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One year later... Larry Send a noteboard - 27/03/2011 03:40:29 AM
Anyone's who's read Roberts' novels and especially his reviews knows he can be quite sarcastic and amusing. His take on the first two WoT novels is...interesting, to say the least.

And since I can only do one link per post, here's the one for the second book:

http://punkadiddle.blogspot.com/2010/03/robert-jordan-wheel-of-time-2-great.html


Still amazed at the response here, both in the number of page views generated and by the large percentage of people who pretty much have disappeared from this site since the first of the year ;)
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 19/03/2010 09:30:25 PM 13172 Views
A question for Larry - 19/03/2010 09:40:37 PM 3300 Views
Roberto Bolaño - 19/03/2010 11:09:57 PM 3178 Views
I completely agree with his review. - 19/03/2010 11:11:17 PM 3258 Views
Ouch! Somebody pull that guy off RJ! *NM* - 20/03/2010 03:47:07 AM 1611 Views
Can't say that I really disagree. - 20/03/2010 05:19:26 AM 2567 Views
My problem with the reviews: - 20/03/2010 06:29:08 AM 3252 Views
Hear Hear !!! ....................... = ........................ *NM* - 20/03/2010 06:37:11 AM 1549 Views
I agree - 20/03/2010 11:19:29 AM 2711 Views
You know what else I'm finding annoying? - 07/04/2010 07:29:37 AM 2596 Views
Fully Agree *NM* - 21/06/2010 12:41:05 AM 1406 Views
well I agree and disagree - 20/03/2010 06:51:29 AM 2954 Views
Re: well I agree and disagree - 20/03/2010 02:12:43 PM 2498 Views
I'd say just The Eye of the World - 20/03/2010 05:26:19 PM 2568 Views
Indeed - 21/03/2010 12:34:19 AM 2455 Views
These reviews are pathetic - 20/03/2010 12:52:22 PM 2489 Views
I'm amused by some of the responses - 20/03/2010 07:20:03 PM 2904 Views
+1 *NM* - 20/03/2010 10:48:14 PM 1744 Views
Are you suggesting that we are unqualified to disagree with him ? - 20/03/2010 11:21:44 PM 2626 Views
No, I said rather that it's ridiculous to make such disparaging comments about his takes - 20/03/2010 11:37:56 PM 2652 Views
I considered doing so - 21/03/2010 12:27:27 AM 2491 Views
I will reply to myself: What's the problem McFly , chicken ? - 21/03/2010 12:29:36 AM 2449 Views
My sister called me chicken once - 10/04/2010 01:18:31 AM 2504 Views
what's wrong runt... are you yellah? *NM* - 10/04/2010 10:40:16 AM 1487 Views
NICE! *NM* - 10/04/2010 02:19:44 PM 1350 Views
Re: I'm amused by some of the responses - 23/03/2010 04:50:42 PM 2555 Views
And I'm even more amused by this response - 24/03/2010 01:11:50 AM 2476 Views
Re: And I'm even more amused by this response - 24/03/2010 03:03:28 AM 2348 Views
Nah, TGS was the only serious review of the series I've done - 24/03/2010 04:31:28 AM 2438 Views
On a completely unrelated note... - 24/03/2010 06:15:25 AM 2370 Views
Ha! - 24/03/2010 06:34:48 AM 2378 Views
My congratulations then . *NM* - 24/03/2010 06:36:11 AM 2311 Views
You say it as if I had been condemned to hell! - 24/03/2010 07:13:45 AM 2213 Views
No. Well, maybe. - 24/03/2010 06:52:28 PM 2388 Views
! - 24/03/2010 06:54:34 PM 2398 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 22/03/2010 02:47:23 PM 2542 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 23/03/2010 01:53:16 PM 2485 Views
Wow, you guys have completely missed the point of the Wheel of Time series - 22/03/2010 05:28:07 PM 2527 Views
There's a point to it? - 22/03/2010 06:47:12 PM 2505 Views
