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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

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Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 19/03/2010 09:30:25 PM 13175 Views
A question for Larry - 19/03/2010 09:40:37 PM 3302 Views
Roberto Bolaño - 19/03/2010 11:09:57 PM 3180 Views
I completely agree with his review. - 19/03/2010 11:11:17 PM 3260 Views
Ouch! Somebody pull that guy off RJ! *NM* - 20/03/2010 03:47:07 AM 1612 Views
Can't say that I really disagree. - 20/03/2010 05:19:26 AM 2569 Views
My problem with the reviews: - 20/03/2010 06:29:08 AM 3255 Views
Hear Hear !!! ....................... = ........................ *NM* - 20/03/2010 06:37:11 AM 1550 Views
I agree - 20/03/2010 11:19:29 AM 2712 Views
You know what else I'm finding annoying? - 07/04/2010 07:29:37 AM 2597 Views
Fully Agree *NM* - 21/06/2010 12:41:05 AM 1407 Views
well I agree and disagree - 20/03/2010 06:51:29 AM 2956 Views
Re: well I agree and disagree - 20/03/2010 02:12:43 PM 2500 Views
I'd say just The Eye of the World - 20/03/2010 05:26:19 PM 2570 Views
Indeed - 21/03/2010 12:34:19 AM 2458 Views
These reviews are pathetic - 20/03/2010 12:52:22 PM 2490 Views
I'm amused by some of the responses - 20/03/2010 07:20:03 PM 2906 Views
+1 *NM* - 20/03/2010 10:48:14 PM 1746 Views
Are you suggesting that we are unqualified to disagree with him ? - 20/03/2010 11:21:44 PM 2627 Views
No, I said rather that it's ridiculous to make such disparaging comments about his takes - 20/03/2010 11:37:56 PM 2654 Views
I considered doing so - 21/03/2010 12:27:27 AM 2492 Views
I will reply to myself: What's the problem McFly , chicken ? - 21/03/2010 12:29:36 AM 2451 Views
My sister called me chicken once - 10/04/2010 01:18:31 AM 2507 Views
what's wrong runt... are you yellah? *NM* - 10/04/2010 10:40:16 AM 1488 Views
NICE! *NM* - 10/04/2010 02:19:44 PM 1351 Views
Re: I'm amused by some of the responses - 23/03/2010 04:50:42 PM 2556 Views
And I'm even more amused by this response - 24/03/2010 01:11:50 AM 2477 Views
Re: And I'm even more amused by this response - 24/03/2010 03:03:28 AM 2351 Views
Nah, TGS was the only serious review of the series I've done - 24/03/2010 04:31:28 AM 2440 Views
On a completely unrelated note... - 24/03/2010 06:15:25 AM 2373 Views
Ha! - 24/03/2010 06:34:48 AM 2380 Views
My congratulations then . *NM* - 24/03/2010 06:36:11 AM 2312 Views
You say it as if I had been condemned to hell! - 24/03/2010 07:13:45 AM 2214 Views
No. Well, maybe. - 24/03/2010 06:52:28 PM 2390 Views
! - 24/03/2010 06:54:34 PM 2399 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 22/03/2010 02:47:23 PM 2544 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 23/03/2010 01:53:16 PM 2486 Views
Wow, you guys have completely missed the point of the Wheel of Time series - 22/03/2010 05:28:07 PM 2528 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 1495 Views
You're not taking me seriously now, are you? - 24/03/2010 02:54:37 AM 2427 Views
I meant the reason why RJ wrote WoT in the first place - 24/03/2010 06:39:47 AM 2427 Views
I thought the point was to write about a bunch of stuff happening? - 09/04/2010 03:42:49 PM 2492 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 23/03/2010 04:54:38 PM 2457 Views
pfft wth-ever - 26/03/2010 12:35:53 AM 2302 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 2458 Views
Usually, it's spelled "blah" - 29/03/2010 07:03:51 AM 2415 Views
Wow. That post was more entertaining than Mr. Roberts' review. Thank you *NM* - 29/03/2010 08:23:41 AM 1675 Views
