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Did Dragonlance have a very unfortunate Gandalf standin named Fizzbang or something? I would look this up but I already have too many half-remembered things in my brain like Stromboli Lightbringer, Knight of the Rose - which was one of the three knightly orders, the others being of the Sword and something else. Dragonlance - like all art - must be viewed in the context of its time and as such must clearly be seen as the masterwork it is.
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Black August posted:Fizban the idiot elder mage who was a literal DMPC and the puke twee-wacky persona of the ‘good’ god LingcodKilla posted:Crown. -> Sword -> Rose This is the kind of art I’m talking about. True capital A Art indelibly changes you. Thank you.
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Embarrassingly, I actually teared up a bit reading Dragons of the Summer Flame  Years later, I realize that was the last dregs of good taste leaving my body, freeing me from the burden of discernment and critical thinking. Today, I proudly post on Something Awful Dot Com.
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Ravenfood posted:The specific quote is "[pacifists] armed only with their hatred for moral clarity". And yes, our protagonist happily genocides them. I read a book or two of this as a young lad, I think. It includes BDSM-fueled magic or something? I am glad I only half remember any of this.
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quote:Boston, MA: I realize this is a difficult question to answer in this format, but can you describe in general terms how you marketed and/or lobbied for "Wizard's First Rule"? Oh, well that is cool, really not making it about himself  quote:Comment from Terry Goodkind: The reason the best agent in the country wanted to represent me was because he knew that this book would sell itself. In fact, he was correct. Three publishers wanted it, and so my agent held an auction. Ten weeks after I wrote the end of "Wizard's First Rule," it sold to Tor books for a record price that still stands to this day. Oh.
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Mar 11, 2022 22:09
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The Moon Monster posted:Yeah, as far as fantasy covers go there's nothing particularly heinous about that one. Did the artist get some of the details on Goodkind's waifu wrong or something? There is nothing heroic about her! Don’t you see? He wants to celebrate truly heroic people doing heroic things. True heroes are born, not made, and you can tell she was made NOT born.
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Mar 12, 2022 19:37
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Jack-Off Lantern posted:I was today years old when I noticed how Eragon is just... DRAGON with an E instead of a D. My friend insists this book is just shy of a masterpiece. I refuse to read it because I am sure it’s not. e: vvv I knew the first part. The second part would explain a lot though .random fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Mar 21, 2022 |
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sweet geek swag posted:The would be a very good scene to write if Richard was the villain, and you were trying to establish how messed up he is as a villain. As he is the hero, it is pretty uncomfortable and weird. quote:Terry Goodkind: There's actually very little to read today because more and more books center around characters who are either unremarkable, pathetic or reprehensible. I don't like authors who choose to tell stories about these kinds of people. I like stories about individuals who can show the nobility of mankind.
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Mar 26, 2022 00:28
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Gatto Grigio posted:Goodkind’s description of the physical setting is so sparse that it may as well all take place in a black box theater. Perhaps a… Sensory deprivation theater, where you never know when - or where - the next delicious lick of the cat-o-nine-tails will land, always prepared but never truly ready to feel it rake across your nubile flesh, leaving trails of raw fire in its wake?
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Mar 28, 2022 20:36
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Empty Sandwich posted:I've only ever read some comics collections and they are hilariously Grimdark (tm). but self-aware, so it's still fun. Dan Abnett’s 40K books were pretty readable - Horus Rising and the rest of that series are decent… I think he also wrote some non-40K WH stuff but I have no idea about that.
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Mar 30, 2022 03:02
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Empty Sandwich posted:after all, there wouldn't be a top spanking Clearly not reading much gay fantasy, are we?
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LorneReams posted:God I love me some bad fantasy. It's basically all I read from like 7 to my twenties. There is bad fluff and just bad, but I ate that poo poo up. Lloyd Alexander was great and should not be in this thread <  >
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