Yes, RJ has explained it at least a few times and the main sequence of each book invokes his message *NM* - 24/03/2010 02:09:01 AM 1493 Views
You're not taking me seriously now, are you? - 24/03/2010 02:54:37 AM 2425 Views
I meant the reason why RJ wrote WoT in the first place - 24/03/2010 06:39:47 AM 2423 Views
I thought the point was to write about a bunch of stuff happening? - 09/04/2010 03:42:49 PM 2490 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 23/03/2010 04:54:38 PM 2455 Views
pfft wth-ever - 26/03/2010 12:35:53 AM 2299 Views
Dude's been up for more awards for his writing than RJ ever was - 26/03/2010 12:28:19 PM 2561 Views
bla bla bla - 29/03/2010 06:17:07 AM 2456 Views
Usually, it's spelled "blah" - 29/03/2010 07:03:51 AM 2414 Views
Wow. That post was more entertaining than Mr. Roberts' review. Thank you *NM* - 29/03/2010 08:23:41 AM 1674 Views
You must have low standards for entertainment - 29/03/2010 08:54:03 AM 2398 Views
Re: You must have low standards for entertainment - 29/03/2010 09:13:44 AM 2498 Views
I know you were, thus the at the least of my comment - 29/03/2010 09:19:30 AM 2327 Views
Unimpressed - 29/03/2010 10:50:07 PM 2794 Views
Thank you - 30/03/2010 12:35:39 AM 2228 Views
*Standing ovation for DomA* - 30/03/2010 07:36:59 AM 2514 Views
Yes. Also, Roberts is a wanker. *NM* - 05/04/2010 09:28:57 PM 1499 Views
Re: Dude's been up for more awards for his writing than RJ ever was - 29/03/2010 04:32:23 PM 2509 Views
Might want to re-read their Wikis again. - 29/03/2010 07:07:11 PM 2347 Views
Awards - 29/03/2010 07:42:03 PM 2307 Views
That link is out of date - 29/03/2010 07:54:56 PM 2298 Views
Re: That link is out of date - 29/03/2010 08:22:03 PM 2443 Views
This is a battle of win/lose? - 29/03/2010 08:47:54 PM 2338 Views
Re: This is a battle of win/lose? - 29/03/2010 09:03:07 PM 2377 Views
*considers employing the Chewbacca defense* - 29/03/2010 09:28:06 PM 2362 Views
Re: *considers employing the Chewbacca defense* - 29/03/2010 09:44:58 PM 2575 Views
The final point explains the "defense" - 30/03/2010 12:24:56 AM 2268 Views
Re: The final point explains the "defense" - 30/03/2010 01:33:04 PM 2229 Views
No, no, no - 30/03/2010 06:38:41 PM 2294 Views
Re: No, no, no - 30/03/2010 07:51:34 PM 2403 Views
Still continuing, huh? - 31/03/2010 02:10:13 AM 2357 Views
Re: Still continuing, huh? - 31/03/2010 03:56:57 PM 2319 Views
Those were polls - 31/03/2010 08:46:07 PM 2337 Views
Re: Those were polls - 05/04/2010 03:22:13 PM 2279 Views
Does it gives him right to insult me? - 13/04/2011 02:10:32 PM 2330 Views
I wouldn't know. Was he speaking directly to you? - 14/04/2011 11:28:16 PM 2438 Views
He's now reviewed the third book - 26/03/2010 12:27:16 PM 2552 Views
Well, this time I must disagree with him . - 29/03/2010 07:31:40 AM 2271 Views
I don't think he was claiming that RJ was alone in doing that - 29/03/2010 07:44:07 AM 2272 Views
Hah! - 29/03/2010 06:07:28 PM 2289 Views
Well... - 29/03/2010 06:52:10 PM 2199 Views
Differing perspectives, I guess. - 29/03/2010 07:58:13 PM 2396 Views
I suppose - 29/03/2010 08:50:43 PM 2303 Views
Re: I suppose - 30/03/2010 12:18:30 AM 2442 Views
True - 30/03/2010 12:23:28 AM 2281 Views
Hey, DomA, do you know why the Shienarans randomly speak in the Old Tongue? - 30/03/2010 12:52:01 AM 2274 Views
Re: Hey, DomA, do you know why the Shienarans randomly speak in the Old Tongue? - 30/03/2010 07:45:08 AM 2459 Views
But why only them? - 30/03/2010 08:07:00 AM 2358 Views
Re: But why only them? - 30/03/2010 03:56:54 PM 2339 Views
