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- Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:25 am
- Forum: The Entire Chronicles
- Topic: Lord Foul and the Ravers rock on
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4479
Lord Foul and the Ravers rock on
When I first discovered the Chronicles in 1977-78, I decided that "Lord Foul and the Ravers" would be an excellent name for a punk rock band. I now wonder: what would be the line-up if Lord Foul and the Ravers really were a band? Here is my proposal: Turiya Herem - drums Moksha Jehanumm - ...
- Fri Oct 21, 2022 12:44 am
- Forum: The Entire Chronicles
- Topic: So what the heck was Lord Foul anyway?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8221
- Thu Oct 20, 2022 12:07 am
- Forum: The Entire Chronicles
- Topic: So what the heck was Lord Foul anyway?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8221
My take is that Lord Foul began as the embodiment of the principle of cosmic perfection, and thus as not originally evil. Creation, and life, is by definition imperfect, as it is both finite and constantly changing. Perfection can never be achieved, but living beings can strive towards it, to become...
- Sun Jun 26, 2022 12:05 am
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: What are you reading in general?
- Replies: 2283
- Views: 451749
- Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:51 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: Ravers
- Replies: 48
- Views: 20466
tj4242, thanks for your work on the chart. There remains the question of who or what was possessing Joan in the early chapters of TWL. The only possibility we can definitely rule out is samadhi Sheol, who was fully occupied with possessing the na-Mhoram. [spoiler]In the light of what we know of Joan...
- Sun May 15, 2022 1:30 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: Who is Despite?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1001
As Wayfriend has posted, the word, as a noun, has an archaic meaning of "contempt, scorn". See:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... sh/despite
Donaldson imports a lot of archaic English into the Chronicles, such as "roynish".
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... sh/despite
Donaldson imports a lot of archaic English into the Chronicles, such as "roynish".
- Wed May 11, 2022 1:34 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: Ravers
- Replies: 48
- Views: 20466
- Wed May 11, 2022 1:28 am
- Forum: The Last Dark
- Topic: Ethical Decisions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1182
- Fri Mar 04, 2022 1:09 am
- Forum: J.R.R. Tolkien Forum
- Topic: Middle-Earth Reconstruction in the Fourth Age
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2435
Middle-Earth Reconstruction in the Fourth Age
What would have happened in Middle-Earth in the first decades of the Fourth Age. Here's one scenario. The young and middle-aged male populations of Gondor, Rohan, Dale, etc, would have been severely depleted as a result of deaths and disabling injuries incurred during the War of the Ring. Hence in t...
- Thu Mar 03, 2022 11:38 pm
- Forum: J.R.R. Tolkien Forum
- Topic: Script or story predictions for the Amazon Second Age series
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2475
Here's my two cents worth on how I would like to see it done (although it won't be done this way). There are passages in Tolkien's own writings that support such a take on Sauron. Early in the Second Age Sauron is a well-meaning and supremely talented technocrat who has a grand plan for the future o...
- Sat Jan 29, 2022 11:39 pm
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: Linden Avery is fine you monsters
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3372
- Sat Jan 29, 2022 11:35 pm
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: Finished the First Chronicles
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3281
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:16 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: feudalism in Revelstone
- Replies: 42
- Views: 8403
The passage in the First Chronicles in which Atiaran explains to Covenant the processes of learning and testing in the lore of Sword and Staff comes just after the notorious scene in which Covenant rapes Lena, and so I suspect that those of us reading this passage may have done so with our minds els...
- Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:23 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: feudalism in Revelstone
- Replies: 42
- Views: 8403
The other general point I would make is that the society portrayed in the First Chronicles is anything but feudal. The Stonedownors and Woodhelvennin have no superiors in a feudal hierarchy to whom they owe either labour service or military service, and the Lords - despite their title - are not warr...
- Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:20 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: feudalism in Revelstone
- Replies: 42
- Views: 8403
In LFB, Atiaran clearly explains to Covenant that anybody in the Land can study the disciplines of Staff and Sword, and can take the necessary tests to become a Lord. Mhoram's Lordship was therefore not hereditary. As I have posted on another thread, the fact of his parents both being Lords meant th...
- Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:10 am
- Forum: J.R.R. Tolkien Forum
- Topic: Passages that drive you crazy.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 20154
This passage makes no sense. 'How far is Rivendell?' asked Merry, gazing round wearily. The world looked wild and wide from Weathertop. 'I don't know if the Road has ever been measured in miles beyond the Forsaken Inn, a day's journey east of Bree,' answered Strider. 'Some say it is so far, and some...
- Mon Oct 18, 2021 7:40 am
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: What are you reading in general?
- Replies: 2283
- Views: 451749
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:53 pm
- Forum: J.R.R. Tolkien Forum
- Topic: Tolkien themed cookbook
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1472
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:48 am
- Forum: Fatal Revenant
- Topic: The Insequent - on the Brisbane River
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11362
The Insequent - on the Brisbane River
I took this photo while cycling along the Brisbane (Australia) River last year.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 0..&type=3
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 0..&type=3
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:41 am
- Forum: General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
- Topic: What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?
- Replies: 8207
- Views: 1211390