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Stephen Donaldson... I enjoyed the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - except for the first book, 'Lord Foul's Bane'. Reading said book, I found myself to be wading through a thesarus, trapped in a universe where even the lowliest, ill-educated pesantfolk know seven-syllable words. It was like trying to walk through a waterfall of verbal porridge, like Frank Herbert on a very bad day. If there was ever a candidate for chronic long-word overusage, it is the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Donaldson compensates for this in the later books with cool plot, but the first is truly a test of patience and endurance.
Tancred
Frank Herbert - 'nuff said.
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