Kevin's Watch

the ending (and the whole book) has just blown me away totally

I love the way things in the 1st and 2nd chronicles I took for gospel are all being subtly changed

this has to be the best he has ever done

October 2010 - talk about wishing your life away.......

i concur

Yeppers.

And this is coming off the heals of me completing my re-read of IW the day before I got FR in the mail.

stutt

renny wrote: I love the way things in the 1st and 2nd chronicles I took for gospel are all being subtly changed

Actually, I don't like that the old "gospel" is being changed.

This is by far the best writing he has ever done. The ONLY reason i don't consider this the best is simply because there's no Covenant. And believe me, it speaks volumes for him to actually be able to write a book in the series without Thomas Covenant and for me to still think it is THAT good. This book is amazing. If his writing has improved this much, and I think it has by leaps and bounds...then I can't imagine how good the next book is going to be.

Hello, everyone. Just finished this Saturday (2 days ago) ... I stretched out my enjoyment for like 18 days. And it was REALLY worth the savoring.

You guys already have 2+ pages of threads. Yeesh. I'll have to work hard to figure out something new to say.

Thanks again to Vain for setting up the forum for spoiler-phobes like me.

Thanks to Seareach for letting me in despite my rep.

And it's too early for me to rate or rank this book, in case anyone asks.

This was one of the most amazing books I've ever read. SRD really delivered on this one. Now the waiting begins for the next installment.

Wayfriend wrote:Hello, everyone. Just finished this Saturday (2 days ago) ... I stretched out my enjoyment for like 18 days. And it was REALLY worth the savoring.

You guys already have 2+ pages of threads. Yeesh. I'll have to work hard to figure out something new to say.

Thanks again to Vain for setting up the forum for spoiler-phobes like me.

Thanks to Seareach for letting me in despite my rep.

And it's too early for me to rate or rank this book, in case anyone asks.

Welcome, WF! I was afriad you were gonna take several weeks to read FR!

Holy smokin' krill!

That was one HELLUVA ride!

[splutters] Berek Halfhand! The Berek Halfhand!

All Seven Words!!!

Spades full of Hurtloam. The history of RivenRock. Earthblood, Caerroil Wildwood, Damelon Giantfriend, GIANTS!!! , Wraiths...

[ur-monkey expires of a curious blend of joy and impatience]

Re: Actually, I don't like that the old "gospel" is being changed.

I don't mind it when he sheds new light on old events, or, in the chapters in the past, fleshes out vague mythology with reality. But I also do not like it when past facts are tampered with. While I love FR, the issue with the One Tree's Guardian (or lack thereof) in the distant past is very annoying, IMO. SRD will owe us an explanation for that one (he ignored the question when asked recently in the GI) and maybe it will figure in some way in the next book, since it involves the Worm and its possible waking.

While I love FR, the issue with the One Tree's Guardian (or lack thereof) in the distant past is very annoying, IMO

Agreed.

I'm not sure I necessarily see the old gospel as having been changed. We're just becoming more aware of what really happened, and how. The past being manifest in the present and all that, and the Land's original history of having been told in the 1st chrons by people who lacked some key facts and whose memory of events had been distorted by generations of telling...

As for the One Tree, didn't The Harrow and Infelice say that an Elohim had guarded it before Kenausten Ardenol/The Theomach? (One of the Appointed?)

Sure, presumably before this Appointed, the One Tree must have been unguarded, but I always thought that there must have been an Age before it became necessary to have a Guardian. It actually served to clarify a few things, from my point of view.