"And yet ... this book has spawned a series of what, 8, 9 books, most of which have hit the NY Times bestseller list? To me, that says the books must get better, though maybe it just means there are millions of sword & sorcery S&M fans out there..."
Hmm, I don't really remember any objectivist philosophy in the book and the other themes seem to run counter to objectivism.
And when I was done with the book (however close to the end that was), I just wasn't impressed with the overall plot or dramatic arc. The super-forget spell? Lame. The villian? Lame. The frickin' mud people? Super Lame. 300 pages of S&M? Icky and Lame.
Ultimately I think that these books came during a time when other, GOOD fantasy (Jordan & Martin, for example) had people eager for another fantasy series to read while they were waiting for the next Jordan/Martin book.
That, and I think that young male geeks are probably pretty interested by ANY description of sex, period, no matter how icky.
Sat, 07/12/2008 - 4:26pm
"And yet ... this book has spawned a series of what, 8, 9 books, most of which have hit the NY Times bestseller list? To me, that says the books must get better, though maybe it just means there are millions of sword & sorcery S&M fans out there..."
Hmm, I don't really remember any objectivist philosophy in the book and the other themes seem to run counter to objectivism.
And when I was done with the book (however close to the end that was), I just wasn't impressed with the overall plot or dramatic arc. The super-forget spell? Lame. The villian? Lame. The frickin' mud people? Super Lame. 300 pages of S&M? Icky and Lame.
Ultimately I think that these books came during a time when other, GOOD fantasy (Jordan & Martin, for example) had people eager for another fantasy series to read while they were waiting for the next Jordan/Martin book.
That, and I think that young male geeks are probably pretty interested by ANY description of sex, period, no matter how icky.
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