Loved him at the beginning of the series, but by the end of Confessor I was really pissed off at Terry Goodkind. I don't want to give anything away, but the way all the problems were solved made every other victory or loss inconsequential, just boom and everything is over in a few pages. The phantom military tactics didn't matter, all the war waging parts didn't matter, nothing. Very anticlimactic. And this is from the guy who dissed other authors for solving issues with magic.
Terry Good Kind, David Gemmell, Robert Jordan, Raymond Feist, Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin, Lee Stephen, Tolkien, Eric Nylund, Robert Ludlum, George R. R. Martin, David Michaels, David Sherman & Dab Cragg, Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Gene Wolfe, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Orson Scott Card, Ray Bradbury, and Jack Campbell are most of my favorite authors thus far. I love their shit. There are a few other authors that I like a lot too but don't have enough room, lol.
He's an arrogant dick. It only comes through a little bit in the beginning of this interview though, go out on the 'net and read some more of them. He likes to put down the fantasy genre, claiming his books are something more special. It's crap. His books are pretty much cookie-cutter fantasy with a huge heaping of preachy Ayn Rand-iness. The guy forces his political ideals down your throat with the stories. Also borrows a lot of his stuff from Robert Jordan (a MUCH better author).
@AlexanderLogain I'd love to see you write a book. I guarantee you would do the same thing by shoving you're philosophies and ideals down people's throats. That's what almost all writers do these days (note I said "almost" all, not all). Their conveying their sense of philosophy and beliefs in their story. Get over it. If you can't get passed the idea that a writer is doing that than why even read their material at all? And yes, Robert Jordan is a BAMF.
Started the first book... couldn't get far into it. It's 1- So predictable (They TELL us that Zedd is the Wizard Khalan looks for, long before meeting him. They TELL us that Michael will betray Richard) and, worst, so full of contradiction and illogical stuff (Rahl hates and fear fire, yet burn Zedd's house; Richard is the Seeker of truth, yet believe what a girl he just met and knows nothing of tells him; 50 guys think they lost their penis while they didn't, etc.). So many bad stuff so quickly
What I LOVE about these books is the underlying plots and subtext, the complexity of relationships and the reasoning that goes on in Richard's head. The character and plot development is nothing short of awesome, and if I do have any compaints, is that there's way too much exposition. I find myself scanning flashbacks mainly to find a detail that I may have missed or needed a reminder of. The books, in my opinion, are far superior to the tv show.
Just letting everyone know that I am a first time published author. My book Rasciss tells the story of Hollowawk a man who literally defied death and now must face the wrath of petty gods. Come onto my channel and check out the promo video I made for Rasciss, leave a comment and if you like what you see than please pick yourself up a copy and let me know what you thought about it!
0:34 Omg he smiles like he finds himself the most ingenious man in this world after he says "the difference is that in my world faeries can make you bleed"
well seeing that this is the video with the most comments i thought id give it a shot so here goes nothing
i am currently reading the temple of the winds atm and i was wondering if somebody who has read all or most of the sword of truth books could tell me which chapter each wizard's rule is located without revealing what the rule exactly is (preferably wizard's rules 4 through 10 and 11 if possible)
@Necronomiconer Well i've read the entire series and i can tell you that the rules are scattered purposefully across the entire series. I'd suggest reading it and hopefully they will make sense as the are revealed =)
Terry Goodkind uses a Macintosh Computer to write his stories. He uses Microsoft Office for the Mac to write his stories. Apple Macintosh > Windows Personal Machine
could somebody possibly tell me the location to the wizards rules 4 through 11 is without revealing what they are....i just want to know the chapter they are revealed in through out the series
If you like Goodkind, you'll definitely appreciate 'A Murder of Crows', by Alexandre J. Wynne. There's less magic than in 'A Sword of Truth' series, but I've found the writing style to be equally beautiful, the characters just as fleshed out, and the messages as poignant.
I recently finished Wizards First Rule and now I'm somewhere around the middle of Stone of Tears. I'm very impressed. Was looking for a great fantasy and found one. Thanks, Goodkind.
mais pourquoi tu dit pas quand tu va traduire en francais le dernier tome de cette super serie, j'aimerai savoir ce qui va devenir de kalhan, etre proche du denouement et ne rien savoir c'est une catastrophe.... Go faire traduire svp
UNIVERSAL MOVIE STUDIOS should record (?) a real movies about every book of Goodkind. Not Tv sitcom, because it's poor and stupid. It should be a huge, beautiful story-movie like The lord of the rings... !!
@TwoNNsB is that true, please respond to me these books are the treasures of my life, please i am begging if you are reading this, respond to me with some info about the 2011 novel
This 2007 interview is authoritative proof that the pronunciation of Kahlan as "kay-lynn" on Legend of the Seeker is the same as used by Terry Goodkind.
it was truely by accident that I came upon this Sword of Truth series as a friend of mine had the Stone of Tears. It was given to her from a friends to get her out of a downer and she passed it on to me many years later. But, I couldn't read it as I had to read the first book! It just went from there....I am enjoying the series as I am up to Phantom. It was ironic too as I started reading the series, it just started as a TV series here in Australia.
Goodkind is an amazing writer. Who cares if he emulates other authors? The fantasy genre is a welcoming one, one where we all share our ideas. The Sword of Truth was the first fantasy series that I read, and I still consider it to be the best that I've ever read. Terry Goodkind has been extremely influential in my writing and my perception of the world. He contributed to my talents as a writer, and because of his books, I left Christianity. That shows how much of an impact he makes.
I enjoyed the first three books of his, then his writing changed and I started to read his responses to fans and interviews and the impact it had on me was astounding. I feel like we have complete opposite views of the man and that will not change, and I will not try to change your view with blabber but all I ask is that you take some time and find out more about him and what he thinks of the fantasy genre, and what he thinks of his fans that to be honest sound a lot like you.
Also Vladimir, I agree with you that fantasy is very welcoming. It amazes me how a man with so much success from it can denounce it as he continues to use it as a "means". Maybe take a look at some the fan pages dedicated to Terry and SoT. There are websites dedicated to outing Terry for what he is, and you can find quotes there.
I haven't really researched him as a man, more as an author. I just researched what he thought of fantasy, and I agree with you, he is a bit of a jerk.
Try David Gemmell, He is the only fantasy author that tops Goodkind in my book. Same expression of human themes and character development. But i find it a little more fast paced and more realistic. Legend is my favorite book by Gemmell. Try it out.
@ceaserowns1 Na only one I reckon that does just a good of job as Goodkind is Feist..... Gemmells Troy series was the best....his writeing is owesome only thing I dont like about him is the fact is Main Characters change all the time... just as u get to like The Main person by the next book hes ither dead or 2 old... Legend was cool 2... just didint follow on
In terms of Gemmell's main characters changing i can see how some people would have a problem with it but for me it just adds to the realism. The overall message in Gemmell's books is: Shit happens, people die, its not about winning or losing it's about never giving up.
@ceaserowns1 Ya totaly man... I just like hearing about a range of main characters that you can fully explore over an entire series rather than some basic info about a character to get the story across an is then killed off for anather random character to come into the next book in the series. Didint like gemmels dranei or rigante series but his Troy series was epic..10++ on that... Helikaon is the coolest character invented
I have so much anger for this man. Anyone who reads Terrys books without first doing some research into who he is and how he continually treats his fans and the genre in which made him successful really needs to catch up cause this poor excuse for a man deserves none of it.
