That was a fascinating insight about the Insequent corresponding to the characters from the real world. (Could the army-defeating Vizard be Hile Troy? Also, I tend to lean for the Theomach (I think from "divine power (of creation)" ) as Jeremiah and the Ardent (I think from "argent&qu...

Here's some documentation about Requires Hate a.k.a. Winterfox: failfandomanonwiki.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder&param=Winterfox I read the comments to the Mixon report. There were a lot of people with experiences with Requires Hate. I don't think all those people were lying. One thing t...

On the subject of "TC becomes LF", I don't think it would have been that hard to achieve, at least not to someone with SRD's demonstrated writing skills. Using the published story as the base, you can see how simple it is: 1. Foreshadow that it's possible absorb other people's souls and ga...

I can see how Jeremiah (beloved and raised by Linden despite not being a blood relative, under Lord Foul's power but not his servant, has hidden depths) and Roger (not loved or raised by Covenant despite being a blood relative, Lord Foul's willing servant, a depthless villain) complemented each othe...

@Murrin, I haven't been following the matter that closely, but I don't think she's changed. She just laid down for a while and is now back to her old ways, only with fewer followers. I was actually surprised to hear that she had become so influential as Requires Hate. A good, close look at her blog ...

Another thing that occurs to me about my first impression is that, with a quality drop like this in something I love, I might be expected to be angry from love betrayed, but instead I'm just kind of disappointed. I find it hard to feel much of anything about this last book. It's strange how the firs...

I may be out of the loop here, but here's this thread anyway. SRD has said that he knew that his conception of TLC back in the eighties was so difficult to write that he knew it to be beyond his abilities at the time. He has also said that he needed the intervening books to hone his skills enough to...

To make things clear, I don't think we need sequels. I'm just disappointed that SRD didn't follow on his promise for a more conclusive ending. Based on his words I was thinking that he would blow up the setting for real and then the happy ending would be for those who escaped to another universe. Th...

Some random bits on the subject: - Laura J. Mixon's detailed report on Requires Hate's activities recently won a Hugo. Requires Hate must be very unhappy. I don't think her career will recover from this. - For those who don't know, Requires Hate was revealed (but not in Mixon's report) to be from a ...

I remember that back then SRD said something to the effect that The Last Chronicles would be a decisive end and that there could be no sequels after that because the Land wouldn't exist. I now see that that was so not true. Basically the only reason it would be hard to continue from TLD is that the ...

I'm majorly disappointed, which is related to why I'm posting this comment so late. I buy my books in paperback, so being late is normal, but this time I also had trouble first starting and then continuing the story. I think I read the thing in three widely separated pieces because at times I just c...

1. The Wounded Land 2. The Power that Preserves 3. The Illearth War 4. The One Tree 5. White Gold Wielder 6. Lord Foul's Bane 7. The Runes of the Earth 8. The Last Dark 9. Fatal Revenant 10. Against All Things Ending I'm not so sure about the latter part of the list. It contains some big gaps betwee...

I've been thinking about these things too. I've even come up with whimsical names for the significant power groups, where "significant" is defined as having some sort of future sight and being thus capable of high-grade manipulation of the plot. The roster in the beginning was: - Team Good...

The Insequent exsited before the first trilogy. The Haruchia encountered them long before setting march to the Land and their meeting with High Lord Kevin. I thought I explained about that... Anyway, I think the world of the First Chronicles didn't contain any Insequent. I think the past was retroa...

I just had a major idea. We know from the example of the quellvisk that Lord Foul can create custom-made intelligent races with powerful magic. I think Lord Foul created the Insequent. The Insequent would have come to existence between the Second and Last Chronicles but, due to the wonders of time-t...

I think the Worm is going to be a black hole or a close analogue. It's currently a very tiny black hole, smaller than a pinprick, but its mountainous mass is still enough to severely disturb the environment around it and suck in a vortex of matter. Because the Worm is currently so small it has been ...

After reading AATE I have to admit to myself that the Last Chronicles are not just slow to get going but that SRD has really lost it. I think my biggest gripe is the I don't care about the characters and their plight. The thing I liked most in the first six books was how SRD elicited emotion in the ...

I'm thinking that the Theomach wasn't there in the "first" past. He only appeared in order to keep the timeline from unraveling and possibly also to get a chance of proving himself at the One Tree. Possibly he diverted Linden at this specific time and place only so that he could get a shot...

I think there is zero chance of SRD outright saying that the Land really doesn't exist at all. However, I wouldn't shut it out that that the subject is reintroduced so that Linden starts to worry that the Land is only her dying delusion. Or perhaps Covenant suggests he might only exist in Linden's m...

I'm feeling the loss too. For me the Last Chronicles have been lacking in the strong emotions of the earlier books. I think this might be intentional and part of a key theme about death and letting go and how no specific example of beauty lasts forever, so one shouldn't remain stubbornly attached to...