Re: But why only them? - 30/03/2010 08:29:37 PM 2427 Views
I really liked a lot of the minor characters in The Great Hunt. - 30/03/2010 12:49:03 AM 2314 Views
I barely thought twice about those, to be honest - 30/03/2010 06:39:55 PM 2349 Views
I can't wait what he's going to try to do with TFoH and beyond - 28/03/2010 08:18:59 PM 2437 Views
Glad you enjoyed it - 29/03/2010 09:33:43 PM 2279 Views
The Shadow Rising review - 02/04/2010 09:42:53 AM 2545 Views
I wonder if this borders on trolling - 02/04/2010 02:29:58 PM 11091 Views
You want complaining? You got it... - 02/04/2010 06:38:09 PM 2418 Views
That would be a mistake - 02/04/2010 09:16:25 PM 2556 Views
Re: That would be a mistake - 02/04/2010 10:28:56 PM 2316 Views
I agree, Roberts is more and more coming across to me as just bitter - 10/04/2010 01:24:52 AM 2424 Views
Little late to this one as well - 10/04/2010 11:12:04 AM 2452 Views
Perhaps you should have led with this bit - 10/04/2010 02:52:23 PM 2543 Views
Re: I wonder if this borders on trolling - 04/04/2010 09:16:22 AM 2424 Views
What review? I couldn't find one... - 02/04/2010 08:00:45 PM 2509 Views
Re: What review? I couldn't find one... - 02/04/2010 09:22:13 PM 2516 Views
See my comment below - 02/04/2010 09:32:54 PM 2585 Views
Re: See my comment below - 03/04/2010 09:31:22 AM 2903 Views
Sorry I'm late in responding, but I've been quite busy this week - 07/04/2010 09:45:48 PM 2774 Views
Yes, I can probably agree with what you say here. - 08/04/2010 12:29:16 AM 2232 Views
- 08/04/2010 12:32:53 AM 2380 Views
I agree completely. *NM* - 02/04/2010 09:53:44 PM 1393 Views
Speaking of irritation - 02/04/2010 10:50:04 PM 2482 Views
Commentary, then? - 02/04/2010 09:27:18 PM 2353 Views
Here's the thing... - 02/04/2010 10:11:18 PM 2311 Views
Re: Here's the thing... - 02/04/2010 10:31:56 PM 2149 Views
Re: Here's the thing... - 03/04/2010 01:34:05 AM 2205 Views
I somehow overlooked this last week, it seems - 10/04/2010 11:01:17 AM 2506 Views
Indeed - 02/04/2010 10:34:00 PM 2202 Views
Re: Commentary, then? - 05/04/2010 03:44:07 PM 2267 Views
for a man that bitterly complains about an author who is padding his work - 08/04/2010 09:41:07 PM 2488 Views
1400 words is long-winded? - 09/04/2010 10:07:41 AM 2532 Views
since you can sum up those 1400 words in about 25 yes that's longwinded - 09/04/2010 01:36:16 PM 2406 Views
Except I didn't really sum it up, as I left out quite a bit - 10/04/2010 11:15:42 AM 2432 Views
You are very defensive over this - 10/04/2010 01:54:15 PM 2236 Views
Nah, more of a devil's advocate than anything else - 12/04/2010 03:57:12 AM 2288 Views
Re: Nah, more of a devil's advocate than anything else - 12/04/2010 05:30:53 PM 2211 Views
You sound like a Goodkind webmaster from a couple of years ago - 12/04/2010 06:58:42 PM 2302 Views
You don't come across as a devil's advocate - 30/03/2011 03:07:32 PM 2307 Views
Well Larry I have started reading Gradsil by Adam Roberts - 07/04/2010 08:59:28 PM 2463 Views
I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 07/04/2010 09:50:39 PM 2343 Views
Re: I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 08/04/2010 01:06:20 PM 2201 Views
Which Invisible Man? - 09/04/2010 09:58:44 AM 2428 Views
Re: Which Invisible Man? - 09/04/2010 01:26:42 PM 2409 Views
I have a very different take on that book - 10/04/2010 11:17:13 AM 2298 Views
Re: I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 09/04/2010 01:45:44 PM 2328 Views
Hrmm... - 10/04/2010 11:19:01 AM 2166 Views
