The Wounded Land

When the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant came out, I had already read the first Chronicles at least twice.   I read The Wounded Land greedily and found it to be just as compelling as the first books.  It was kind of tough having to wait years between books. The Wounded Land starts off with our real hero, Linden Avery.  A doctor who has a lot of secrets and has burdens laid on top of her from the moment she arrives in town.  The first three chapters or so take place in the real world and the Second Chronicles breaks the tradition…

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Against All Things Ending

Stephen R Donaldson writes about people you don’t like doing things you don’t understand.  But I still have a soft spot for him.  Among the first books I discovered on my own were the three books of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever.  These were kind of a cross between Alice in Wonderland, Lord of The Rings, and Dune, with a touch of The Wizard of Oz tossed in for good measure.  I loved these stories. The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant were a little less cheery than the first, and the first were about as cheery as a…

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