Pebble thats Stubby Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 And now I know what and who Goodkind is. Like I actually Googled it and shit. Screw y'all. First Stanek ,then that fedora wearing dude , now this ? This board is clogging my brain with knowledge of existence of 'authors' like these.All I can say is, now more than ever, we need technology to turn paper back to trees We already do. It's called composting. Although if you do compost Tairy books it will probably produce strange looking vines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ded As Ned Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I love that the Goodkind threads have outlasted all the actual Tairy fansites :lol: Haha indeed! The Lemmings are eternal. Inevitably, curious people wander in here who have never read Tairy, so here is another boarder's review upon reading their first Goodkind book, if you're wondering what to expect. It's not a review of a SoT book, but equally applies to any book Tairy has every written, will ever write, or will ever consider writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageGuy Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Inevitably, curious people wander in here who have never read Tairy, so here is another boarder's review upon reading their first Goodkind book, if you're wondering what to expect. First sentence: "This is my first foray into the frightful and bewildering world of Terry Goodkind." The amount of in-jokes in the rest of the review make that hard to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 well, look at it this way: i make namble cock jokes even though i haven't read that volume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ded As Ned Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 First sentence: "This is my first foray into the frightful and bewildering world of Terry Goodkind." The amount of in-jokes in the rest of the review make that hard to believe. I didn't really catch any "in-jokes" that a board regular who has read these threads and Tairy's interviews wouldn't have picked up on, but I'm naive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentRoamer Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Yeah the amount of in-jokes suggest to me that review was written by an ex fan/reader. I mean I admit it I got to like book 6 or something before I realized.. No it doesn't get any better and there really is no point. I should have fallen off the wagon with the statue book but I just kept on sticking needles in my eyes. Anyway thought this might give you all a chuckle: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/98263/the-law-of-nines-or-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-terry-goodkind and for anyone wanting a good foray into why Goodkind is so bad then the first 5 chapters of Law of Nines are here: http://www.sword-of-truth.com/sot/the_law_of_nines/Goodkind_excerpt._V218459233_.pdf Some excerpts though: "When he spoke to her she met his gaze with a focused involvement that was respectful and interested. He couldn't imagine this woman ever sending him a text message." So, so bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arakan Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Goodkind's sword of truth is the biggest trash I ever read (first 3 books anyway). But curiously enough he was quite popular in Germany 15 years back because he wrote "grown up" fantasy not "childish" fantasy like Tolkien.... God those people were fucking annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Oh that PA forum mentions yeards. My cup runneth over. I miss those pirate plumbers! But I was mostly tickled this time by this phrase:He couldn't imagine this woman ever sending him a text message. A sure sign of class! Now get off my lawn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuttlebutt Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Let's try something interesting. We should fix the tvtropes page of "The Sword of Truth" series. There is just one major threat to this endeavor, a troper named "Mr Death". Convincing him with logic won't work since as this page demonstrates, he has a bad case of selective obliviousness regarding the series. However, I have a plan for getting him perma-banned, whenever someone posts the example of Kahlan crossing the Moral Event Horizon (when she vowed to destroy Galea) on the YMMV page, he reverts it under the "logic" that Kahlan can't cross the MEH because she isn't a villain. Someone should start a discussion on the MEH page asking whether a stories "Hero" can cross the MEH when everyone else says yes, put the example back on the YMMV page and tell Mr. Death about the discussion section. When he reverts it, report him and get him banned. If he comes back, do something similar like call the series a torture porn or point out its problems with Hollywood Tactics which will anger him again and get him banned again. Repeat until he is perma-banned. Unfortunately, I can't do it myself since I was perma-banned by a moderator who is also a fan of the series. The moderator claimed that I'll never get my editing privileges back due to, and I quote "twisted idea of truth." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Too much work for a website that I feel is shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 TVTropes had its heyday about 6-7 years ago and has been filling up with crap ever since. Besides which, planning raids on other sites is a big no-no round here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 yeah, not a useful site. kinda void ab initio anyway for amateurish use of the term 'trope.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuttlebutt Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Goodkind made his "I don't write fantasy" statement years ago and I've been wondering if he still stands by that statement. I figure that the best way to find out is to ask him on either Facebook or Twitter. What's a good way to word my question so that he doesn't know that I'm a member of the hatedom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Seriously don't be a Troll. We don't mess with other sites. This includes other peoples Blogs and social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ded As Ned Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Seriously don't be a Troll. We don't mess with other sites. This includes other peoples Blogs and social media. :agree: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojiro Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 and for anyone wanting a good foray into why Goodkind is so bad then the first 5 chapters of Law of Nines are here: http://www.sword-of-truth.com/sot/the_law_of_nines/Goodkind_excerpt._V218459233_.pdf Some excerpts though: "When he spoke to her she met his gaze with a focused involvement that was respectful and interested. He couldn't imagine this woman ever sending him a text message." What the fuck? Did he even read this out loud to himself before plowing on? How did it even fly past the editor? It's... so... awkwardly worded. Let's try something interesting. We should fix the tvtropes page of "The Sword of Truth" series. There is just one major threat to this endeavor, a troper named "Mr Death". Convincing him with logic won't work since as this page demonstrates, he has a bad case of selective obliviousness regarding the series. However, I have a plan for getting him perma-banned, whenever someone posts the example of Kahlan crossing the Moral Event Horizon (when she vowed to destroy Galea) on the YMMV page, he reverts it under the "logic" that Kahlan can't cross the MEH because she isn't a villain. Someone should start a discussion on the MEH page asking whether a stories "Hero" can cross the MEH when everyone else says yes, put the example back on the YMMV page and tell Mr. Death about the discussion section. When he reverts it, report him and get him banned. If he comes back, do something similar like call the series a torture porn or point out its problems with Hollywood Tactics which will anger him again and get him banned again. Repeat until he is perma-banned. Unfortunately, I can't do it myself since I was perma-banned by a moderator who is also a fan of the series. The moderator claimed that I'll never get my editing privileges back due to, and I quote "twisted idea of truth." I know this refers to another, more infamous site, generally, but it should pretty much apply here as well: "Anonymous is not your personal army." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Goodkind refuses to use editors. True story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Goodkind refuses to use editors. True story. They would only corrupt the purity of His vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 You joke, but that's pretty much what he's said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentRoamer Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Clearly Editors would not have the nobility or moral celerity necessary to appreciate the important human themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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