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- 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
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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!
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...