I think what everyone is failing to understand is that Terry Goodkind is a man who has abused the fantasy genre in every way imaginable. He has blatantly taken ideas from other fantasy authors, and yet denies he reads other fantasy, continually disrespects his fans and above all this he finishes an insanely drawn out obnoxious story with claims of joy to be rid of the confines of the fantasy genre. Only to begin the same story over using present day yet in a FANTASY themed story.
Lol sure, I have never met the guy or asked him a question personally but I did frequent his website when it was strictly SoT and read most of the question and answer sessions on the forums, and if you can find them you will see what I am talking about. I have gone out my way to watch interviews with him on youtube. I have no personal dislike for the man other then what I have read from his own hand and heard from his own mouth. He is ego amplified and is full of it.
Also, what makes you think anyone that reads books would give a shit about whether other books are better or not? Do people go "OH SHIT GOLDING OR DICKENS IS BETTER" Hell no, no one cares, if you're opinion is dependent purely on such a trivial thing and you spend your time trying to make yourself superior to people that enjoy a certain book you need to get a life.
Jeebus, his comment on evil, that's like the exact same thing I said to someone when we were discussing ethics a few years ago! Hmm... about the same time I read Atlas Shrugged, too..
You guys getting hot and bothered over a book? C'mon I think anyone can see what's wrong with that. Its a made up story written for our enjoyment. If you do not enjoy it that's great! If you do enjoy it, guess what, that's great too!
it went like this for me books 1-6 10/10 books 7-8 8/10 books 9-11 2/10 the last 3 were basically a slap in da face lets repeat everything over and over and over until it sucks any sence of anticipation outta the books argh just finished confessor a few days ago.. im fkin disgusted.
The series is amazing, I've read almost every book and they're the best books I've ever read...but...this Goodkind guy seems really arrogant. He thinks he's created a whole genre of his own. Yeah, he's a bestseller, but that's aiming a bit high.
Plus his new series is basically based on SOT ideas. I was really hoping for something new.
I'm going to get a ton of thumbs down, but Goodkind is a terrible writer. One-dimensional insipid characters, a magic system he seems to make up on the fly to suit the plot, deus ex machina everywhere, repetitive conversations between characters at the worst possible times plot-wise... he's just horrible. I've read a (whole) lot of fantasy, and while he's not the worst (by a small margin), he's certainly not the best and should have stopped with a trilogy and moved on to a different career.
I'm reading "A Game of Thrones" by George R. R. Martin, and am enjoying it quite a bit. As fantasy goes, I recommend Raymond Feist (Magician Apprentice & Master), David Eddings (The Belgariad), Terry Brooks (the first 7 Shannara books, at least), Tad Williams (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn), J.V. Jones (The Book of Words), L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Saga of Recluse), Robert Howard (Conan), and of course Tolkien. Also Brian Lumley's Necroscope series for contemporary horror/sci-fi/fantasy (awesome series).
yea, i have game of thrones, haven't started it yet (a couple pages). Thanks for the recommendations. Oh, just started the King Maker, King Breaker books? i think there's only two. Karen Miller. It's seems like i already know the whole plot though. typical reluctant hero that comes from nothing story.
how can you recomend Eddings, and say Goodkind has a repetative dialogue? Goodkinds problem is that he goes too far into explaining Richards ideology in every book, it goes too far. while 90% of all of Eddings conversations ends with: "Who me?" or " i try" seriusly, it started skipping all the dead weight conversations in the Eddings books 'cause they where essentialy identical everytime.
Easily. I've read just about everything by Eddings, and would gladly read it all again a dozen times rather than read another Goodkind novel. Eddings dialog was occasionally weak, but at least it was believable. Goodkind's dialog is, generally, worse than what you'd find in a typical soap opera. Pages of characters arguing the same points back and forth and never resolving anything. That's dead weight.
Hey man im not downing you at all but i woud just like to put my input. You said that the magic system was invented on the fly. WHAT MAGIC SYSTEM IN ANY BOOK DOSENT SEEM TO BE MADE ON THE FLY. Examples Harry Potter, The Belgariad series, Lord of the Rings. Again im not crticing you im just adding my input becuse that magic system statement baffled me.
I mean on the fly as in when a problem comes up, suddenly the ability to counter that problem becomes part of Richard's magical repertoire, in spite of Goodkind beating the reader over the head about how Dick has no idea how to use his magic.
For example, being able to sense the Mriswrith, able to open doors no one else can, or how about finding a single book amidst thousands by CLOSING HIS EYES AND WALKING AROUND. Magic in SoT exists simply to fix crappy plot holes.
what are you talkin about dawg. his last three books were his most famous and were all best sellers lol. One dimensional insipid? give an example of one character that's like that.
Go to a bookstore and take a good look at the contents of the shelves. Almost every book will have, somewhere on the cover, "#1 Best Seller". Best seller doesn't mean jack squat. One-dimensional and insipid: Richard (Full of TRUTH and NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH), Kahlan (She loves Richard, a lot. So much that we are reminded of it every few paragraphs in scenes with Kahlan). His last few books were nothing more than vehicles for his idiotic Ayn Rand-ian philosophy, a word he can't even pronounce.
How many books have you even read from the series lol. Thats obviously not true. Basically every main character is round and has a good amount of depth and is capable of introspection. You probably read an excerpt and naturally assumed they were all like that or your an idiot for reading the whole series if that was truly your opinion. No one reads 11 straight books thinking its stupid.
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"read an excerpt"... right... the only idiot here is you for presuming to know what I've read "dawg". When I invest the time in a series, I'm usually compelled to finish it no matter how bad it is (WoT, for example). SoT is the exception to that. To each their own, you love the series, I think it's terrible and find Goodkind to be a pretentious jackass. My assertions are a note wrapped around a brick thrown through the window, to quote TG himself.
I only base any opinion of whether you read it or not off your idiotic character analysis'.
If you waist your time reading these books knowing that you don't like them only points to the fact that you're probably an overweight acne ridden nerd that hasn't seen the light of day in months. Thus I could really care less about your pathetic existence
Frankly nobody cares if you like it or not. Consider it for a moment and go outside for once.
Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one and they all stink. But if you want to go throwing uninformed and idiotic assumptions around, I can play that too. You're probably a mid-teens virgin who thinks he knows everything about everything, and is never wrong.
Frankly, I don't give a shit what you think about me. Consider it for a moment and then go fuck yourself, asshole.
Are you trying to pick on the most minute details of my writing and language when you're responding with a poorly written and horribly proofread sentence? Does it make you feel like a bigger man?
lack of capitalisation and spacing is due to laziness. your mistake was due to having never thought much about what you're actually saying. I don''t call saying the exact opposite of what you intended to say a "minute detail".
It isn't "capitalization" in England where I live, you ignorant cretin. Look it up. Silly Americans making themselves look foolish. And it's not something that only I care about, I think if you're saying the exact opposite of what you meant to say that's something most people would care about. Face it, you're just wrong. You were wrong about my spelling of capitalisation and you're wrong about this, because you are a mentally sub normal.
