MinDonner Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 The second series is by far the best. Third, I still haven't read past the first one, not sure I ever will. And that's speaking as someone with a FFS Donaldson username. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buff daddy Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 One of the things that Donaldson does better than most other fantasy authors throughout the various Covenant books imo is write scenes where there's a true sense of dread and malevolence whenever the protagonists are dealing with anything to do with the various evil beings and characters that exist in the setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I have just discovered that, a decade ago, there was a long-running TV show in which two women pretended to be naked and read Lord Foul's Bane in bed so it could be subjected to literary analysis. What. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 On 2015-08-29 at 3:47 PM, Werthead said: I have just discovered that, a decade ago, there was a long-running TV show in which two women pretended to be naked and read Lord Foul's Bane in bed so it could be subjected to literary analysis. What. ETA: Hahahahahahahah you can still watch episodes online. ETA2: Holy shit, they're reenacting the first four pages. Covenant is a zombie! This was already mentioned in the "what's coming in 2017" thread but I missed it. Donaldson has a new high fantasy trilogy coming out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 New blurb for Seventh Decimate: https://www.amazon.com/Seventh-Decimate-Great-Gods-War/dp/039958613X/ The acclaimed author of the Thomas Covenant Chronicles launches a powerful new trilogy about a prince’s desperate quest for a sorcerous library to save his people. Fire. Wind. Pestilence. Earthquake. Drought. Lightning. These are the six Decimates, wielded by sorcerers for both good and evil. But a seventh Decimate exists—the most devastating one of all... For centuries, the realms of Belleger and Amika have been at war, with sorcerers from both sides brandishing the Decimates to rain blood and pain upon their enemy. But somehow, in some way, the Amikans have discovered and invoked a seventh Decimate, one that strips all lesser sorcery of its power. And now the Bellegerins stand defenseless. Prince Bifalt, eldest son of the Bellegerin King, would like to see the world wiped free of sorcerers. But it is he who is charged with finding the repository of all of their knowledge, to find the book of the seventh Decimate—and reverse the fate of his land. All hope rests with Bifalt. But the legendary library, which may or may not exist, lies beyond an unforgiving desert and treacherous mountains—and beyond the borders of his own experience. Wracked by hunger and fatigue, sacrificing loyal men along the way, Bifalt will discover that there is a game being played by those far more powerful than he could ever imagine. And that he is nothing but a pawn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damelon Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 On 23/02/2017 at 11:23 PM, Jussi said: New blurb for Seventh Decimate: https://www.amazon.com/Seventh-Decimate-Great-Gods-War/dp/039958613X/ Thanks for that, I had been curious about the plot of his new series. It does not seem to be the most original of plots, I hope that the execution will be better. Better than the Last Chrons as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I have LFB, gonna give it a shot soon. Hear good things ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arataniello Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Looking forward to this in the fall. I always thought Mordant's Need was under-rated in general. SJD's non-TC fantasy can be pretty enjoyable, as long as the quality is not at the same level as last TC Chronicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 On 16/11/2014 at 11:28 PM, MinDonner said: The second series is by far the best. Third, I still haven't read past the first one, not sure I ever will. And that's speaking as someone with a FFS Donaldson username. I still need to get around to reading the last two of the third - but that's only for completeness purposes. I was willing to accept The Runes of the Earth as a set-up book, but Fatal Revenant is eight hundred pages on a red herring. On the other hand, I read The Augur's Gambit (a non-TC novella) over Christmas, and it shows Donaldson can still write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damelon Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Sample up at SRD's site: http://www.stephenrdonaldson.com/SeventhDecimatePrologue.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 UK edition blurb for Seventh Decimate: Quote The war between Amika and Belleger has raged for generations. Its roots lie in the distant past, beyond memory. Sorcerers from both sides rain destruction down on the battlefield, wielding the six deadly Decimates of fire, earth, wind, water, lightning, and pestilence. Prince Bifalt hopes that Belleger's new weapons technology, the rifle, will provide a decisive advantage. But when Belleger's sorcerers are mysteriously deprived of their magical abilities, leaving them unable to defend against Amika, he must set aside his own deep hatred of sorcery and work to solve this new enigma. Grasping at any chance to save his beloved homeland, Prince Bifalt of Belleger sets out on a hazardous journey across the unmapped wastelands to the east. With Elgart, his last comrade, Bifalt pursues the long-hidden trail of the one object that might be able to turn the tide of the endless war - a book entitled The Seventh Decimate. The events that unfold force Prince Bifalt to weigh his stubbornness, his patriotism, and his hatred for sorcerers against his sense of loyalty and of what he knows to be right. And as he learns, Amika and Belleger may simply be pawns within an even larger struggle... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473221668/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damelon Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 19 hours ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: UK edition blurb for Seventh Decimate: Interesting, in that it is slightly different, compared to the US blurb... Thanks to the SRD forum, a link to an interview about the Seventh Decimate: http://www.unboundworlds.com/2017/03/stephen-r-donaldson-talks-seventh-decimate-forthcoming-new-book/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I would go with the Thomas Covenant, the Gap series is very dark and written from a very dark perspective. Kinda disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Brief interview with SRD here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damelon Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 On 13/03/2017 at 7:16 PM, GrapefruitPerrier said: I would go with the Thomas Covenant, the Gap series is very dark and written from a very dark perspective. Kinda disturbing. Well. Apples and pears I say. Covenant is not exactly a walk in the park either. However, granted, the Gap is less mythic-fantastic and comes closer to 'reality'. On the other hand, the readability one, the Gap is vividly more readable (yes that's a joke...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaßvogel Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I ended up appreciating the poetry of the final Covenant novel, but holy carp there was some tough sledding at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 SRD has a couple of novellas called The King's Justice that came out in 2015. I just finished it, and he certainly hasn't lost his ability to portray wounded characters or moral ambiguities. This is an author that could make me feel disquiet while reading the phone book to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 The biggest problem wit this series is the The main character Thomas Covenant. He is not likable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, GAROVORKIN said: The biggest problem wit this series is the The main character Thomas Covenant. He is not likable. Doesn't stop certain characters that rhyme with quoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 4 hours ago, GAROVORKIN said: The biggest problem wit this series is the The main character Thomas Covenant. He is not likable. You are aware that that is deliberate on the part of the author? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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