[Lisheo]

Terez, on Jun 25 2009, 05:36 PM, said:

It's going to be a series, hence them saying we'll be waiting breathlessly for the next book.

Sorry... Couldn't concentrate on that much crap.
Alright, who wants to take bets it's actually going to be a sequel to the Sword of Truth, that this Alex is good old Dicky's descendant, and some new villain with a power level of over 9000 has appeared and is screwing up the world of SoT.

[Obdigore]

Terez, on Jun 25 2009, 11:36 AM, said:

It's going to be a series, hence them saying we'll be waiting breathlessly for the next book.

Breathlessly because their brains are being raped by the previous installments? I think so.

[HoosierDaddy]

I just... well... hmmm... kinda confused because... bleeding eyes and familiar names... what in the fuck? This has to be a hoax. I mean... what author would do this? Either a sequel to the Series of Tardedness, or Badkind hasn't just jumped the shark, he jumped an entire world that is simply oceans filled with sharks.

Also... trust Badkind to put Mortal Kombat characters in her book.

[Terez]

He's like Saul/Paul, translating his Good News into many languages so that the world may hear it.

[Tarcanus]

I could see how this could happen, though, and what Badkind might be going for.

For those of you who couldn't struggle through all of the SoT books to see how they ended, I'll SPOIL all of this for you.

Major SPOILERS for Confessor follow, though I'm sure few of you care enough to not spoil yourselves(I don't blame you, I skimmed most of Confessor, and that was only so I could say I finished one of the epic fantasies on the market, today):

Spoiler

At the end of Confessor, Richard creates another world where he sends all of those people loyal to the Imperial Order and the Pillars of Creation(those with no magic at all) with the intent that in that world there would eventually be no magic because of the interbreeding of the Pillars and the hatred the Order has for magic.

I could see Badkind setting this new series in this other world without magic, but somehow making it possible for Alex Rahl(descended from Jennsen and Tom) to cross back over to the world where the SoT's event occurred. It would explain the names and the use of the word 'Orden' since the new world was created using Orden, anyway.

[Fist Gamet]

Argh! Someone MUST be buying his books, somewhere! I can't believe they would chop down trees (even from managed forests) and waste ink and energy to actually publish more of this man's crap.
Also,that synopsis sounds god-damned awful...

[stone monkey]

I suspect that Tairy is going to use the two worlds as some sort of "moral" lesson; contrasting a society run on utopian objectivist ideals and a heathen hellhole run by some strawman rules that resemble those he doesn't like in the real world. I'm sure his fanboys will leap to say how original, imaginative and groundbreaking he is for doing this...

[Aptorian]

Terez, on Jun 25 2009, 05:40 PM, said:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA...4.html?nid=3336

article said:

The Law of Nines Terry Goodkind. Putnam, $27.95 (512p) ISBN 978-0-399-15604-5
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.)

WTF.

Like mentioned by others in this thread I find it weird how many similarities in this synopsis there is with the SoT series.

The Hero is called Rahl (like Richard Rahl), It takes place in Orden (Boxes of Orden), Woman on the run, different worlds, etc.

Was there not some point where Goodkinds agent or publisher went "Uhm, Terry old boy, loving you putting so much focus on rape in this one, but haven't we seen this before?"

Also, remember people, Goodkind doesn't write fantasy, he writes real stories about real people overcoming great ordeals and raping people.

[Macros]

with chickens

[Obdigore]

Macros, on Jun 25 2009, 04:18 PM, said:

with chickens

Maybe the evil rapists intent on raping her are chicken-men.

EVIL RAPIST CHICKEN MEN.

Incarnate.

[Vengeance]

Ummmm didn't Terry Brooks do something very similar but slightly different...

Let me check....

Yep Magic Kingdom for sale SOLD.....

Quote

In his first non-Shannara novel, he takes on another well-worn premise: the contemporary Earthling transported to a fantasy world. Ben Holiday is a lawyer who finds little satisfaction in his work. His yearning for a simpler life seems thwarted when he finds the magic kinddom of Landover, a close analogy of Earth, with precariously balanced powers threatening each other, massive pollution, and general discontent centering on a lack of faith in leaders.

Switch the locals and add some rape scenes and TG isn't going to be able to touch his boot straps....

-Vengeance didn't like the original that much...

[RangerSG]

You know, threads like this are a good thing. I get so overawed reading Jim Butcher, Neal Stephenson, and Steven Erikson sometimes that I look at my own stuff and go; "What the heck and I thinking trying to be a writer."

But then I realize that clowns like Badkind get published and become best sellers. And I realize that maybe the hill isn't quite as steep as I thought.

[Obdigore]

RangerSG, on Jun 25 2009, 04:31 PM, said:

You know, threads like this are a good thing. I get so overawed reading Jim Butcher, Neal Stephenson, and Steven Erikson sometimes that I look at my own stuff and go; "What the heck and I thinking trying to be a writer."

But then I realize that clowns like Badkind get published and become best sellers. And I realize that maybe the hill isn't quite as steep as I thought.

No, its more

'gently rolling hills.... DEVILS DROP... gently roling hills.'

Aka trash trash trash AMAZING trash trash trash.

I'm bad at symbologism. (yes I know, it was a joke).

[Werthead]

I linked Terez's godlike rewriting of the blurb on Westeros, so Foreverlad on Westeros had to up the ante:



Stunning.

[Terez]

If only it had a music track with The Beatles' 'Revolution #9' it would be perfect.

[HoosierDaddy]

Why does Tairy seem pleased in that cardboard cutout? Was it taken right after taking a ridiculous moral stand and kicking a girl in the face? Or is he just thinking about rape again.

[Werthead]

I have no idea. All I know is that if I looked in the mirror and saw Terry Goodkind looking back at me I'd scream like a maniac and run out into the garden before falling to my knees in unnecessary slow motion and screaming, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" at the skies.

[HoosierDaddy]

Werthead, on Jun 25 2009, 07:43 PM, said:

I have no idea. All I know is that if I looked in the mirror and saw Terry Goodkind looking back at me I'd scream like a maniac and run out into the garden before falling to my knees in unnecessary slow motion and screaming, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" at the skies.

Wrong. The correct solution to that problem is: "Cut. Cut. Cut again. Never stop cutting." Your wrists, obviously. That's the type of decisive action Tairy can get behind.

[Sindriss]

Lala this sounds ridiculous, but should we be surprised??

[Terez]

I think that, despite our low expectations of Tairy, we actually expected him to come up with a new story.