Hippoi Athanatoi
I’ve had a bit of a pleasant problem of late. I’ve read some books that I have really wanted to write about…if it wasn’t for the fact that I had more things to read that I couldn’t stop myself from starting.
It began with an unintended reread of the first two of Stephen R. Donaldson’s Thomas Covenant chronicles. I was going to look something up in Lord Foul’s Bane and ended up reading it and the rest of the first chronicle in short order. And then I figured I might as well read the second chronicle too, since I had never read them all in close succession. It made for a great reading experience and gave me a much clearer understanding of the development of Covenants dilemma(s) and why he made different choices at the end of each chronicle. I had planned to continue to the last chronicle as well, but I needed a little breather and during that some other books snuck in and said “hey, read us!”. So, we’ll see when I get to it given the lost momentum.
I do want to heartily recommend…
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Idle ramblings about life, dog training, riding and much more.
The Wheel of Our TimeMy discovery of The Wheel of Time preceded my introduction to the Internet with at most a year. As such, it was the first Fantasy series that I ended up experiencing in part through various on-line communities, something which paved the way for my later involvement in the A Song of Ice and Fire…
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Photos of us, our dogs and assorted adventures.
mormont standing besides the gingerbread Castle Black. On the wall behind him you can see some of the posters that he was responsible for—they were of excellent quality, and drew quite a few admiring glances. I was sorely tempted to roll some of them up and slip them into my pants…
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Logs of MUSH roleplay from various games.A Hunt Goes AwryPrince Marence is out hunting with his court when a messenger arrives with news of his envoy to the rebellious Lady Yronwood.
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Reviews of books and other media.An Ember in the Ashes
It has been quite some time since I wrote a proper review for a book rather than just sharing shorter impressions. In part, I have Twitter and Facebook and other forms of social media to blame for that, as such outlets make it very easy to offer some kind of commentary without investing too much…