Absolutely agree with everyone here. Resist temptation by reading the other books. You won't regret it. If that gets tough, limit yourself to looking at the pretty ROTE cover art... :D Look at it this way, you still have two years before the next book is released. If you read Runes now (followed by...

Why does the Appointed guardian need to be sitting at the base of the tree?? I think we're all taking this a little too literally, and thinking that there was an Elohim that sat beneath the tree, smoking a pipe, and waiting to stop anyone from touching the tree. We know that there was another Appoin...

Hmmmm I could have sworn he said that he had three....

Well, it was pluralized, and he said they're with the Masters, so that's my story and I'm sticking to it....

Mud used as a defense against Leprosy?? Are the tribal members compelled to run out and rape teenage girls after applying the mud?? If so, then the connection would just be uncanny.....

The chapter was entitled "Sons." What does that imply? Obviously, there is Roger (Thomas' son), Esmer (Cail's son), but what else? Jeremiah was missing, the most blatant "son" throughout the series thus far. Linden has spent two books obsessing about "My son this" and &...

Interesting chapter indeed.

So its just recently that American's have been forbidden to travel to Cuba? Nope. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba-United_States_relations In 1981 President Ronald Reagan’s new administration re-instituted the most hostile policy against Cuba since the invasion at Bay of Pigs. Despite conciliatory signal...

rdhopeca wrote:I have to say that when I first read this I tore through the last few chapters, certain something absolutely HUGE was about to happen...sort of like the ending to TOT...but I was surprised at what it was...and felt it made total sense...

Exactly, it was so obvious but no one saw it coming.....

LMAO!!!

"Hellfire, Linden! Stop doing that!"

From what I've gathered about the Land, is that many of the places are fairly isolated, and basically "ruled" by a handful of Masters.... didn't Mithil Stonedown have only 3 Masters present when Linden first entered? I'm assuming that there aren't many Masters present; aside from the compa...

WOW!!! That is definitely different that I remember!

I certainly find the reference to "white fire" interesting.....









....and I need to read those books again....

oh totally did you checked out the Judge pics - forget about him being the stargate guy .. see him as haruchai .. he so totally pulls it off imo Yeah, he would definently work. Although, his head is a little big for his body, it appears to me. So, he could eaither bulk up his body a little bit to m...

you mean as Foul's voice? Because I don't think you could have an actor accurately portray someone as ethereal as Foul. Not necessarily. Ian McKellan isn't necessarily known for his role as Gandalf among those who don't know the movies; it took a while before I minally made the connection that the ...

While considering the feature film for the Chrons it occurred to me that there are scenes, which though they are integral to the framework of the story, are none the less unpleasant to imagine watching, especially with graphic accuracy. There are a number of moments which I would find hard to watch...

Hmmm... never heard of Ghosts. I stopped listening to NIN after Downward Spiral; everything that he released (although the Quake soundtrack was really cool if you ask me) was just crap. I am a sucker for instrumentals, though, and it really sounds as if you all are highly recommending Ghosts, so I m...

Mortice Root wrote:
but I'd add Grateful Dead to the list. Just never "did it" for me.

I'll see your Grateful Dead and raise you an Oasis.....

I just saw DMB at Pine Knob in Detroit this past Monday night, and OMFG it was absolutely amazing!!! It was THE best live performance I have ever seen; topped my list. I really wasn't even a fan; I went because my wife and I were given tickets as a wedding present. She is a huge fan and has always w...

My wife and I tried this the a few weeks back when we were at a friend's house for dinner. She absolutely LOVED it!! Now she wants to buy one super-bad. I saw one in the store the other day, and was really tempted to get it... but eventually I passed on it.... after plunking down $250 for the consol...

Yeah, apparently I have forgotten much about this series as well. I made it about halfway through Order and Chaos, but for some reason, can't remember a whole helluva lot about anything, other than names, and that a bit or two about Angus... will have to dig up the old books again and have another g...

deer of the dawn wrote:Lena Headey has the severity required.

I dunno, after watching The Sarah Connor Chronicles, I have a bit of difficulty taking her seriously.....