"I cannot come up with a crucial reason why SWMNBN is in the Last Chron's at all. Any solid ideas?"

That's an easy one. Deus Ex Machina.

THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN, by Gene Wolfe downdeepdowndeep.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/book_of_the_new_sun_thb1.jpg (Excerpt) Severian the Torturer: "We are despised by everyone," I said. "And so there is no reason why I should not be despised by you. The surprising thing is not that you...

TALES OF THE DYING EARTH, By Jack Vance “Once it was a tall world of cloudy mountains and bright rivers, and the sun was a white blazing ball. Ages of rain and wind have beaten and rounded the granite, and the sun is feeble and red. The continents have sunk and risen. A million cities have lifted to...

Want to find out how much you've forgotten? Take some of these Ice and Fire quizzes:

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There are some Donaldson ones the site too. They're not very good though.

Rigel wrote:
I've been told I look like Brendan Frasier, but I think the person who told me was high at the time.

Ohh... So that's why you use that photo of him for your avatar. What ever happened to that guy, I wonder?

___ wrote: Interesting. Today seems to be rife with alter-egos trying to get my attention.

That's an interesting interpretation.

"___," If that is your real name. I, by the authority self-invested in me, do hereby declare you guilty of malcontent, rebellion, both bitching and moaning, and really just wasting a lot of time, basically; and sentence you to be flogged with wet – or somewhat water-logged, but still in fa...

___, I've not quit, nor have a spent my time bitching and moaning about how long it takes an author to complete a book. No, you just spend your time being contentious with me. If it must be done, time must be spent. GRRM's white knight, "SerScot," will see it done. Your slanderous and ext...

Actually, on some level, I hope his next book bombs. Many people will drop the series en masse -- including myself. So far, it has been fairly good, but not THAT good. Not good enough for a re-read.

___, If it's torture why not drop the series? Is that what you do? Quit when things get uncomfortable? Quit if you want. I won't, because I'm not a loser. Well, personally, while I'm on hiatus from kissing his ass, I buy all the products offered for sale on GRRM's "not a blog," upto and i...

I could find more references if I felt like it. LFB: Chapter Five: 'As she and Covenant started down toward the Stonedown, Lena said, "Five times a hundred people of the South Plains live here-rhadhamaerl, Shepherds, Cattleherds, Farmers, and those who Craft.' TIW: Chapter Five: 'COVENANT turne...

"I'm on a road trip."

"I'm thinking about football."

"I'm working on Wildcards."

"I'm at a convention."

"I'm working on my screenplay."

"I have 3 million emails."

"I'm not yer bitch."

Take your pick.

that's stupid, man. Saying bad words doesn't lessen or cheapen anything. Only if you have some kind of stupid morals about bad words, does it effect your perception of it. I see no problem at all with roger saying fuck. Don't forget that donaldson has always been an edgy writer. It seems totally in...

Yours is certainly a minority opinion. I don't get why you are so torqued over the continued existence of characters like the Harachai, Ramen, etc… Why are you so surprised that there are elements of the first and second Chronicles carried over to the third? On the anti-hero concept; first, you prai...