Lord Foul's Bane
core novel 1977 The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Record
| First published | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.71 (50,401 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 480 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780006152392 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Series: The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Stephen R. Donaldson
Awards (verified)
- British Fantasy Award (August Derleth Award (Best Novel)), 1979: won; Awarded to the First Chronicles trilogy collectively.
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 1978: nominated; Awarded/nominated as the First Chronicles trilogy collectively; lost to Fritz Leiber's Our Lady of Darkness.
- Gandalf Award (Book-Length Fantasy), 1978: nominated
- Balrog Award, 1979: nominated; Awarded/nominated as the First Chronicles trilogy collectively.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: position 1 of 3: next The Illearth War (1977)
- Internal chronology, within The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: position 1 of 10: next The Illearth War (1977)
Sources
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