[voland]

Aztiel, on Jun 22 2009, 11:37 PM, said:

I kind of hesitate to get into this thread, but: AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Terry Goodkind is not done yet, and is bringing evil chickens, repetition, and hackneyed philosophy to a new world. Our OWN!

http://www.amazon.com/Law-Nines-Terry-Good...0175&sr=8-1

Apologies if this has been brought up earlier in the thread, but I can't be bothered to read back through 24 pages of things I agree with.

It gets worse (or better)...unless someone is making an elaborate joke...

Saw this on the asoiaf-forum. From a review at publisher's weekly:

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Bestseller Goodkind (Confessor) ventures into thriller territory with results sure to please fans of his fantasy fiction. In the opening pages, Alex Rahl, the book’s unwitting hero, saves the beautiful Jax from being run down on the street in Orden, Neb., by a plumbing truck flying a pirate flag. Jax, who turns out to be from an alternate reality where evildoers are attempting to seize control of her civilization, has traveled to Nebraska to seek Alex’s help in saving her people. In Jax’s world, magic takes the place of technology, but on earth she’s stripped of her powers and forced to fight armed with only her trusty dagger. The author takes his time setting all this up, but once the story gets rolling, it’s a gripping ride as the bad guys whoosh in between their world, which remains unseen, and ours. Fantasy and thriller readers alike will find themselves swept along to the final confrontation and looking forward to the next installment. (Sept.)

review

[Aptorian]

voland, on Jun 24 2009, 03:11 PM, said:

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Bestseller Goodkind (Confessor) ventures into rape territory with results sure to please rape fans of his rape fiction. In the opening pages, Alex Rahl, the book's unwitting hero, saves the beautiful Jax from being raped on the street in Orden, Neb., by a rape truck flying a pirate flag (The rape is implied). Jax, who turns out to be from an alternate reality where rapists are attempting to rape her civilization, has traveled to Nebraska to seek Alex's help in saving her people (from rape). In Jax's world, rape takes the place of technology, but on earth she's stripped of her powers and forced to fight armed with only her trusty dagger. The author takes his time setting all this rape up, but once the story gets rolling, it's a gripping ride as the bad rapists whoosh in between their world, which remains unseen, and ours. Fantasy and thriller readers alike (and rape fans) will find themselves swept along to the final confrontation and looking forward to the next installment (of rape). (Sept.)

[Grimjust Bearegular]

Cougar, on Jun 19 2009, 02:42 PM, said:

Morgoth, on Jun 19 2009, 01:59 PM, said:

Grimhilde, on Jun 19 2009, 02:42 PM, said:

I think I would beg for the sweet release of death if I had to read those books.

So you're saying TG's books should be administered to dying people?

No he's saying they should only be read by the dying. That way we wouldn't be needlessly exposing otherwise healthy people to the soul eroding (and potentially suicide inducing) awfulness of TG.

EDIT: I was just thinking I'd love to think that in some way TG got to read this thread and that our work here might make him shed a single tear at how much we hate the clunge.

They shouldn't be read at all...maybe by criminals. Captial punishment is nothing compared to The Shearded One reading his stories to you in audio book format over the speaker system.

Aptorian, on Jun 24 2009, 01:19 PM, said:

voland, on Jun 24 2009, 03:11 PM, said:

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Bestseller Goodkind (Confessor) ventures into rape territory with results sure to please rape fans of his rape fiction. In the opening pages, Alex Rahl, the book's unwitting hero, saves the beautiful Jax from being raped on the street in Orden, Neb., by a rape truck flying a pirate flag (The rape is implied). Jax, who turns out to be from an alternate reality where rapists are attempting to rape her civilization, has traveled to Nebraska to seek Alex's help in saving her people (from rape). In Jax's world, rape takes the place of technology, but on earth she's stripped of her powers and forced to fight armed with only her trusty dagger. The author takes his time setting all this rape up, but once the story gets rolling, it's a gripping ride as the bad rapists whoosh in between their world, which remains unseen, and ours. Fantasy and thriller readers alike (and rape fans) will find themselves swept along to the final confrontation and looking forward to the next installment (of rape). (Sept.)

OMG, LOL.

epic win!

[Aptorian]

So he doesn't like using magic as a crutch, but the ending of the series was one big magical deus ex machina. Gotta love it.

[Terez]

Did someone say "Boxes of Orden"?

Tell me, o acolyte of the Great Yearded One...what did the end of SoT have to do with the nobility of the human spirit?

From terrygoodkind.co.uk :

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Terry writes about the nobility of the human Spirit, the beauty of life and the power of an individual.

[Terez]

Rahl, on Jun 27 2009, 12:44 AM, said:

Terez, on Jun 27 2009, 06:41 AM, said:

Did someone say "Boxes of Orden"?

Tell me, o acolyte of the Great Yearded One...what did the end of SoT have to do with the nobility of the human spirit?

From terrygoodkind.co.uk :

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Terry writes about the nobility of the human Spirit, the beauty of life and the power of an individual.

Well, while I cannot possibly speak for Mister Goodkind, I would assume the end of SoT attempted to show that humanity will always attempt to seperate itself out of being a shade of grey, regardless of knowledge of the Truth. Richard's actions, the use of the boxes of Orden, was an attempt by Goodkind to show how flawed even the most perfect of human is. The seperation of the two worlds was a metaphor for the seperation of good from evil, yet, we all know there is no such thing as black and white.

That makes no sense whatsoever. You say "we all know there is no such thing as black and white" - so why would he choose to end it that way rather than with a revolution within the Imperial Order army? Because he so totally had that set up in the last book, and he got...what? One guy to switch sides? He also had potential for a wildfire revolution through the Old World, and book six did a really good job of setting that up. Even most people who hate Goodkind now will say that book six was a pretty good book as far as Goodkind books go.

But he pretty much threw that out, and in the end the only way to do anything about the evil in the world was to exile it to a separate dimension.

[Coco with marshmallows]

awesome.

Assail has calmed down and accepted the fact that the majority of us find Badkind's writing somewhat lacking
in terms of characterisation, plot, or original thought.

And suddenly The Shining Enigma returns to us under another name.

this will have me chuckling again.

[HoosierDaddy]

Transparent Alt is Transparent.

[Aptorian]

I don't know, I like this Rahl guy. eh defends goodkind and doesn't afraid of anything.

[Aptorian]

Ohh, well done sir, well done. We're obviously dealing with a scholar in the art of trolls here.

[HoosierDaddy]

Aptorian, on Jun 27 2009, 04:11 AM, said:

Ohh, well done sir, well done. We're obviously dealing with a scholar in the art of trolls here.

Seconded. Well done, sir Alt.

[Sindriss]

Copy paste from /b/ is copy paste from /b/. Well done!

[Aptorian]

Are you suggesting this was not a true quote from Goodkind? I'm shocked and appalled at the thought that some one would make such a falsification just to tarnish goodkinds reputation. Why would Rahl do that? He is a stand up kind of guy, surely.