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I have the same feeling.... almost as if i do not want to reach the end.... could it be that you are timing it so you finish right in time for AATE? maybe not.. on my 2nd or 3rd read I actually was only able to read 15 minutes per night and the long drawn out reading process actually made me feel i was going at about the same pace as actual time in the story.... I also used to read them by Candle light to create a more land like atmosphere for reading....soft one wrote:And I discovered something. Up until this reading, TOT was by far my favorite book, because it had my favorite scene... "Nom", but I also enjoyed the Giants, Brathairealm, and even the Elohim. However, this reading has taken me almost 3x the time to get through it, if not longer. I dreaded each upcoming chapter, and even put down the book for a week or so. I finished it yesterday, and I brought WGW with me to work (I read at lunch instead of going out to eat), but I didn't even crack it open.
I wish I knew what's going on.
I like them well enough, but they DO require work to get through them. While reading them, I realized I needed to reread the Second Chronicles again. I figured I would reread everything. The timing just might work out perfectly...Blackhawk wrote:I have the same feeling.... almost as if i do not want to reach the end.... could it be that you are timing it so you finish right in time for AATE? maybe not.. on my 2nd or 3rd read I actually was only able to read 15 minutes per night and the long drawn out reading process actually made me feel i was going at about the same pace as actual time in the story.... I also used to read them by Candle light to create a more land like atmosphere for reading....
oh btw..if you try this..just make sure you dont fall asleep while the candle is going...I had to throw a disclaimer in there
could it be that you do not like the third chronicles as much as the first two and do not want to leave the best parts of the TC Chronicles behind?
as my signature still holds true....
On a related note... I caught something at the beginning of WGW (yes, I finally finished TOTRocksister wrote:Hey, I've read these books countless times over the years, doing it again right now, and actually just posted a new thread on "Elena's discovery" because I noticed something new this time around. That's SRD's genius. Details abound and you can't suck it all in with just one read. And it's all interwoven so well. This series could go on for a hundred more books, there is so much that can be done with it.
), that I didn't recall. All through the series, TC talks about his inner Despiser. In WGW, he mentions Linden's struggles with her inner Sunbane.Donaldson drops lots of little hints and ironic foreshadowings throughout his stories. It's always a pleasure to find another one.Rocksister wrote:Hey, I've read these books countless times over the years, doing it again right now, and actually just posted a new thread on "Elena's discovery" because I noticed something new this time around. That's SRD's genius. Details abound and you can't suck it all in with just one read. And it's all interwoven so well. This series could go on for a hundred more books, there is so much that can be done with it.
In [u]The Illearth War[/u] was wrote:"Come on," Troy said. His tone was full of the power of command. "The Lords are doing something you ought to see."
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His own feelings for the High Lord were confused: he could not fit them into any easy categories. She was the Lord who had taught him the meaning of sight. And as he had learned to see, she had taught him the Land, introduced him to it with such gentle delight that he always thought of her and the Land together, as if she herself summarized it. When he came to understand the peril of the Land-when he began to search for a way to serve what he saw-she was the one who breathed life into his ideas. She recognized the potential value of his tactical skill, put faith in it; she gave his voice the power of command. Because of her, he was now giving orders of great risk, and leading the Warward in a cause for which he would not be ashamed to die.
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Lord's eyes gleamed with hazardous potentials, and the bones of his skull had an indomitable hue. The contrast to his own weakness humbled Troy. He turned away to look out over the Plains again. The ponderous movement of Lord Foul's hordes continued as before, and at the sight he felt a resurgence of panic. But he held onto his power of command, gripped it to keep his shame at bay. Finally, he said, "All right. Let's get going. Tull, you'd better go back to the Stonedown. Have the Ranyhyn brought as far up the trail as possible. We've got a long run ahead of us."
