PhillyKev 0 #1 October 8, 2004 I started talking about this in another thread. But reading the Amazon reviews it reminded my how much I enjoyed these books. Think I'm going to have to read them again after 10 years. This review is great, but most of them are. Check them out, here's your teaser. QuoteDonaldson's Thomas Covenant is a truly original protagonist in modern fantasy literature. This is a character that readers will not like. He is not made out of the stern stuff that most central characters in heroic fiction are made from. Covenant is a scared and selfish man. He is a man that achieved the dream of happiness and success in our world. Then he had his achievements snatched away from him through no fault of his own. He contracted leprosy. The man that once had it all now only has the will to survive. He has lost his humanity because he has been cut off from his family and community. Can a man like this regain his humanity? That is only one of the many question you will ponder as you read "Lord Foul's Bane". Covenant is magically transported to a world where the different people share the burden of protecting the land. He no longer knows how to properly respond to kindness and concern directed towards him. He has been so completely cut off from the connection one has to humanity and nature that all he has left is his instinct to survive like a frightened animal. As the story progresses, Covenant observes the people's commitment towards each other and nature but continues to isolate himself. He believes this magical land to be dream and to accept it will lead to madness. On the surface this book is an epic fantasy but underneath it is a study of the human condition. If you are a person that thinks about the nature of man, then this book is for you. Warning.....the first book starts out slow. I put it down three times and at the prodding of a friend picked it back up and started over. I'm glad I did, it was worth it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #2 October 8, 2004 Kinda like Lord of the Rings, a good story will never die read them all years ago, maybe your right an its time to read them again Shit can't seem to find "Wounded earth" If I remember rightly don't say "MOD" backwards or you'll have a bad dayç Great series for big kids like us thanks for bring it up Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #3 October 8, 2004 My brother and sister both were very into these books back in the '80s or so. I bought a copy of the first book and like you said, it started out slow, and I didn't get more than half-way into it before putting it down. The same thing happened with me and the Lord of the Rings' first book (although I loved The Hobbit!). Some day I'll pick it up again and read it full. As I understand it, Donaldson wrote beyond the initial trilogy, right? -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #4 October 9, 2004 I read these about ten or fifteen years ago. Great books. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #5 October 9, 2004 Damn you, KEV!!!! Now I'm going to have to go get them all again.... One reason the first book is so slow is the amount of background detail Donaldson tends to use. I can recall reading SOMEwhere, way back when, a quote from him that said, roughly "I want to make the world I'm writing about as real for the reader as it is for me"Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tandembrent 0 #6 October 9, 2004 i was just thinking about this series a few days ago. i remember really enjoying these books then, and i certainly want to read the now. the first book did start a little slow as jeff said, but somewhere along the way it became almost impossible to put them down, long may the power of white gold reign! peace, brent ***~~~~Green grass and high clouds forever~~~~ no matter where you go, there you are! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #7 October 9, 2004 You may also enjoy the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.-- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #8 October 9, 2004 I met Stephen R. Donaldson over 20 years ago. His books are even more boring than he is. mh . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bendywendy 0 #9 October 10, 2004 yup, oldies but goodies.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #10 October 11, 2004 QuoteYou may also enjoy the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. Xanth was pretty good, but a little cheesy with all the Florida parallels. But Incarnation of Immortality was way better!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #11 October 11, 2004 QuoteIncarnation of Immortality was way better Awesome read, haven't read them in years but a great series I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #12 October 11, 2004 I have not read that series, but was wondering about it as my local Borders does not have the next Xanth for me.-- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #13 October 12, 2004 Incarnations of Immortality is a great series...lots of twists and turns...great reads! For those that like science fiction, another great series is the Honor Harrington books by David Weber. Don't plan on anything else when you start one of these books. Fantasy - Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksenarrion is another great series. Again, don't plan on sleep. *author of post takes no responsibility for jump money lost buying any of the above series!*Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #14 October 13, 2004 Ahhh, I just remembered my all time favorite series. Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #15 October 13, 2004 Goodness! That is such an accurate description of that character. I remember reading that about 10-12 years ago and I utterly loathed that character after what he did to that poor girl. It gave me pause, reading that book, as to how much effort I do or do not put into positive interactions with others in the course of any given day. But I hated the Covenant character, which I know was the desired reaction. Heck, I'll have to go back and re-read these also.Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #16 October 13, 2004 QuoteAhhh, I just remembered my all time favorite series. Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn. Meh. I bought the series, devoured it whole and was left with a sense that something was missing. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I felt it was too formulaic in some regards, not the least of which being the disgruntled factions plotting to overthrow the current regimes and such. It's been done to death, and I was weary of it by the time I read this series.Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #17 October 13, 2004 QuoteAhhh, I just remembered my all time favorite series. Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn. That brings me to mind of The Dragonriders of Pern books. Now I want a dragon!! Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #18 October 14, 2004 QuoteThat brings me to mind of The Dragonriders of Pern books. Now I want a dragon!! Interestingly enough, I was given "The White Dragon" as a gift for Christmas when I was about 12, and I completely DEVOURED it without realizing that it was the last (at that time) in the series. I tried to go back and read the previous volumes, but I just couldn't get my mind geared up to go backward through that series. Has anyone read the Brian Lumley Necroscope series? That one fascinated me for quite some time...until it began to get a bit acid trippy. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #19 October 14, 2004 When I was really little, my mother had Dragonriders books. I was so intregued by the pictures on the cover, I wanted to learn to read. I learned by age 4, read the Pern series when I was 8 or so. Loved them. David Eddings, Terry Brooks, Melanie Rawn, Terry Pratchett, Stephen Donaldson, RA Salvatore, and Douglas Adams are probably my favorite fantasy authors. In our den, we have built in bookcases taking up an entire wall. More than 1/2 of it is taken up with sci/fi and fantasy Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
