Well actually, the idea Covenant shows up, not the idealized man 10 years of longing had created, not an animal from a King pet semetary, but exactly himself, broken and whiny, is intriguing. Linden would be vulnerable. A void will open in Linden's soul. ;) She will draw Stave in. Stave will with al...

The question was inpired by the jocular tone of responses to "Stave and Linden's affair." A previous post. The following may not sound nice to some. The squeamish may wish to look away. If you wish to preserve your modesty stop here :biggrin: Assuming Linden is trapped in the land in much ...

I was wondering, what if Stave and Linden fall in love? I think atleast one of the humbled is Staves son. One of them will betray the other, on Lindsey's account. Remember the line, "beware the half hand." Wouldn't it be something if Elena's bone sculture is Stave and not Bannor? Elena was...

I believe the phrase, "you are the white gold" can be taken literally. I think it is possible that the creator created the land with the rings of TC and Jone. Otherwise, why didn't Roger just buy a bigger white gold ring for his ritual to travel to the land. Why does it have to be the ring...

I believe that Marthiir had some hurtloam applied to him. We know from Hile Troys experience that he got his sight back with the application of hurtloam, maybe this has happened here, although there is no specific reference to it. Troy couldn't get his sight back, he never had sight or even eyes. H...

With time travel it is hard to say. Perhaps they called it hers because she showed up thousands of years in the past . The Elohim probably would have known about that. She was the first to drink the earthblood. Probably the first ever. She also had a staff of law. She had already been the sun sage w...

Yes. She would have known where the ring was to go. You can't exactly take a priceless heirloom off a corpse. She couldn't have taken it like that is there was someone there who knew the rings owner. It's alot like tomb robbing.

Ok, hold on. Let's try this out. I had always taken for granted that Linden took the ring from his body when she was finally back in the real world. What would have happened had Linden not taken the ring from his body in the real world or had actually returned it to the estate where Roger would have...

The question I have is why would SRD dismiss OSC out of hand as a writer just because he disagrees with his politics? I happen to disagree with OSC's politics also, but that doesn't prevent me from enjoying his stories. I would be interested in hearing what people have to say on this subject. That ...

last sentence of WGW with her right hand Linden kept a sure hold on her wedding ring The ring belongs to Linden Just because she percieved it to be her wedding ring signifies nothing actual. Foul could call it his wedding ring because him and TC were practically we by TC's submission to whatever Fo...

Possible. But the Theomach was probably long gone from the land by the time Loric came around. That is why time travel sucks so bad. Time travel gives linear causality a contradictory nature. Things may happen linearly only with respect to an individual's perception or perspective. Is it possible t...

Yes, I see both your points. However, didn't TC already know that Foul could not be destroyed. He gave it to Foul before he died and knew that Foul couldn't die. Although Foul became temporarily incorporate, he still lived and didn't give up the ring. Remember, TC told Foul that he, Foul, was out of...

Perhaps the Theomach had something to do with it's creation. Maybe he had knowledge of the white gold. Maybe it is made of cooled Earthblood form skyweir. With time travel now in the cards cause and effect are messed up.

I agree with people that say it is SRD style. It is not really new he has used it in all the books of this series. I like it. I think it adds to the story. Makes the characters a bit more real and puts varying contexts to the cryptic messages. Sometimes when they come up u see that the context is sl...

Perhaps Linden isn't able to harness the power because the ring now belongs to LF. TC gave it to him. It would be cool if in the 3rd book TC is once again impotent because LF is the rightful owner of the ring. It was given to him. In the real world TC gave his life to LF and in the Land TC gave up h...

#1 The rape. #2 Elana, TC's rape child making the moves on him. I thought that was slightly disturbing. That's when ya knew that chic was not all there. #3 The giants of coercri submitting to ravers. Honorable mentions: Ranyhyn hanging out because of their oath to visit Lena. Cail leaving to go back...

I've read almost every author mentioned in this thread and aside from Donaldson, I like Zelazny the best, with Herbert coming in a close 3rd. I always end up reading everything by an author if I like them. Just wondering if any of you like sci-fi? I would recommend Asimov's Foundation series. It is ...