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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 460863" data-attributes="member: 2020">I am surprisedI am, indeed, surprised at the results of my poll.  I thought that this poll would result in a large number of responses in the 0 to 4 range.  There is, indeed, one 0 vote.  However, all of the other votes are 5 or higher, or are in the good and bad category, or these books transcend the poll category.  I see that people think quite highly of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.  At least, those who answered the poll, think highly of the Chronicles.  People seem to detest Thomas Covenant himself, but they very much appreciate and respect the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.  I myself was one of those who gave the Chronicles a high rating, so I am happy to see others agree with me that the books were good.  Cheers!  - - -  Now, wait a minute ...  You say Hile Troy was misguided about things.  You say Hile Troy thought he could win against Lord Foul by force of arms, that this was impossible, and the man was deluded to think such?  Fair enough.  So why did the Lords agree to Hile Troy's plans?  Why did so many of the Lords go along with the Warward?  It sounds to me like the Lords, also, thought that might of arms would serve them against Lord Foul.  They did NOT take Thomas Covenant with them, when the Warward marched south.  And only in Thomas Covenant, did they have any real chance of winning by force of arms, against Fleshharrower.  So, they must have felt they could take on Lord Foul's army, by force of arms, without Thomas Covenant!  They agreed with Hile Troy.  They were deceived, like Hile Troy ...  Or ...  Perhaps force of arms, was the best answer they had.  What else could they do?  Sit in Revelstone until Fleshharrower showed up, and then lay down their arms and surrender?  I don't think so.  Still, they should have taken the Unbeliever with them.  Maybe he might have been of some actual use ... probably not, but then, with Covenant accidents happened, and some of them even did some good.  Now, I must differ about Revelwood (the tree city) and the Stone Garden of Trothgard.  This bit of endeavor, on the part of the Lords, was idiotic, whether it was a repudiation of what Lord Foul stood for or not.  NOBODY in their right mind plants a garden when a tidal wave is coming, or fiddles when Rome is burning (unless they are Nero, and he was crazy.)  People have this tendency to want to LIVE.  And they will ... not ... live, if they plant tree cities and build stone gardens, while an enemy raises an army of 400 thousand.  So, I must state that I think the Lords were the most incompetent and misguided of rulers ... and the people of the Land paid in blood for this stupid policy.  Revelwood was eventually attacked, 2000 men choose to defend the undefendable city of trees, and they were all slaughtered.  Those 2000 men were desperately needed at Revelstone, which could be defended, and where - as Lord Mhoram stated - they could extract the highest price for their lives.</blockquote>

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