The use of the real-world reference to Sargasso (Sea) by a Giant is very out place.

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dlbpharmd wrote:I still don't see a need for Mahrtiir's blindness.

The loss of his eyes renders him second rate (or so he thinks) which will push his eagerness to achieve some heroic act to a desperate level, which in turn will make him to accept martyrdom more easily.

vesper late 14c., "the evening star," from O.Fr. vespre, from L. vesper (masc.), vespera (fem.) "evening star, evening, west," related to Gk. hesperos, and ultimately from PIE *wespero- (cf. O.C.S. večeru, Lith. vakaras, Welsh ucher, O.Ir. fescor "evening"), from base *...

I pronounce Geraden with a hard g, mainly because in German gerade means 'just, straight, direct' etc. so I think the name refers to that.

Perfect age? LH is 54, Linden is in her thirties in TWL.

The two occasions when the poem My heart has rooms that sigh with dust is recited. Chokes me up every time no matter how many times I've read the books.

:lol: Hey Amani. :D My first thought was, "haven't seen you in ages." Then I checked your posts, and saw you've been posting quite a bit (for you ;) ) recently, just in forums I don't usually visit. And this is the first time I've noticed you're in the UK. Anyway, nice to see you around. ...

Yes, the dwarves, interestingly enough, had the strength to defy Sauron man to man (so to speak) whereas the Elves sidestepped the issue by taking the rings off. Were the dwarves actually stronger than the Elves in this respect? I think so. The dwarves were basically too introverted to be controlle...

(What I did like, as previously indicated, was the fact that TC had no control over how Vain saved him and so was then guilt ridden over the body count.) I think that was the whole purpose of this plot device: it further deepened TC's distrust towards Vain and deepened his guilt over the violence d...

Actually I think it fits to have the real-world scenes in B&W, as opposed to the colours of the Land.

I was musing the other day that nowadays even the phonebook could be made into a film if there were a vampyre in it, so this would be the perfect time for someone to take Penance and turn it into a movie...

The scene where Triock and the Unfettered One were butchered by the Raver was scary (to me). Also Covenant's mad march through the Land's winter on his broken ankle, it was scary because I felt the pain of every step...

The Children of Húrin. What a wonderfully dark, immense movie that would make.

LOTR, of course, and all works related to Middle-Earth.

Mordant's Need.

Yes, you can stop after TPTP but what would be the point?

There are some kind of carts around, I remember the Waynhim attacking Satanfist's food supply carts during the siege of Revelstone.

How come no one has thought of sending Chuck Norris to the Land... it would be a pretty short book though.

Black Asgard, welcome! To your comment about the characters being very emotional: I fail to see how this is a problem. Could you elaborate? The idea of toning down the colours in the scenes in the real world is a good idea. It worked in the Matrix: the scenes in the Matrix had a distinct greenish-bl...

Vector? Kevin Spacey for me.

I respectfully disagree. The primary colours of an anime and the stylized characters do not fit the rich and lush language and imagery of Donaldson in my opinion.