Best First Chapter Ever!!!

Book 3 of the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

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Best First Chapter Ever!!!

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I (finally) obtained and began reading AATE.

I. Was. Blown. Away. By chapter 1... I was worried about how Covenant would be portrayed, because at the end of FR he immediately seems to start bitching about what Linden did, but the description of him diminishing from the Arch of Time, from immortal/timeless/omniscient to mortal/frail/fractured in mind (like Anele?)... wow.

Anyway I am really excited and can't wait to set off with Linden and Covenant and this wonderfully mixed retinue of Giants, Ramen, Haruchai, Insequent, and whoever else tags along or shows up.

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All I will say is this... I had a HARD time getting through FR. Before AATE came out, I reread each book, and STILL had a hard time finishing FR. However...

I absolutely FLEW through AATE! Even my wife noticed how quickly I devoured AATE. I think you will enjoy it too! Keep us posted.
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It just keeps getting better and better.
There's more history in the first few chapters than all the other books combined.
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I appreciate how so many elements of the Chronicles are woven back in, and it all totally works.

soft one, I love your avatar. Our organization runs a kids' camp in the Adirondacks and the mud pit is a perennial favorite event.
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If you liked the first chapter of AATE, I anticipate that the second will find favor as well. Not to sound too much like Victor Kiam, but when it comes to chapter two "I liked the chapter so much, I did the dissection!"
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I agree, it's a fantastic chapter! I remember the first time I read it and there was a little voice saying, "WHOA!" the whole time. Brilliantly written!
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It's not my "best chapter ever". But it's certainly an achievement. That had to be very hard to write, and to juggle all of the factors involved, and to set the things in motion that need to be.

Probably The Banefire is my favorite. But you have to remember that The Banefire encompasses everything from "Nom" to "After a time, the blackness in him burned white."
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I agree-- probably one of the most memorable, kick-butt, finally!! chapters in the series, WF.
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Now you are making me want to read these again, Deer. I was going to wait till vinter or spring so it was freshish when the new one comes out.
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