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Moonliner · 12-18-2006, 12:17 PM

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Alex · 12-18-2006, 12:52 PM

I haven't read the books. Strangely, "written by a 15-year-old" even if a precocious one isn't much of a selling point for me; the fantasy fans I know who have read it say it feels like it was written by a precocious 15-year-old. It's bad enough that most of the adult authors in the epic fantasy genre write like precocious 15-year-olds.

That said, I'll probably get around to these books before I ever pick up another Terry Goodkind (who writes like a precocious 8-year-old Rush Limbaugh) novel.

I was still somewhat interested in the movie since simplistic dragon stories play out better on film than on paper (why must I be cursed with the shame of liking Dragonheart?) but the 14% rating at RottenTomatoes disabused me of that. I'll catch it on Netflix in a few years.

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12-18-2006, 12:52 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I haven't read the books. Strangely, "written by a 15-year-old" even if a precocious one isn't much of a selling point for me; the fantasy fans I know who have read it say it feels like it was written by a precocious 15-year-old. It's bad enough that most of the adult authors in the epic fantasy genre write like precocious 15-year-olds. That said, I'll probably get around to these books before I ever pick up another Terry Goodkind (who writes like a precocious 8-year-old Rush Limbaugh) novel. I was still somewhat interested in the movie since simplistic dragon stories play out better on film than on paper (why must I be cursed with the shame of liking Dragonheart?) but the 14% rating at RottenTomatoes disabused me of that. I'll catch it on Netflix in a few years.
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