Re: Well Larry I have started reading Gradsil by Adam Roberts - 12/04/2010 05:37:36 PM 2398 Views
He brings up some interesting points, if in an unnecessarily rude manner - 08/04/2010 12:42:25 PM 2359 Views
To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 09/04/2010 10:05:49 AM 2360 Views
Re: To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 09/04/2010 01:28:17 PM 2893 Views
Re: To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 10/04/2010 11:40:22 AM 2367 Views
why are you so bothered by people being unimpressed with Roberts? - 10/04/2010 02:19:08 PM 2369 Views
I don't understand it either - 11/04/2010 12:44:25 PM 2350 Views
right? - 11/04/2010 02:13:00 PM 2383 Views
Nah - 12/04/2010 04:13:44 AM 2198 Views
And in vol. 5, Roberts discovers the horrors of the circus - 09/04/2010 09:57:03 AM 2351 Views
5 reviews without saying more than "I hate the series" - 09/04/2010 01:31:13 PM 2197 Views
Basically he just states the "nothing happens"-argument... - 09/04/2010 03:26:02 PM 2240 Views
Well, what was really resolved here? - 10/04/2010 11:25:25 AM 2331 Views
Well... - 12/04/2010 05:05:20 PM 2457 Views
well exactly - 12/04/2010 05:33:11 PM 2461 Views
So very little was resolved and much was set into motion, then? - 12/04/2010 06:55:45 PM 2410 Views
Yes... - 12/04/2010 10:51:08 PM 2148 Views
Ever read Umberto Eco's How To Travel with a Salmon? - 12/04/2010 11:07:19 PM 2475 Views
I guess... - 13/04/2010 10:03:03 AM 2460 Views
Sounds like you value prolixity for the sake of prolixity, to be honest - 13/04/2010 04:41:07 PM 3597 Views
Nah... - 13/04/2010 05:29:34 PM 2157 Views
He's read and enjoyed Proust, among others - 13/04/2010 07:37:39 PM 2264 Views
Ah, well... - 13/04/2010 09:45:45 PM 2202 Views
Dismissive, much? - 13/04/2010 10:52:30 PM 2384 Views
About that bifurcation... - 14/04/2010 02:02:15 AM 2352 Views
I'm rather moderate - 14/04/2010 10:11:30 AM 2250 Views
I'm just a liberation theologist at heart - 15/04/2010 01:51:16 PM 3149 Views
So, if you don't mind... - 13/04/2010 05:51:06 AM 2383 Views
That's fine with me - 13/04/2010 06:31:41 AM 2345 Views
I'm sorry, but he's totally right. "The Circus" made me put down this series for 5 YEARS. - 09/04/2010 03:38:16 PM 2364 Views
I didn't find it quite that bad, but... - 11/04/2010 08:27:52 AM 2346 Views
LoC represented a sharp drop in quality!!? - 19/05/2010 03:27:21 PM 2347 Views
And ignores everything else... - 09/04/2010 05:10:00 PM 2438 Views
Inchoatus went offline a couple of years ago - 10/04/2010 11:42:26 AM 3280 Views
This guy is going to get what he deserves... - 09/04/2010 10:26:14 PM 2313 Views
I'm waiting with bated breath for his CoT review *NM* - 10/04/2010 01:00:59 PM 1457 Views
Just wanted to point out that he is not reviewing the series. - 16/04/2010 04:04:49 PM 2256 Views
Lord of Chaos commentary - 16/04/2010 03:39:39 PM 2327 Views
He has reached - The Hump. - 16/04/2010 03:55:51 PM 2276 Views
Re: He has reached - The Hump. - 18/04/2010 08:08:59 AM 2721 Views
No no. It was Lord of Heaven! - 16/04/2010 05:51:11 PM 2226 Views
Yeah, I noticed that - 16/04/2010 11:16:26 PM 2145 Views
I would love the see him review Goodkind... - 16/04/2010 11:51:07 PM 2371 Views
Finally re-read that post - 20/04/2010 09:35:45 PM 2352 Views
The magic items are mostly irrelevant... - 21/04/2010 03:37:36 AM 2317 Views
A Crown of Swords - or is it deco-porn? - 23/04/2010 08:36:17 AM 2395 Views
Re: A Crown of Swords - or is it deco-porn? - 29/04/2010 06:02:28 PM 2342 Views
I disagree - 29/04/2010 09:34:49 PM 2167 Views
