Was at work, started thinking about some favorite SRD writings, and decided to visit Kevin's Watch. I was thinking a bit about what my favorite goose bump inducing scenes were across the whole of Donaldson's works. Some of my favorite: TC: - In the first book where the UrViles start to eat the wrait...

Happy BDay from the west coast! As a birthday present I allow you to pause and stop writing for five minutes to relax. But after that, back to work as I cant get enough.

Given the hard-to-get-to locations of the 2nd and 7th wards I wonder where the 4th, 5th, and 6th are at. I'd guess they are in some other spot in the land that takes a lot of work to arrive at. In the middle of the Great Swamp? The icy north? The mountainous area south of Foul's Creche we've never s...

When I came across this word it triggered a memory the instant I read it. Anyone remember in the Wizard of Oz where the Tin Man is called a 'clinking, clanking, collection of caliginous junk'? So I thought it meant a collection of loose parts (or something like that). But I looked it up anyway (alwa...

The Skurj had a lot of build up. I was expecting to be freaked out. There were some creepy moments - but certainly not on lurker level. Coolest skurj moment: "They are passing beneith us." *goosebumps* Weak skurj moment: "See, you toss rocks into their mouths and that stalls them for ...

Barnes & Noble -1 Borders +1 I went to the local Barnes & Noble last night and couldn't find FR. I asked the guy at the information booth to look it up. He told me it was not released yet (huh?) and to try back in two or three days. I then drove to the local Borders ... and they had a stand ...

Thinking back to my teenage years when I first read TC, I remember thinking that Ur- must mean either 'kind of' or 'apprentice' or 'honorary'. Like they were saying he was an honorary lord. Lord for a day, etc. An almost silly honor, considering how advanced they were in their art yet TC was just ge...