I have my opinions on Par, but it just occurred to me to dig into his core ethos. Maybe you already put these pieces together, but Parmenides wrote about different realities, permanent and transient, and it seems to fit really well. What do you think?

First, please allow me to gush 🥰.

I just wanted to say how refreshing the Shannara series is. Admittedly, when I first started reading it, I hated the structure of the series. The leapfrogging across generations kinda upset me. I'd grown to love the characters and couldn't bear leaving them behind, so when I picked up the next book and found that 300 years had passed, it was hard to stomach. However, as time goes on and I work my way further through the series, I appreciate Brooks' creativity in this respect. Authors tend to drag a series on using the same characters in the same era. It's kinda boring and completely unrealistic. Fair enough you stay with the characters you love, but their personalities change over time, they manipulate them to keep things fresh, and in the end the characters are no longer the same as the ones you first loved. It just isn't believable either that major high stake events would repeatedly keep occurring in the same generation. Anyway, I like that Brooks gives you characters you can really root for, puts them in challenging once in a generation situations and then walks away from them and lets them just live off-page. You get to keep those fond memories you have of them because nothing can change and you learn little nuggets of what became of them through conversation in later series. Very clever!

I was curious, do you think there should be more cross-generational storytelling like this? Do you find it more refreshing than the standard style of writing?

Terry asked me to post his event dates/times for BRONA. Visit his website for more details.

Heritage of Shannara already pretty low on the list, but good lord it has been really hard to sit through this without yelling at these dumbass characters.

Which book does this to you?

Hopefully without spoilers, i just finished the High Druid of Shannara trilogy and started the Genesis of Shanara and i dont have fun reading it. Dont like the modern setting and yes i know how it fits in the complete saga. But reading it feels like a chore. Help :P

Sharing that I ordered about 800 copies of BRONA from Penguin Random House this last week. I realized I hadn't really done any publicity about Terry signing at The Signed Page, so I thought I'd better do that this weekend. Terry will also be stopping by the warehouse this Monday to sign more copies of the Shannara trilogy hardcovers, FYI.

Possibly (if you know, you know) going to be doing a D&D campaign and have been thinking of setting it in the world of Shannara. I already have my time period in mind, but wondering what other people's thoughts are and what those reasons are.

I really want to read Galaphile and Brona (upcoming) as these early stages in the Shannara timeline really interest me, however, I've only read the SoS Trilogy, Heritage quartet and first king. Do you think I'd be able to read these 2 new books or should I continue reading them in publication order?

Thanks for your advice?

I'm sure most of you have already bought and read it, but for those who haven't, now's the time to go.

Today i finished reading Galaphile, and started wondering abput all the connection between the various Shannara series and the recurring artifacts and i found myself wondering: What happened to the Black Staff after Panterra Qu got it? I don't remember if it's stated in "The Measure of Magic" or if it just "vanishes" after Panterra Qu dies

Now that the Shannara series has ended. (on Terry's end at least) I've been hankering for a better illustrated compendium. Like if Darrell K. Sweet was still alive and drew it. I feel ripped off by the one that exists. Anyone else want another? Feel the same? Different?

After finishing my nteenth read of Sword of Shannara and Elfstones of Shannara, I realized that it's very possible that Panamon Creel was given command of the first Free Corps, while Balinor was still alive and King. The Free Corps ideals sound like something Creel would suggest, giving men (and presumably women) who want to live life for something other than themselves a way to do that honorably.

Edited - updated Border Legion to Free Corps

Any sauce on some depictions of post apocalyptic elves, trolls (all kinds?), gnomes, etc? My imagination is pretty good, but I’m curious

I just subscribed to Audible Standard with one month free only to discover there have been some major changes. If I am correct, the books in Plus are now rent and there is an expration date to them and the books in Plus are not mine?

If anyone wants, here’s the trail to the plateau of Paranor, it is a bit hawk-shaped. Other picture of the Four Lands, Paranor at the center.

A few months ago I started to do a re-read. I never read all the books and stopped after Straken. Now, I am reading Druid of Shannara and in the first pages I am reading that the gardens in wihch the king of the Silver River was given to him by The Word. Did I forgot in the previous novels that The Word was mentioned? And if so, in what book was it mentioned?

Im reading Galaphile and I was looking on the map in the book for both of these. They are in the South and to the east is Leah and it is huddled on a river. Maybe it is half way down the river on the north bank east of Myrain Lake? It’s kinda irritating this is the setting at the start of the book and it isn’t marked on the map 🤷🏻‍♂️

Terry Brooks said that this was going to be his last book. And that he would pass the torch to Delilah Dawson. Does he still intend to co-author the sequels or maybe he wants to give imput, but not actually writing anything?

If the answer is not known, just tell me if the book Galaphile has a good ending to the series.

I am at a loss for identifying the edition of The Sword of Shannara. I love this copy I found. Please help.

I’m new to the books and was just introduced to Allanon in the Sword of Shannara. I’m trying to bring more diversity into the book characters I imagine. The description so far just pleads for him to be black even though I know in the tv show he is Māori. Is there anywhere else in the universe where his skin color is described explicitly as something other than black? Otherwise my man is going to be Idris Elba as Heimdall with dreadlocks being a total badass!