When Donaldson first published the Covenant series, the landscape of heroic/high fantasy was very different than it is today. Much less was expected out of the author, and even though today there are authors writing vapid epics that are selling far too much, fantasy fans have become spoiled by the w...

i was surprised to hear that he was "looking for a publisher". That sort of implies that publication isn't a for sure thing. And, I think, the publication of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant is pretty darn sure.

So he's taking a page out of Martin's, er, book?

That would be fine. Martin is a nearly flawless writer. Maybe he's so good because he takes so bloody long!

Has anyone been privy to the behind the scenes wrangling that went on between (I'm sure) Tor, Penguin Putnam, Del Rey, and Bantam (and more?)? I'm very curious to know how Penguin Putnam came out on top, especially when Mr. Donaldson has been published by the other three mentioned above. And yes, I ...

I was 14 yrs old when White Gold Wielder came out, and while having a conversation with Mr. Donaldson and some of his (older and more mature) fans near the elevator at a hotel in Chicago, he made two comments that I have never forgotten. Frst, I had asked him how he had come up with the character of...