Wow, how pretentious can you possibly be? I'm mentally subnormal now? Do you think you're so cool trying to insult people over the internet? There's nothing wrong about it, that's purely your laughably arrogant opinion. The correct spelling is capitalization. America trumps England anyhow. Youtube=American. You=Idiot
hahaha is that so? so because youtube is owned by an american company, my spelling, the original and older spelling of the word, becomes incorrect? how exactly does that work? how about the fact that youtube prompted me for my region and set it as United Kingdom? i'm probably using British servers in London. the pound trumps the dollar and we both have plenty of nuclear weapons so how exactly does america trump england? you're sounding more and more like a man backed into a corner.
Backed into a corner? It's an internet argument. You've clearly stated that it was your opinion summing it up with the words "I think". Is it now your belief that your opinion is more valid then that of anyone else's? How could you possibly validate your argument if you've already stated its an opinion?
Don't even try with the Britain is better bullshit. We have last I recall 6 times your stockpile of nukes, 5 times the military strength as well as a stronger economy even when we're at an all time low.
we dont need that many nukes, we have enough to hit every major american city 5 times over anyway and if you fired all of yours the fallout and nuclear winter would kill you too. the whole point is mutually assured destruction. neither of us can use them but if you invaded us we'd have nothing to lose so we would anyway. and also you can't even hold onto two tiny countries in the middle east, or vietnam, imagine how you'd contend with a rich, well armed country like england.
i think you're just angry because you've been exposed for having a terrible taste in literature, although i really hesitate to call this tripe literature. did you like reading about characters called zeddicus zul zorander, did you? did you? did you like it? aww.
lots of people bought the da vinci code but that doesnt change the fact that it contains the sentence "The famous man looked at the red cup". i bet you loved that too, didn't you? the sword of truth series is just a tawdry waste of ink crammed with stock themes and prose that a child would be ashamed to write and you loved it. you lapped it up, and to reflect its mediocrity, you're throwing around mediocre and tired arguments like "hey maaaan, that's just like, your opinion!".
Ah! Perfect, this is a perfect example of your ignorance. First of all my argument wasn't that it's your opinion but the fact that you cited it as undeniable truth. That's an outright logical fallacy. You state your opinion with the words "I think" making it clear that the subject is subjective. Then you try to argue that you're opinion makes me wrong.
That's hilarious. You claim intellectual superiority but you can't even see the clear contradiction in your argument.
Want me to put it in simpler terms for it? It's not that it's your opinion but that you tried to play your opinion as a fact. Then you cited your opinion as the basis of your argument.
I thought you'd of been smart enough to see that but clearly you're not.
As for the book itself the fact that an argument is repeated doesn't make it an illogical argument. Once more I point out the logical fallacy in that. Repetition does not invalidate an argument. As for mediocrity? Need I throw out the word subjective again?
They're good stories, even though there are some spots of not particularly great writing.. What, are you trying to judge this series on the same level as "The Sun Also Rises?" Sure, that had writing that you'd probably assume a child can't write, but who the hell really cares about an impotent story about an impotent man?
well pretty much every single literary scholar ever would disagree with you on that and would laugh at you if you presented them with the "Sword of Truth" series as a serious challenge to an author like Hemmingway. i mean everyone would just laugh at you. what makes you, for even a single instant, think that your opinion even measures up slightly against the opinion of serious academics? And honestly? Good stories? Darken Rahl turns out to be Richard's father. I mean honestly? honestly?
Took you a month to come up with that? What makes you think I give a shit about anyone else's opinion? Are you so elitist that you think simply because your opinion may possibly be reflected by great writers makes you suddenly brilliant? No one said it was a good story but frankly when did something entertaining have to have intellectual worth? Heart of Darkness is a great piece of literature but possibly the most boring bullshit ive ever read. Not everything is dependent on intellectual value.
Serious academics? Dude, they don't contribute anything to society other than a bunch of rubbish to burn... Everyone knows that those "academics" make their living by maintaining that cryptographic, unbelievably "onion-ed," allusions within allusions are advanced. It's almost laughable when you think about how science and math tries to simplify while those idiots are still trying to obscure everything. By the way, they are good stories, and much more entertaining than a flaccid banana.
so basically you don't understand literary theory because it's too complex for you so assume it's all bullshit. yeah....you enjoy reading your childrens books about wizards called zeddicus, i'm sure those SO CALLED "academics" know nothing, with their THINKING and their LOGIC!
art isn't science you total moron, it's much more subtle than that because unlike in shit books like Goodkind's tawdry series, most authors don't explicitly state their meaning every other sentence
So apparently obfuscation of the truth is advanced.. I pity your thoughts on these literary "academics" who are still so backwards. I'm sorry you have to resort to vulgar language to prove your points, but I should have expected it. After all, capitalization is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Actually, I write based on what I think would be the most irritating for your mind. I noticed you like to emphasize words to point out your sarcasm and what you perceive to be very sound arguments (like references to literary academics... whose contributions to society are mostly the janitorial jobs they do after people realize what quack jobs they really are). Also, I like injecting quasi-quotes of somewhat famous books just to further screw with your high school sophomoric literary worship.
No, that was for the purpose of the mental health of all future viewers who might read these comments. Allowing you to think I'm the troll here instead lets you back off without loss of dignity (at least, in your mind). Well, I'm gonna back off now, even though I'm somewhat certain you've prepared statements relating my generosity to cowardice and lack of logical (or LOGICAL, as you say) arguments. May you and future sheep of high school English teachers continue to provide the labor we require.
there are massive holes in your education where there should be none. what does it matter if everyone in britain is wiped out a split second before everyone in america? using nuclear weapons to such a degree that you would destroy an entire country would not only heavily poison your OWN atmosphere with radiation but would also start a nuclear war. do you even understand what mutually assured destruction is? perhaps you should do some serious reading for a change.
To begin with Britain understands that America has military superiority and would avoid mutually assured destruction and not fire its weapons. Then it comes down to pure military strength which America would quite simply destroy.
are you joking? you are joking, right? you can't even hold onto vast swathes of Iraq and Afghanistan after 8 years. Vietnam? another war against a third world country which you lost. britain on the other hand is relatively wealthy. you deleted a comment where you misspelled the word "your", and you responded to an attack on your ignorance of international spelling by going off on some bizarre tangent about how america would beat britain in a war. how old are you? no wonder you read this tripe
To begin with only a fraction of United armed forces is in Iraq maybe 142,000. That's not even 20 percent of current U.S. military strength. There's no question who's stronger. It's an utter joke to compare two military forces and say "oooh but they lost against vietnam that means dey not as strong". The British military only has 21 percent of U.S. man power and about a third of the funding. Saying Britain is going to win is just plain stupid.
I also thinks its been established that no one cares about your opinions. You only garner a response because you act like a douche bag not that you have any intelligent substance in your attacks. You were the one who brought up this whole thing from 3 weeks ago, don't go pointing fingers.
No, actually your issue lies in the fact that your entire argument is based on your opinion of my intentions. That's an outright logical fallacy to cite your own opinion.
YOU are wrong. Not me because it's not my opinion that your argument contradicts itself it's fact that I can actually quote.
