TC Musings, Q & A, Dissecting Against All Things Ending
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- Samadhi Foul
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Gee I guess he did wear a tunic - but with as much as he went through, I'm sure that thing was in shreds or completely gone by the end of the whole mess.
As for the giants....despite the artwork. I couldn't get out it out of my head that they were really hefty. Did anyone see the cartoons with Jack and the Beanstalk? Or that old movie "Time Bandits". Kinda like that but on a smaller scale, twice the size of humans. All the pics I've seen of them are skinny versions of humans...but a skinny giant? Nah.
As for the giants....despite the artwork. I couldn't get out it out of my head that they were really hefty. Did anyone see the cartoons with Jack and the Beanstalk? Or that old movie "Time Bandits". Kinda like that but on a smaller scale, twice the size of humans. All the pics I've seen of them are skinny versions of humans...but a skinny giant? Nah.
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yes I entirely agree Hellfire!! There is no way on 'earth' the Giants of the Land were skinny suedo-giants!!
they were GIANTS dammit!! .. not just a tad over average/puny .. and a lot undernourished!!
tarnation to them cover artists!! when will they read the books!!
they were GIANTS dammit!! .. not just a tad over average/puny .. and a lot undernourished!!
tarnation to them cover artists!! when will they read the books!!
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yes I entirely agree Hellfire!! There is no way on 'earth' the Giants of the Land were skinny suedo-giants!!
they were GIANTS dammit!! .. not just a tad over average/puny .. and a lot undernourished!!
tarnation to them cover artists!! when will they read the books!!
they were GIANTS dammit!! .. not just a tad over average/puny .. and a lot undernourished!!
tarnation to them cover artists!! when will they read the books!!
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- Samadhi Foul
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The Anchormaster was lean for a Giant, and his old face was engraved with an unGiantlike melancholy. In him, the characteristic cheer of his people had been eroded by an habitual grief.
Looks like ol' Sevinhand was the exception to the rule. Good catch tho, Lady Thea.
"Hellfire! Everybody in this whole business, you and everyone keep accusing me of being some sort of closet expert. I tell you, I don't know one damn thing about this unless someone explains it to me. I'm not your bloody Berek."
yes I entirely agree Hellfire!! There is no way on 'earth' the Giants of the Land were skinny suedo-giants!!
they were GIANTS dammit!! .. not just a tad over average/puny .. and a lot undernourished!!
tarnation to them cover artists!! when will they read the books!!
Ah, always ignore cover artists. None of the characters depicted should look like anything in your head - these people are yours (you help create them as you read, afterall), and don't let the 'man' dictate what you think. Fight the power!
The Giants would have been muscular for the most part, simply because of their labours. In fact, every working person in the land (well, the vast majority of them) would have been well nourished and fit due to the way they lived their lives. Skinny? Nah.
^^
From the OALDCE:Dromond wrote:I think somewhere one of the Giants are described as wearing leggings. Is that pants? What are leggings?
legging: outer covering, of leather or strong cloth, for the leg up to the knee, or (for small children) for the whole of the leg.
Your Flashdance images were closer than you might have thought.
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- Furls Fire
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Hail...just going to throw this out there...
Does anyone know where Haven Farm is? And the town? The only other name we have is "Righter's Creek". I picture it in Nebraska or Iowa or Kansas...someplace in the Heartland...
I don't think Donaldson has ever given an actual location...just wondering if anyone knew....
Peace,
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Does anyone know where Haven Farm is? And the town? The only other name we have is "Righter's Creek". I picture it in Nebraska or Iowa or Kansas...someplace in the Heartland...
I don't think Donaldson has ever given an actual location...just wondering if anyone knew....
Peace,
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And I believe in you
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
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Righter's Creek is more info than I have. Didn't even remember that bit.
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- Furls Fire
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LOL, well on his wanderings..he's always said to be going along "Righter's Creek"
And I believe in you
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
- variol son
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i think furls is right. when he is going mad in TPTP, he takes off @ night along righters creek. @ least i think thats where he goes.
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You do not hear, and so you cannot be redeemed.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
- Furls Fire
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okay...I am NOT making Righter's Creek up..LOL...
Chapter 1 The Danger in Dreams, The Power That Preserves, pg 12:
Chapter 1 The Danger in Dreams, The Power That Preserves, pg 12:
SO THERE!!!...Whenever the penury of his resources threatened him, he gusted out of his house like a lost wind, and scudded through the hills for miles up and down the wooded length of Righters Creek...
And I believe in you
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.