Happy Birthday and thanks for everything

Happy Birthday, Mr. Donaldson!

Thank you for wonderful books!

"Lord Foul's Bane" just means "Lord Foul's Nemesis", or "Lord Foul's Enemy". Well, in my country it was translated as Lord Foul's Venom - i. e. that it is Lord Foul himself who is the bane. I have always assumed this is correct interpretation, but it looks like it is w...

It didn't occur to me it could be Roger, but I was convinced from the beginning it isn't real Covenant. He was just too much of an asshole. I rather suspected it was some simulacrum created by Foul or perhaps Kastenessen. After that Theomach saying "one you call Covenant was big giveaway. Jerem...

Donaldson continues use obscure words which are his trademark, and I rather enjoy them, even if I have to wonder if it hasn't become somewhat self-conscious by now. I didn't notice use of "formication" which was common favorite in RotE, though.

amanibhavam wrote: The Haruchai have a racial memory due to their telepathy, so they basically know all relevant things that have ever happened to their kindred.

So why ever they needed "old tellers" in previous Chronicles?

I wish it could happen, but I agree chances are small. It is definitely too dark (unless they screw up the story so it becomes unrecognizable, but then what is the point to call it an adaptation?)

Well, I would say it was one of those rare cases when censorship was actually beneficial. Covenant saying coventional four letter worlds insteadohóf "hellfire and damnation" would be differentó, and códecidedly less interesting character. And Linden cursing like a sailor? I don't think I l...

Hi, everybody! I post occasionally on some boards, and I decided to register here since I am really excited about Runes of the Earth