The Sword of Truth is my favorite series, but the TV show is awful lol. I don't think they could of cast a worse guy to play Richard, makes it simply unbearable for me to watch. I would of preferred it stay a book, because only something on the production level of the LOTR movies could have done justice to his books.
hmm in a sense i agree the books are alot better but i wouldnt say the tv show is awful because i dont think its that bad putting aside the fact that it does not follow the books at all but its only the first series after people demand for it to be more like the book they will have to otherwise the viewers will go down to like 0
i read Wizards first rule it was by far the longest book i have ever read, it was suprisingly an easy read which was awesome, bbut i don thin icould bring myself to read the other books lol im happy wth the ending of wizards fr
Yea my sister threw the books away when we moved she said the first was the best but it gets worse as it goes along, and some of the other commets hint that aswell, i dunno apaz its reli gory and stuff so im happy with wfr ending. but i probs wil buy it next year or something lol
I picked up his first book because it had a dragon on the front. I had no idea he would become my favorite author. Such a genius. I really appreciate that he closes each book and does not leave a bunch of cliff hangers. I am looking forward to his next series.
I compare Terry Goodkind to Stephen King. I was a fan of The Dark Tower before I ever heard of Terry. I must say though, after finishing the first book last night, I am very pleased. It must be pretty low budget though, because there were alot of grammar errors and the book was printed all crooked. Cheers!
He's such a douche
Scum71succer 2 weeks ago
I've read the Omen machine. It's great but the ones before was better imo. Although I think the next book will be even better.
felixunderline93 3 months ago
Just finished the 2nd to last book. Great series.
sdarms111 4 months ago
Thinking about reading his books.
IwuvKittehs 4 months ago
Loved him at the beginning of the series, but by the end of Confessor I was really pissed off at Terry Goodkind. I don't want to give anything away, but the way all the problems were solved made every other victory or loss inconsequential, just boom and everything is over in a few pages. The phantom military tactics didn't matter, all the war waging parts didn't matter, nothing. Very anticlimactic. And this is from the guy who dissed other authors for solving issues with magic.
tipoomaster 5 months ago
Terry Goodkind is such a douche.
holymadgod 6 months ago
My absolute favorite author, hands down. The way Goodkind has created an entire world is a testament to the philosophy I happen to share with him.
TurboLemur5000 6 months ago 2
Terry Good Kind, David Gemmell, Robert Jordan, Raymond Feist, Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin, Lee Stephen, Tolkien, Eric Nylund, Robert Ludlum, George R. R. Martin, David Michaels, David Sherman & Dab Cragg, Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Gene Wolfe, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Orson Scott Card, Ray Bradbury, and Jack Campbell are most of my favorite authors thus far. I love their shit. There are a few other authors that I like a lot too but don't have enough room, lol.
TrueInnovator159 6 months ago
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TrueInnovator159 6 months ago
He's an arrogant dick. It only comes through a little bit in the beginning of this interview though, go out on the 'net and read some more of them. He likes to put down the fantasy genre, claiming his books are something more special. It's crap. His books are pretty much cookie-cutter fantasy with a huge heaping of preachy Ayn Rand-iness. The guy forces his political ideals down your throat with the stories. Also borrows a lot of his stuff from Robert Jordan (a MUCH better author).
AlexanderLogain 8 months ago
@AlexanderLogain I'd love to see you write a book. I guarantee you would do the same thing by shoving you're philosophies and ideals down people's throats. That's what almost all writers do these days (note I said "almost" all, not all). Their conveying their sense of philosophy and beliefs in their story. Get over it. If you can't get passed the idea that a writer is doing that than why even read their material at all? And yes, Robert Jordan is a BAMF.
TrueInnovator159 6 months ago
Started the first book... couldn't get far into it. It's 1- So predictable (They TELL us that Zedd is the Wizard Khalan looks for, long before meeting him. They TELL us that Michael will betray Richard) and, worst, so full of contradiction and illogical stuff (Rahl hates and fear fire, yet burn Zedd's house; Richard is the Seeker of truth, yet believe what a girl he just met and knows nothing of tells him; 50 guys think they lost their penis while they didn't, etc.). So many bad stuff so quickly
ChevaliersEmeraude 9 months ago
What I LOVE about these books is the underlying plots and subtext, the complexity of relationships and the reasoning that goes on in Richard's head. The character and plot development is nothing short of awesome, and if I do have any compaints, is that there's way too much exposition. I find myself scanning flashbacks mainly to find a detail that I may have missed or needed a reminder of. The books, in my opinion, are far superior to the tv show.
Thank you Mr. Goodkind :D
jasonmcc820 9 months ago
@jasonmcc820 yeah I heard Terry didn't even like the show that he didn't have no part in it other than the use of names and places..
IDiedForYou1776 5 months ago
Nicci got captured and raped byJagang again?? are u fucking serious? fuck you Terry... fuck you.
idrinkalotmorethanu 9 months ago
@idrinkalotmorethanu Heheh :D
Q3hero 8 months ago
The wheel of time series by Robert Jordan is nice too :D
themosthandsomedude 10 months ago
@themosthandsomedude
That's the best series, and SoT is my 2nd fave....
SeekerForViolence 10 months ago
Just letting everyone know that I am a first time published author. My book Rasciss tells the story of Hollowawk a man who literally defied death and now must face the wrath of petty gods. Come onto my channel and check out the promo video I made for Rasciss, leave a comment and if you like what you see than please pick yourself up a copy and let me know what you thought about it!
theabominationuknow 11 months ago
Buy the first 3 goodkind books,pretend there is no 4th because its silly and then just buy ayn rand books,check hitler vid for a laugh.
Whatever4690 11 months ago
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Whatever4690 11 months ago
"not make a series of cliffhangers..." hinthint.. GRRM lol
Is this guy any good? I've never read anything by him
gremlinobel 11 months ago
@gremlinobel
Really, don't bother. It's a steaming mess. Try Erikson - that is good writing.
yyzable 11 months ago
You keep writing them, I'll keep reading them! :D
19NaVi72 1 year ago
Terry Evilmean haha. Im sorry I just had to do that.
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0:34 Omg he smiles like he finds himself the most ingenious man in this world after he says "the difference is that in my world faeries can make you bleed"
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henrique88t 1 year ago
I'm such a pathetic fan, grew up reading and still adore the SoT series, but I still haven't read Confessor!
Thanks much powerghostsenior for upload, life-changing series :)
Seldomane 1 year ago
well seeing that this is the video with the most comments i thought id give it a shot so here goes nothing
i am currently reading the temple of the winds atm and i was wondering if somebody who has read all or most of the sword of truth books could tell me which chapter each wizard's rule is located without revealing what the rule exactly is (preferably wizard's rules 4 through 10 and 11 if possible)
Necronomiconer 1 year ago
@Necronomiconer Well i've read the entire series and i can tell you that the rules are scattered purposefully across the entire series. I'd suggest reading it and hopefully they will make sense as the are revealed =)
ISxI 1 year ago
Raymond Feist is good too
Jamarce3 1 year ago
@Jamarce3 indeed he is. possibly another one of my favorite writers.
He can write realistic characters and epic stories without falling into the depressive and negative mood fantasy books have these days.
powerghostsenior 1 year ago
Terry Goodkind uses a Macintosh Computer to write his stories. He uses Microsoft Office for the Mac to write his stories. Apple Macintosh > Windows Personal Machine
yzak100 1 year ago
This was awesome!!!
JustNikkiNefarious 1 year ago
The prince of darkness of fantasy literature.
fuckhartcourt3 1 year ago
This is one intelligent man.
