should I just read them because they are TC books, or should I approach them with trepidation? I did both. I was always nervous about the long gap (no pun intended) in between the series. On one hand, I think the LCs were the most disappointing and frustrating read of my life. Largely, because what...

DrPaul wrote: 2. What was the point for Lord Foul of killing Covenant after he had already achieved the primary goal of Covenant surrendering his ring?

He was angry and wanted to destroy Covenant. Remember he is the Despiser.

1. Donaldson has mastered the art of describing complex action sequences. The battle of First Woodhelven is the best but certainly not the only example of this. In The Last Chronicles Donaldson seems to revel in his ability to depict action scenes overloaded with differing combatants, actions and g...

Yes, 3C is a mature work and of a different order than the others, but perhaps it is only by the shedding of an impossible to realise expectation, that we may truly come to the point of being able to appreciate its merits. The thing is that at times 3C recaptured the magic of the first two. For me ...

The only really hanging thread that bugs me is the whole unexplained Creator situation. I wish we could get an explanation from SRD but I know his not going outside of the text policy so it is probably hopeless.

1. The Power That Preserves 2. The Wounded Land 3. Lord Foul's Bane 4. The Illearth War (the Troy half ranks higher, the Elena half lower) -gap- 5. White Gold Wielder -gap- (the ranking gets more difficult from here) 6. The One Tree (I hate sea voyage novels like Voyage of the Dawn Treader but it ha...

I know I am way too late but I would skip the prequels. Also, no point in reading Malloreon if you have read Belegriad. It's really 80-90% the same series rehashed. And yes, his stereotyping is the worst. I found them enjoyable as a young adult. Would I today? Not sure but rereading it isn't high on...

After years of not reading much (the 3rd Chronicles is the only thing I had read in years), I shutdown reading news online for the most part and decided to read books inside again. I picked up WoT because it is so famous. I'm in Book 3 and it is already a grind. He is good at world building as it se...

The Last Chrons had to be experienced before it could be written. The Real Knowledge of Experience was required in order to write The Last Chrons. To have realized that earlier on in his life is noteworthy. To say to ones self.." I'm not ready"..implies that the author had a goal, a targe...

I can't believe he got careless, much less so lazy. I don't think that's what happened. I have two theories (and maybe both are true): 1. He spent too much time on it and lost the magic. He still managed to pull it on occasion (the real world part of ROTE, first half of FR, and the last part of AAT...

I thought it was strange the way TLD seemed to leave some loose threads, like the escape of Moshka, the continued struggle of Covenant to control the Despiser, Branl's desire to go recapture the Krill, etc. WGW left some loose ends like that, but I wouldn't have expected them in this book when SRD ...

Although they were not really villains I think that the only new(ish) characters that we are introduced to in the LCs that I found interesting were the Viles. Something about them added to my understanding of the story overall (not detracted as many other elements seemed to). I like the Viles too. ...

In the first and second chronicles, the villians were great. This go around, egads! First, there were too many. But let's look at each one: Foul - did he do anything at all? In the first, he was active. In the second, he had an actual plan. Here, he supposedly whispered but I'm still not sure to who...

1. Foamfollower
2. Mhoram
3. Bannor
4. Vain
5. Stave
6. The Harrow's Destrier
7. Theomach

I haven't. I started it, got a couple hundred pages into it, realized it was awful, and put it down. I didn't know where to post what I wanted to say but this thread and reply to this quote is where I am going to start. I held off the LC till TLD was released. ROTE was so-so. The first half of FR w...

The One Tree to me is a ponderous read, and the 1 book in the series I have to force myself to read. It really adds very little if anything to the Chronicles, and could have been left out entirely. I've felt this way for 30 years. Part of it is that I've never gotten all the Pitchwife love but then...

G. TC's acceptance of Lod Foul. Okay, SRD telegraphed this one a long time ago - a couple of weeks back, I found an interview with him before ROTE was even released where he talked about this being the natural conclusion: in TPTP, TC fought Lord Foul, whereas in WGW he surrendered to Lord Foul, let...