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| Title | : | Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #1) |
| Author | : | Stephen R. Donaldson |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 480 pages |
| Published | : | November 1989 by Del Rey / Ballantine (first published June 1977) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy. Epic Fantasy |
Stephen R. Donaldson
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 480 pages Rating: 3.72 | 41526 Users | 1570 Reviews
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He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself.Yet the Land tempted him. He had been sick; now he seemed better than ever before. Through no fault of his own, he had been outcast, unclean, a pariah. Now he was regarded as a reincarnation of the Land's greatest hero--Berek Halfhand--armed with the mystic power of White Gold. That power alone could protect the Lords of the Land from the ancient evil of Despiser, Lord Foul. Only...Covenant had no idea of how the power could be used!
Thus begins one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written...
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| Original Title: | Lord Foul's Bane |
| ISBN: | 0345348656 (ISBN13: 9780345348654) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #1, Thomas Covenant #1 |
| Characters: | Thomas Covenant |
| Literary Awards: | Gandalf Award Nominee (1978) |
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Ratings: 3.72 From 41526 Users | 1570 ReviewsJudgment Based On Books Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #1)
SPOILERS BELOWThis book was in it's own way "well written" or at least "fairly well written". It's well written in that it dragged me in, sort of. Often I wished it hadn't. Thomas Covenant is one of the universe's great whiners. You see, Thomas is a leper...and while I can't imagine how awful this would be (wife leaves and takes child, loses fingers before realizing condition, etc.,etc., etc.)he manages to drive any sympathy out of the readers, or he did me. Upon being healed in "THE LAND" he'sThe first thing you have to know about this series, and this is the real pivotal point in whether you want to read them or not, is that Thomas Coveenant is NOT A HERO. Like, in any sense. There are a couple really fantastic heroes in this book, but all of the chapters in the 1st book, and the majority thereafter all center around covenant, the unbeliever. The story of the book is honestly a little trite. An evil lord threatening a beautiful land. Covenenant has an important ring. But! Thomas, oh
Well that started off a lot better than I thought it might. And it ended... a lot worse than I hoped it might.My full (and this one is very full!) review can be found over on my blog.However, the brief summary version would be: this is a fascinating Calvinist (though the author left the faith of his parents) reimagining of Tolkienian neo-Romantic fantasy, with a rich (but in my opinion not yet absurd) use of language, dozens of fantastic lines, and a deep and calculated ideological-theological
At first I wasn't sure that I liked this novel. I had a hard time with the idea that Thomas Covenant is the ultimate anti-hero, with none of the redeeming qualities of an average anti-hero. He is a sniveling, irritating, coward who has to be prodded every step of the way. The only thing that makes him likable is that he is acting in a very human way in a very inhuman circumstance. I had to let go of wanting Covenant to shape and act like a hero. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.
**** 2020 re-readI first read this 1977 publication early in HS, so probably in the neighborhood of 1982 or 1983. I blazed through the books and then had to wait for the sixth novel, White Gold Wielder, to come out and I bought that book in hard back, a rare extravagance for me back then. I recall being so caught up in the world building, it was fantastic but also very different from Tolkien or the Narnia tales.My first thoughts now is how dark the story was. Donaldson has crafted a magnificent
Warning: Readers should not expect the main character to show up, draw a magic scimitar or lightsaber, and slice through the enemy. In this series, the bad guys are just part of Thomas Covenant's problem. He is also fighting enemies within himself. Be prepared to feel troubled over his plight and occasionally frustrated by his unwillingness to accept his situation and to fight. There's still plenty of excitement and all the elements of well crafted fantasy. But there's so much more.
Another series I did in one long weekend, this was probably one of the most influential series I read during high school. For some reason I absolutely hated the main character Thomas Conevenant (probably because he was an ass) and my one driving passion was to keep reading until he was killed off. Until of course the last book in the second series where I got over it and decided he should live and then he was killed off. As an interesting aside, this series made it remarkably less likely that I
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