Jafje 1 year ago
love the series
punkprules 1 year ago
could somebody possibly tell me the location to the wizards rules 4 through 11 is without revealing what they are....i just want to know the chapter they are revealed in through out the series
Necronomiconer 1 year ago
If you like Goodkind, you'll definitely appreciate 'A Murder of Crows', by Alexandre J. Wynne. There's less magic than in 'A Sword of Truth' series, but I've found the writing style to be equally beautiful, the characters just as fleshed out, and the messages as poignant.
PaperPlaneFail 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me Goodkind's mailing address ?
SushiScenester 1 year ago
confessor isnt the end of the seiries a new one is coming out in 2011
darkdestiny661 1 year ago
Awsome my favorite author
Amoraklin 1 year ago
Good interview except he pronounced Kahlan wrong. Everyone knows it's pronounced Kaaahhhh -laahhn - not Kay-lin.
AtrophyOffline 1 year ago
@AtrophyOffline : / i always pronounced it like that :(
BananasAtWar 1 year ago
@AtrophyOffline Umm he wrote the book if he pronounced it Kay-lin than it's Kay-lin not Kaaahhhh=laahhn
lifedragon99 1 year ago
@lifedragon99 Except not. I like the guy and he makes alot of good points - but clearly in this case he is in error.
AtrophyOffline 1 year ago
@AtrophyOffline Uhm how can you say that the writer said the name wrong? He invented it :s
ujlujljkshsdf 1 year ago
I JUST FINISHED BLOOD OF THE FOLD !!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
funkyfacewash 1 year ago
I recently finished Wizards First Rule and now I'm somewhere around the middle of Stone of Tears. I'm very impressed. Was looking for a great fantasy and found one. Thanks, Goodkind.
vcxshgfd 1 year ago
@vcxshgfd i also just finished Wizards First Rule :D amazing book :D just got about 100 pgs into Stone of Tears and i'm digging it. ^_^
BananasAtWar 1 year ago
mais pourquoi tu dit pas quand tu va traduire en francais le dernier tome de cette super serie, j'aimerai savoir ce qui va devenir de kalhan, etre proche du denouement et ne rien savoir c'est une catastrophe.... Go faire traduire svp
MrSeeker81 1 year ago
UNIVERSAL MOVIE STUDIOS should record (?) a real movies about every book of Goodkind. Not Tv sitcom, because it's poor and stupid. It should be a huge, beautiful story-movie like The lord of the rings... !!
weirdmallow 1 year ago
@weirdmallow it would be amazing if they did ^_^
BananasAtWar 1 year ago
@BananasAtWar yes, they should do it! :) i hope... maybe someday...if they HAVE A BRAIN... lol
weirdmallow 1 year ago
I'm extremly excited for Feb 2011, a new Richard and Kahlan novel is being published then.
TwoNNsB 1 year ago 6
@TwoNNsB YAY!!! ^_^
BananasAtWar 1 year ago
@TwoNNsB You mean August 16
McEpicZ 6 months ago
@TwoNNsB is that true, please respond to me these books are the treasures of my life, please i am begging if you are reading this, respond to me with some info about the 2011 novel
thank you
TeoSims 5 months ago
@TeoSims The book came out on August 16th. It is called The Omen Machine and takes place the day after the end of Confessor.
beautifuldragon350 5 months ago
@beautifuldragon350 thank you so much, i just hope it comes out sooner in bulgaria so i can read it faster :)
TeoSims 5 months ago
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This 2007 interview is authoritative proof that the pronunciation of Kahlan as "kay-lynn" on Legend of the Seeker is the same as used by Terry Goodkind.
It's not "kaw-lan" or "kaw-lyn" or "kaw-lun".
baraxor 1 year ago
@baraxor I ALWAYS pronouced it Kay-lynn ^_^ glad i wasn't the only one :D
BananasAtWar 1 year ago
This guy is kinda creepy.....but he writes a good story!
NewBornAssassin11 1 year ago
it was truely by accident that I came upon this Sword of Truth series as a friend of mine had the Stone of Tears. It was given to her from a friends to get her out of a downer and she passed it on to me many years later. But, I couldn't read it as I had to read the first book! It just went from there....I am enjoying the series as I am up to Phantom. It was ironic too as I started reading the series, it just started as a TV series here in Australia.
kiwichickibabe 1 year ago
Goodkind is an amazing writer. Who cares if he emulates other authors? The fantasy genre is a welcoming one, one where we all share our ideas. The Sword of Truth was the first fantasy series that I read, and I still consider it to be the best that I've ever read. Terry Goodkind has been extremely influential in my writing and my perception of the world. He contributed to my talents as a writer, and because of his books, I left Christianity. That shows how much of an impact he makes.
VladimirMilea 1 year ago
I enjoyed the first three books of his, then his writing changed and I started to read his responses to fans and interviews and the impact it had on me was astounding. I feel like we have complete opposite views of the man and that will not change, and I will not try to change your view with blabber but all I ask is that you take some time and find out more about him and what he thinks of the fantasy genre, and what he thinks of his fans that to be honest sound a lot like you.
crocadockp 1 year ago
Also Vladimir, I agree with you that fantasy is very welcoming. It amazes me how a man with so much success from it can denounce it as he continues to use it as a "means". Maybe take a look at some the fan pages dedicated to Terry and SoT. There are websites dedicated to outing Terry for what he is, and you can find quotes there.
crocadockp 1 year ago
Could you give me an example of a website that "outs him for what he is"? I want to see what else he's said.
VladimirMilea 1 year ago
I just typed Terry Gookind Hate, Or Terry Goodkind interview/fan interview. Stuff like that and in 5 minutes you will be on a legit site.
crocadockp 1 year ago
@crocadockp
I don't understand why you can't just post a link. You're doing everything but posting a link, so what's the point of being so coy?
JosieQuatsch 1 year ago
I haven't really researched him as a man, more as an author. I just researched what he thought of fantasy, and I agree with you, he is a bit of a jerk.
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JosieQuatsch 1 year ago
Try David Gemmell, He is the only fantasy author that tops Goodkind in my book. Same expression of human themes and character development. But i find it a little more fast paced and more realistic. Legend is my favorite book by Gemmell. Try it out.
ceaserowns1 1 year ago 7
Thanks, I'll look him up.
VladimirMilea 1 year ago
@ceaserowns1 too bad gememll tied. Skil Ganon was really good imo.
crocadockp 1 year ago
@crocadockp
Yeah, but Gemmell left a crap load of books behind him. After Legend i think the Jon Shannow novels are my favorite.
ceaserowns1 1 year ago
@ceaserowns1 Na only one I reckon that does just a good of job as Goodkind is Feist..... Gemmells Troy series was the best....his writeing is owesome only thing I dont like about him is the fact is Main Characters change all the time... just as u get to like The Main person by the next book hes ither dead or 2 old... Legend was cool 2... just didint follow on
sway0 1 year ago
@sway0
Feist is good.
