...just a bloody book...? As discussed, of course it isn't. It's been an experience, and a lifelong passion. But.. I couldn't help thinking, as I read the last volume, that SRD was starting to feel just that - it's just a bloody book. Knowing full well how he's agonised over every last detail, somet...

I think that the key point to the whole argument of the enduring solution is that these are the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant . The enduring solution is his: namely that he has finally found the best answer to his despite, acceptance that it is, and always will be, a part of him. Job done, in my opi...

Clearly a lot of readers are disappointed and whilst I can see why for the most part, the essence of the reading experience was, for me, still fairly incredible and true to form. SD didn't write for the reader, he wrote for the story itself, as he always has done. And the story itself, in all aspect...

Like you, Iolanthe, it's been 30 years for me. And yes, clearly we've all developed as readers in that time, as Donaldson has evolved as a writer. Though there are a few areas of dissatisfaction (wasn't that inevitable?), overall I have to say that TLD is, for me, the best of the Last Chronicles. I ...

My favourite thread so far! First thing to make me smile since I started AATE... Predictions: Finally, Foul may make a re-appearance. I miss his merciless taunting. Really, none of the other 'baddies' cone close. I miss him. Yep, the Elohim are trapped for their own protection and will be released. ...

Have to admit - was hugely disappointed by the beginning section. It's the first time I've ever wanted to put a Donaldson book down - it was all getting so frustrating. Yes it certainly picked up later on but nothing reached the kind of intensity we normally expect. FR was a far superior book, much ...

Not to TRAP the Elohim - to PROTECT them from the Worm. Now it's gonna have to come to Skyweir and face Covenant ASAP. And no infernal interference from the Elohim to screw things up. He'll free them again at the end, you wait and see.

I apologise if this has been discussed before, but does anyone else think that possibly the single most epoch-making, electrifyingly important factor in the Final Chronicles so far is the complete and utter absence of the Creator in his luvverly ochre robes? He didn't make his traditional appearance...

Seareach wrote:Fatal Revenant is everything I hoped it would be and *more*!

Couldn't agree more

I can see that I am going to be in the minority again with this one, but I for one, am going to be glad to have the story continue from Linden's POV. I love Linden in the same way that I loved (love) Teresa from MN. Can't Wait!!!!! :biggrin: Couldn't agree more - Linden is the genuine article and I...

I also loved the cliffhanger ending - I'd be disappointed if there wasn't one - possibly even better for me cos I HADN'T worked it out! I'd love to have seen my face..... :D I'm gonna stop now, or at least I'm going to try.... Can't wait till publication and then maybe some of you brighter sparks c...

For a 'middle' volume I'd say this was one of the very best, 9/10 easily, though I'm sure others will disagree. Put it this way - I couldn't put it down and at certain times whilst reading it I found myself grinning from ear to ear with sheer unadulterated pleasure. If you love the original chronicl...

OK, now that we're up and running (after a fashion) the one really, truly burning question is this: Are we finally going to get Covenant's POV in the next volume? It's what most of us want, I think, but how on earth could Donaldson achieve the POV of someone millennia old and who, for a long time, h...

How can I read your spoiler??? I'm new to this forum and technologically naive - but having just finished FR myself (and loved it) I'm dying to find out what others think!

First of all let me say that, like many of you, I've been a TC fan for over 20 years. The first two trilogies are my all-time favourite books bar none and as a bookstore manager for the last 15 years I've read a LOT of books. None come close. Secondly, although in my initial euphoria I adored ROTE, ...

Well it looks like black, gold and silver on the image posted by Jussi and I sincerely hope it is and that the representation I saw was inaccurate, but I've got a bad feeling... Such a shame as well since Gollancz put so much effort into ROTE. Even the pb edition was brilliant, classy and simple, bu...

Have to say I think the colour of this cover is awful, a kind of bluey gray if the publishers blad is anything to go by. Glad the style is consistent but was really hoping they'd go for a much more striking colour like red or green (see the similarly designed blue of the Mordant's Need reissue - bea...