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Hello all,

Just introducing myself. In 1983 I bought the omnibus edition of the 1st Chronicles from a Book Club that I then belonged to. I was immediately drawn into this wonderful world that is The Land. I then discovered that there were more books, and purchased the first two parts of the 2nd Chronicles - I had to wait for the third to be published.

Then, about three years ago whilst idling on the internet I discovered the Stephen Donaldson website, and this led me to Kevin's Watch, and the discovery that there was a 3rd Chronicle. The next day I bought the 1st and 2nd book and when AATE was announced I put in an advance order. Now I wait again for the last book.

I have lurked on the message boards for the last three years, reading the posts, and gaining a much better insight into the books, which I have now read many times. For that I thank you. It is doubtful whether I shall have anything of interest to add, not having such an analytical mind as some of you obviously have, but I shall enjoy belonging to a group of people with the same interest as myself.

I don't really have a favourite character - I love them all, except the real baddies and LF of course, but I did have a particular liking for the Mahdoubt, all the Haruchi, Nom, Saltheart Foamfollower - need I go on?

Just to finish, I am female and almost 60, perhaps not your average forum member, but young in heart :wink:
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Hello again. :D Welcome to the Watch.

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Hi, there. And welcome to the Watch. And let me just say we have a wide variety of ages here. :)
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MsMary wrote:Hi, there. And welcome to the Watch. And let me just say we have a wide variety of ages here. :)
Agreed. I myself feel as though I occupy a wide variety of ages.
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Thanks for the welcomes. There is so much more to this site than I realised. Love the stores! Plenty to read while I wait for TFD.
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Welcome, Iolanthe. Please do contribute. Even if you have nothing new to say, there are plenty of us who like it when people respond "Me too!". :) (We know it's a weakness --but the weakness is so strong!)
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Thanks Wayfriend. I'll have a go when I have something useful to say.
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Vraith wrote:
MsMary wrote:Hi, there. And welcome to the Watch. And let me just say we have a wide variety of ages here. :)
Agreed. I myself feel as though I occupy a wide variety of ages.
I suspect you do. :lol:
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MsMary wrote:
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MsMary wrote:Hi, there. And welcome to the Watch. And let me just say we have a wide variety of ages here. :)
Agreed. I myself feel as though I occupy a wide variety of ages.
I suspect you do. :lol:
Depends on the day, I expect... :lol:
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Be Welcome to the Watch, Iolanthe.
Be Well Come and True.

I really like your avatar. It is very pretty.
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:LOLS: Welcome to the Watch. 3 years lurking? Welcome indeed. :lol:

Don't you dare disappear again. And remember, you don't have to only talk about the books...there's hundreds of things to talk about here.

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Menolly wrote:I really like your avatar. It is very pretty.
Thanks Menolly. I saw a thread somewhere about what our names mean but can't for the life of me find it now. Iolanthe was of course a character in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta of the same name. She was banished to a pond for marrying a mortal. There were so many Chronicle names already on here and I didn't fancy looking through them all to see which hadn't been used, so I plumped for this one. I forgot to say that she was a fairy, but certainly not a soppy one.
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Iolanthe- welcome. I second your name and avatar being lovely. Sounds a good story. I definitely thought of a small character from "The Return of the King," called Ioreth and thought you might be deriving the name partially from her.
...I'll have a go when I have something useful to say.
...But the above quote reassures me that in at least one aspect, you are much unlike that character. :thumbsup:
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Vraith wrote: Agreed. I myself feel as though I occupy a wide variety of ages.
I suspect you do. :lol:
Depends on the day, I expect... :lol:
Y'all done cracked me up. Thanks for that one.
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Iolanthe wrote: ...I'll have a go when I have something useful to say.
Thank gods that's not a requirement....otherwise it'd be a bloody quiet board. :lol:

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Avatar wrote:
Iolanthe wrote: ...I'll have a go when I have something useful to say.
Thank gods that's not a requirement....otherwise it'd be a bloody quiet board. :lol:

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Truer words were never spoken, Av. :LOLS:
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Hahaha, yeah, instead we blather about whatever comes into our heads. :lol:

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I like the word "blather."

Just sayin'. ;)
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Avatar wrote:Hahaha, yeah, instead we blather about whatever comes into our heads. :lol:

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no idea who would do that...

oh, hi Iolanthe
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Oh, me, neither, sarge. ;)
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Do you think she's still here?

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