Out of the gloom of the world wide web...
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:07 pm
...appears Kevin's Watch, of all things.
I'm another very long-term yet ardent (no pun intended) UK-based Covenant fan who has just stumbled across this place, which I'm viewing with a fast-growing interest. Having just finished AATE, I thought I'd research exactly how long I'm going to have to wait before volume IV of TLC, which by typically circuitous browsing routes brought me here. 2+ years is going to be hard to bear but it will just have to be endured. I suspect I'll have to go back to the very beginning and re-(re-re-re)-read the entire chronicles all over again - not that this will be much of a hardship.
Two things to throw into the general fray - and apologies if this is not the place to do this.
One, I have noticed that I am far less alienated by SRD's use of eclectic language as time has gone by. Never in my life have I needed to resort to a dictionary when reading a novel, but I remember when first reading LFB & c. that there were one or two occasions when this became necessary. At the time this grated a little - it seemed to me to be obfuscation for its own sakes on the part of our author. However in hindsight, I'm entirely convinced that it's stylistically deliberate and lends to the overall otherworldliness of the atmosphere that SRD seeks (and succeeds) to conjure. Maybe I'm mellowing in my old age...
Two, and I'm sure this is discussed elsewhere, suitable stable companions for The Chronicles. The comparison with Tolkien is inevitable, but not the most apt IMHO. The closest I can recall is Zelazny's Amber series - it lacks the grandeur, the depth of characterisation and it has a smack of pulp fiction, but I recall it with a similar eager and engrossed response.
Anyhow, quite enough for my first post... hello, all.
I'm another very long-term yet ardent (no pun intended) UK-based Covenant fan who has just stumbled across this place, which I'm viewing with a fast-growing interest. Having just finished AATE, I thought I'd research exactly how long I'm going to have to wait before volume IV of TLC, which by typically circuitous browsing routes brought me here. 2+ years is going to be hard to bear but it will just have to be endured. I suspect I'll have to go back to the very beginning and re-(re-re-re)-read the entire chronicles all over again - not that this will be much of a hardship.
Two things to throw into the general fray - and apologies if this is not the place to do this.
One, I have noticed that I am far less alienated by SRD's use of eclectic language as time has gone by. Never in my life have I needed to resort to a dictionary when reading a novel, but I remember when first reading LFB & c. that there were one or two occasions when this became necessary. At the time this grated a little - it seemed to me to be obfuscation for its own sakes on the part of our author. However in hindsight, I'm entirely convinced that it's stylistically deliberate and lends to the overall otherworldliness of the atmosphere that SRD seeks (and succeeds) to conjure. Maybe I'm mellowing in my old age...
Two, and I'm sure this is discussed elsewhere, suitable stable companions for The Chronicles. The comparison with Tolkien is inevitable, but not the most apt IMHO. The closest I can recall is Zelazny's Amber series - it lacks the grandeur, the depth of characterisation and it has a smack of pulp fiction, but I recall it with a similar eager and engrossed response.
Anyhow, quite enough for my first post... hello, all.
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