Just getting back to the initial post, I'd love to see a side book on the Ranyhyn and their time travel abilities/exploits and sacrificial tendencies (for the good of the Land of course). The Covenant/Ranyhyn relationship was a brilliant theme throughout the whole 10 book saga. As others have said t...

On board with you both, fallen and don, my eldest son took his own life 3 years ago, aged 20 suffering from depression. Many many hours of serious contemplation have ensued. I'll pen some more thoughts on this topic when I'm home from work, in particular how I think tcotc can be used as a tool to he...

Hmm V, interesting concept, the necessity and power of despair. I think I'll ponder that for a while before responding. This is a topic close to my heart.

Good question Peter. IMHO its a simple message. Despite, despair, depression, whatever you want to call it cannot be forever banished. It cannot be defeated (1st chrons) nor will surrendering to it work as a solution for an individual (2nd chrons). It has to be accepted as part of oneself and only t...

1983 for me at Uni so thats a mere 31 years. Must have done about 10 re-reads of the 1st and 2nd chrons. Not done a last chrons re-read yet since completing TLD - guess I'll be itchy for that in the summer. Not sure I'll go back to 1st or 2nd chrons any time soon as they're already imprinted on my b...

Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere. It certainly didn't escape me that Malachite - the rock that Jeremiah required to create his fane bears a striking resemblance to Malachi - the prophetic last book of the Old Testament which ends with an expectation of the coming of the Lord and of the...

Yep, Reddel, IMO you're spot on

Yep I did the grand re-read. In fact I did it before each of the LC books came out so 4 re-reads in total. For me, the crux of the matter is that whilst I was looking forward to whatever ending SRD decided upon, when it finally came I'm upset that its over now and there isn't going to be another boo...

Wow, quantum theory, maybe the worm is everywhere and nowhere, love it!

Z, law can be both inherant in a physics sense such as the 2nd law of thermodynamics or created, 'artificial' if you like, ie it's against the law to park on double yellow lines. Lore such as bone sculpting (what was it called again, marrowmeld or yar something or other) seems to be a contravention ...

The enduring solution is that there is no solution to the eternal conundrums of love v hate, good v evil or hope v despair.

Philosophical questions that you can debate for eons and get nowhere.

Don't forget that it was lindens heating up of the water in the malachite cliff face that enabled jerry to find that purer piece to complete his temple. Indeed her fate was writ in water as was the lands. I think you're spot on here Lurch. The whole water concept cobined with Anele's 'seek deep rock...

Absolutely, the Land is rich enough. For example, there's a whole book to be written on the ramen / ranyhyn relationship and I'd love a book on the ur-viles / waynhim wurd, weird. Vain's my hero and vitrim rocks

I get most of the comments and generally agree that SRD left too many questions that he couldn't possibly hope to answer in TLD in the number of pages available. Perhaps there should have been a 5th book, however, we're left with loads of stuff to ponder which perhaps is what was intended? The story...

I had expected a lot more from the ur-viles given their previous importance - Vain, manacles etc. A bit part at the end with She didn't really cut the mustard. I thought that they may have had some involvement with the worm but hey, no one did. Also thought there may have been an urvile confrontatio...

1. Vain
2. Anele
3. Foamy
4. Hamoko
5. Brinn
6. Stave
7. Liand
8. Nom
9. Amok
10. Esmer

Ah thanks IQ, my memory is terrible, I'll have to do yet another re-read though my apetite (like the worm) is somewhat diminished and I feel like slumbering for a while. I really wish there would be separate sub books on the urviles/waynim and also the ranyhyn - they deserve their full story to be t...

I too was underwhelmed with the ending. Given that Foul (or so it appeared for much of the whole chronicles) was the master of manipulation I would have thought that the final confrontation would have been more fully expanded, particularly since TC's wrestle with despite was the whole crux of the se...

isle of the one tree

What joy, I must admit I was a bit daunted back on 11 Aug when I decided to re-read all 8 books. Thought it would take me ages but I've finished them now and enjoyed every minute. Certainly its worth it in advance of AATE - I must admit reading chapter 1 of AATE on SRD website inspired me to refresh...