tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post6227539280979257404..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: Terry Goodkind's retirement from fantasy turns out to be a bit misleadingAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-77430386243569447892009-09-20T11:28:08.127+00:002009-09-20T11:28:08.127+00:00Just finished SoT and thought it was worth a quick...Just finished SoT and thought it was worth a quick google after Nathan's throw away line at the end<br /><br />"Now i understand that prophecy: 'someday,someone born not of this world will have to save it'." <br />"We'll have to work out te details later"<br /><br />and hey presto this sounds like result. :0)<br /><br />I'll read it! i just hope goodkind cuts down on the whole repeating everything 2 or 3 times per speech. <br /><br />P.s @ Anonymous if its Amnell thats just wrong!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255351080483107383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-3394633135526628632009-08-22T10:03:26.523+00:002009-08-22T10:03:26.523+00:00OK, I read it, and I have to say it wasn't ter...OK, I read it, and I have to say it wasn't terrible. Although, I think "stunningly original" is stretching the truth just a bit. It's not a sequel so much as a new story set, centuries later, in the same "universe." By the way, I hope you're up to date on your String Theory. <br /><br />If you've read SoT, then you will be having Wizard's First Rule flashbacks the entire time. He doesn't get overly preachy with the philosophy, at least not compared with the last few SoT books, so at least there's that.<br /><br />Overall, I'd have to say I enjoyed it. If you were still on relatively good terms with Goodkind after SoT, then you should enjoy it as well. There are plenty of references to the series, so you get that nice "I know more than you do" feeling in many places. Plenty of Fan Service. In the end, I'd recommend giving it a chance.<br /><br />P.S.- I'll give you one guess as to what Jax's last name is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-8174352120617010412009-08-21T12:24:05.554+00:002009-08-21T12:24:05.554+00:00I've always loved Terry Goodkind's work. I...I've always loved Terry Goodkind's work. I refuse to judge a book by its cover. I look forward to reading it. You hate Goodkind's morals and themes? Everyone trashing it before they read it need to gain some morals of their own. Try writing a book instead of trashing it. I have and it isn't easy. Keep up the good work Terry.<br /> JudyJudynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-68487667144304746952009-08-20T14:14:43.600+00:002009-08-20T14:14:43.600+00:00"As for people reading the novel for "co..."As for people reading the novel for "comedy value" - isn't there something better to do with your time?"<br /><br />How can a good laugh be a waste of time?Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983499715619410802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-260077896899856612009-07-20T05:01:57.722+00:002009-07-20T05:01:57.722+00:00To be honest no one knows what this book is about ...To be honest no one knows what this book is about yet everyone is judging the book by its cover (or a one paragraph review).<br /><br />I for one am looking forward to it. As for people reading the novel for "comedy value" - isn't there something better to do with your time?Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-66730602831893363862009-06-30T23:15:47.513+00:002009-06-30T23:15:47.513+00:00Nope, as that would involve Feeding the Yeard.
Go...Nope, as that would involve Feeding the Yeard.<br /><br />Goodkind's books do definitely fall into the 'so bad they are good' category, but to get to the gems (banning fire, running naked into battle in the snow for camouflage, the evil chicken, the noble goat, being punished for mass murder by being shanghaied into a soccer team) you have to wade through an awful lot of sludge. That is why there are chapter-summary sites and similar resources which are much more useful.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-92014003747600205062009-06-30T16:29:37.069+00:002009-06-30T16:29:37.069+00:00Guys, due respect, but it was hard not to roll my ...Guys, due respect, but it was hard not to roll my eyes a bit reading this thread...you all think this guy is so awful and such a joke, and yet it sounds like you all read the entire Sword of Truth series, and you're gonna read this new one "as a joke" or "for a laugh" or whatever? C'mon...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-87289077312831911362009-06-28T22:51:54.686+00:002009-06-28T22:51:54.686+00:00Oh this really really makes me want to read this b...Oh this really really makes me want to read this book! Will I laugh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-91660985168699255062009-06-28T21:19:28.997+00:002009-06-28T21:19:28.997+00:00This is extremely funny. You've made my day.This is extremely funny. You've made my day.Kat Hooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16960395513096788865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-19765567573167446102009-06-28T04:49:58.439+00:002009-06-28T04:49:58.439+00:00Good to know that we are evolved from rapists and ...Good to know that we are evolved from rapists and murderers... <br /><br />Maybe paleontologists can finally explain the missing link.bloggeratfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13070448374018984315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-72930157419795395692009-06-26T22:57:19.621+00:002009-06-26T22:57:19.621+00:00After seeing that photoshopped image, why do I hav...After seeing that photoshopped image, why do I have this urge to say, "Kneel before Zod!"? :(Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-934371791990102312009-06-25T23:35:57.087+00:002009-06-25T23:35:57.087+00:00Magnificent:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9...Magnificent:<br /><br />http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9797/tehlawofnines.png<br /><br />(courtesy of Foreverlad on Westeros.org)<br /><br />Photoshop is very unforgiving in these matters.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-56506316103172086382009-06-25T23:28:17.279+00:002009-06-25T23:28:17.279+00:00Seriously. It's probably a sequel of sorts wi...Seriously. It's probably a sequel of sorts with the Imperial Order in our world (that just makes sense given the naming), because otherwise - the man's Fantasy Name Generator must have broke if he's recycling already.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-424969317712600662009-06-25T23:23:48.984+00:002009-06-25T23:23:48.984+00:00@ Terez
