"Storytelling makes possible
redemptions and healings that can't happen in any other way." – Stephen Donaldson
Donaldson, born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1947 may be American but he is mostly “other-worldly” in his writing. Over his lifetime he's written a wide range of fantasy and science fiction novels that have cemented his position as a leading writer in the genre’, knocking around in alternative universes like he successfully does in his 10-volume The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.
Donaldson, born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1947 may be American but he is mostly “other-worldly” in his writing. Over his lifetime he's written a wide range of fantasy and science fiction novels that have cemented his position as a leading writer in the genre’, knocking around in alternative universes like he successfully does in his 10-volume The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.
Characterized by
psychological complexity, conceptual abstractness, moral bleakness, and the use
of an arcane vocabulary, his writing has attracted critical praise for its
"imagination, vivid characterizations, and fast pace." I think he also should get high marks for his titles (one I especially enjoyed is The Rune of Earth).
A
graduate of The College of Wooster and Kent State (both in Ohio), he currently makes his home in New Mexico.
“I may not be as old as dirt," Donaldson said, "but dirt and I
have an awful lot in common.”
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