You must have low standards for entertainment - 29/03/2010 08:54:03 AM 2399 Views
Re: You must have low standards for entertainment - 29/03/2010 09:13:44 AM 2499 Views
I know you were, thus the at the least of my comment - 29/03/2010 09:19:30 AM 2328 Views
Unimpressed - 29/03/2010 10:50:07 PM 2799 Views
Thank you - 30/03/2010 12:35:39 AM 2229 Views
*Standing ovation for DomA* - 30/03/2010 07:36:59 AM 2516 Views
Yes. Also, Roberts is a wanker. *NM* - 05/04/2010 09:28:57 PM 1500 Views
Re: Dude's been up for more awards for his writing than RJ ever was - 29/03/2010 04:32:23 PM 2511 Views
Might want to re-read their Wikis again. - 29/03/2010 07:07:11 PM 2348 Views
Awards - 29/03/2010 07:42:03 PM 2308 Views
That link is out of date - 29/03/2010 07:54:56 PM 2299 Views
Re: That link is out of date - 29/03/2010 08:22:03 PM 2445 Views
This is a battle of win/lose? - 29/03/2010 08:47:54 PM 2339 Views
Re: This is a battle of win/lose? - 29/03/2010 09:03:07 PM 2378 Views
*considers employing the Chewbacca defense* - 29/03/2010 09:28:06 PM 2363 Views
Re: *considers employing the Chewbacca defense* - 29/03/2010 09:44:58 PM 2576 Views
The final point explains the "defense" - 30/03/2010 12:24:56 AM 2270 Views
Re: The final point explains the "defense" - 30/03/2010 01:33:04 PM 2230 Views
No, no, no - 30/03/2010 06:38:41 PM 2295 Views
Re: No, no, no - 30/03/2010 07:51:34 PM 2404 Views
Still continuing, huh? - 31/03/2010 02:10:13 AM 2358 Views
Re: Still continuing, huh? - 31/03/2010 03:56:57 PM 2321 Views
Those were polls - 31/03/2010 08:46:07 PM 2337 Views
Re: Those were polls - 05/04/2010 03:22:13 PM 2280 Views
Does it gives him right to insult me? - 13/04/2011 02:10:32 PM 2331 Views
I wouldn't know. Was he speaking directly to you? - 14/04/2011 11:28:16 PM 2439 Views
He's now reviewed the third book - 26/03/2010 12:27:16 PM 2554 Views
Well, this time I must disagree with him . - 29/03/2010 07:31:40 AM 2272 Views
I don't think he was claiming that RJ was alone in doing that - 29/03/2010 07:44:07 AM 2273 Views
Hah! - 29/03/2010 06:07:28 PM 2290 Views
Well... - 29/03/2010 06:52:10 PM 2200 Views
Differing perspectives, I guess. - 29/03/2010 07:58:13 PM 2397 Views
I suppose - 29/03/2010 08:50:43 PM 2304 Views
Re: I suppose - 30/03/2010 12:18:30 AM 2444 Views
True - 30/03/2010 12:23:28 AM 2282 Views
Hey, DomA, do you know why the Shienarans randomly speak in the Old Tongue? - 30/03/2010 12:52:01 AM 2275 Views
Re: Hey, DomA, do you know why the Shienarans randomly speak in the Old Tongue? - 30/03/2010 07:45:08 AM 2460 Views
But why only them? - 30/03/2010 08:07:00 AM 2359 Views
Re: But why only them? - 30/03/2010 03:56:54 PM 2342 Views
Re: But why only them? - 30/03/2010 08:29:37 PM 2428 Views
I really liked a lot of the minor characters in The Great Hunt. - 30/03/2010 12:49:03 AM 2315 Views
I barely thought twice about those, to be honest - 30/03/2010 06:39:55 PM 2350 Views
I can't wait what he's going to try to do with TFoH and beyond - 28/03/2010 08:18:59 PM 2438 Views
Glad you enjoyed it - 29/03/2010 09:33:43 PM 2280 Views
The Shadow Rising review - 02/04/2010 09:42:53 AM 2546 Views
I wonder if this borders on trolling - 02/04/2010 02:29:58 PM 11092 Views
You want complaining? You got it... - 02/04/2010 06:38:09 PM 2419 Views
That would be a mistake - 02/04/2010 09:16:25 PM 2557 Views
Re: That would be a mistake - 02/04/2010 10:28:56 PM 2318 Views
I agree, Roberts is more and more coming across to me as just bitter - 10/04/2010 01:24:52 AM 2425 Views
Little late to this one as well - 10/04/2010 11:12:04 AM 2454 Views
