Comments on: Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth Series http://www.coolay.com/2008/01/01/terry-goodkinds-sword-of-truth-series/ Anything Goes Hobby Blog Sat, 17 May 2008 13:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: skysenshi http://www.coolay.com/2008/01/01/terry-goodkinds-sword-of-truth-series/#comment-197 skysenshi Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:36:01 +0000 http://www.coolay.com/2008/01/01/terry-goodkinds-sword-of-truth-series/#comment-197 I agree with about 7 of the Wizard's Rules and don't really mind his philosophies. It's when the monologues reach more than 3 pages that I start skimming. Haha! I'm a bit curious about Ayn Rand, too. Read about her in Terry Goodkind's Wikipedia bio. I agree with about 7 of the Wizard’s Rules and don’t really mind his philosophies. It’s when the monologues reach more than 3 pages that I start skimming. Haha!

I’m a bit curious about Ayn Rand, too. Read about her in Terry Goodkind’s Wikipedia bio.

]]> By: andy http://www.coolay.com/2008/01/01/terry-goodkinds-sword-of-truth-series/#comment-196 andy Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:39:57 +0000 http://www.coolay.com/2008/01/01/terry-goodkinds-sword-of-truth-series/#comment-196 "While Goodkind’s works, in fact, are under the fantasy genre, I noticed that he waxes philosophical. Sometimes overly so." I've read on some other boards that he mostly takes his philosophy from Ayn Rand (who wrote Atlas Shrugged). I haven't read Rand yet but I might pick it up one of these days. One of the reasons that I like this series so much is that I see myself agreeing with the philosophy of life. “While Goodkind’s works, in fact, are under the fantasy genre, I noticed that he waxes philosophical. Sometimes overly so.”

I’ve read on some other boards that he mostly takes his philosophy from Ayn Rand (who wrote Atlas Shrugged). I haven’t read Rand yet but I might pick it up one of these days.

One of the reasons that I like this series so much is that I see myself agreeing with the philosophy of life.

]]> By: skysenshi http://www.coolay.com/2008/01/01/terry-goodkinds-sword-of-truth-series/#comment-195 skysenshi Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:21:50 +0000 http://www.coolay.com/2008/01/01/terry-goodkinds-sword-of-truth-series/#comment-195 <strong>** SPOILER ALERT **</strong> Just in case you're wondering if Goodkind does create wonderful male characters...he does. They happen to be rare...and he just has the nasty habit of killing some of them off. As for why I didn't like <i>Pillars of Creation</i>, well...If you took out the people that made you like the series in the first place and put the protagonist's pointless half-sister Jennsen in the limelight, you don't really have anything solid to hold on to. With my interest abating at book 4, I didn't really appreciate having a totally unrelated story (with totally unfamiliar characters) being inserted in book 7. I guess this book would've been great as a standalone, but since I already knew the truth before Jennsen did, I just got annoyed with every misguided decision she makes throughout the book. And guess what? You could take her out of <i>Confessor</i> and it wouldn't have mattered. ** SPOILER ALERT **

Just in case you’re wondering if Goodkind does create wonderful male characters…he does. They happen to be rare…and he just has the nasty habit of killing some of them off.

As for why I didn’t like Pillars of Creation, well…If you took out the people that made you like the series in the first place and put the protagonist’s pointless half-sister Jennsen in the limelight, you don’t really have anything solid to hold on to. With my interest abating at book 4, I didn’t really appreciate having a totally unrelated story (with totally unfamiliar characters) being inserted in book 7. I guess this book would’ve been great as a standalone, but since I already knew the truth before Jennsen did, I just got annoyed with every misguided decision she makes throughout the book. And guess what? You could take her out of Confessor and it wouldn’t have mattered.

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