Zarathustra wrote:this was fun and pretty. Not nearly as annoying as Avatar.

You just said a mouthful. Agreed 100%.

I saw Avatar once, said "that looked pretty, but sucked", and never even considered buying it on Blu-Ray or DVD.

ur-Timewarden wrote:If the sun winks out of existence or is somehow obfuscated and the stars are gone for whatever reason, could this be The Last Dark? And if so, will the whole last book take place in the dark (or a very, very gray sky)?

Probably. I'm 90% certain that the Earth is toast, btw.

I love Erikson, with a few caveats. 1) He can get too cutesy. 2) He's in love with some of his characters and it shows, in a decidedly Eddings-like way. That's not a good thing in my book. 3) He throws the reader to the wolves, and dares you to keep treading water until you can figure out what the h...

Kind of off topic, but someone mentioned Piers Anthony. I'm one of those weirdoes who doesn't like Xanth at all - not even the first few good ones. Incarnations of Immortality, now that was better. And the series that started with Out of Phaze. Blue Adept, etc. Not bad. Nowhere near SRD, but not bad...

Could be, and Lord Foul was a name that came later. The name a-Jeroth does not appear until TIW and only in the context of the Clave's falsehoods. Perhaps that name was the only true part of the tale. Yes that's what I think as well. Funny, because back in April 2006 I asked him a very similar Q on...

as far as I know lord foul never referred to himself by any name, and certainly never called himself a-jeroth. That comes from the song made up by the clave I'll have to search the GI when I get time, but I'm positive SRD has said that Foul called himself a-Jeroth when he was on the Council. aha! w...

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has Lord Foul ever actually said "my name is such and such"? he only ever refers to "Despite such as mine" and so forth...I think a-Jeroth is just another legend, like Fangthane, or Corruption...and not necessarily his "real" name... The difference is that Fangthane an...

Yes, I think I'm going to have to give it a read as well. Horrim Carabal, why would someone who believed Jesus was the Son of God not want to read thos book? Simply because the author seems to disagree? Couldn't someone who believed in Jesus as the Son of God get inspiration from a different perspe...

I really enjoyed Lovely Bones , but Peter Jackson has done better, and is certainly no one-trick pony. Have you seen any of his pre-LOTR movies? His early splatter stuff is great fun if you like that kind of thing (I do), Braindead is probably the best of them. But Heavenly Creatures is an incredib...

This sort of thing appeals to a certain kind of reader. If you actually believe what Christianity teaches - Jesus existed, he was the son of God - then it's not for you. If you think the story of Jesus is a nice myth, and the ideas behind the myth are more important, I can see how something like thi...

Scott Pilgrim vs the World was one of the best movies I saw last year. Bought the Blu Ray as soon as it appeared.

I also enjoyed Napoleon Dynamite, which someone mentioned.

I'm in my mid 30s if we are bringing age into it.

the things that have to be resolved in TLD, it cannot fail to be mustard ! LF, Kassy, the Worm I can't wait three years :lol: The Sandgorgons won't even stand a chance. That Worm creates tidal waves and eats stars for breakfast. I suppose wild magic is its equal? After all, it's just Earthpower, ri...

I think you're basically right...K. is aware he's on LF's side right now, but that's irrlevant to his purpose. Destroying the other Elohim is worth anything to him...even destroying the world in the process. And LF sneers at the Elohim as everyone else...K. is just a tool [though perhaps a particul...

This is no misogynistic rant. I'm just hacked off because last night I talked to the fourth gorgeous female friend in a month to admit to having self image problems. And apparently, they are the norm. I heard the other day that only 1% of women think they are beautiful. Now, I happen to think that ...

Horrim, How do you intrepret "you are the white gold"? I always try to keep an open mind and would love to hear other opinions. Just what was SRD saying there in your opinion? Just taking a swing at it, but: "You are the white gold" means that Covenant himself is in some way the...

Kastenessen doesn't think of himself as an ally of Foul, right?

Foul thinks of K as just a useful tool? Or...?

What's the relationship here?

All these names he has are just ways for other people to refer to him, either when talking to him or about him. His servants simply refer to him as "Master" or some other honorific. If he decided to tell us, on a whim, then we might discover that he doesn't even have a name for himself. N...

Decimating Soulcrusher's army would have a merely temporary beneficial effect. Having all the missing Wards wouldn't do much for a people who have sworn the Oath of Peace, and at best, it would bring the hazard of unearned knowledge. And besides, Kevin had full use of all 7 Wards and they didn't do...

My favorite fantasy authors besides SRD (who is #1) are: Guy Gavriel Kay, and Steven Erikson I also enjoy G. R. R. Martin and Tad Williams at times. Stephen King is surprisingly good as well, Eyes of the Dragon being case in point (although the later books in the Dark Tower sucked). Favorite series?...