
by tbsteph
Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:38 am
Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Topic: they should be all vegetarians
Replies: 43
Views: 9145

Clearly the people of the Land ate meat. I disagree that by doing so their love of the Land was, as a result, somehow tainted. If you use our World as an example, there is clearly a food chain within the animal kingdom that is designed for nurture but also to maintain a balance amongst plants and an...
by tbsteph
Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:20 am
Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Topic: Blindness in the Chronicles
Replies: 10
Views: 2368

TC's Eye Color

Don't recall specifially but in either LFB or the IW I believe TC's eyes are identified as being gray.
by tbsteph
Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:10 am
Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Topic: Reading Covenant 20 years on
Replies: 20
Views: 8164

Sorry to go against the tide but I too recently reread the 1st two Chronicles but came away with a different take on TC. My first reading of the Chronicles occurred as the volumes were originally published. I was in my earlier thirties, married (Still am!) with two young sons. As a life long sci fan...

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