The Coursers were breed to withstand and be controlled by the Sunbane, but they didn't just disappear once the Sunbane was gone. Did they?

I want the Sandgorgons back too. They were kick ass. I remember gasping when TC said Nom's name. You don't get that often in a book.

And where are the coursers?

*shrugs*

I thought the original poster was asking if we thought the lastest book violated (raped) our youthful admiration (childhood) for the original books.

I didn't. I wasn't totally blown away by the story, but I was oh so happy to be back in the Land.

I thought the Land was a duller place than it used to be. And sometimes, SRD's descriptions leave me going "huh?". I'd have liked more action. But is this going to stop me from reading any of the others? Hell no!

At first, I thought she was a female Haruchai. Wrong! We'd better get to meet some or I refuse to re-read these books.

My choice for Bannor:

Tommy Lee Jones!!!

Ryzel wrote: Leaving aside the fact that those who became the Bloodguard had wives that they left behind I find that the haruchai in the second chronicles come across as a kind of warrior monks (think: kung-fu movie monks) on some kind of seeking quest. It is never actually quite clear to me what th...

First Mark Tuvor... I get the humor of your post :) but seriously... if it were just horniness, why doesn't it to extend to non-Haruchai women? Even when they fell under the merewives' spell, they did it for the whiteness of their wives/women, something like that, not for any type of attraction to t...

Kaos,

I always thought it was strange that the Ritual would weaken Foul too. I would have thought it would be his ultimate triumph. So we have to assume that in addition to the desparation of the act, there was also hope, hope that it would destroy Foul utterly.

Speaking as a newbie, I would be very put off by being told to check archived threads (though I accept FAQ are necessary). I joined so that I could have some sort of interaction with other readers, not to read about stale topics that nobody is interested in discussing anymore. If we're boring you, c...

1. How reliable is TC as a narrator? I don't mean he is dishonest. But I often get the impression that his perceptions are too colored by his disease and self-loathing for me to take what he is saying as 100% gospel. I definitely think he frequently jumps to the wrong conclusion and misinterprets th...

I voted for Brinn because he was the only one of them that I could remember.

....I think I've hit upon why the results of our political elections are so abysmal.

hey... I know about Kryptonite and Dilithium Crystals and they aren't found on Earth.

Interesting discussion! I wonder what constitutes a victory for Foul. I would think his number one goal is to break the arch of time and be free. Short of that, his goal is drive the Land utterly into corruption and despair. If the Ritual of Desecration was the ultimate act of despair (we know it wa...

I'm rereading the series after many years and I'm almost finished with TPTP. Does my memory fail me? I thought the Bloodguard were

Spoiler

one of the Seven Wards.

Is that not true?

Thanks for the welcome and the info everybody. Based on the PTP quote, I guess it was just mistaken identity. But who knows... I'm so happy to have found this board!! I read these books when I was a kid. I recently reread Lord of the Rings and thought what the heck why not reread Thomas Covenant. I ...

Reading The Illearth War...

The scene in the bar made it seem like Berek was from Earth. Is that true?

Oh and in response to another thread... Bannor is the hottie.