In terms of Gemmell's main characters changing i can see how some people would have a problem with it but for me it just adds to the realism. The overall message in Gemmell's books is: Shit happens, people die, its not about winning or losing it's about never giving up.
ceaserowns1 1 year ago
@ceaserowns1 Ya totaly man... I just like hearing about a range of main characters that you can fully explore over an entire series rather than some basic info about a character to get the story across an is then killed off for anather random character to come into the next book in the series. Didint like gemmels dranei or rigante series but his Troy series was epic..10++ on that... Helikaon is the coolest character invented
sway0 1 year ago
@sway0
You didnt like Legend? It has its own damn award named after it. I demand you reread!
ceaserowns1 1 year ago
@ceaserowns1 Lol I ment the entire series... Legend was owesome... Druss was just wicked
sway0 1 year ago
@sway0
You have my respect then.
ceaserowns1 1 year ago
@ceaserowns1 lol face it after Helikaon Druss is probibly the best character gemmell eva invented
sway0 1 year ago
@sway0
Druss owns all.
ceaserowns1 1 year ago
@ceaserowns1 haha thats where we disagree bro... lol... Helikaon owns all.... way cooler... more real...invinsible druss is cool 2
sway0 1 year ago
@VladimirMilea then you were never a christian...
arnofourie 1 year ago
@arnofourie No, I was. It's really not open to debate.
VladimirMilea 1 year ago
Just stop reading after Wizards First Rule and you'll enjoy the series immensly.
davosfkn 1 year ago
stoped...
hollman5684 1 year ago
Just read the entire series and you'll love it even more.
VladimirMilea 1 year ago
I have so much anger for this man. Anyone who reads Terrys books without first doing some research into who he is and how he continually treats his fans and the genre in which made him successful really needs to catch up cause this poor excuse for a man deserves none of it.
crocadockp 1 year ago
I think what everyone is failing to understand is that Terry Goodkind is a man who has abused the fantasy genre in every way imaginable. He has blatantly taken ideas from other fantasy authors, and yet denies he reads other fantasy, continually disrespects his fans and above all this he finishes an insanely drawn out obnoxious story with claims of joy to be rid of the confines of the fantasy genre. Only to begin the same story over using present day yet in a FANTASY themed story.
crocadockp 1 year ago
??? I don't get your point. I think you lose your place the story.
hollman5684 1 year ago
What is not to get? I think Goodkind is a fraud who openly bashes his fans and authors that have been the sole reason for his success.
Your sentence did not even make sense...
crocadockp 1 year ago
Could I have some examples? When did he bash his fans? Does he say "fuck off" when you ask for an autograph or something?
VladimirMilea 1 year ago
Lol sure, I have never met the guy or asked him a question personally but I did frequent his website when it was strictly SoT and read most of the question and answer sessions on the forums, and if you can find them you will see what I am talking about. I have gone out my way to watch interviews with him on youtube. I have no personal dislike for the man other then what I have read from his own hand and heard from his own mouth. He is ego amplified and is full of it.
crocadockp 1 year ago
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Also, what makes you think anyone that reads books would give a shit about whether other books are better or not? Do people go "OH SHIT GOLDING OR DICKENS IS BETTER" Hell no, no one cares, if you're opinion is dependent purely on such a trivial thing and you spend your time trying to make yourself superior to people that enjoy a certain book you need to get a life.
funkkiller 2 years ago
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funkkiller 2 years ago
Jeebus, his comment on evil, that's like the exact same thing I said to someone when we were discussing ethics a few years ago! Hmm... about the same time I read Atlas Shrugged, too..
asdfuogh 2 years ago
You guys getting hot and bothered over a book? C'mon I think anyone can see what's wrong with that. Its a made up story written for our enjoyment. If you do not enjoy it that's great! If you do enjoy it, guess what, that's great too!
dlourash 2 years ago
You know what scares me the most Terry? People who think they are intelligent but are actually stupid. aka you.
crocadockp 2 years ago
I love that he's an Objectivist. I only wish the TV-series would reflect it as strongly as the books do.
ErikNikolai 2 years ago
very intelligent take on evil ... I love his books, thanks for sharing
bclifecoach 2 years ago
it went like this for me books 1-6 10/10 books 7-8 8/10 books 9-11 2/10 the last 3 were basically a slap in da face lets repeat everything over and over and over until it sucks any sence of anticipation outta the books argh just finished confessor a few days ago.. im fkin disgusted.
theoriginalhawkeye 2 years ago
i have a question for you: how thee FUCK did you think of the sword of truth series books?
Frzenhotdog 2 years ago
Excellent books! I love the characters he created, completely genius
Goddess167989 2 years ago 2
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It's not Richard's fault that he's 4'8" and loves an ugly freckled shemale, oh wait thats the T.V. version never mind. :P
woohooblah 2 years ago
I love this series. It was an amazing read from beginning to end <3
Ichichan0326 2 years ago
I haven't read any SOT books, but Goodkind seems like a really nice fellow! I wish him continued success!
OculusCognitus 2 years ago
The series is amazing, I've read almost every book and they're the best books I've ever read...but...this Goodkind guy seems really arrogant. He thinks he's created a whole genre of his own. Yeah, he's a bestseller, but that's aiming a bit high.
Plus his new series is basically based on SOT ideas. I was really hoping for something new.
BRMCluv 2 years ago 2
I'm going to get a ton of thumbs down, but Goodkind is a terrible writer. One-dimensional insipid characters, a magic system he seems to make up on the fly to suit the plot, deus ex machina everywhere, repetitive conversations between characters at the worst possible times plot-wise... he's just horrible. I've read a (whole) lot of fantasy, and while he's not the worst (by a small margin), he's certainly not the best and should have stopped with a trilogy and moved on to a different career.
anaphrodisiac 2 years ago
what has better characters and emotion? i'm not challenging, i'm actually serious. i loved goodkind, i'm looking for something else to read now
shipuuga 2 years ago
I'm reading "A Game of Thrones" by George R. R. Martin, and am enjoying it quite a bit. As fantasy goes, I recommend Raymond Feist (Magician Apprentice & Master), David Eddings (The Belgariad), Terry Brooks (the first 7 Shannara books, at least), Tad Williams (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn), J.V. Jones (The Book of Words), L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Saga of Recluse), Robert Howard (Conan), and of course Tolkien. Also Brian Lumley's Necroscope series for contemporary horror/sci-fi/fantasy (awesome series).
anaphrodisiac 2 years ago
yea, i have game of thrones, haven't started it yet (a couple pages). Thanks for the recommendations. Oh, just started the King Maker, King Breaker books? i think there's only two. Karen Miller. It's seems like i already know the whole plot though. typical reluctant hero that comes from nothing story.
shipuuga 2 years ago
how can you recomend Eddings, and say Goodkind has a repetative dialogue? Goodkinds problem is that he goes too far into explaining Richards ideology in every book, it goes too far. while 90% of all of Eddings conversations ends with: "Who me?" or " i try" seriusly, it started skipping all the dead weight conversations in the Eddings books 'cause they where essentialy identical everytime.
RaistSaysAlkisensuc 2 years ago
Easily. I've read just about everything by Eddings, and would gladly read it all again a dozen times rather than read another Goodkind novel. Eddings dialog was occasionally weak, but at least it was believable. Goodkind's dialog is, generally, worse than what you'd find in a typical soap opera. Pages of characters arguing the same points back and forth and never resolving anything. That's dead weight.
anaphrodisiac 2 years ago
Hey man im not downing you at all but i woud just like to put my input. You said that the magic system was invented on the fly. WHAT MAGIC SYSTEM IN ANY BOOK DOSENT SEEM TO BE MADE ON THE FLY. Examples Harry Potter, The Belgariad series, Lord of the Rings. Again im not crticing you im just adding my input becuse that magic system statement baffled me.
