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From: rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (Randy Buckland)
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Subject: Re: Chron. of Thomas Covenant
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Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 21:17:58 EST
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> I had trouble getting started on the Donaldson books.  The style
> sort of reminded me of "The Worm Ouroboros" (maybe not quite as bad).
> Maybe I'll try again, since people seemed to like them.  I enjoyed
> the Gene Wolfe "Book of the New Sun" better than anything I had
> read since 1966 ("Lord of the Rings").  How far should you have to read
> in the Donaldson books before it should be clear whether or not
> you are going to like them?

I thought the books were fascinating. Even though I owned the whole first
set, I gaps of about a couple months between books because I would decide
that I didn't like it after a book and stop reading. However, I always
wnet back. Now that I have finished both sets, I love them. I see what
Donaldson was up to. Their great! Keep trying, they are an aquired taste.

					Randy Buckland
					Research Triangle Institute
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