Lois’s answer to “Dear Lois, I just want to say to you that I absolutely love your Chalion Trilogy. A huge compliment…” > Likes and Comments
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I want to endorse the Pen and Des tales. While I had read and enjoyed the Chalion trilogy prior to the new series, I admit that I found the 5 Gods very confusing until my reading about Pen and Desdemona provided more insite, making my re-reads of the Chalion books richer than before.
@ Jerri -- I suspect a lot of unavoidable confusion stems from my re-deploying common words like "demon" or "saint" with new meanings - explained in the text, but until then they will be towing, in readers' minds, all their old associational freight. (And often afterwards, despite all.) The alternative was to burden the text with a lot of fantasy neologisms, also needing definitions, something I try to limit.
Ta, L.
Dear Lois, thanks for your reply. You are right of course about demonic possession being a very old idea. I'm afraid I didn't phrase my question precisely enough, but you did answer it anyway. Looking forward to your Penric and Desdemonia series!
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Aug 19, 2025 04:48AM
I want to endorse the Pen and Des tales. While I had read and enjoyed the Chalion trilogy prior to the new series, I admit that I found the 5 Gods very confusing until my reading about Pen and Desdemona provided more insite, making my re-reads of the Chalion books richer than before.
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@ Jerri -- I suspect a lot of unavoidable confusion stems from my re-deploying common words like "demon" or "saint" with new meanings - explained in the text, but until then they will be towing, in readers' minds, all their old associational freight. (And often afterwards, despite all.) The alternative was to burden the text with a lot of fantasy neologisms, also needing definitions, something I try to limit.Ta, L.
Dear Lois, thanks for your reply. You are right of course about demonic possession being a very old idea. I'm afraid I didn't phrase my question precisely enough, but you did answer it anyway. Looking forward to your Penric and Desdemonia series!