Yort515 2 years ago 3
I mean on the fly as in when a problem comes up, suddenly the ability to counter that problem becomes part of Richard's magical repertoire, in spite of Goodkind beating the reader over the head about how Dick has no idea how to use his magic.
For example, being able to sense the Mriswrith, able to open doors no one else can, or how about finding a single book amidst thousands by CLOSING HIS EYES AND WALKING AROUND. Magic in SoT exists simply to fix crappy plot holes.
anaphrodisiac 2 years ago
what are you talkin about dawg. his last three books were his most famous and were all best sellers lol. One dimensional insipid? give an example of one character that's like that.
funkkiller 2 years ago
Go to a bookstore and take a good look at the contents of the shelves. Almost every book will have, somewhere on the cover, "#1 Best Seller". Best seller doesn't mean jack squat. One-dimensional and insipid: Richard (Full of TRUTH and NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH), Kahlan (She loves Richard, a lot. So much that we are reminded of it every few paragraphs in scenes with Kahlan). His last few books were nothing more than vehicles for his idiotic Ayn Rand-ian philosophy, a word he can't even pronounce.
anaphrodisiac 2 years ago
How many books have you even read from the series lol. Thats obviously not true. Basically every main character is round and has a good amount of depth and is capable of introspection. You probably read an excerpt and naturally assumed they were all like that or your an idiot for reading the whole series if that was truly your opinion. No one reads 11 straight books thinking its stupid.
funkkiller 2 years ago
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"read an excerpt"... right... the only idiot here is you for presuming to know what I've read "dawg". When I invest the time in a series, I'm usually compelled to finish it no matter how bad it is (WoT, for example). SoT is the exception to that. To each their own, you love the series, I think it's terrible and find Goodkind to be a pretentious jackass. My assertions are a note wrapped around a brick thrown through the window, to quote TG himself.
anaphrodisiac 2 years ago
I only base any opinion of whether you read it or not off your idiotic character analysis'.
If you waist your time reading these books knowing that you don't like them only points to the fact that you're probably an overweight acne ridden nerd that hasn't seen the light of day in months. Thus I could really care less about your pathetic existence
Frankly nobody cares if you like it or not. Consider it for a moment and go outside for once.
funkkiller 2 years ago
Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one and they all stink. But if you want to go throwing uninformed and idiotic assumptions around, I can play that too. You're probably a mid-teens virgin who thinks he knows everything about everything, and is never wrong.
Frankly, I don't give a shit what you think about me. Consider it for a moment and then go fuck yourself, asshole.
anaphrodisiac 2 years ago
It's obvious I struck a chord there haha. I was simply making a point on assumptions and you fell head first into it.
funkkiller 2 years ago
you rule!
theoriginalhawkeye 2 years ago
you COULD care less? that means you must care somewhat. perhaps you meant "couldn't care less"
Bjarku 2 years ago
Are you trying to pick on the most minute details of my writing and language when you're responding with a poorly written and horribly proofread sentence? Does it make you feel like a bigger man?
funkkiller 2 years ago
lack of capitalisation and spacing is due to laziness. your mistake was due to having never thought much about what you're actually saying. I don''t call saying the exact opposite of what you intended to say a "minute detail".
Bjarku 2 years ago
It's capitalization, genius. Once more you're calling me out on something that nobody but you cares about.
funkkiller 2 years ago
It isn't "capitalization" in England where I live, you ignorant cretin. Look it up. Silly Americans making themselves look foolish. And it's not something that only I care about, I think if you're saying the exact opposite of what you meant to say that's something most people would care about. Face it, you're just wrong. You were wrong about my spelling of capitalisation and you're wrong about this, because you are a mentally sub normal.
Bjarku 2 years ago
Wow, how pretentious can you possibly be? I'm mentally subnormal now? Do you think you're so cool trying to insult people over the internet? There's nothing wrong about it, that's purely your laughably arrogant opinion. The correct spelling is capitalization. America trumps England anyhow. Youtube=American. You=Idiot
funkkiller 2 years ago
hahaha is that so? so because youtube is owned by an american company, my spelling, the original and older spelling of the word, becomes incorrect? how exactly does that work? how about the fact that youtube prompted me for my region and set it as United Kingdom? i'm probably using British servers in London. the pound trumps the dollar and we both have plenty of nuclear weapons so how exactly does america trump england? you're sounding more and more like a man backed into a corner.
Bjarku 2 years ago
Backed into a corner? It's an internet argument. You've clearly stated that it was your opinion summing it up with the words "I think". Is it now your belief that your opinion is more valid then that of anyone else's? How could you possibly validate your argument if you've already stated its an opinion?
funkkiller 2 years ago
*THAN that of anyone else's. i've even capitaliSed it to help you :)
Bjarku 2 years ago
"I've"
funkkiller 2 years ago
i believe i've already been over this. my errors are due to laziness and i'm aware of them. yours are due to ignorance and you aren't.
Bjarku 2 years ago
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funkkiller 2 years ago
Don't even try with the Britain is better bullshit. We have last I recall 6 times your stockpile of nukes, 5 times the military strength as well as a stronger economy even when we're at an all time low.
funkkiller 2 years ago
we dont need that many nukes, we have enough to hit every major american city 5 times over anyway and if you fired all of yours the fallout and nuclear winter would kill you too. the whole point is mutually assured destruction. neither of us can use them but if you invaded us we'd have nothing to lose so we would anyway. and also you can't even hold onto two tiny countries in the middle east, or vietnam, imagine how you'd contend with a rich, well armed country like england.
Bjarku 2 years ago
We'll beat you to it and we got more and bigger ones. That's not really arguable.
funkkiller 2 years ago
i think you're just angry because you've been exposed for having a terrible taste in literature, although i really hesitate to call this tripe literature. did you like reading about characters called zeddicus zul zorander, did you? did you? did you like it? aww.
Bjarku 2 years ago
I loved it hahaha, so did the other 15 million people that read it. Taste is subjective, you're the minority on this one.
Like I said you try to impose your opinion which is hilarious when it doesn't work.
funkkiller 2 years ago
lots of people bought the da vinci code but that doesnt change the fact that it contains the sentence "The famous man looked at the red cup". i bet you loved that too, didn't you? the sword of truth series is just a tawdry waste of ink crammed with stock themes and prose that a child would be ashamed to write and you loved it. you lapped it up, and to reflect its mediocrity, you're throwing around mediocre and tired arguments like "hey maaaan, that's just like, your opinion!".
Bjarku 2 years ago
Ah! Perfect, this is a perfect example of your ignorance. First of all my argument wasn't that it's your opinion but the fact that you cited it as undeniable truth. That's an outright logical fallacy. You state your opinion with the words "I think" making it clear that the subject is subjective. Then you try to argue that you're opinion makes me wrong.
That's hilarious. You claim intellectual superiority but you can't even see the clear contradiction in your argument.
funkkiller 2 years ago
Want me to put it in simpler terms for it? It's not that it's your opinion but that you tried to play your opinion as a fact. Then you cited your opinion as the basis of your argument.
