I agree. In fact, I enjoyed SD more on reread before reading TWW for the first time.

I will say that I enjoyed TWW more than SD, but that I liked both just fine. SD felt like a novella. Not just in its limited length, but SRD writes his novellas in a different style from his novels, focusing on characters and dialogue and less on world-building. TWW expanded the scope and included s...

Enjoy TWW, CH!

Being able to translate a mirror through a mirror without breaking either?

Did Warden assign Min Donner to investigate, to report to Hashi Lebwohl?

HBJ

That's a great observation about the pagers. It is a little ambiguous though, because Linden is a doctor, and I think doctors continued to use pagers for professional use long after regular people had cell phones for personal use. I'm not sure why - maybe it was because they could read a short messa...

My first guess is Sixten Vertigus. Otherwise, The Bill. Correct! As the first human being ever to lay eyes on an Amnioni, he was a legendary figure. On that occasion, he had demonstrated his willingness to die for his beliefs. In addition his unfailing support of the UMCP, combined with his unswerv...

Estie's father knows she has the gift, but does he know what the gift is? Was a Magister in his court able to discern it?

That's a great point, WF. Well said. I imagine it must have been both elating to have so much success with his first published series, and then disappointing that his later work was not as well-received, but as you say, he's clearly dealt with - or accepted, at least - any impact that has on his mot...

It's at the moment unclear whether ...Smegin achieved this single-handedly through obsessional practice zapping unfortunate Nuuri or whether he'd been secretly coached by agents of the more magically adept nameless invaders. I guess we'll just have to wait and see... Are there not hints of the latt...

Cord Hurn wrote:

Hunchback Jack wrote:Of whom did Hashi Lebwohl say, "If (he) didn't exist, it would have been necessary to invent him"?

Is it Warden Dios?

No, not Warden, either. That would have been my first guess, too.

HBJ

No, not Angus ... although that's an intriguing possibility, isn't it?

Hint: I think it's fair to say that it's not one of the main characters, but it is a character that is quite well-known in the world of this series.

Is a hint needed?

Thanks! I've been reading the thread for a while, and the questions are all so tough that I was surprised I knew that one.

Okay, how about this:

Of whom did Hashi Lebwohl say, "If (he) didn't exist, it would have been necessary to invent him"?

Angus and Morn.

Avatar wrote:Oooh, I was looking for a little more...can you remember what he was more serious of?

(If not, it's probably close enough...)

--A

His "Imagers of Orison" Funko Pop collection? He had the entire set, as I recall.

HBJ

It must be terribly disheartening for SRD, particularly while he's in the middle of Book 3. I'm glad he's focusing on the work, regardless - and I don't think Berkeley would pull the contract for Book 3 at this stage. I wonder if part of the problem was a lack of marketing. Frankly, I have no idea h...

Great summary. Thanks for taking the time to post it.

Yes, there is a lot to resolve, isn't there? I can't wait.

HBJ

The first two Kingkiller books were great, but I think I'm done with authors who can't publish on a schedule. There are just far too many good ones out there who can to waste any more of my time on the Martins and Rothfusses of the world. I'm holding off until book 3 is done and dusted. It's suppos...

Ooh sounds nice 👍 Ive not heard of it .. keep us posted re The trilogy. I finished The Broken Earth a while back and didn't make my way back to post comments. So here I am. It's really very good. Not at all like Donaldson's work in themes or in tone, but still a weighty, meaty series. Interesting -...