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Welcome, Doug0915. I am fairly new to this forum, but have found the folks to be quite friendly.

I read them about the same time you did, on the recommendation of my friend. And I agree with your assessment. Thank heavens for that 51st page...

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Be Welcome to the Watch, Doug.
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Yes, that 51st page grabs us all. ;)
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Welcome Doug.

It took me two goes and a six month break to get through those first 50.
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Cambo wrote:Welcome Doug.

It took me two goes and a six month break to get through those first 50.
Welcome Doug.

Yea, I put it down twice. Wasn't until the 3rd attempt I was able to get past the rape scene, but, it was all good from then on. Covenant in the real world wasn't a problem for me at all, though
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:welcome: Welcome to the Watch, Doug0915 :bestwishes:

I'm not sure how old I was, must have been less then 12, likely somewhere around 10. It was the first time I tried to read a book that way - starting it, and then starting all over again after a large part of it to get better into what was there.
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Welcome to the Watch Doug.

Everybody else, sheesh, it's not like it was graphically violent or anything. I never had a single problem with it. Didn't have a problem with The Real Story either.

They're stories...nothing in them is actually happening...it's deliberately chosen in order to elicit certain responses, create certain views/expectations/whatever.

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It wasn't the rape that had me struggling. I just failed to get into the story the first couple of attempts. The first time I read up to meeting Foamfollower was when I was hooked. :D
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Hi Doug, welcome!

I think it's just the RL bit that's tough to get past. Once you're in The Land...
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Av, "Everybody else"? I said "after a large part", or do you consider barely starting the book - to the rape scene - fits? :roll:

Hard to say why I started all over, it was more like I felt so. It was like I couldn't get to feel myself inside, and somewhy wanted to. At least a large part of that was the translation - I've even made a topic on that, so that whoever interested can see a few "nice" samples. kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21035 Cerainly, it had upsides as well, foremostly that it is motivating to read the original.

What is really unusual - that I was so determined to get in and understand, that I started from the beginning again, if my memory doesn't fail me seriously, I haven't done a thing like that with any other book - like I needed to fine-tune to ignore the mess of a translation and not to choke on the amount of details as well, to feel what was important.
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"Everybody else" who really struggled to get past the rape scene in LFB. (And there's a surprising number of them.)

It's not whether it fits or not...I agree it was pretty unexpected, it's just that it seemed to bother people a lot.

But I think SRD is good at that...making us dislike the people we would usually feel sorry for, and pity the people we would usually hate.

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Welcome Doug!

The main problem I had at the start was investing in Covenant when he gave me the sh!ts. But once I got over that, the rest is history. And I've actually become hooked on Donaldson's flawed characters (which is fortunate, because there aren't many without major flaws!)
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I feel like I haven't seen you around for ages StevieG. But I see you've been posting fairly regularly recently. (Except that month between May and July.)

Nevermind.

Carry on.

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Hey Av :)

I had a period where real life was just too bloody busy to do anything else. It's still busy, but it's also nice to get back on this forum.
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I'm looking forward to your TFS chapter on The Hangar, Stevie! No pressure, though. Family and real life comes first.
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This is very cool! Love Donaldson! Glad to find folks into his works! :D :D
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Fancy seeing you here! ;)
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