Something about how was the first Staff of Law cut from the One Tree when Covenant had such a job trying to secure the second.SGuilfoyle1966 wrote:What was the question again?
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- Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:55 pm
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The First Staff of Law
- Replies: 41
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- Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:46 pm
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: Would the Bloodguard have made any difference?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9562
- Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:55 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The Seven Hells
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7437
All I know for sure is, when I read them the first time, I kept waiting for just ONE day of Savagery Sun, just to see what would happen to everyone. It could have happened while they were on the Quest for the One Tree, and then the horrors could have been told by Sunder and Hollian. I assumed those...
- Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:44 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: Something I never understood completely...
- Replies: 5
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Like Akasri, it's a long time since I read these stories - but I like the question because I remember at the time being a little puzzled by this very point. In respect of the Oathof Peace am I right in thinking that even though they discovered that it was the Oath that was hindering thier advancemen...
- Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:30 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The First Staff of Law
- Replies: 41
- Views: 11154
- Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:54 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The Seven Hells
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7437
Regarding Sunbane fertility - take something good, break it horrifically, and give it back. That's the essence of Lord Foul, because it engenders despair. Uncontrolled growth/fertility is known to us on Earth as cancer. dw I get this DukkaWaynhim, but what I was refering to was 'fertility' in the o...
- Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:37 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The Seven Hells
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7437
Am I right in thinking that this refers to 'A Jeroth of the Seven Hells - the mythology of the Land at the time of the Clave etc. I don't remember the passage where the seven hells are named (though I don't doubt its existence) but even given that they are, is there any reference to thier being rela...
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:38 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: Susie Thurston and Her Husband
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5078
I think it is often the case that 'minds' under extreme duress mishear/misunderstand what is going on all about them and over-react accordingly, either internally or in external action. I think this is what Donaldson is aiming at here rather than a clue or bridge to the reality of the Land via the i...
- Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:02 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The Creator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5619
I think that for a 'creation' as epic in scale as the Land, its inhabitants and the story that unfolds as we read, it is inevitable that inconsistancies of behaviour, of actions, and indeed of narative flow will creep in - hell, they creep into 'real life' let alone into artificial constructs (how m...
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:16 pm
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: Is there free will in the land?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3205
Re: Is there free will in the land?
Everything that happens manages to get there regardless of how the characters feel or what they want. The land is not so different then to the world that we live in, and the chances of there being 'free will' (as opposed to a deterministic world where all of thier actions are pre-determined) are ab...
- Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:45 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The Haruchai.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4281
- Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:28 am
- Forum: Announcements + Suggestions + Q&A + Help
- Topic: Has anybody read.....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3034
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:21 pm
- Forum: Announcements + Suggestions + Q&A + Help
- Topic: Has anybody read.....
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- Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:16 am
- Forum: Announcements + Suggestions + Q&A + Help
- Topic: Has anybody read.....
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Has anybody read.....
Has anybody read Christine Barkley's book 'Stephen R Donaldson and the Modern Epic Vision', and if so - is it any good. I found reference to it in the 'Links' page and am quite interested in what she has to say, but it ain't cheap and getting it to the UK will cost as well. A bit of feedback as to h...
- Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:21 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The Haruchai.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4281
- Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:59 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The Haruchai.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4281
The Illearth War was my fave so far anyway. :) It's my first time reading all of the books. I'm on White Gold Wielder. :) Bannor probably did hook up with those girls. We saw Cail go back to the Merewives, afterall ;) No - I don't believe Bannors Haruchai nature would ever let his fidelity to his f...
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:02 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The Haruchai.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4281
The Haruchai.
It is fairly clear that the Haruchai feature highly as one of the major 'creations' of Donaldson in making the Land what it is and what we love. But answer me this - Do all the Haruchai, including the Bloodguard, have just one personallity. Is Bannor the same individual as Brin or even Stave, in the...
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:44 am
- Forum: The Chronicles Art Gallery
- Topic: My attempt at a Bloodguard
- Replies: 60
- Views: 24449
Yep. I've always thought of Sherpas, partly because they also live among the high peaks and frozen desolate wastelands. I have done a few trips in Nepal and Tibet and the Himalayan mountain people are indeed the closest thing to the Haruchai that I have met. They are 'capable' in a way that surpass...
- Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:26 am
- Forum: Fatal Revenant
- Topic: AAAggghhhh!!!! HOW COULD SHE?? (ending spoiler)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 41806
Re: AAAggghhhh!!!! HOW COULD SHE?? (ending spoiler)
Really I am SHOCKED 8O by Linden's actions at the end of FR. How she could bring Covenant back from the Dead!! What was she thinking??? I have real sypathy for Linden here. All the way through the third series to date Covenant has been sending her cryptic and mixed signals as to what she should be ...
- Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:39 am
- Forum: The Chronicles Art Gallery
- Topic: Presenting . . . the Lord's Shetra & Hyrim
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2429