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Tuesday, 18 October 2016 10:55 pm
Book Review: Lord Foul's Bane
This 1977 novel is the first in the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, a title that might misleadingly evoke a religious fable. As I recall, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sleepyjohn00's advice regarding the series was "Ignore him; enjoy the scenery." How ironic that a character dislikes the word "scenery" for implying that something beautiful is unimportant.
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Now I've decided to get away from both fantasy and sci-fi for a while. Fortunately, on my last vacation, I got talked into taking a bunch of books with me, one of which is No Time for Sergeants by Mac Hyman. Ordinarily I'd watch the movie instead, but this looks promising.
sleepyjohn00's advice regarding the series was "Ignore him; enjoy the scenery." How ironic that a character dislikes the word "scenery" for implying that something beautiful is unimportant.( Cut for length )
Now I've decided to get away from both fantasy and sci-fi for a while. Fortunately, on my last vacation, I got talked into taking a bunch of books with me, one of which is No Time for Sergeants by Mac Hyman. Ordinarily I'd watch the movie instead, but this looks promising.