PhillyKev 0 #1 December 25, 2004 Hey, I posted a thread about the Donaldson series a while ago and a lot of you had read it. Well, FYI, I just got book 1 of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant for Christmas. New series just released.....didn't even know it was coming out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newsstand 0 #2 December 25, 2004 I struggled through the first chronicles. It was always 10 pages away fromn being a really good book but it never got there. Can't imagine following it through to the "last" ones. "Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #3 December 25, 2004 Yeah, Stephen Donaldson is a mediocre at best author. He's very dry, uses bad techniques and tearfully boring at times. I've viewed his stuff at the library and was not impressed in the least. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #4 December 25, 2004 Oh hell, I'm gonna have to check that out.... I remember the other thread - I always enjoyed the books, but they *CAN* be hard to get into. I've always been able to immerse myself in the world the author creates, so I didn't have any problems with them. To me, it makes a big difference in the enjoyment of any book.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #5 December 25, 2004 started the original series twice but itnever hooked me. But if it hooks you, enjoy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #6 December 25, 2004 yeah, my brother is really into this stuff. I tried to read the first book, but just couldn't get into it. The main character always seems to be stymied by some type of angst that I couldn't really understand. The tone of the book was just so over stylized that I couldn't really get into it. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #7 December 25, 2004 It took me three tries to get through the first book, it was definitely the toughest. The guy either writes with a thesaurus next to him or was born on a dictionary. But after I got into the story and mindset of the characters, I couldn't put it down (except to occasionally pick up the dictionary and figure out what he was saying). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
