Stephen R. Donaldson
Stephen R. Donaldson
b. 1947-05-13 · From United States- Books
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Stephen Reeder Donaldson is an American novelist born in Cleveland, Ohio, who writes fantasy, science fiction and mystery. He is best known for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the story of a cynical leper drawn into a fantastical world, published in two trilogies from 1977 to 1983 and continued in The Last Chronicles (2004 to 2013).
He also wrote the fantasy duology Mordant's Need, the five-volume science fiction Gap Cycle, and, as Reed Stephens, a series of mystery novels. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1979 and lives in New Mexico.
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Fiction Fantasy Science Fiction Epic Fantasy High Fantasy
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I Shudder at Your Touch
Angela Carter
The Power that Preserves
Stephen R. Donaldson
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #3
The real story
Stephen R. Donaldson
The Gap Cycle #1
Forbidden knowledge
Stephen R. Donaldson
The Gap Cycle #2
Last Drink Bird Head : A Flash Fiction Anthology for Charity
Caitlín R. Kiernan
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The series begins with "Lord Foul's Bane," followed by "The Illearth War," and concludes with "The Power that Preserves." This first trilogy is then followed by a second trilogy, "The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant," and a final tetralogy, "The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant."
Stephen R. Donaldson is primarily known for his epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, which explores complex moral dilemmas and features a protagonist who is an outcast and a leper in both his own world and the fantastical Land.
Stephen R. Donaldson has received several accolades for his work, including the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and multiple August Derleth Awards for Best Novel.
Stephen R. Donaldson also writes science fiction under the pseudonym Reed Stephens, notably the "Mordant's Need" series.