Talk:The Runes of the Earth

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Merger[edit]

I think that this should be merged with the original The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever article. The article is too short, and mostly consists of a very short synopsis and stubs right now, and the synopsis could simply be added to the other synopses on the original page. Lord Sephiroth talk17:47, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comletely disagree a Fantasy series of this quality need more content not less. This would take this article and it associated, Novel article in complete the wrong direction. Merge in the Ceasure artice with this should be done, but not this merger. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 08:49, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well I do agree with you, it does need more content...If this book's going to have it's own article, maybe I should set to making an article for every book in the series. I'm quite familiar with the series, having read it through at least twice. I just thought to merge because of the very little info on this page as of now, and the lack of articles for the other books. I thought they were all on one page for a reason. Silly me. Lord Sephiroth02:21, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, the only reason is that that is the way they are currently and no one has written enough yet to warrant seperate articles. The Novels themselves certainly justify more content. An article per Novel is a minimum in my view. The series article should become an overview, providing links to the individual books, and probably ones on the major characters as well. All this requires is the commetments of those familiar with the stories to augment the copy. Try working up the content of the Latest novel with me and we can see how that goes, then we can work up articles for the older titles. If you needs an outline guide try as example The Mauritius Command (which admitted is from a different genre) and for pattern Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/ArticleTemplate. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 07:55, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since Runes of Earth seems to be a transitory novel that precedes the Last Chronicles, I would say that this particular book wont need as much detail as the remaining three. Much of the information in this novel was just a repeat of what occurred in the previous 6 books. User:mozkill02:21, 28 Jul 2007 (UTC)

Would love to see some pages for each novel.[edit]

I know I myself have read these books repeatedly over the last 20 years, never seeming to grow tired of them. In reference to the comments above, have you guys drafted any sort of outlines or rough drafts for wiki articles concerning these books? If you have, I would love to help with adding content to them or even just proofreading. I'm not very confident that I could start from complete scratch and do it. Let me know what you think. If your interested, post something here and maybe we can set this up via email or something. Coradon 08:01, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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