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- Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:41 pm
- Forum: The Last Dark
- Topic: That Insequent bit at the end.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 20330
- Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:25 am
- Forum: General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here seen the "Requires... Hate" Blog
- Replies: 106
- Views: 45810
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:16 pm
- Forum: The Entire Chronicles
- Topic: Why were the Last Chronicles unusually difficult to write?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7799
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:50 pm
- Forum: The Last Dark
- Topic: Roger - A Symptom of of Deep Structural Problems in LCs?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15006
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...
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here seen the "Requires... Hate" Blog
- Replies: 106
- Views: 45810
@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 ...
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:51 pm
- Forum: The Last Dark
- Topic: TLD First Impressions
- Replies: 187
- Views: 103598
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...
- Sun Aug 30, 2015 5:16 pm
- Forum: The Entire Chronicles
- Topic: Why were the Last Chronicles unusually difficult to write?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7799
Why were the Last Chronicles unusually difficult to write?
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...
- Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:36 am
- Forum: The Last Dark
- Topic: Is there anything left to say?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18806
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...
- Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:17 am
- Forum: General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here seen the "Requires... Hate" Blog
- Replies: 106
- Views: 45810
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 ...
- Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:58 pm
- Forum: The Last Dark
- Topic: Is there anything left to say?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18806
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 ...
- Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:24 pm
- Forum: The Last Dark
- Topic: TLD First Impressions
- Replies: 187
- Views: 103598
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...
- Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:07 am
- Forum: The Entire Chronicles
- Topic: Ranking of the 10 chronicles books
- Replies: 61
- Views: 27591
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...
- Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:20 pm
- Forum: Against All Things Ending
- Topic: Review of the powers in play at the end.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9355
- Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:04 am
- Forum: Against All Things Ending
- Topic: How bad is it?
- Replies: 577
- Views: 113116
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...
- Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:00 pm
- Forum: Against All Things Ending
- Topic: How bad is it?
- Replies: 577
- Views: 113116
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...
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:11 pm
- Forum: Against All Things Ending
- Topic: All things Worm-y
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6545
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 ...
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:50 am
- Forum: Against All Things Ending
- Topic: How bad is it?
- Replies: 577
- Views: 113116
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 ...
- Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:18 pm
- Forum: Fatal Revenant
- Topic: Fatal Musings: Some Other Perils of Time Travel
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12822
- Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:22 pm
- Forum: Fatal Revenant
- Topic: Why I'm Disappointed in the Last Chronicles
- Replies: 122
- Views: 42375
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...
- Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:34 pm
- Forum: Fatal Revenant
- Topic: Why I'm Disappointed in the Last Chronicles
- Replies: 122
- Views: 42375
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...