Comments on: Cage Match 2011: Alvin Maker versus Thomas Covenant

By: Mr. Shade

Mr. Shade — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:29:32 +0000

This fight is for me, between one of my favorite characters (Alvin), and one of my least favorite (Thomas).

So I really recommend the Alvin maker books to everybody who haven’t read them already. The pace and humor of the books are excellent!

The Thomas Covenant book, I wanted to put away several times while reading it, but I decided to stick too it, in case it got better. I didn’t… And I could never forgive Thomas Covenant for raping that girl.

By: Zlazz

Zlazz — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:54:48 +0000

It is abundantly clear whoever wrote this has either never read the books or has forgotten much.

Plus, he was healed of his leprosy twice in The Land.

The ring is white gold, Covenant’s nemesis is called Lord Foul, not Lord Bane (he is Lord Foul’s Bane).

On top of that, Covenant’s ring generally responds to power, especially those set against it.

I also do not think Covenant would just give up, he didn’t believe in the Land, but he still resolved to save it.

By: Kristi Deming

Kristi Deming — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:34:50 +0000

For one, there is the part where Alvin looks at Covenant’s hand and “It made the flash of the gold ring on his left hand shine all the more bright.” Covenant’s ring is White Gold, a very important distinction. They get it right in every other reference but that one.

Also, it’s apparent that whoever wrote Covenant hadn’t read all the books. Covenant stopped denying the Land at the end of the First Chronicles; was dead on Earth, so was forever stuck in the land (even though he was dead) by the end of the 2nd Chronicles; and even I haven’t finished the Last Chronicles. Point being, Covenant gave up on Unbelief a very long time ago. Now, he fights, especially when something he loves is threatened. If Alvin can sense Lord Foul is around, then there is no way in HELL that Covenant is just going to give up. Especially with what the Land comes to mean to him after he gives up on his Unbelief.

By: scott

scott — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:32:03 +0000

What’s with all the existential bull? WE DEMAND BLOOD SACRIFICE.

By: Ezio Cauthon

Ezio Cauthon — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:02:55 +0000

Always interesting when the match contains no battle, save one of wills. Also, always fun when one of the characters breaks that fourth wall.