caamora = ka-a-MOR-a, at least in my mind. I know there's no apostrophe between the "aa", but it just sounds more solemn and religious this way.

I was watching Fantasy Bedtime Hour, and one of the guests pronounced "Illearth" as ILL-ee-arth. ??? Isn't it clearly ill + earth ?

I never thought Hile was black... but I have ALWAYS pictured the Giants as African, with dark skin and musical African accents. I realized in my recent re-read (after 20 years!) that SRD never mentioned their ethnicity, and that it was only my imagination. The only thing vaguely close is the First's...

Thanks Savor Dam -- but let's just keep the pun in my avatar picture a carefully warded secret.

Uff da wayfriend, come visit me sometime and I'll show you EXACTLY where they filmed certain scenes in "Fargo"! No joke!

I'm sorry if this has been discussed (I just joined KW yesterday!) but "geas" is THE word that I most associate with verbal obscurity in the Chronicles.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geis
(this entry recognizes "geas" as an acceptable variation)

Thanks for the welcome, everyone! Yeah, my memories of book order, titles etc was really fuzzy -- like I said, I read the original two series TWENTY years ago! I can relate to Linden's re-entering the Land in Runes after so many years. Re-reading the first two series was really strange, too; the thi...

Hey everyone -- just joined. Quick intro: read the first six books exactly twenty years ago. This summer I found a book at the library called "The Runes of the Earth," reported to be the "First Book of the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant." I thought that was strange; I could h...