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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Me too. I don't have very clear memories of them, but my lingering impressions mean that I have no desire to re-read them.
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Wow. It seems I must read those novels, just to see for myself.
Always having a protagonist who does the (expected) right thing, and behaves perfectly (as expected) gets a bit boring sometimes.
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Thomas Covenant, an embittered and cynical writer, afflicted with leprosy and shunned by society, is fated to become the heroic savior of The Land, an alternate world. In six novels published between 1977 and 1983, he struggles against the satanic Lord Foul, "The Despiser", who intends to escape the bondage of the physical universe and wreak revenge upon his arch-enemy, "The Creator".
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Stephen R. Donaldson's works are infused with psychological undertones involving an exploration of the darker side of the protagonist Thomas Covenant whilst preserving strong humanist ideals.
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I think I'm moving this to somewhere near the top of my to-read list, just to see for myself. I have the books, but I just bought them on a discount after seeing so many referrals to them in the forums