I thought you'd of been smart enough to see that but clearly you're not.
funkkiller 2 years ago
As for the book itself the fact that an argument is repeated doesn't make it an illogical argument. Once more I point out the logical fallacy in that. Repetition does not invalidate an argument. As for mediocrity? Need I throw out the word subjective again?
funkkiller 2 years ago
They're good stories, even though there are some spots of not particularly great writing.. What, are you trying to judge this series on the same level as "The Sun Also Rises?" Sure, that had writing that you'd probably assume a child can't write, but who the hell really cares about an impotent story about an impotent man?
asdfuogh 2 years ago
well pretty much every single literary scholar ever would disagree with you on that and would laugh at you if you presented them with the "Sword of Truth" series as a serious challenge to an author like Hemmingway. i mean everyone would just laugh at you. what makes you, for even a single instant, think that your opinion even measures up slightly against the opinion of serious academics? And honestly? Good stories? Darken Rahl turns out to be Richard's father. I mean honestly? honestly?
Bjarku 2 years ago
Took you a month to come up with that? What makes you think I give a shit about anyone else's opinion? Are you so elitist that you think simply because your opinion may possibly be reflected by great writers makes you suddenly brilliant? No one said it was a good story but frankly when did something entertaining have to have intellectual worth? Heart of Darkness is a great piece of literature but possibly the most boring bullshit ive ever read. Not everything is dependent on intellectual value.
funkkiller 2 years ago
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funkkiller 2 years ago
Serious academics? Dude, they don't contribute anything to society other than a bunch of rubbish to burn... Everyone knows that those "academics" make their living by maintaining that cryptographic, unbelievably "onion-ed," allusions within allusions are advanced. It's almost laughable when you think about how science and math tries to simplify while those idiots are still trying to obscure everything. By the way, they are good stories, and much more entertaining than a flaccid banana.
asdfuogh 2 years ago
so basically you don't understand literary theory because it's too complex for you so assume it's all bullshit. yeah....you enjoy reading your childrens books about wizards called zeddicus, i'm sure those SO CALLED "academics" know nothing, with their THINKING and their LOGIC!
art isn't science you total moron, it's much more subtle than that because unlike in shit books like Goodkind's tawdry series, most authors don't explicitly state their meaning every other sentence
Bjarku 2 years ago
So apparently obfuscation of the truth is advanced.. I pity your thoughts on these literary "academics" who are still so backwards. I'm sorry you have to resort to vulgar language to prove your points, but I should have expected it. After all, capitalization is the last refuge of the incompetent.
asdfuogh 2 years ago
do you actually read what you're writing?
Bjarku 2 years ago
Actually, I write based on what I think would be the most irritating for your mind. I noticed you like to emphasize words to point out your sarcasm and what you perceive to be very sound arguments (like references to literary academics... whose contributions to society are mostly the janitorial jobs they do after people realize what quack jobs they really are). Also, I like injecting quasi-quotes of somewhat famous books just to further screw with your high school sophomoric literary worship.
asdfuogh 2 years ago
hahaha i bet you thought that was really cutting and witty didnt you
Bjarku 2 years ago
No, that was for the purpose of the mental health of all future viewers who might read these comments. Allowing you to think I'm the troll here instead lets you back off without loss of dignity (at least, in your mind). Well, I'm gonna back off now, even though I'm somewhat certain you've prepared statements relating my generosity to cowardice and lack of logical (or LOGICAL, as you say) arguments. May you and future sheep of high school English teachers continue to provide the labor we require.
asdfuogh 2 years ago
there are massive holes in your education where there should be none. what does it matter if everyone in britain is wiped out a split second before everyone in america? using nuclear weapons to such a degree that you would destroy an entire country would not only heavily poison your OWN atmosphere with radiation but would also start a nuclear war. do you even understand what mutually assured destruction is? perhaps you should do some serious reading for a change.
Bjarku 2 years ago
To begin with Britain understands that America has military superiority and would avoid mutually assured destruction and not fire its weapons. Then it comes down to pure military strength which America would quite simply destroy.
funkkiller 2 years ago
are you joking? you are joking, right? you can't even hold onto vast swathes of Iraq and Afghanistan after 8 years. Vietnam? another war against a third world country which you lost. britain on the other hand is relatively wealthy. you deleted a comment where you misspelled the word "your", and you responded to an attack on your ignorance of international spelling by going off on some bizarre tangent about how america would beat britain in a war. how old are you? no wonder you read this tripe
Bjarku 2 years ago
To begin with only a fraction of United armed forces is in Iraq maybe 142,000. That's not even 20 percent of current U.S. military strength. There's no question who's stronger. It's an utter joke to compare two military forces and say "oooh but they lost against vietnam that means dey not as strong". The British military only has 21 percent of U.S. man power and about a third of the funding. Saying Britain is going to win is just plain stupid.
funkkiller 2 years ago
I also thinks its been established that no one cares about your opinions. You only garner a response because you act like a douche bag not that you have any intelligent substance in your attacks. You were the one who brought up this whole thing from 3 weeks ago, don't go pointing fingers.
funkkiller 2 years ago
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No, actually your issue lies in the fact that your entire argument is based on your opinion of my intentions. That's an outright logical fallacy to cite your own opinion.
YOU are wrong. Not me because it's not my opinion that your argument contradicts itself it's fact that I can actually quote.
funkkiller 2 years ago
The Sword of Truth is my favorite series, but the TV show is awful lol. I don't think they could of cast a worse guy to play Richard, makes it simply unbearable for me to watch. I would of preferred it stay a book, because only something on the production level of the LOTR movies could have done justice to his books.
Maxfield93 2 years ago
hmm in a sense i agree the books are alot better but i wouldnt say the tv show is awful because i dont think its that bad putting aside the fact that it does not follow the books at all but its only the first series after people demand for it to be more like the book they will have to otherwise the viewers will go down to like 0
cracked2k9 2 years ago
if any of you are reading this series you can stop long before the end, he runs out of ideas and the ending is pathetic
i hope none of you are expecting an epic ending, its just full of bullshit
empfeix 2 years ago
Like Twilight?
maheshunlimited 2 years ago
i read Wizards first rule it was by far the longest book i have ever read, it was suprisingly an easy read which was awesome, bbut i don thin icould bring myself to read the other books lol im happy wth the ending of wizards fr
maheshunlimited 2 years ago
read stone of tears after you've read stone of tears and wizards first rule u cant help but read more im on the 8th book now =-)
cracked2k9 2 years ago 2
Yea my sister threw the books away when we moved she said the first was the best but it gets worse as it goes along, and some of the other commets hint that aswell, i dunno apaz its reli gory and stuff so im happy with wfr ending. but i probs wil buy it next year or something lol
maheshunlimited 2 years ago
I picked up his first book because it had a dragon on the front. I had no idea he would become my favorite author. Such a genius. I really appreciate that he closes each book and does not leave a bunch of cliff hangers. I am looking forward to his next series.
helenironstar1 2 years ago 2
this is the first series I have ever read and so far untouched by any other. I compare every other book to Terry Goodkind! Awesome!
photojim3883 2 years ago
I compare Terry Goodkind to Stephen King. I was a fan of The Dark Tower before I ever heard of Terry. I must say though, after finishing the first book last night, I am very pleased. It must be pretty low budget though, because there were alot of grammar errors and the book was printed all crooked. Cheers!
kroyster21 2 years ago
haha these are fairy tales he is telling for himself after reading 2 and a half books so far, he as a very interesting mind...lol
beforegodtherewasme 2 years ago 2