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From: brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Wounded Land series
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 13:19:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 13:19:43 1985
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> 
> The biggest problem I have with Donaldson's dual trilogy (other than the
> depressing, frustrating, aggravating nature of the main character) is
> his use of language.  I don't object to being forced to look up an
> occasional new word or twenty.  But GIVE ME A BREAK.  Donaldson seems to
> be incapable of writing two pages without introducing a word that nobody
> I know has ever heard of!  I have discussed his works with several
> friends over the past few years.  Many of us have indeed read them all
> the way through.  And all feel the same way about the words.
>

And when you DO look up the words, you find
that his usage is--more often then not--wrong.
He is very aware of the sound of the words--the
poetry of the language, and this is good.  But he
seems willing to sacrifice the meaning of the words
in order to acheive this poetry, and, since I happen
to know what at least some of them mean, and this is
a constant source of frustration to me.

		-- SKZB