Last Chronicles
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:16 pm
Please forgive this new posting of a topic I'm sure is being discussed in another thread. I simply couldn't find it. I've also made some of these observations before but couldn't resist tying them all together and perhaps generating a dialogue.
I've been reading the posts and following the intelligent discussion surrounding the new books forthcoming. This inspired me to review some of the earlier titles.
Some thoughts...
The Runes of the Earth- It would seem that Linden Avery herself grabbed the ring on the floor after Foul was dissipated in WGW. "Linden grasped Covenant's wedding band with the thin remains of her new health sense..."
It's anyone's guess what Runes (secert lore or mystery) will be like, but from Donaldson's comments it will involve a manipulation of time by Foul. Covenant would seem to be white gold incarnate, however, inexorably linked to it and the Arch of Time. "She did not look up to meet the argent gaze of his revenant." This brings us to the next book.
Fatal Revenant- If Covenant is the revenant who returns in the second installment this may make sense. A revenant is one who returns after an absense or after death. Technically Foul can't die, but Covenant clearly did. Of course, if Foul is simply Covenant's dark side and vice versa, then perhaps revenant refers to both of them.
Shall Pass Utterly- This doesn't sound like a hopful title for the future of The Land (or the real world as well)? Luckily for truth and beauty there is a fourth book.
The Last Dark- At fist glance this seems a very grim title as well, but the more I think about it the more hopeful it becomes. Although it has a finality to it, leaving no doubt that it is the last book in the Chronicles as a whole, there is also something else. The Last Light would be sad indeed, but The Last Dark? Perhaps it will be something akin to what Donaldson spoke of in Variations, the universe made new (and better).
Well, those are my thoughts for what they're worth. Like everyone else I'm just looking forward to Runes. It's been a long time. Hard to believe but I was eighteen in 1983 when I read WGW. I stayed up all night and finsihed it as the sun was coming up. Since then I've read countless books in many different genres but whenever I go into a bookstore I have always allowed myself one hopeful glance at the New Releases never entirely giving up on The Last Chronicles. What a glorious sight it will be come this fall or early winter!
I've been reading the posts and following the intelligent discussion surrounding the new books forthcoming. This inspired me to review some of the earlier titles.
Some thoughts...
The Runes of the Earth- It would seem that Linden Avery herself grabbed the ring on the floor after Foul was dissipated in WGW. "Linden grasped Covenant's wedding band with the thin remains of her new health sense..."
It's anyone's guess what Runes (secert lore or mystery) will be like, but from Donaldson's comments it will involve a manipulation of time by Foul. Covenant would seem to be white gold incarnate, however, inexorably linked to it and the Arch of Time. "She did not look up to meet the argent gaze of his revenant." This brings us to the next book.
Fatal Revenant- If Covenant is the revenant who returns in the second installment this may make sense. A revenant is one who returns after an absense or after death. Technically Foul can't die, but Covenant clearly did. Of course, if Foul is simply Covenant's dark side and vice versa, then perhaps revenant refers to both of them.
Shall Pass Utterly- This doesn't sound like a hopful title for the future of The Land (or the real world as well)? Luckily for truth and beauty there is a fourth book.
The Last Dark- At fist glance this seems a very grim title as well, but the more I think about it the more hopeful it becomes. Although it has a finality to it, leaving no doubt that it is the last book in the Chronicles as a whole, there is also something else. The Last Light would be sad indeed, but The Last Dark? Perhaps it will be something akin to what Donaldson spoke of in Variations, the universe made new (and better).
Well, those are my thoughts for what they're worth. Like everyone else I'm just looking forward to Runes. It's been a long time. Hard to believe but I was eighteen in 1983 when I read WGW. I stayed up all night and finsihed it as the sun was coming up. Since then I've read countless books in many different genres but whenever I go into a bookstore I have always allowed myself one hopeful glance at the New Releases never entirely giving up on The Last Chronicles. What a glorious sight it will be come this fall or early winter!
Has SRD ever let us down? Didn't Covenant and Foamfollower defeat Foul in the first chrons? Didn't TC beat Foul in the second chrons and didn't Linden heal the Land the best she could - filled with her love for Covenant? I think that SRD knows what he is doing and will give us a wonderful ride! I, for one, expect to go through a roller coaster of emotion, just like I did with the first books. I want to throw the book across the room in anger and frustration. I want to be brought almost to tears with joy and happiness. I want to visit some old friends and make some new ones. This is going to be GREAT!!!!!!
even though it's been there 5 months and no1's had a prob with it.