12-08-2011, 08:31 AM | #1 |
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Thomas Covenant Novels - Stephen Donaldson
Many years ago ... No not a cheesey Novel ...
I read some of the Thomas Covenant Novels by Stephen Donaldson and I'd rather like to re-read them and read the ones I missed, Have found a very old thread on this site, where it appears they were not yet available as eBooks, Has this changed ? are they now available in kindle or ePub format ? and if so where ? |
12-08-2011, 08:38 AM | #2 |
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As far as I know, the first six books are still not available as ebooks anywhere.
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12-08-2011, 10:12 AM | #3 |
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12-09-2011, 01:12 PM | #4 |
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Yeah sort of thought that was the case, and I prefer to stay Legal ... However tempting LOL !
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12-22-2011, 07:25 AM | #5 |
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I don't think so, but I loved those books!
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12-22-2011, 07:29 AM | #6 |
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I would snap them up if they came out digitally (legally). I want to re-read them and then read the final trilogy.
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01-30-2012, 07:52 PM | #8 |
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Stephen R. Donaldson is a really good writer...but is it me or does he seems to have an inordinate amount of rape and misogynistic themes through his work? THe few books i've read of his (The Real Story, Forbidden Knowledge, The Mordent's Need, and Lord Foul's Bane)...there is this underlying misogynistic theme that persists...it's just a little off putting.
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01-30-2012, 08:51 PM | #9 |
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I can't say the term misogyny ever occurred to me while reading any of his books. Yes, there are rapes, but none of the victims are ever, as far as I can recall, portrayed as deserving of their mistreatment, or as having brought it on themselves. On the contrary, the perpetrators are portrayed as evil or amoral bastards (or in the case of Thomas Covenant, a deeply dysfunctional and thoroughly broken man), placing the blame exactly where it ought to rest. So no, for me it doesn't tick any of the boxes which would indicate misogyny.
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As a writer myself, I can't help but notice certain recurring themes and elements appear throughout my work whether i like it or not, and which inevitably become part of the DNA of the book itself, like the cement between the bricks, or the nail in the coffin, and you can't remove it without the whole thing coming apart. |
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01-31-2012, 01:40 PM | #11 |
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I see what you're saying, at least sort of, but I can't really see the problem. The last thing I want as a reader is a world where all books shy away from portraying the world, or a world, the way it all too often is; where all stories are *shudder* "motivational", have clear-cut happy endings and where evil always receives its just deserts.
Whether the evil, malice or brutality in a book emerges from something brewing in the dark recesses of the authors mind, or just from his or her imagination, is something I've never given a thought. Partly because it would be merely baseless supposition on my part and partly because it really isn't my business to know. |
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