Wood and Ramen

Book 1 of the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

Moderator: dlbpharmd

Post Reply
User avatar
jacob Raver, sinTempter
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 1744
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:54 pm
Location: Wisconsin, US

Wood and Ramen

Post by jacob Raver, sinTempter »

K. This hit me right away, among a million other things, so:

Did the Ramen always burn the wood?

Know what I'm getting at?
Sunshine Music
Deep Music
Image
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Top
User avatar
dlbpharmd
Lord
Posts: 14460
Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:27 am
Been thanked: 2 times

Post by dlbpharmd »

They burned dead wood.
Image
Top
User avatar
jacob Raver, sinTempter
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 1744
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:54 pm
Location: Wisconsin, US

Post by jacob Raver, sinTempter »

dlbpharmd wrote:They burned dead wood.
Rubbish. Threre's no way there would be enough dead wood around for them to cook all there meals...unless their veg-e-tar-yans...
Sunshine Music
Deep Music
Image
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Top
User avatar
spoonchicken
<i>Elohim</i>
Posts: 185
Joined: Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:09 pm
Location: San Francisco

Post by spoonchicken »

I would respectfully suggest that....yes, the Ramen have always burned wood. They possessed "horse-lore", NOT "wood-lore". That's my story, and I'm sticking to it...!
"Who enters here, do not lose hope / Who leaves; do not rejoice / Who has not been, shall be here yet / Who has been here, shall never forget" Anonymous / discovered scratched into the wall of a cell in the KGB's Lefortovo Prison in Moscow/originally quoted in the book "Alexander Dolguns Story" (by A.Dolgun),describing the ordeals of an American citizen falsely imprisoned by the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1957.
Top
User avatar
dlbpharmd
Lord
Posts: 14460
Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:27 am
Been thanked: 2 times

Post by dlbpharmd »

jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:
dlbpharmd wrote:They burned dead wood.
Rubbish. Threre's no way there would be enough dead wood around for them to cook all there meals...unless their veg-e-tar-yans...
They weren't vegetarians, and the Plains would've had enough wood sources, not to mention the mountains on the southern edge of the Plains.
Top
User avatar
rdhopeca
The Master
Posts: 2798
Joined: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:13 pm
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Has thanked: 20 times
Been thanked: 12 times
Contact:
Contact rdhopeca

Post by rdhopeca »

jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:
dlbpharmd wrote:They burned dead wood.
Rubbish. Threre's no way there would be enough dead wood around for them to cook all there meals...unless their veg-e-tar-yans...
Given the environmental themes of the Chrons, perhaps they DID burn rubbish.
Rob

"Progress is made. Be warned."
Top
User avatar
spoonchicken
<i>Elohim</i>
Posts: 185
Joined: Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:09 pm
Location: San Francisco

Post by spoonchicken »

..wonders what freshly grilled Ranynyn tastes like..... 8O
"Who enters here, do not lose hope / Who leaves; do not rejoice / Who has not been, shall be here yet / Who has been here, shall never forget" Anonymous / discovered scratched into the wall of a cell in the KGB's Lefortovo Prison in Moscow/originally quoted in the book "Alexander Dolguns Story" (by A.Dolgun),describing the ordeals of an American citizen falsely imprisoned by the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1957.
Top
User avatar
jacob Raver, sinTempter
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 1744
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:54 pm
Location: Wisconsin, US

Post by jacob Raver, sinTempter »

Would it be like the Power of Command on a smaller scale?
Sunshine Music
Deep Music
Image
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Top
User avatar
Simanent
Woodhelvennin
Posts: 66
Joined: Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:25 pm
Location: London, UK
Contact:
Contact Simanent

Post by Simanent »

rdhopeca wrote:
jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:
dlbpharmd wrote:They burned dead wood.
Rubbish. Threre's no way there would be enough dead wood around for them to cook all there meals...unless their veg-e-tar-yans...
Given the environmental themes of the Chrons, perhaps they DID burn rubbish.
Dried horse dung probably burns. Native Americans burned dried buffallo dung didn't they?
Top
User avatar
SerScot
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 4678
Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:37 pm

Post by SerScot »

I've always wondered what cooking over burning dung did to the taste of the food cooked there.
"Futility is the defining characteristic of life. Pain is proof of existence" - Thomas Covenant
Top
User avatar
AjK
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 1131
Joined: Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:39 pm
Location: Standing in the dark. Watching you glow. Lifting a receiver ...

Post by AjK »

jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:Rubbish. Threre's no way there would be enough dead wood around for them to cook all there meals...
Evidently there was/is by definition. And the definition is that this was how the author wrote it. :biggrin:
SerScot wrote:I've always wondered what cooking over burning dung did to the taste of the food cooked there.
I suspect that the silver lining would be that it would keep the "armchair quarterbacks" away from the cook. :)
... nobody I know.
Top
User avatar
Vraith
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 10621
Joined: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:03 pm
Location: everywhere, all the time

Post by Vraith »

spoonchicken wrote:..wonders what freshly grilled Ranynyn tastes like..... 8O
Chicken. With or without a spoon.
[spoiler]Sig-man, Libtard, Stupid piece of shit. change your text color to brown. Mr. Reliable, bullshit-slinging liarFucker-user.[/spoiler]
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
Top
User avatar
Ur Dead
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 2295
Joined: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:17 am

Post by Ur Dead »

spoonchicken wrote:I would respectfully suggest that....yes, the Ramen have always burned wood. They possessed "horse-lore", NOT "wood-lore". That's my story, and I'm sticking to it...!
Don't know about wood burning ramen but I believe it's more of horse-sense than horse-lore. :P

Which brings up a nagging question.

What feat did the Ranayan do, to achieve a group of people to give up their current lifestyle and bind generation after generation of their decendences to a life of servitude to a group of horses?
I mean if you look at the way they venerate the horses, it looks more like a religion.

I'm sure that a little soft shoe footwork and a "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" wouldn't have convinced them.



And as far as burning horsedung. It sure would take the fastest of Manethralls to keep pace with the horses with a pooper-scooper.
What's this silver looking ring doing on my finger?
Top
User avatar
Relayer
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 1365
Joined: Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:36 am
Location: Wasatch Stonedown

Post by Relayer »

I don't think there was any 'event' that inspired the Ramen devotion.

It's simply the beauty, power, and overall awesomeness embodied by the Ranyhyn. They are beings of true Earthpower and for the Ramen, that is enough.
"History is a myth men have agreed upon." - Napoleon

Image
Top
User avatar
wayfriend
.
Posts: 20957
Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:34 am
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 4 times

Post by wayfriend »

There may not have been an event, but the Ranyhyn could have become receptive to the idea after Khelenbrabanal, and so allowed it to be.
.
Top
User avatar
thewormoftheworld'send
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 2156
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:40 am
Location: Idaho
Contact:
Contact thewormoftheworld'send

Post by thewormoftheworld'send »

When there was nothing else, they ate the Top Ramen.
Tales of a Warrior-Prophet has gone Live on Amazon KDP Vella! I'm very excited to offer the first three chapters for free. Please comment, review and rate, and of course Follow to receive more episodes. Two hundred free tokens may be available for purchases. https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B09YQQYMKH

Read my Whachichun Tatanka (White Buffalo) Blog: https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/8175040473578337186
FB: https://www.facebook.com/WhiteBuffalo.W ... unTatanka/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/white_buffalo
Top
Post Reply

Return to “The Runes of the Earth”