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Fantasy Literature

Hong Kong Cavalier

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1. Reading Donaldson was always an intense task for me.

Reply to KG (Original post)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 04:11 PM

Oct 2013

His stories pulled few punches, and he was harsh with some of his characters.

I barely made it through the first six Covenant books, and when I heard about the third trilogy, I decided to stay away.

The Gap series, while brilliant, was such a struggle to get through at times.

Mordant's Need was a great and concise series. With an actual happy ending, too. Strange for Donaldson, but there it is.

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the last volume of the Thomas Covenant Chronicles is about to be released. and i don't care. [View all] KG Oct 2013 OP

Reading Donaldson was always an intense task for me. Hong Kong Cavalier Oct 2013 #1

his two books of short fiction are pretty damn good. i reread those often... KG Nov 2013 #3

I'm sorry to hear that. Captain Stern Nov 2013 #2

I liked it Stryst May 2014 #4