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From: avolio@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio)
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Subject: Re: Thomas Covenant
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Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 12:36:53 EDT
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Summary: Another plug for The Unbeliever

I mentioned this in a posting a number of months ago.  Yes, do read
all 6 Thomas Covenant books!  By the end of the first book (and maybe
still later) you might find that you really dislike Thomas Covenant.
He is a pain to be around!  But hang in there and read the second
book.  You'll get hooked.  I could read Donaldson's words forever.
Yes, he is verbose.  But I really think he writing is quite lovely and
worth the wading.  The characters are unique and wonderful and very
different from the standard sword and sorcery fantasies (which I also
like, by the way).

I have read critiques stating that the second trilogy wasn't as good
as the first, it was too long, etc.  All I know is that after I
finished each book I could not wait to get my hands on the next.  And,
unlike some series, the final book does leave you satisfied.

The books, by the way, are: LORD FOUL'S BANE, THE ILLEARTH WAR, THE POWER
THAT PRESERVES, THE WOUNDED LAND, THE ONE TREE, and WHITE GOLD WIELDER.

-Fred