Members ToeJamFootball Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 Unbeliever I've just start the first book in the second series, Wounded Land. I loved the first three, anyone else read and like them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adrenochrome Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 Oh yeah, I've got all the books in the series so far. I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lyricpoet Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 Holy {censored}! Yes, by chance I picked up that same book at a discount book store a few weeks ago. I am hooked! So this is a series of three more books post mortem Mr. Covenant...? I should of course probably read the original three but they are kind of sort of like a little bit (get to the point!) not that easy to find. With you having read the original three and now finished book 4 of 6, do you trhink I'm OK just jumping in at Book 4? I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adrenochrome Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 Holy {censored}! Yes, by chance I picked up that same book at a discount book store a few weeks ago. I am hooked! So this is a series of three more books post mortem Mr. Covenant...? I should of course probably read the original three but they are kind of sort of like a little bit (get to the point!) not that easy to find. With you having read the original three and now finished book 4 of 6, do you trhink I'm OK just jumping in at Book 4? I love it! No, TC is still around in books 4-6. I think book 8 is due out soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Benjamin Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 My mum is into that stuff. Read some of it then I started going a bit whacky like mum. Thought it best to quit while I was ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lyricpoet Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 No, TC is still around in books 4-6. I think book 8 is due out soon? :confused:confused:confused: I am reading the one where TC's son comes in and tries to take his mom out of the nursing home (great scene). What book is this, and you say TC is still alive in this book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adrenochrome Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 Sounds like book 7 - 'The Runes Of The Earth', the first book of the Last Chronicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lyricpoet Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 Sounds like book 7 - 'The Runes Of The Earth', the first book of the Last Chronicles. It is...I was too lazy to go upstairs to check. Wow! I have a whole lotta catching up to do, and I look forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members s4001 Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 I liked them in high school. Don't know if I'd like them as much now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lug Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 Warning, spoiler! It's not often in the literary world that a rapist gets to be the hero! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkee1 Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 Warning, spoiler! It's not often in the literary world that a rapist gets to be the hero! This Sci- fi? I'll have to check them out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fealach Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 This Sci- fi? I'll have to check them out! Fantasy. Magic, monsters, and all that. Pretty good, I stumbled on Book 7 recently and though I haven't read 1-6 since they were new I didn't feel lost or confused, unlike some other fantasy series that get bogged down in confusing subplots and hard to remember names. The series is a pretty good read, though the hero isn't the most likeable guy he does get a bit better as you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kelemvor Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 Awesome, a book thread! We need more of these! Tell me more about this series, what's the basic theme? Is it possible to reveal that without spoiling anything for me like Lug did? I could use something new to read while I wait patiently for the next "A Song of Ice and Fire" book to come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkee1 Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 Fantasy. Magic, monsters, and all that. Pretty good, I stumbled on Book 7 recently and though I haven't read 1-6 since they were new I didn't feel lost or confused, unlike some other fantasy series that get bogged down in confusing subplots and hard to remember names. The series is a pretty good read, though the hero isn't the most likeable guy he does get a bit better as you go. I tend to prefer Aliens, Demon possession, Vampires and Axe murderers in my literature, but enough of you suggest it that I'll take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fealach Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 I tend to prefer Aliens, Demon possession, Vampires and Axe murderers in my literature, but enough of you suggest it that I'll take a look. Well, there is demon possession, or its equivalent. The Big Bad's Little Bads are 3 disembodied evil spirit thingies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fealach Posted September 30, 2007 Members Share Posted September 30, 2007 Awesome, a book thread! We need more of these! Tell me more about this series, what's the basic theme? Is it possible to reveal that without spoiling anything for me like Lug did? I could use something new to read while I wait patiently for the next "A Song of Ice and Fire" book to come out. Trying to be vague and spoiler free. It's about this cranky leper who finds himself transported to this fantastical world. In the first trilogy, he's convinced he's just unconscious and dreaming, so he is dubbed "The Unbeliever." There's your basic Dark Lord figure, some good people fighting him, and the world hanging in the balance. There are some non humans, both good and bad, but mostly it's the struggle of the humans vs the evil nasties. No elves or dwarves, it isn't a Tolkien copy but some elements seem slightly familiar. Overall the world and the characters are fairly interesting, as is the story. The hero's white gold wedding ring has mighty but hard to control magic power which the Big Bad wants to use to destroy the world but could also be the one hope of defeating him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ToeJamFootball Posted October 1, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 I didn't realise there was a 7th and 8th book! That's killer, I cant wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lug Posted October 1, 2007 Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 Awesome, a book thread! We need more of these! Tell me more about this series, what's the basic theme? Is it possible to reveal that without spoiling anything for me like Lug did? I could use something new to read while I wait patiently for the next "A Song of Ice and Fire" book to come out. Actually, my spoiler happens in the beginning of the first book so as a spoiler, it's pretty weak. BTW, A Song of F and I is thw best series in at least 20 years! This is not just Lug's opinion...IT'S FACT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thelurker Posted October 1, 2007 Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 It has been a very long time, but it is the reason I bought a white gold class ring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members niomosy Posted October 1, 2007 Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 Fantasy. Magic, monsters, and all that. Pretty good, I stumbled on Book 7 recently and though I haven't read 1-6 since they were new I didn't feel lost or confused, unlike some other fantasy series that get bogged down in confusing subplots and hard to remember names. The series is a pretty good read, though the hero isn't the most likeable guy he does get a bit better as you go. Fantasy? Interest plummeted. It's odd, I'll play video games with magic, monsters, and all that {censored} for hours on end every day. I couldn't bother to bring myself to read any of it, though. I'd much rather read some hard sci-fi. Come to think of it, I doubt I could bother to read much soft (fantasy) sci-fi either (ie. Star Wars). Watching the stuff, playing video games of the stuff. Sure. Books? Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted October 1, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 1, 2007 Unbeliever I've just start the first book in the second series, Wounded Land.I loved the first three, anyone else read and like them? The First Chronicles comprise a fantasy classic. I didn't care for the Second Chronicles all that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted October 1, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 1, 2007 Sounds like book 7 - 'The Runes Of The Earth', the first book of the Last Chronicles. I bought that for my wife. She said she struggled through about half of, it, then gave up. She wasn't having any fun, and reading for pleasure should be pleasurable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stevenr Posted October 1, 2007 Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 Yeah, fun Donaldson's books very much aren't. At least, not in the light entertainment side. Even the most innocent seeming series (the ones about mirror magic---A Man Rides Through I think is the second one) has some pretty creepy stuff, if you think about it for a bit. He also wrote a five part sci-fi series that is as hard sci-fi as you can get. There is the best battle-in-space chapter I've ever read, hands down. Still, be warned that those are some seriously dark characters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flatball Posted October 1, 2007 Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 I read the first 3 when they came out (over 30 years ago!). Thought they were great. Started the next ones but they didn't really grab me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted October 1, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 1, 2007 Yeah, fun Donaldson's books very much aren't. At least, not in the light entertainment side. Even the most innocent seeming series (the ones about mirror magic---A Man Rides Through I think is the second one) has some pretty creepy stuff, if you think about it for a bit. He also wrote a five part sci-fi series that is as hard sci-fi as you can get. There is the best battle-in-space chapter I've ever read, hands down. Still, be warned that those are some seriously dark characters... Perhaps I wasn't clear. It wasn't the content that she didn't care for. It was the writing style. Page after page of nothing happening. dark characters don't bother her in the slightest. She's a huge Stephen King fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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