I agree. - 29/04/2010 09:45:29 PM 2386 Views
Took me a moment to realize with whom you were agreeing - 29/04/2010 10:19:05 PM 2300 Views
Well, I did mention the necklines get overdone... - 06/05/2010 06:17:46 PM 2607 Views
Well, there's now also the tea to comment about - 07/05/2010 11:29:03 AM 2412 Views
A bit of a stumble this week - 30/04/2010 01:53:31 PM 2423 Views
The Path of Daggers commentary - 07/05/2010 10:39:03 AM 2487 Views
You'd think a Brit would like the tea... *NM* - 11/05/2010 04:05:42 PM 1338 Views
Maybe he's just a contrarian? - 11/05/2010 07:55:43 PM 2226 Views
Winter's Heart - 21/05/2010 12:46:14 PM 2465 Views
To be fair - 21/05/2010 01:56:49 PM 2570 Views
I think WH was my least favorite of the WoT novels I re-read - 21/05/2010 04:49:31 PM 2316 Views
Re: I think WH was my least favorite of the WoT novels I re-read - 25/05/2010 05:05:09 PM 2463 Views
WH was my least favorite novel in the series, and that is saying a lot. - 28/05/2010 03:15:13 PM 2313 Views
I completely agree with his KoD post. Here is my favorite quote: - 28/05/2010 03:08:31 PM 2638 Views
CoT, you mean (link to actual post included) - 28/05/2010 04:56:10 PM 2468 Views
Yep, I meant COT. *NM* - 28/05/2010 07:02:48 PM 1331 Views
Knife of Dreams - 18/06/2010 09:07:27 AM 2356 Views
Re: Knife of Dreams - 19/06/2010 05:49:38 AM 2423 Views
Agree... - 19/06/2010 05:08:44 PM 2368 Views
Roberts reflects back on WoT 1-11, with answers to questions asked of him - 25/06/2010 12:51:29 PM 2432 Views
This guy should be burned at the stake - 25/06/2010 03:22:34 PM 9906 Views
Are you done making a fool out of yourself, Mark? - 26/06/2010 06:53:37 PM 2373 Views
Oh come on... - 26/06/2010 09:06:01 PM 2444 Views
Well, the burning at the stake was a bit much... - 26/06/2010 10:19:40 PM 2442 Views
Well, really! You brought the comment to his notice... - 26/06/2010 11:34:08 PM 2444 Views
And your point is...? - 27/06/2010 12:37:00 AM 2455 Views
Well... - 27/06/2010 05:38:12 AM 2407 Views
Indeed... I think it's rather clear that Larry's goal has been to cause trouble - 27/06/2010 10:57:36 AM 2587 Views
There is no "borderline" about it. - 28/03/2011 05:17:15 PM 2268 Views
Ridiculous - 27/06/2010 06:38:46 AM 2331 Views
I like his FAQ and his overall musings on its' popularity. - 29/06/2010 06:35:10 PM 2342 Views
One year later... - 27/03/2011 03:40:29 AM 2269 Views
Re: One year later... - 28/03/2011 05:03:32 PM 2507 Views
I see you subconsciously support critical takes. - 28/03/2011 11:41:48 PM 2511 Views
No I conciously support telling you and him that you are pathetic, arrogent, & jelous. *NM* - 30/03/2011 01:40:36 PM 1402 Views
Jealous? - 30/03/2011 05:20:32 PM 2279 Views
I agree, I didn't even notice it was an old post, definitely did not deserve to be revived. *NM* - 30/03/2011 02:41:12 PM 1313 Views
Seconded. - 30/03/2011 04:04:36 PM 2251 Views
Now I notice as well that this is a year old. You're very silly, Larry, very silly. *NM* - 30/03/2011 04:13:38 PM 1437 Views
Yep! - 30/03/2011 05:16:38 PM 2220 Views
Jeez Larry, you're starting to sound like a GRRM detractor. - 31/03/2011 03:01:38 PM 2403 Views
Nah, no detractor - 01/04/2011 03:00:41 PM 2401 Views
Could a thread be locked? - 31/03/2011 07:48:26 PM 2293 Views
Re: One year later... - 01/04/2011 02:55:02 AM 2668 Views
Yep - 01/04/2011 02:57:52 PM 2415 Views
He's not an "author", he's just a stupid troll, do not feed him *NM* - 30/03/2011 02:39:19 PM 1328 Views

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