Prequel ?

Post by **Lord Zombiac** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:47 pm

Man, I used the search function and everything!

Post by **TheSeventhWard** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:16 am

And I thought the Last Chronicles pushed things too far... you've just shoved them off a cliff

Post by **Vraith** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:20 am

Three answers:
SRD won't do it.

I'm very glad...I hate prequels.

IIRC, SRD doesn't mind fan fiction at all, as long as it is not done for money.

Post by **Horrim Carabal** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:36 am

The Somberlain wrote: Perhaps a short story collection, á la Reave The Just/Daughter Of Regals would be cool. Except it would be purely TC. Eight or so short stories set in the Land's history, pre-Desecration. That way it wouldn't have to result in a decade-long trilogy for us, and we could get all sorts of things in, rather than just the Old Lords.

Someone should suggest this to SRD. He has ruled out prequel novels or further sequels to the Chronicles after The Last Dark, but I don't think he has ever definitively ruled out future short stories set in The Land.

Post by **ninjaboy** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:37 am

I think, if there is a prequel, it cannot be about Covenant - he's been done to death.

Post by **ninjaboy** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:46 am

Anyone out there read Le Guin's 'Tales from Earthsea'?
It's the 5th book in a series of 6, and it's broken up into five or six short stories about the history and minor characters of her world, all progressing in time until the final story in that book, 'Dragonfly', which leads directly into 'the Other Wind'.

I thought it was a great read.. And something that could be applied here. The time span of the Land is huge, and there are so many stories in there, so many events which have hapenned, and we still don't kknow what's going to happen in the Last Dark either..

Post by **rdhopeca** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:10 am

ninjaboy wrote:I think, if there is a prequel, it cannot be about Covenant - he's been done to death.

quite literally.

Post by **sindatur** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:21 am

ninjaboy wrote:I think, if there is a prequel, it cannot be about Covenant - he's been done to death.

It could center on Berek's Translation to the Land and his journey to becoming The Lord Fatherer

LOL Rob

Post by **Orlion** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:47 am

Lord Zombiac wrote:Man, I used the search function and everything!

Never fear, the Moderator's here! Since these seem to go together, and since LZ seemed to intend to continue any existing discussion, I have merged topics!

Post by **danlo** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:09 am

You're quite talented dude! Man I'm glad I picked such a tricksy replacement!

Post by **TheSeventhWard** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:28 am

Perhaps a short story collection, á la Reave The Just/Daughter Of Regals would be cool. Except it would be purely TC. Eight or so short stories set in the Land's history, pre-Desecration. That way it wouldn't have to result in a decade-long trilogy for us, and we could get all sorts of things in, rather than just the Old Lords.

What about SRD chooses his eight favourite fan-fic pieces, compiles them into one volume with a Foreward written by him and he gets to keep the proceeds of the sales. The fan fic writers get to be immortalised as part of TCTC?

Post by **ninjaboy** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:15 am

sindatur wrote:
ninjaboy wrote:I think, if there is a prequel, it cannot be about Covenant - he's been done to death.
It could center on Berek's Translation to the Land and his journey to becoming The Lord Fatherer

LOL Rob

I'm glad you boys got my joke

TBH I always thought that of all the Characters in the Land's history, it would be HL Kevin who was translated from the real world.. They say he's loric's son, though.. Adopted son?? Anyways..

Post by **Horrim Carabal** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:46 am

ninjaboy wrote: TBH I always thought that of all the Characters in the Land's history, it would be HL Kevin who was translated from the real world..

What, because of his name?

Kevin sounds like he comes from the "real world" and Hile sounds like he came from the Land.

Post by **ninjaboy** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:37 am

Horrim Carabal wrote:
ninjaboy wrote: TBH I always thought that of all the Characters in the Land's history, it would be HL Kevin who was translated from the real world..
What, because of his name?

Kevin sounds like he comes from the "real world" and Hile sounds like he came from the Land.

Yes. Because of his name. It does seem out of place with names like Loric, Triock, Variol, Thuler, Pietten, Berek, Mhorham..
Hoever there have been a couple of people with real-world sounding names, Lena and Llaura.
And anyway it seems like a plausible story with Kevin.. He's come to the Land - possibly summoned by the despiser - andfalls in love with the place, and is quite adept at using earthpower, but Fangthane betrays him and causes him to despair and sacrifice the beauty of the world he had come to love..

Post by **Horrim Carabal** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:22 am

ninjaboy wrote: And anyway it seems like a plausible story with Kevin.. He's come to the Land - possibly summoned by the despiser - andfalls in love with the place, and is quite adept at using earthpower, but Fangthane betrays him and causes him to despair and sacrifice the beauty of the world he had come to love..

That's interesting but there is no evidence whatsoever that Kevin isn't from the Land. The name thing is pretty weak sauce.

Post by **peter** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:23 pm

CovenantJr wrote:
drew wrote:I think that's the reason why he won't do them...we already know most of the stories.
Indeed, and SRD seems to like the unexpected.

probably best to write a prequil then

Post by **sindatur** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:44 pm

ninjaboy wrote:
Horrim Carabal wrote:
ninjaboy wrote: TBH I always thought that of all the Characters in the Land's history, it would be HL Kevin who was translated from the real world..
What, because of his name?

Kevin sounds like he comes from the "real world" and Hile sounds like he came from the Land.
Yes. Because of his name. It does seem out of place with names like Loric, Triock, Variol, Thuler, Pietten, Berek, Mhorham..
Hoever there have been a couple of people with real-world sounding names, Lena and Llaura.
And anyway it seems like a plausible story with Kevin.. He's come to the Land - possibly summoned by the despiser - andfalls in love with the place, and is quite adept at using earthpower, but Fangthane betrays him and causes him to despair and sacrifice the beauty of the world he had come to love..

Ah, but, for Berek we have a hint that he came from Covenenat's world, the Night Club singer that called Covennant Berek

Post by **TheSeventhWard** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:04 pm

Ah, but, for Berek we have a hint that he came from Covenenat's world, the Night Club singer that called Covennant Berek

I guess this must already have been discussed elsewhere, but I have never made this connection between Berek and the 'real' world before

Post by **sindatur** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:07 pm

TheSeventhWard wrote:
Ah, but, for Berek we have a hint that he came from Covenenat's world, the Night Club singer that called Covennant Berek
I guess this must already have been discussed elsewhere, but I have never made this connection between Berek and the 'real' world before

Probably been discussed, but, if so, it was probably some years ago it was discussed.

I'm mostly just joking, but, there was that scene (and the singer did deny she called him Berek, if I remember right, so, it could ahve been Covenant's imagination)

Post by **Orlion** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:56 am

Here's a pertinent response from a topic started almost four years ago!

Kevin's Watch

Kevin's Watch

Prequel ?

Re: Tale's from the Old Lords