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Thanks for sharing these, OP. I read them all as a kid, but I’d forgotten most of what happened in them, except for bits of the last book. It did have nice payoffs for the stuff in the previous books, like Fflewddur’s harp, Achren, and Prince Rhun. Gurgi is less annoying than I thought (I remembered him as being a Jar Jar Binks style character), while Eilonwy seems to be there mainly as a love interest for Taran/plot device (yes, I know it’s a 60 year old series, so her characterisation isn’t going to be up to modern standards)
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nine-gear crow posted:And thus we cross the "Yeah, but nobody actually dies in these books" threshold... Quite a few of the good guys die in the last book, iirc.
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Genghis Cohen posted:Another nice (and rather more cheerful) lesson. I do question how well you can feed and clothe a family by that kind of foraging though, and you certainly might hesitate before taking in two adult strangers to share the food! Interesting question. No doubt the description of Llonio’s lifestyle is romanticised a bit (in reality it’d be somewhat harder work than described, and likely require hunting of deer, rabbits, etc to feed the family), but I’ve read elsewhere that the hunter/gatherer life is actually easier than farming. While farming is more reliable as a source of food, it’s also much harder and more time consuming. Hunter/gatherers apparently only need to work for something like 4 hours a day to feed a family.
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I just think of Gurgi as a shorter, scruffier/shaggier haired version of Chewbacca. Isn’t he basically meant to be a dog, like Chewie?
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I’m wondering who would have taken over Rhun’s kingdom. He was an only child IIRC, and obviously wasn’t married/have any kids. I’m guessing his mother would end up in charge until she dies, but after that..?
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Wahad posted:Chapter 8: The Messengers Eywa has spoken! Or Tom Bombadil?
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Wahad posted:Chapter 11: The Fortress I like how the battle is written as complete chaos, and Eilonwy finally gets to be in some fighting. Taran and all the others are fairly sexist/patronising to her (yes, I know it’s these are 60 year old books)
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Wahad posted:Missed another few days. Still wrangling a mad busy work schedule, sorry folks. Still, only one chapter this week, because it's an important one. Coll was one of the 2 losses in this book that hit me the hardest. I thought he died in the battle at Caer Dathyl though, and not a little after it though.
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Wahad posted:Chapter 14: Daylight Huh, I’d forgotten all about Dorath reappearing in this book. I thought that he was only in Taran Wanderer. For that matter, I’d forgotten that Medwyn told the animals to help against Annuvin. I wondered what the hell the wolves suddenly showed up.
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