Timeline for Ruins of famous landmarks in Shannara
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| Feb 4, 2016 at 23:34 | vote | accept | CBredlow | ||
| Jan 10, 2016 at 14:09 | answer | added | Jimmery | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 20:52 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/685564858146942976 | ||
| Jan 6, 2016 at 20:50 | comment | added | Radhil | @MikeEdenfield Right. Thought I said that. I just looked up Allanon's History Lessons in the first book actually, and it is generic - civ of science, Great War, mutant survivors (plus Elves), nothing specific. Jerle Shannara made it heavy obvious travelling over an ocean to get to "Parkasia", and then Genesis makes the post-Earth explicit. I seem to recall fans comparing maps to make the link as well, but maybe that was when Parkasia was introduced. (I guess I didn't assume Sean meant Earth either shrug) | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 20:35 | comment | added | Valorum | Is the world of Shannara set in our future? | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 20:15 | comment | added | FuzzyBoots | @Radhi: Ah. It has been decades since I read the series and, as a child, it probably slipped past me. | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 20:09 | comment | added | Radhil | @SeanDuggan No, it was made explicit up front, and the different races described as mutant humans and post-apocalypse known. It just wasn't relevant except as color detail, since it was long past, until later series (Voyage of the Jerle Shannara leaps to mind). So it was easy to ignore. Fully confirmed as nuclear'd Earth later still I think, unless you paid close attention to maps apparently. | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 20:01 | history | edited | CBredlow | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 6, 2016 at 20:01 | comment | added | CBredlow | I remember in the Sword of Shannara (the first book published) was that there was another time with modern technology, and they did explore a ruin with a (creeper?) beast in it, as mentioned by Radhil. | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 19:59 | comment | added | FuzzyBoots | If I recall correctly, wasn't the post-apocalyptic nature of the setting a secret until several books in? | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 19:35 | comment | added | Radhil | Ruins of what were obviously modern cities? Yes, book 1 had some tucked away in some mountains with a big beastie crawling around. Specific landmarks, I don't think so, and I haven't read the books recently enough to answer for sure. | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 19:27 | history | asked | CBredlow | CC BY-SA 3.0 |