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The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever

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  • 24-05-2008 3:24pm
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    Green Hornet
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    Hi, I was responding to a post the other day and Stephen Donaldsons "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever" came to mind as part of the response. Must be 20 years since I read the first chronicles and it was the first "real" book that I ever read. I thought it was immense and so were the second chronicles. In my opinion it is a far superior series than "Lord Of The Rings" (which I later read). I was wondering what other peoples thoughts were and also wondering why nobody ever made a film of it (at least as far as I know).


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    BurnsCarpenter
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    I read the first book a couple of years ago and wasn't overly impressed.
    Covenant was a bit of a prick tbh.


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    r3nu4l
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    My younger brother read these and thought they were good but not brilliant. I tried reading them and got bored after about 150 pages into the first book and never returned to them.

    On the other hand I loved the Lord of the Rings and have re-read it a few times now.

    The motto of the story is: You can't please all of the people, all of the time. Different strokes for different folks.


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    mcgovern
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    Its one of the very few books that I couldn't finish, which was a pain especially as I heard a lot of good things about it.
    I've also re-read LOTR multiple times.

    P.S. I've heard rumous of film adaptions, but can't see them being close to the book. Too many things that wouldn't be allowed.
    Rape scene followed by him falling in love with his daughter/granddaughter from the rape??


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    shockwave
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    I thought it was a load of tripe TBH, could not stand Covenant as a character. The whole series did my head in!


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    Green Hornet
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    Ooops. Looks like I'm the only one who liked it.

    Perhaps its because I read it before LOTR and it created an impression on me because it was not like anything I'd read before.

    There's no doubting the fact that Covenant was a dark character alright. I think thats why I liked him (in spite of all the messed up stuff that went on in the book) - because he had many character flaws, unlike many other "hero/heroines".

    He certainly wasn't the kind of guy a person would want to go for a few drinks with if they were feeling down.


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    mcgovern
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    Green Hornet wrote: »
    Ooops. Looks like I'm the only one who liked it.

    It seems to be a love it/hate it type of book.
    Plenty of people have it in their top 10 books, and lots hate it with a passion!


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