By the way, thanks for the welcome, Cambo. It's great to e a part of Kevin's Watch!

By the way, I love your explanation of the Badass Factor, Zarathustra!

I agree with all the points listed here, especially those of Zarathustra, Drew, and Savor Dam. Obviously Good deeds don't cancel out bad ones, and he may have had no choice when he started as a cyborg, but he did change. As he dealt with his feelings of abuse he started making better choices. His vi...

I've only read The Gap novels once, and I'd like to read them again, but I'm in the middle of The One Tree and it will take a wile before I get all the way through AATE.

Mordant's Need is also on my list of re-reads, as well as A Requiem For Homo Sapiens.

I have a lot of work to do!

I too, could not get through the first Gap book the first time I tried. That was probably 10 years ago and I admit that I didn't see the virtue in it then. Last year I read it again with new insight into how Donaldson writes, and I am so glad I did! Wow! The story is so much richer then I thought po...

One more thing I will say about the Elohim, because we seem to be going off the thread. I think with the Elohim, the answer is "yes". They are a part of the Earth, and part of its defense mechanism. Your white blood cells don't have a choice whether or not they seek out and attack foreign ...

Effaeldm and starkllr- Good points all. In regards to the parallels that I mentioned, they might not be the same, but it seemed to me that SRD brought them up for a reason, and he does not do that lightly. The Bane convinced me of that. It was too similar for me to ignore and I think it will be a bi...

Re: Kastenessen - is that what happens to victims in Donaldson's books? Kastenessen was driven mad by the punishment of the Elohim, he was not evil by his own nature. I don't see him being devoured. Or at the least it won't be so straightforward. There seems to be a lot of parallels emerging in the...

Thanks Horrim Carabal.

It may be a long shot, but I really hope that Something is done to cleanse the Whitewarrens under Mount Thunder, and wash the Sarangrave Flat. Those places have been defiled for countless millennia, and they deserve a little healing.

Thank you Fist and Faith. I did not remember that exchange until you wrote that. I am currently rereading The One Tree and have not gotten to that point yet. Are you saying that Covenant was able to use the Words more successfully because he was more powerful? That makes sense. No one else could hav...

Maybe the Nicor will eat the Worm.

I really hope that Covenant is the focus of TLD! The story is so much richer with him at the wheel (or under it!).

The Arch will fall allowing the Creator to do battle with Foul, and/or Diassomer Mininderain with Elena's help will get him. Joan's ring will be given to Linden in Marriage. the Worm will be commanded to sleep by the Earthblood. Covenant will confront Roger and give him a Beating. Kastanessen will b...

the lore of the old Lords (witch I think includes the Words of Power) is supposedly a "dead letter" by the time of the Sunbane. . .since merely uttering the words is not the key to their power First of all, I would be willing to bet that the power of the old lords(Earthpower) is not a &qu...

just to tell you a little about myself; I live in Colorado I play guitar I have a daughter that I adore I love music and art I have a vicious cat that sleeps all day my favorite color is green(like the trees not like the Illearth) I am a terrible speller I ride a sandgorgon to work(it's eco-friendly...

Thanks Orlion and Cambo. I hope we get new insight from The Last Dark!

Hello Earthfriends! My name is Singingstone and it is great to meet you all! I have loved the Chronicles for years and I can't wait for the last book to come out.

I've been following this thread and it has been so interesting that I had to chime in I actually just joined Kevin's Watch and I didn't look at the dates until after I wrote that, so, I thought I was in a current thread. I have loved TCTC for a long time and I was very disappointing that I was so l...

Is anybody curious that Nimoram, as in Banas Nimoram, is a lot like na-Mhoram?

also, I just realized that nobody has posted anything on this thread for a couple of years. I hope someone reads this.

I also wanted to say that I've been watching the BBC show "Torchwood" and Owen says the six known words in season 2 episode 7. He was possessed by Death at the time, so I don"t think the writers were interested in translating the 7 Words of Power. I think they just wanted to give a sh...

Hi! I've been following this thread and it has been so interesting that I had to chime in. First, I think relating the 7 words to the elements is a great idea. After all, the power of the Lords, old and new, was all about Earthpower. What better way to call on Earthpower than to name them in the old...