Terry Goodkind has passed away at 72

His books were full of multi-page soliloquies that were libertarian rants. They still made a decent airplane read.

Loved that series.

I enjoyed most of his books, wouldn't call them great, but his stories were often entertaining.

That sucks.
Loved his books.

The similarities with books 5 and 6 (?) are indeed eerie.

my response from the book board:

I very much enjoyed the sword of truth series. The hero lacked flaws, which could become irritating, but the story was in many ways unique and a fun ride

Goodkind seemed to have a world view that was fiercely libertarian and at times the stories felt a little like a contrived morality-play, and so got a bit preachy, and that is coming from someone who shares a similar world view.

His overt disdain for religion was off-putting, and the similarities between his female–lead magical society with that of Robert Jordan and the wheel of time was suspicious. I recall reading that he made a denial when accused of "borrowing" from Jordan, stating that he had never read and, I think, never heard of, wheel of time.

Paraphrasing Jordan's response, "who am I to argue against such an absolute refutation".



I heartily recommend this series to anyone who is an avid fantasy reader.

My wife had never been a recreational reader until picking up Harry Potter, and with that momentum I encouraged her to pick up sword of truth. There was enough in the romance between the 2 main characters to get her hooked, and she completed the whole series.

She even bought and read the handful of books he wrote based on that world later, but I could not get through them

RIP