Kevin's Watch

After finishing Runes I find a real hole in my life that has become difficult to fill. Waiting for Runes was a terrible strain but once I got the book I was thrilled beyond words. I finished Runes yesterday and was very satisfied with the story....however. What am I supposed to do with myself until the next book is published? I've tried to diminish the impact by re reading Mordan'ts Need but I find there is nothing that will easily fill the void left by the sheer joy I experieced while reading Runes.
I would take my white gold wedding ring and call up a ceasure so that I could jump forward in time to the publishing date of the next book but that would likely shatter the arch of time. I suppose I'll just have to find a way to get by.

Read it again!

Yes, that would be the best solution!

Thanks for the advice. I had already considered that option however I think that is too simple an answer. What I hunger for is the feeling of ravenous suspense I felt as I turned each page of Runes unaware of what was about to transpire. Nothing short of brain surgery or being kicked by a mule will erase the story from my mind. Sadly only the next book in the series can truly assuage my sense of loss.

Re-read the first six books, and then re-read Runes. That's what I'm in the midst of doing. Maybe more will strike you the second time around with things like Findail's story of Kastenessen fresh in your mind.

Though you may already have read the first two Chronicles right before reading Runes, as a lot of people seem to have done. If so, sorry!

Also, if we again have a weekend/dinner with the author in 2006, please try to join us, aTOMiC. He guards his spoilers well, but perhaps you can help us pry loose a few tidbits for Fatal Revanant.

That isn't bad advice, Thaale. I in fact had read the first two chrons before Runes. I was 100 pages into Mirror of her Dreams when I the new book hit the stores. I'll just finish Mordant and perhaps re read Runes in a couple of weeks. That might buy me some time.

Get the audio book read by Scott Brick and listen to him read RUNES to you!

How about this.

Read two of the writers that influenced Donaldson's writing: Joseph Conrad, and William Faulkner. Unless you're genre-frozen, it's hard not to appreciate them, and both have a considerable body of work.

If you prefer your fiction with a touch of magical realism, try Gabriel Garcia Marquez, or Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Of if you're more interested in sticking to the genre, try Patricia McKillip (probably the most underappreciated [in terms of sales, anyway] writer of fantasy alive - maybe it's those awful book covers: has anyone seen the cover of Ombria in Shadows?), or George R. R. Martin. He's succeeded at blowing my expectations out of the water so many times I don't know how he can keep up for three more books. He's more of a medievalist when it comes to fantasy, but because he reads widely in that period (historical fiction by Sharon Penman and non-fiction, like Alison Weir), he captures the period very, very well.

Read 'The Gap' series...that should take up a week or two

Using the Gap to fill a hole in your life...I can't help but think of the irony there.

Good call!

regis wrote:Get the audio book read by Scott Brick and listen to him read RUNES to you!

I agree - that's what I have done!!

Creator wrote:

regis wrote:Get the audio book read by Scott Brick and listen to him read RUNES to you!

I agree - that's what I have done!!

How is that, by the way? Is it worth the $45?

dlbpharmd wrote:

Creator wrote:

regis wrote:Get the audio book read by Scott Brick and listen to him read RUNES to you!

I agree - that's what I have done!!

How is that, by the way? Is it worth the $45?

Yes - very much so!!

I commute each day between Centreville, VA and Washington D.C. Even with my new 2005 Prius (yay HOV lanes!!) it takes me about 45 minutes at 6:30am to get into work. So I have 90 minutes each day of inane Radio or Runes - I pick RUNES!!!

I kinda liked my suggestion.

I've been after something to read. I may try your suggestions.

aTOMiC wrote:What am I supposed to do with myself until the next book is published?

Well, you could always read my stuff. . . .

Oh, wait a minute, that's right, you can't. Not unless you get yourself a double-barrelled shotgun and drive up to Madison, Wis., to persuade Jim Frenkel the hard way to make up his mind and actually publish the dratted books.

(Frustrated? Moi? Nah, couldn't be!)

Seriously, I seem to be one of the few fantasy writers out there who are actually willing to admit having been influenced by SRD . . . which may be part of why I'm having such a tough slog finding a publisher for my major works.

Variol Farseer wrote:

aTOMiC wrote:What am I supposed to do with myself until the next book is published?

Well, you could always read my stuff. . . .

Oh, wait a minute, that's right, you can't. Not unless you get yourself a double-barrelled shotgun and drive up to Madison, Wis., to persuade Jim Frenkel the hard way to make up his mind and actually publish the dratted books.

(Frustrated? Moi? Nah, couldn't be!)

Seriously, I seem to be one of the few fantasy writers out there who are actually willing to admit having been influenced by SRD . . . which may be part of why I'm having such a tough slog finding a publisher for my major works.

Throw us a link to your book! Then perhaps we can have Jay set up a section to discuss it for you!!

Can't really do that, as posting the complete text anywhere on the Web would constitute prior publication, and publishers will only pay for work that hasn't previously been published. (Generally speaking, and my case falls under 'generally'.)

However, I might be able to do some snippets. For instance, I've just posted a few bits of, er, um, poetry over at the Hall of Gifts. Look for the thread called 'Pyrandine verses'.

And thanks for your interest!