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Originally Posted by Brys If you need a really simple explanation as to why I don't love them, I think it's probably because of what I'd read before - I'd already read Martin, Erikson and Bakker. And I had high expectations - I expected Donaldson to be as good as these. IMO, he wasn't, he was closer to Tolkien in quality (if you know me, that's not a compliment). |
You make some interesting points here and perhpas you're right but I read T Covenant almost 20 years ago long before Erikson and co. had arrived on the scene when there wasn't arguably the quality (in terms of numbers) of authors we see today in the Genre. Therefore you're right that this series holds a cetain nostalgic quality for me. If I had only read the series now then I may well be arguing more along your lines in terms of content but it still remains significant for me in terms of it's phsychology.