Hail and well met
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 1:41 am
Am I home? Have I returned?
At the urgings of new friends i'm posting here.
I first read the Covenant series back in the 80's as a young teen. I think it was my first continuing fantasy series of novels. While it held many literary aspects that were mature in nature it was not neccesarily beyond me then, Though looking back now I feel that some aspects were.
The biggest thing I remember was waiting for "The one tree" to come out and "White gold wielder". Above all was the way I identified with TC (and in some ways still do) as a teen who wasn't very happy with their self image.
While other authors and fantasy series (some very good) came and passed over the years, Stephen R Donaldson's work always remained my favorite.
Reading his work now some twenty odd years later I am finding details and nuances in his stories I could not really comprehend or understand back then. And there are times where the emotion overcomes me I feel nothing short of a Giant's Caamora could sustain me as much now as it did in the past.
In short i'm once again back on the road to discovery with my old friend(s) TC and Co. I could never have imagined there were so many other true fans out there. (Silly me it they were bestsellers after all) I guess because over the years so many other literary works became commonplace and easily identified. I've often wondered how many others felt that SRD's works were strokes of genius probably beyond their time or perhaps just under appreciated. I'm happy to see that the answer is: a great many people do.
At the urgings of new friends i'm posting here.
I first read the Covenant series back in the 80's as a young teen. I think it was my first continuing fantasy series of novels. While it held many literary aspects that were mature in nature it was not neccesarily beyond me then, Though looking back now I feel that some aspects were.
The biggest thing I remember was waiting for "The one tree" to come out and "White gold wielder". Above all was the way I identified with TC (and in some ways still do) as a teen who wasn't very happy with their self image.
While other authors and fantasy series (some very good) came and passed over the years, Stephen R Donaldson's work always remained my favorite.
Reading his work now some twenty odd years later I am finding details and nuances in his stories I could not really comprehend or understand back then. And there are times where the emotion overcomes me I feel nothing short of a Giant's Caamora could sustain me as much now as it did in the past.
In short i'm once again back on the road to discovery with my old friend(s) TC and Co. I could never have imagined there were so many other true fans out there. (Silly me it they were bestsellers after all) I guess because over the years so many other literary works became commonplace and easily identified. I've often wondered how many others felt that SRD's works were strokes of genius probably beyond their time or perhaps just under appreciated. I'm happy to see that the answer is: a great many people do.
Be welcome and true here at the Watch! 
