On a scientific basis large black holes cosmologists describe are basically a concentration of such mass that the gravity the mass 'generates' prevents anything (including light hence the name) escaping its event horizon. So basically you would need an immense concentration of mass. In the case of t...

I first read the books after borrowing them from the public library at about 11. I admit I didn't understand many of the themes but read because I had just finished Lord of the Rings and wanted something as epic. I reread them several times over the next decade but stopped reading them while I was a...

I can second Danlo on that comment - the books do get better and better each time you reread them!

Hi there, I had to join this board once I found out SRD was writing the Third Chronicles. I have read the first two Chronicles and the short story anthologies. I recently acquired the Gap series and Mordant's need set. I will read them all as I prepare for the Thrid Chronicles to come out. I'm glad ...