Hello everybody.
I'm a fan of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, and also of the First and Second Chronicles of Linden Avery the Chosen. Technically those aren't the titles, but you have to admit that's what they're really about anyway.
I read Mordant's need, and thought it was cool. Also Read Into the Gap, but by the time I finished I was so thoroughly disgusted by the abuse that I couldn't bear to read another book of that series.
In other news, I have read Tolkien's 5 major books but very litlle other fantasy. Currently reading Don Quixote and quite recommend it.
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Greetings!
Allow me to introduce myself. I am a fan of SRD. Obviously! I'm here, right?
I haven't started the Final Chronicles yet. Why? Because after reading the First and Second Chronicles and waiting (and waiting) for the next books, I swore to myself "Never again will I start a series that hasn't been completed!" It's a promise that I have kept. Well... somewhat.
I am re-reading the first two Chronicles and am currently in the middle of "The One Tree". I'm enjoying them almost as much as I enjoyed first reading them!
Reading them again has given me some insight into what I so much enjoyed about them. That being the complex and often uncomfortable situations and emotions;
and SRD's ability to so effectively create powerful imagery in his writing that matches the overwhelming images of the land that must have assailed the senses of Covenant and Avery on their first and subsequent visits.
I also enjoy these authors:
Greg Bear
Steven Brust
Orson Scott Card
Glenn Cook
Barry Hughart
Neal Stephenson
J.R.R. Tolkien (of course!)
Tad Williams
I would be very interested in hearing from other SRD fans what authors and books you enjoy!
Nice chatting with you all. Peace!
Allow me to introduce myself. I am a fan of SRD. Obviously! I'm here, right?
I haven't started the Final Chronicles yet. Why? Because after reading the First and Second Chronicles and waiting (and waiting) for the next books, I swore to myself "Never again will I start a series that hasn't been completed!" It's a promise that I have kept. Well... somewhat.
I am re-reading the first two Chronicles and am currently in the middle of "The One Tree". I'm enjoying them almost as much as I enjoyed first reading them!
Reading them again has given me some insight into what I so much enjoyed about them. That being the complex and often uncomfortable situations and emotions;
and SRD's ability to so effectively create powerful imagery in his writing that matches the overwhelming images of the land that must have assailed the senses of Covenant and Avery on their first and subsequent visits.
I also enjoy these authors:
Greg Bear
Steven Brust
Orson Scott Card
Glenn Cook
Barry Hughart
Neal Stephenson
J.R.R. Tolkien (of course!)
Tad Williams
I would be very interested in hearing from other SRD fans what authors and books you enjoy!
Nice chatting with you all. Peace!
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variol son
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Percipience and oakleaf, welcome to Kevins Watch. 
You do not hear, and so you cannot be redeemed.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
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Be Welcome to the Watch, oakleaf.
Be Well Come and True.
Drop in any of the forums, especially General Fantasy/Sci-Fi and The Library to discuss other authors. A lot of fellow Watchers enjoy Erikson's Malazan series, although that one isn't finished yet either.
Walk softly though; you may come upon a Last Chronicles spoiler here and there in the most unexpected places. The admins and mods do their best, but the occasional spoiler does slip through in spite of their best efforts.
I look forward to seeing you and the other newbies, around the Watch.
*soft smile*
Be Well Come and True.
Drop in any of the forums, especially General Fantasy/Sci-Fi and The Library to discuss other authors. A lot of fellow Watchers enjoy Erikson's Malazan series, although that one isn't finished yet either.
Walk softly though; you may come upon a Last Chronicles spoiler here and there in the most unexpected places. The admins and mods do their best, but the occasional spoiler does slip through in spite of their best efforts.
I look forward to seeing you and the other newbies, around the Watch.
*soft smile*
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Orlion
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You guys do very well, despite the unthinking postings of folks like meMenolly wrote:
Walk softly though; you may come upon a Last Chronicles spoiler here and there in the most unexpected places. The admins and mods do their best, but the occasional spoiler does slip through in spite of their best efforts.
We're lucky to have great moderators hereWelcome to the watch, Percipience and Oakleaf, you guys hear what happened in the Last Chronicles ?:twisted: Look forward to seeing you around!
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
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Welcome to all the noobs! 
We seem to be getting an influx lately...
We seem to be getting an influx lately...
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"Dreaming isn't good for you unless you do the things it tells you to." -- Three Dog Night (via the GI)
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An oak leaf isn't going to cover much other than a couple of acorns I suppose!wayfriend wrote:Welcome to the Watch, oakleaf. I don't know what an oak leaf would cover, but if it's bigger than a fig leaf, you probably have what it takes to make it here.
Thank goodness for boxers!
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All depends on which Watcher you're dealing with...oakleaf wrote:I'll capitalize it if I determine that this group is corrupt or corruptible!Menolly wrote:Ooooo...in oakleaf's signature 'tis wrote:Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Touché!!!
...although, shouldn't custodes be capitalized, since we're called Watchers?
*nodding vigorously*Savor Dam wrote:I, for one, am very much looking forward to finding out what blandishments Oakleaf will use when attempting to determine whether we are corruptible!
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Hail and well met all ye that are new to the Watch! 
And I believe in you
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
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Welcome to the Land, oakleaf and Percipience !
Be welcome and True!
Be welcome and True!
You can judge the true character of a person on how they treat those who can do nothing for them
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Shemp was NOT a wannabe, Joe Besser was the Poser
Chairman of M E M L A
-Sensei Moe,Sensei Larry,Sensei Curly...
Shemp was NOT a wannabe, Joe Besser was the Poser
Chairman of M E M L A
