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[snurri]

Mighty God King on Fantasy novels.

I'll tell you my favorite in the comments.

Comments

[v-verticordia.livejournal.com]

LOL! "The Land of Bad Names!" That could describe so many fantasy novels.

Ironically, I joined a displeased-former-fans-of-Goodkind type forum this week....He's an Objectivist, not a Libertarian. Which is far, far worse. Some have suggested his work be called Ayn Rand in Fantasyland.... His work also features a chicken as the embodyment of all evil. Good. Night.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

EVIL CHICKEN! I love it. The stuff of David Boreanaz's nightmares.

Isn't Goodkind the one that got all incensed a year or two ago and insisted that he didn't even write fantasy?

[v-verticordia.livejournal.com]

Yes! He's gone bat-shit crazy! He insists he writes "deep and meaningful treatises on humanity" (that's almost word for word a direct quote) and has banned talking about other authors on his fan site (along with any criticism of his own, er, work)because he doesn't write fantasy. I hear his hero starts beating up peace protesters in the last book! And don't even try to read interviews with--the pontificating...it's like his version of a magic power!

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I read his first book a long, long time ago. I don't remember so much the Objectivism/Libertarianism, but I do remember the sado-masochism.

[v-verticordia.livejournal.com]

Yes. He was quite big on that--but he was just ripping off Robert Jordan's version of sadomasochism. I gave up on him when he started ranting about Communism for 700 pages (book five I think) and accusing our government of being out-of-control socialists. (?????) If only! (I mean, the government sucks, but...too socialist?? Only for the rich buggers on Wall Street....)

[mythusmage.livejournal.com]

Can disappointed-former-readers-of-Goodkind fans join?

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