> > This type of topic may have been done before, but the timing seems right...
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> > So, what books have you been reading or have read recently that are worthy of mention?
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> I'm slogging my way determinedly through Stephen Donaldson's first Thomas Covenant trilogy; I'm currently in book 2. It's not the most funnest reading I've ever done, but Donaldson has some stature in the world of fantasy lit, and I wanted to be able to say I've read some of his works.
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I've read both trilogies three times, and loved it every time. Donaldson has a tendency to be...wordy and archaic with his descriptions, but I found the character development to be absolutely fascinating, and that it wasn't just limited to Covenant. The plot was also interesting enough to follow. I don't think of the Covenant novels as fantasy novels, I think of them as character novels, and I think they work very well in that. The "fantasy" story is, to me, no more than a frame to explore Covenant's development.