"The Sword of Truth series is considered an epic fantasy series by both readers and critics alike. The awards it has been nominated for or won are all fantasy-related, and as the series contains all the standard fantasy elements such as dragons, magic, set in a more or less medieval level of technology, and fictional countries, it has been marketed as a fantasy series. Despite being placed in the genre by others, Goodkind perceives himself as more of a novelist than a fantasy author.[8][9] Goodkind believes that using the fantasy genre allows him to better tell his stories and better convey the human themes and emotions which he desires to share with the reader. Regardless of the genre of his novels, Goodkind states his main goal in writing is to inspire.[10]"
Maybe by treating fantasy as a disguise which he has to fit his vision into, instead of the tool or correct outfit for his story Goodkind has never seen that he has repeated the same Campbell hero story again and again, with no real growth (admittedly I stopped reading in the middle of the fourth book, so I can't completely qualify as knowledgeable).
Basically, with him the tropes hit me over the head with a hammer again and again (I really liked the first book by the way, even though the torture made me queasy). You don't write down to your readers or spell everything out again and again, on the other hand you're not so elevated or incoherent that one can't at some point understand what you mean, so it stays intriguing.
Nifty ^^. Keep writing, I'll certainly buy and try each new book. Should I ever stop liking them, I can tell you they'll go on to a new good home (I never throw books away, I don't sell them on ebay any longer either, I have a few friends who get books parcels once or twice a year).
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Date: 2007-04-04 04:51 pm (UTC)"The Sword of Truth series is considered an epic fantasy series by both readers and critics alike. The awards it has been nominated for or won are all fantasy-related, and as the series contains all the standard fantasy elements such as dragons, magic, set in a more or less medieval level of technology, and fictional countries, it has been marketed as a fantasy series. Despite being placed in the genre by others, Goodkind perceives himself as more of a novelist than a fantasy author.[8][9] Goodkind believes that using the fantasy genre allows him to better tell his stories and better convey the human themes and emotions which he desires to share with the reader. Regardless of the genre of his novels, Goodkind states his main goal in writing is to inspire.[10]"
Maybe by treating fantasy as a disguise which he has to fit his vision into, instead of the tool or correct outfit for his story Goodkind has never seen that he has repeated the same Campbell hero story again and again, with no real growth (admittedly I stopped reading in the middle of the fourth book, so I can't completely qualify as knowledgeable).
Basically, with him the tropes hit me over the head with a hammer again and again (I really liked the first book by the way, even though the torture made me queasy). You don't write down to your readers or spell everything out again and again, on the other hand you're not so elevated or incoherent that one can't at some point understand what you mean, so it stays intriguing.
Nifty ^^. Keep writing, I'll certainly buy and try each new book. Should I ever stop liking them, I can tell you they'll go on to a new good home (I never throw books away, I don't sell them on ebay any longer either, I have a few friends who get books parcels once or twice a year).