I've never really been able to get into his stuff...
Isaac Send a noteboard - 14/06/2014 12:21:32 PM
View original postI'm giving The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant another shot, as I hate having half-read books in my collection. But I find Stephen Donaldson's style to be quite pompous, especially with sections like this:
... and pretty much for that reason, I've tried Lord Foul's Bane quite a few times and might try it again someday but the arcane words are a real turn off. At least when Gene Wolfe does it in his Book of the New Sun it adds to the distant dystopia future feel, familiar but arcane.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
Can anybody tell me what this means?
- 30/05/2014 05:02:58 PM
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That it was old-fashioned or antiquated to display their belief/religion in that way. *NM*
- 01/06/2014 01:33:53 AM
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It means he likes to use obscure words in ways that aren't quite proper
- 12/06/2014 07:00:29 PM
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I think preterite can also mean "saved" in a religious sense.
- 14/06/2014 12:54:02 PM
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It looks like it's the opposite
- 15/06/2014 12:40:14 AM
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I've never really been able to get into his stuff...
- 14/06/2014 12:21:32 PM
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