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Book Review of Lord Foul's Bane (Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Bk 1)

Lord Foul's Bane (Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Bk 1)
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Helpful Score: 7


He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in this strange alternate world on which he suddenly found himself.

This is the first book of a classic science fiction trilogy that transports you into a completely new world. Thomas Covenant has Leprosy on Earth and is outkast but finds himself in this new land where he appears to be an important part of history. There are six of these books, the first three are the best and complete in themselves. Donaldson should have stopped there, in my opinion. The second trilogy, became darker and I thought it was kind of depressing. The first three did what I think sci fi should...introduce you to totally new and sometimes incomprehensible concepts and ideas.
Worth reading.