Kevin's Watch

Now there's a cover you don't see everyday! I guess those are supposed to be

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Nicor

in that inverted pyramid. Anyway, in the form of The Search GAINTS have arrived in the Land, or what's left of it, and have agreed to participate in Thomas Covenant's wild quest. Taking TC, Linden, the Haruchai and that stange ol' Vain aboard Starfare's Gem they embark on a wild voyage in an attempt to locate the enigmatic Isle of the One Tree. Here Stephen R. Donaldson expands the world-here Thomas Covenant must travel strange lands and seas-on a doomed mission to create a new Staff of Law if any chance remains to save the Land.

All the "double reads" are now full-but note: the chapters that do not have an asterisk next to them may still be available--PM me about them if you want to do a read and aren't, yet, listed and I'll see what I can do...

Mar. 3rd Chapters 1 & 2 (Starfare's Gem/Black Mood): Matrixman
Mar. 10th 3 (Relapse): dlbpharmd
Mar. 14th 4 & 5 (The Nicor of the Deep/Father's Child): dANdeLION
Mar. 29th 6 (The Questimoon): danlo
Mar. 31st 7 (Elemesnedene): Joy
Apr. 8th 8 (The Elohimfest): duchess of malfi
Apr. 14th 9 & 10 (The Gift of the Forestal*/Escape from Elohim): kastenessen
Apr. 19th 11 & 12 (A Warning of Serpents/Sea-Harm*): Joy
May 6th (Bhrathairain Harbor): Matrixman
May 8th (The Sandhold): Mr. Fixit
May 12th 15 ("Don't Touch Me"): Haruchai
May 17th 16 (The Gaddhi's Punishment*): Fist and Faith
May 21th 17 (Charade's End): Seafoam Understone
May 26th 18 (Surrender): srtrout
May 31th 19 (The Thaumaturge): Seafoam Understone
June 5th 20 & 21 (Fire in Bhrathairealm*/Mother's Child): caamora
June 12th 22 ("Also love in the World"): Darth Revan
June 17th 23 & 24 (Withdrawal from Service*/The Isle): Durris
June 25th 25 (The Arrival of the Quest): Xar
July 3rd 26 & 27 (Fruition & The Long Grief): Furl's Fire
Elohimest June 26th & 27th

I am very honored to have the privilege of opening the discussion on The One Tree, my favorite of the six. March, here we come...

Here's a question? Should I loosen up the schedule a little bit? It seems a little rigorous. If we do get a bunch more people who want to lead we prob need a couple of weeks buffer. What I was thinking is taking a two week break in the middle that way we could reset dates and give people more time to get really good leads together, if need be. That would run the last chapter up to Elohimfest. But we do need to shoot for the end at the end of June-that way The WG Wielder will be finished at the end of Oct-roughly the same time Runes appears...

My thinking is, and this is only if Runes is actually published in October (that date hasn't been set in stone yet, has it?), that we won't want to start Runes until maybe after Christmas. Give people enough time to read it thru before we start dissecting it, right? So, pushing back the dates in the One Tree, really shouldn't hurt that too much. I think a little breather would be good in the middle, loosen it up a little bit.

Did I make sense?? My mind is garbled this morning...

Also, it seems these days that a lot of American authors are having their works published in England and other places overseas in some cases MONTHS before they are here. If Runes is scheduled for sale in England in October, that does not mean we Americans will be able to have it then.

And Donaldson isn't always the most punctual of authors...I remember grinding my teeth in the mid-80s waiting for WGW to come out, months after its announced date. In the Foreword to Gilden-Fire he mentions the series "achieving parturition", but sometimes his fountain pen could use a Pitocin drip .

lol Durris!

duchess of malfi wrote:Also, it seems these days that a lot of American authors are having their works published in England and other places overseas in some cases MONTHS before they are here. If Runes is scheduled for sale in England in October, that does not mean we Americans will be able to have it then.

And New Zealander's can get English books very quickly.

Mwahahahahahahahaha!

But seriously, a little extra time might be nice. I overloaded my brain last time I dissected.

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Vs

So what chapter(s) do you want VS? I just put a 2 week break in so we can now adjust things if it gets a little overwhelming...

I guess I might enjoy dissecting...

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Nom

So you want 15 & 16? Ok you've got it dude! You said it, now

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RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!

OH NO!! He didn't!!!!! Now my puter is going to do weird things again....

Tough luck, babe.



But, hey danlo, nobody who hasn't read it will have the slightest idea what the word means.

Fist and Faith wrote:Tough luck, babe.

Well I think you're a babe! And I'll bet Russ agrees. But alas, women don't like to be referred to in such ways. *sigh*

oh, don't think that sweet talk is going to get you anywhere. Your

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Nom

put you in the dog house with me...

The last time someone said it...my scanner blew up!!!

Furls Fire wrote:oh, don't think that sweet talk is going to get you anywhere.

Drat *snaps fingers* My sweet talk not working on women is the story of my life. I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong...

I think I am going to leave it this time around, as I don't really like The One Tree that much. Besides, I want dibs on Sun-Sage when we get to White Gold Wielder.

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Vs

Talk to me about Mar. 17th 5* & 6 (Father's Child*/The Questimoon): I am able to do this, unless somebody else really wants it.

You've got it! But do me a favor dAN PM me with the chapter of the two you prefer. Be prepared to do both, but also be prepared to give one up if we get an overflow of interest (the * after your chapter=your preference)