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KG

(28,767 posts)
Thu Oct 3, 2013, 07:20 AM Oct 2013

the last volume of the Thomas Covenant Chronicles is about to be released. and i don't care.

the first trilogy blew my fucking mind. the second one- meh. by this third series, the magic was gone. read the first book and just decided i was done.

thought it my aging, it took it took me awhile to figure it out. but it came to me. I just couldn't care about The Land w/o The Lords.

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the last volume of the Thomas Covenant Chronicles is about to be released. and i don't care. (Original Post) KG Oct 2013 OP
Reading Donaldson was always an intense task for me. Hong Kong Cavalier Oct 2013 #1
his two books of short fiction are pretty damn good. i reread those often... KG Nov 2013 #3
I'm sorry to hear that. Captain Stern Nov 2013 #2
I liked it Stryst May 2014 #4

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,586 posts)
1. Reading Donaldson was always an intense task for me.
Mon Oct 14, 2013, 04:11 PM
Oct 2013

His stories pulled few punches, and he was harsh with some of his characters.

I barely made it through the first six Covenant books, and when I heard about the third trilogy, I decided to stay away.

The Gap series, while brilliant, was such a struggle to get through at times.

Mordant's Need was a great and concise series. With an actual happy ending, too. Strange for Donaldson, but there it is.

Captain Stern

(2,218 posts)
2. I'm sorry to hear that.
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 07:06 PM
Nov 2013

I've been holding off on reading his last series until it was complete. It sounds like I'm going to be disappointed.

Stryst

(715 posts)
4. I liked it
Mon May 26, 2014, 01:35 AM
May 2014

but you should know that Covenant isn't even IN the first book the the new trilogy.

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