More words that I don't really know what they mean: G: gelid-TWL-429; gavotte-TWL-490 H: habilments-TOT-21 I: irenic-TWL-495 skip to S S: sabulous-TOT-19; stertorously-TWL-423; susurrus-TWL-426 T: tintinnuabulating-TWL-464 ( a classic); threnodies-TWL-480. I guess you get the idea. But hey maybe all...

Out of sheer curiosity I started making a list of all the obscure words that SD uses when I was reading TWL. The list grew to 39 words that basically I would need a dictionary to understand the meaning. In the context of the useage you of course get a feel for what it means but lets take it to the n...

Another ambiguous Vain moment is in Sarangrave Flat when the clay creatures come to rescue the party from the krest. They say they just followed Vain. But surely his depature into the morass of the Sarangrave had its purpose in saving Linden. Or was Vain just lucky in gaining the attention of the so...

If I recall correctly, they made him out of some sort of gesture of goodwill merged with purpose, due to some self-loathing they had. And it took a while for TC, LA, Sunder and Hollian to wander from K-Dub to Andelain, so I reckon there was time. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!) Look the u...

That's my favorite Vain moment too! :) Although chasing after the Courser, and escaping the Elohim are pretty awesome too! And when he got PISSED and attacked those warped viles. And Cail using him as an anchor to lower the sled. And... :) Its sort of like "and.." too many to mention. I f...

Am currently re-reading the second chronicles and Vain that archetype enigmatic creation of fantasy fiction tends to steal the show at times. Just curious as to favourite scenes, lines etc (I guess we can almost exclude Vains dialogue) surrounding Vain. So far in TWL it is when Vain appears in Coven...

On reading the synopsis more closely it reminded me of how powerful and dark Donaldson's depictions of the "real world" are. At times when re-reading the chronicles it seems I am just reading them to get to the "good stuff". The inevitable journey to the land. However this time a...

Its just the completist in me. I need that book. Thanks for the info.

As soon as I posted this I thought, doh, Amazon. Anyway thanks for the info.

That is brilliant. Thanks for the tip LOL.
Regards.

I have always enjoyed TOT immensely. The journey and of course Vain. His escape from the Elohim is a classic passage. The Kemper and that land is another fantastic creation. The One Tree is that inevitable filler before the final blow. I applaud Donaldson for making it such a great book. For some re...

On that word roynish I did a search on OED online and found out it is a very, very obscure word. Last used in the 18th century. I should have pasted the definition on here. (Probably been done before). Donaldson is obviously a dictionary hound, ha, ha like me. Check it out if you have access. Not ev...

When the chronicles first came out or in the first few years after there was a stand alone edition of Gilden Fire. A very small book obviously. Just curious as to if anyone owns a copy or if it is still available. I have only ever seen The Daughter of Regals with the chapter contained within. I regr...

My oldest son is 9 and is starting to read a bit more than the enforced school stuff. But I would be very reluctant to even really discuss the themes in Covenant until he was in his late teens. As a gift to him in a later year I will give him the books. I don't think that Covenant is really fantasy ...

As I am new to this forum I am sure the "rape scene" has been discussed at length many times. It is surely the most violent and disturbing incident to base a "hero" on in the history of fantasy. I think anyway. And it is impossible to defend. And as we see time does not heal the ...

I guess this has been done before but several vague features occur in the Hyperion novels that have similarity in the Chronicles. I guess the cleft and Landsdrop is the obvious one for the geographers. The concept of the "one" (which the writers of the Matrix ripped off) are there. Covenan...

In reference to the first book. It struck me that when setting out from Revelstone some of the party or an advance party could have gone by river. It's never mentioned as an option. How do the other boats moored near Revelstone negotiate the current upstream for example. Where did Foamfollower get h...

As I re-read again the Land stands as this amazing conjuration of the imagination. You can so deep into Donaldson's universe you get totally lost. The ur-lord is a reflection of our human frailty like no other fantasy book I have read. If you want real darkness go and read Faulkner. The South is his...

Hi. Good to be on board. I just started LFB for the fifth time and am enjoying it immensely. Have not read TC for about 3 years. One question are there images of the ur-viles I can download. I find them to be a source of endless fascination. Corrupt yet intelligent. Way more interesting than orcs, l...

On the footy thing Rugby League is footy in two states while Australian Rules is footy in the others. Soccer is just soccer. And Rugby Union is Rugby. American Football is referred to as grid-iron at times and yes soccer is the true football.
Confusing!!!!