By the way, I should remark that I'm not dissing SD. Part of what draws me back to his work is the frequent incongruity. With other authors I can't put up with it so much, but I think perplexing the reader is, for SD, a useful device for building the story. Sometimes he pushes it further than other ...

Be that as it may - failing to win the lottery that is - doesn't account for her immediate and complete dismay at seeing Covenant in the flesh. Because him being there is exactly what she wanted in spite of everything else, which she more or less expected, or at least anticipated as one possibility...

This is more along the lines of that spoiler... so you might need to black it out (I'm not sure how to do that). | | | | | | | V I still think SD is asking a lot of us with this one. I've put aside such niggling questions about his stories in the past, and I no doubt will again in this case. But eve...

I get why she "had" to do it... and I also understand why she might then regret it. I just don't understand how she can go from one to the opposite with virtually no interval - to me it seems like she didn't have enough time to fully appreciate that she did the wrong thing... She's only t...

These are all good posts which mirror some of my questions. But I've now read the first chapter of the next book, from the SRD website... Has anyone else? *spoiler of the first chapter alert* | | | V She went from being so, soooo confident, and down right rebellious in her determination to bring bac...

I think those things are completely possible in the Land, but that those are discard paths which Earthpower and Giants and Ranyhyn etc. have rendered pointless.) A big Toyota 4X4 wouldn't have gone astray when Linden was trying to get to Andelain :D I agree with what everyone is pointing out though...

Well look, I really agree that the people of the land won't (or can't, or whatever) end up visiting the TC world. I'm just playing devil's advocate, in order to better frame the relationship between the two worlds. Regarding this: So TC disapperared from his world after being hit by that police car ...

" A Land inhabitant spending a few days in our world would have to be unconscious for a couple of months and probably starve or die of thirst because of this." I agree, this is a good point. But, then again, when Linden or Covenant or anyone else is translated back, it happens bodily. Thei...

Yeah... I don't really buy Donaldson's explanation. Those from the "real world" being able to live in both worlds seems to give them a sort of advantage. Indeed, in a way it makes them more real, because they can be real in both worlds ; whereas the land folk can only be real in their own....

This thread is forcing as to be very polarised in our views

Can't we hope that Linden does okay, but generally foster a mild dislike for her? That's sorta where I'm at.

Linden can definitely whinge - she has the power for whinging brimming inside her like a wellspring of whingyment. I don't know she doesn't forget about Law altogether and just go with bleating at the enemy - it'd probably do more damage. But has anyone forgotten how much utter, woeful, unbecoming s...

The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, is a fantasy story psychologically rooted and very internally tumultuous in a similar way to TCTC. In it's way, it has a stronger focus on realism which makes it considerably grittier. I have not seen the movie made of it, but I can vouch for the book being incredible.

Okay, following in the vein of a couple of posts I've recently made, I'm interested in this: There are all manner of events which could profoundly effect our (the reader's) perception of the reality of The Land, and the "TC World" character's relationship to it. I can illustrate with one: ...

Ah yes, I'm getting recollections of this now... thanks for reminding me. Although I recall I was miffed about Donaldson allowing us to go on with no firm conclusion about what the land is.... (no doubt exactly as he intended to).

I hope this is relevant to the current discussion... Why is TC in particular so relevant to The Land? It seems to me that various things in the land represent his psychological condition... When he is facing a crisis, so to is something monumental happening in the land which gives rise to his summon...

Mr Kitano does the best dead-pan I've ever seen

Okay, okay, I've got it... wait for it. He could play any of the Haruchai. He practically already has!!!! Come on, I cannot think of a more likely Haruchai on the planet :) Wait for it....... Takeshi Kitano 3.bp.blogspot.com/_dRxpkiNQHIY/SxV5cCWvJBI/AAAAAAAAE1o/eo32djFH24c/s1600/kitano.jpg ourenclav...

Here's another interesting thing relating to this. Mind you, I've not yet gotten to the end of Fatal Revenant, so I don't know if this changes or not, but... Even though, from Linden's perspective, six people from her world (including Hile Troy) have seemed to have taken part in the experience of th...

Hi, I'm new, I've been reading TCTC for decades. I'm just as perplexed about it all as ever. I'll leave my questions in the other forums.

Many thanks!
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Hi, I'm new, so sorry if this is really noob-like. I've almost finished Fatal Revenant, and I've completed all the other books in the series over the past decade or so. Something which has always eluded me - and this is probably the intent of SRD - is whether The Land is as real as real can be, or w...