My brother was a tad upset by the death of Mr Foamfollower. As we all were I bet. I will keep trying Mordants Need and I am sure I will finish them one day. But the Gap and TCOTC are by far and away the best books I have ever read in my life. My dad and bro have read them, I passed them on to my fri...

I agree...there's no need for mobiles or interweb in these stories...unless she took a laptop to the land and got a mysterious wi-fi signal and was able to communicate to some ethereal server under Doom's Retreat to dredge up all of flowers web searches (Posies and Me!, "Life and all things nic...

Thanks for the welcome folks. It's good to be here. In regards to my brother crying it was the death of Foamfollower...bare in mind he was only about 16 at the time and riddled with hormones so, you know, give the guy a break. I've always had issues with the secondChronc. It's only now I realise tha...

Since I was a small boy I always remember these wonderful looking books on my Dad’s shelf. They had black spines, wrinkled from reading, and the covers depicted creatures and trees that looked amazing to me, resplendent in dark blues, reds and greens. These were the Fontana editions of the first Chr...

Hello folks! Long time reader of Mr Donaldson...pushing 17 years since I first strolled into the land. I will make a separate "Hello and intro" post but for now just to say the FR is the best book Mr D has ever written, I am truly itching to get cracking with the next two books...whenever ...