The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

[JCA]

Was just wondering if anyone here had ever made it through the full series of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever, and White Gold Wielder..

It isn't a theological book.. more a fantasy novel.. but very adult.. not sexually, but in content - for a fantasy book anyway..

What is interesting is though, is that it is about a Leper, and contains many moral issues. It doesn't try to solve them, but it gives you a partial insight as to how some people think, and why they may be "unbelievers".

Anyone who has read it wil probably understand what I mean.. plus, the main Character is pretty unuforgettable, and will have you fuming at the mouth sometimes.. I think they are some of the few books I've ever actually thrown about while reading them :teeth:

Anyway.. was just a thought.. the thread on the main page about Dune got me here, and got me thinking.


In Love and Peace

JCA

[Bill the Cat]

I read all 6 books and was quite pleased with them. There were times I just wanted to kick ol' Tom in the shins and say "look around you, idiot" The end was fantastic.

[PRAISE]

06-29-2003 @ 09:46 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=135514#post135514)
JCA:

Was just wondering if anyone here had ever made it through the full series of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever, and White Gold Wielder..

It isn't a theological book.. more a fantasy novel.. but very adult.. not sexually, but in content - for a fantasy book anyway..

What is interesting is though, is that it is about a Leper, and contains many moral issues. It doesn't try to solve them, but it gives you a partial insight as to how some people think, and why they may be "unbelievers".

Anyone who has read it wil probably understand what I mean.. plus, the main Character is pretty unuforgettable, and will have you fuming at the mouth sometimes.. I think they are some of the few books I've ever actually thrown about while reading them :teeth:

Anyway.. was just a thought.. the thread on the main page about Dune got me here, and got me thinking.


In Love and Peace

JCA

JCA- I loved the THOMAS COVENANT BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy to find someone else who has read them! They were absolutly fantastic! I don't think that you could find a more memorable "anti-hero" than Thomas Covenant! Yes, I both have & have read all 6 of them! That has got to be one of the best epic fantasies of the 20th century! If I can ever get them up to Madison from storage down in Chicago, I would like to read them again!:thumb: Thanx for mentioning them!

PRAISE:thumb:

[automatthew]

I read both trilogies about 7 years ago. I liked them enough to finish the set, obviously, but I realized a few weeks after I had finished the last volume that I can't stand Donaldson's way of writing. Too Much Information says it concisely. Heavy-handed foreshadowing, telegraphing of every event, reminding the reader for the 58th time of the power of the white gold. Robert Jordan has similar tendencies, and I'm just about tired of him, too. Thanks for explaining the way saidin and saidar work every time anyone uses them, RJ.

End rant.

If anyone else read the Covenant books and felt the same way, there's a great fantasy writer who is a polar opposite to Donaldson. Give Dave Duncan a try if you want to read fantasy with a more minimalistic style.

[Didaktylos]

And considering that I generally manage to re-read my books and that I got the first set soon after it was complete and obtained the second set piecemeal as they came out in p/back that's saying something.

[gethsemenerose]

yeah I have read them as a matter of fact I am writing a paper on SRD's use of Leprosy and what the social world thinks of Leprosy also the ideas of Leprosy in the bible what does it mean to be "unclean" today. Interesting that the first recorded case of leprosy was Miriam a woman but all other lepers were men. the first recorded case was for disobedience but the next few cases were studies in being obedient fore cures and finally the cures of Jesus and the "touch" of the unclean and what that meant in this society and what should christians do to touch the socially unclean today. Anyway that was just a vomit of information I know but it is late and I have been searching the web for days for information anyone ready to start a serious discussion that may take them to an uncomfortable place of really questioning how much they are doing for christ then please contact me.

[technomage]

Was just wondering if anyone here had ever made it through the full series of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever, and White Gold Wielder..

It isn't a theological book.. more a fantasy novel.. but very adult.. not sexually, but in content - for a fantasy book anyway..

What is interesting is though, is that it is about a Leper, and contains many moral issues. It doesn't try to solve them, but it gives you a partial insight as to how some people think, and why they may be "unbelievers".

Anyone who has read it wil probably understand what I mean.. plus, the main Character is pretty unuforgettable, and will have you fuming at the mouth sometimes.. I think they are some of the few books I've ever actually thrown about while reading them :teeth:

Anyway.. was just a thought.. the thread on the main page about Dune got me here, and got me thinking.


In Love and Peace

JCA
Summary of the Series (Not really a spoiler)
Book 1: Everything turns to crap
Book 2: Everything is crap
Book 3: We install plumbing

Book 4: The toilet backs up
Book 5: The house overflows
Book 6: We save the house, but the plumber dies


And if he ever does another trilogy in the series, it's gonna be...


Book 7: The plumbing explodes
Book 8: We resurrect the plumber
Book 9: We discover the true meaning of crap

(Yes, I stole it, from Tom Smith and Murray Porath.)

[Jaltus]

Summary of the Series (Not really a spoiler)

Book 7: The plumbing explodes
Book 8: We resurrect the plumber
Book 9: We discover the true meaning of crap

(Yes, I stole it, from Tom Smith and Murray Porath.)

The new trilogy started, and that looks pretty accurate so far.