Goodkind's philosophy was a bit fuzzy...@ Terez<br /><br />Goodkind's philosophy was a bit fuzzy. It was something like that evil is innate to those who chose not to live their lives ('death-choosers') and thus could never be redeemed or swap sides, unless they were hot chicks, in which case they could. It wasn't well-defined.<br /><br />@ Joe<br /><br />It's 'stunningly' something and no mistake.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-47693640767684381862009-06-25T23:10:08.935+00:002009-06-25T23:10:08.935+00:00@ Terez: No, no. Didn't you read the cover? ...@ Terez: No, no. Didn't you read the cover? This is a stunningly original novel.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-74913231368902065812009-06-25T21:44:12.378+00:002009-06-25T21:44:12.378+00:00Oh. Fuck. This.Oh. Fuck. This.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785640924901261189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-49109189368413740402009-06-25T21:32:09.174+00:002009-06-25T21:32:09.174+00:00Well, I suggest not reading this book - not even f...Well, I suggest not reading this book - not even for the comedy value. I mean, he already did that for too long in the Sword of Truth series... preaching his values over and over.Longaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315739202508784897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-58534939660339155872009-06-25T21:10:08.946+00:002009-06-25T21:10:08.946+00:00No-one said Goodkind had to make sense. He just ha...No-one said Goodkind had to make sense. He just has to repeat it until you vomit.Swainsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12868686527341125913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-35701745377184637422009-06-25T19:00:33.307+00:002009-06-25T19:00:33.307+00:00Oh alright, I see what you were saying now. That ...Oh alright, I see what you were saying now. That makes more sense.<br /><br />The thing that gets me about Goodkind is that for all his talk about the nobility of the human race, he passed up on the chance for a revolution in the Imperial Order army (there were only a handful from the army to join the good guys), passed up on the chance to bring the wildfire revolution in the Old World into the ending, and the only solution in the end was to transport the Axis of Evil into an alternate universe, along with all of Richard's inconvenient family members who so nobly wanted to live in a world with millions of murdering madmen.Terezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417142245785029171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-75009266823570094422009-06-25T18:50:51.589+00:002009-06-25T18:50:51.589+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Terezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417142245785029171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-54538795784000663562009-06-25T18:28:07.985+00:002009-06-25T18:28:07.985+00:00If it isn't a sequel, then it's merely a s...<b>If it isn't a sequel, then it's merely a sign that Goodkind has gone Full Retard in writing this one.</b><br /><br />But you should NEVER go full retard !!!<br /><br />:)Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976148736801707999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-12809700382987289272009-06-25T17:48:20.324+00:002009-06-25T17:48:20.324+00:00Well it sounds like a sequel. The Imperial Order g...Well it sounds like a sequel. The Imperial Order guys came through and 'founded' our world, and I'm guessing that it's all kicked off again back in Rahlworld.<br /><br />If it isn't a sequel, then it's merely a sign that Goodkind has gone Full Retard in writing this one.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-11367103323276532022009-06-25T17:34:33.099+00:002009-06-25T17:34:33.099+00:00Is it a sequel, though? Or just completely unorig...Is it a sequel, though? Or just completely unoriginal?<br /><br />Because weren't the bad guys left on the real world where the chimes were destroying magic, and the "good" people went to a world with magic? And didn't all of Richard's hole-in-the-world siblings and cousins stay on the world with the chimes and the bad guys? So how could this Jax person have magic if she is from that world with the bad guys?<br /><br />I already regret finishing SoT - but I might try to find a free copy of this when it comes out, for lulz.Terezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417142245785029171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-78054999163524418602009-06-25T17:26:26.355+00:002009-06-25T17:26:26.355+00:00Is that plot summary a joke? Or is that really wha...Is that plot summary a joke? Or is that really what the book is about? <br /><br />The sad thing is, I'll proabably read it just for the comedy value.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983499715619410802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-8738544551932947252009-06-25T16:59:34.802+00:002009-06-25T16:59:34.802+00:00This is completely ridiculous...
Goodkind is luc...This is completely ridiculous... <br /><br />Goodkind is lucky to still have a worthy name and readers... but then, I really don't understand why...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109618053126464164noreply@blogger.com