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Summary: The fantasy story to end all fantasy stories?
Review: Has Mr. Donaldson written the fantasy story to end all fantasy stories? Perhaps. But I'll still read other stories.This series is phenomenal. The depth and scope of the story telling is as good if not better than Tolkien. If you like Tolkien you should love Donaldson's Thomas Covenant series. Some people have trouble reading Donaldson because he uses big words and because of this his book is criticized. Too bad. Grab a dictionary you sloth. Not you of course, I mean the other person behind you who is bad mouthing this story .Each night I read a little more and each night I cared even more about the characters than I did the previous night. To me that is one sign of an excellent story. When it was all over I was saddened that Mr. Donaldson hadn't written a third series. But I hear rumours that he might. One can always dream.
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Summary: The Land
Review: I started reading Fantasy of course with JRR Tolkien's Lord Of the Rings. My second introduction to the world of Fantasy was Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Thomas Covenant's by some strange stroke of Fate or perhaps calculated strategy, finds himself in The Land - a place of unsurpassed beauty where Earthpower is a source of power/energy that is tapped on by its people. Covenant is given a message of Doom and asked to deliver this message to the Council of Lords. But Covenant vehemently denies the existence of the Land' fashioning himself as 'The Unbeliever' and his continuous battle with himself in this new but very real environment as well as the genuinely miraculous healing of his leprosy inflicted limbs, added to my wholehearted involvement in the novel. It was difficult to bear his continuous reluctance to accept The Land and shoulder the responsibilities handed to him - Thomas Covenant is not an immediately likeable character - in his rejection of The Land, he commits shocking acts and yet the reader is drawn to his vulnerabilities and his fierce struggle to above all, keep himself alive. I found myself urging him on - it was an extraordinary effect. The language of the Land is also intriguing, an 'Old Style' English which I loved and as I got more engrossed in the book, found myself using in my everyday speech.... All in all, a superb book, 14 years later, I am yet to find a Fantasy Book that rivals this. Enjoy!
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Summary: A Classic story, one you have to read!
Review: If you thought Tolkien was youre number 1 author, then you'll love this book, and Tolkien will move to number 2.
Thomas Covenant,a leper, whos wife has divorced him because of that, passes out in the street and wakes up to find himself in a new world.Shocked by this,he thinks that it is all a dream therefore he is called the Unbeliever.
But he still wears his white gold wedding ring in the land and that you cannot get there,everyone in this new world thinks he is their saviour; Berek Half-hand as he has lost half of his hand through his illness.
Now he has to save their world from the despiser as he meets giants, ur viles,lords and other mysterious creatures.But Covenant commits a crime to a stowndowner,(a person from Revelwood)causing heart-breaks.
Now he has to live with his crime as he is sent back and fourth to the world saving it from the despiser.
You have to read this book, its a classic.
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Summary: Outstanding - Even better now (the second time through)
Review: Of my favorite fantasy/science fiction novels, this is by far the best. Donaldson is absolutely amazing in how he describe his characters, such as my favorite, Vain. This gift spreads to an unknown realm, such that we know what it might be like to see the health, and inner beauty of other living things. The Chronicles have helped me to look at life a little differently, to appreciate beauty. Donaldson is an amazing writer. It is a shame that no more books will extend this story, as I believe it can. The only negative being that it is difficult reading. If you don't have a very large vocabulary, then you'll need a very large dictionary!
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