Kevin's Watch

Thank you for all the welcomes! This really seems to be a site with positive vibes.

I have looked around some on the 'Watch, but I am refraining from getting too involved for fear I will see something that will spoil the surprises! I REALLY appreciate the judicious use of the spoiler black bars, I know I have been spared many secrets by them. Why do your eyes automatically go directly to the one sentence on the whole page that you don't want to see?

After I read The White Gold Wielder, I will haunt the First and Second Chronicle threads; there are so many interpretations and interesting things to know/see/talk about!

-Brion

Brion wrote:I have looked around some on the 'Watch, but I am refraining from getting too involved for fear I will see something that will spoil the surprises! I REALLY appreciate the judicious use of the spoiler black bars, I know I have been spared many secrets by them. Why do your eyes automatically go directly to the one sentence on the whole page that you don't want to see?

After I read The White Gold Wielder, I will haunt the First and Second Chronicle threads; there are so many interpretations and interesting things to know/see/talk about!

Ooo...something I always forget about...
If you are avoiding spoilers, don't use the "View all Posts by" link in someone's profile. It's pulls up a list of posts in reverse order for that poster with a sentence or two of the post included. If I am remembering correctly, spoiler tags don't work in that preview window for some reason...

Menolly wrote:
Ooo...something I always forget about...
If you are avoiding spoilers, don't use the "View all Posts by" link in someone's profile. It's pulls up a list of posts in reverse order for that poster with a sentence or two of the post included. If I am remembering correctly, spoiler tags don't work in that preview window for some reason...

Yes, you are correct. It shows the sentence without the spoiler tags.

Well, I'll be...

I've been meaning to contribute to this site for a long time. I guess I just needed an invitation from Jay. So here I am. To tell you a little about myself, I am a professor at Palomar College. I have been reading and teaching Donaldson's works for about 30 years now. I met him for the first time when I gave a paper at Mythcon in which I claimed he was the natural heir to Tolkien. I was terribly nervous when I found out he was going to be in my audience. Lucky for me, he was not critical.
So from that time until just this year, I have been working on a book on his "Chronicles" novels. I had wanted until the 3rd and Last Chronicles was published but he was just taking too much time. I annoyed him every time he visits Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego for a book signing by asking him when he would finally get around to finishing the Chronicles. Thank goodness he is more than half through.
Anyway, my book is coming out next month, so check it out--

Stephen R. Donaldson and the Modern Epic Vision: A Critical Study of the "Chronicles" Novels.

I wanted to call it Eye of the Paradox. You all would have known exactly what that meant, but the publishers were afraid most people would not, so they prevailed into talking me into changing the name to the mouthful above. It should be available by the end of this month. I would love to hear from Donaldson fans what you think of my work.

I look forward to hearing from you all.

What can you tell me about the new audio tapes?

Are the films absolutely dead in the water?

Interesting...

Welcome to the Watch, cbarkley!

cbarkley wrote: To tell you a little about myself, I am a professor at Palomar College. I have been reading and teaching Donaldson's works for about 30 years now. I met him for the first time when I gave a paper at Mythcon in which I claimed he was the natural heir to Tolkien.

I wondered where that assertion came from!

I look forward to your thoughts on the Chronicles, cbarkley. Hopefully your book will be available in Canada at the same time as in the U.S.

I take it you must have been one of the first and few from academia to view Donaldson as an author worthy of scholarly study, not as just some guy pumping out the latest bestselling fodder.

SRD's website says the films are dead, and I haven't read anything new to contradict that. Any film adaptation remains a pipe dream, and I for one am very sad about that. And bitter, in a "hellfire and damnation!" kind of way.

To Wyldewode,
Actually it was my Tolkien professor at UCR who recommended Donaldson to me. Who first suggested that you read the books?

Hail and welcome cbarkley.

Welcome to the Watch.

--A

Be Welcome to the Watch, cbarkley.
Be Well Come and True.

I look forward to your participation in all the areas of the Watch.

Welcome to the Watch, Ms. Barkley!

Welcome, cbarkley! Glad to have you aboard for the ride.

Welcome, cbarkley! We're glad to have you with us.

Re: "new audio tapes" - I assume you mean the audio productions by Scott Brick. IMHO they're absolute wonderful, a must-have. TPTP comes out April 1st, and I'm very much looking forward to it.

Wyldewode wrote:Welcome to the Watch, cbarkley!

cbarkley wrote: To tell you a little about myself, I am a professor at Palomar College. I have been reading and teaching Donaldson's works for about 30 years now. I met him for the first time when I gave a paper at Mythcon in which I claimed he was the natural heir to Tolkien.

I wondered where that assertion came from!

Hey...I thought I was the first to come up with that?

Hello to all the n00ber n00bs: regular.joe, Mind/Union, Brion, Savor Dam, Cyodie, cbarkley: Servants of the Land.

When you're old enough, you mightcould consider how good bad can be...

to the Watch - best place on the net...

Welcome to KW, cbarkley!

you all have such wonderful usernames and pictures. I especially loved the blueberries on steroids being a great blueberry lover. how does one come up with and upload a picture?
Also, I need suggestions on which forums are particularly interesting. thanks everyone.

i'd have to say that the dissections are pretty interesting cb. a lot of intelligent and thoughtful work goes into them.

don't get sucked into mallorys. you may never escape!

always good to have a woman's perspective in Hile Troy's Think Tank!

for the most part, this place is sort of like a cafe with a LOT of regulars and we're glad to have you aboard! welcome!!