Perhaps you should have led with this bit - 10/04/2010 02:52:23 PM 2544 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 2511 Views
Re: What review? I couldn't find one... - 02/04/2010 09:22:13 PM 2517 Views
See my comment below - 02/04/2010 09:32:54 PM 2586 Views
Re: See my comment below - 03/04/2010 09:31:22 AM 2905 Views
Sorry I'm late in responding, but I've been quite busy this week - 07/04/2010 09:45:48 PM 2776 Views
Yes, I can probably agree with what you say here. - 08/04/2010 12:29:16 AM 2233 Views
- 08/04/2010 12:32:53 AM 2381 Views
I agree completely. *NM* - 02/04/2010 09:53:44 PM 1394 Views
Speaking of irritation - 02/04/2010 10:50:04 PM 2483 Views
Commentary, then? - 02/04/2010 09:27:18 PM 2354 Views
Here's the thing... - 02/04/2010 10:11:18 PM 2312 Views
Re: Here's the thing... - 02/04/2010 10:31:56 PM 2150 Views
Re: Here's the thing... - 03/04/2010 01:34:05 AM 2206 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 2204 Views
Re: Commentary, then? - 05/04/2010 03:44:07 PM 2268 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 2533 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 2433 Views
You are very defensive over this - 10/04/2010 01:54:15 PM 2237 Views
Nah, more of a devil's advocate than anything else - 12/04/2010 03:57:12 AM 2289 Views
Re: Nah, more of a devil's advocate than anything else - 12/04/2010 05:30:53 PM 2212 Views
You sound like a Goodkind webmaster from a couple of years ago - 12/04/2010 06:58:42 PM 2304 Views
You don't come across as a devil's advocate - 30/03/2011 03:07:32 PM 2308 Views
Well Larry I have started reading Gradsil by Adam Roberts - 07/04/2010 08:59:28 PM 2465 Views
I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 07/04/2010 09:50:39 PM 2344 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 2411 Views
I have a very different take on that book - 10/04/2010 11:17:13 AM 2299 Views
Re: I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 09/04/2010 01:45:44 PM 2329 Views
Hrmm... - 10/04/2010 11:19:01 AM 2167 Views
Re: Well Larry I have started reading Gradsil by Adam Roberts - 12/04/2010 05:37:36 PM 2399 Views
He brings up some interesting points, if in an unnecessarily rude manner - 08/04/2010 12:42:25 PM 2361 Views
To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 09/04/2010 10:05:49 AM 2361 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 2368 Views
why are you so bothered by people being unimpressed with Roberts? - 10/04/2010 02:19:08 PM 2370 Views
I don't understand it either - 11/04/2010 12:44:25 PM 2351 Views
right? - 11/04/2010 02:13:00 PM 2384 Views
Nah - 12/04/2010 04:13:44 AM 2199 Views
And in vol. 5, Roberts discovers the horrors of the circus - 09/04/2010 09:57:03 AM 2352 Views
5 reviews without saying more than "I hate the series" - 09/04/2010 01:31:13 PM 2198 Views
Basically he just states the "nothing happens"-argument... - 09/04/2010 03:26:02 PM 2241 Views
Well, what was really resolved here? - 10/04/2010 11:25:25 AM 2332 Views
Well... - 12/04/2010 05:05:20 PM 2458 Views
well exactly - 12/04/2010 05:33:11 PM 2465 Views
So very little was resolved and much was set into motion, then? - 12/04/2010 06:55:45 PM 2412 Views
Yes... - 12/04/2010 10:51:08 PM 2149 Views
Ever read Umberto Eco's How To Travel with a Salmon? - 12/04/2010 11:07:19 PM 2476 Views
I guess... - 13/04/2010 10:03:03 AM 2461 Views
Sounds like you value prolixity for the sake of prolixity, to be honest - 13/04/2010 04:41:07 PM 3599 Views
Nah... - 13/04/2010 05:29:34 PM 2158 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 2203 Views
Dismissive, much? - 13/04/2010 10:52:30 PM 2385 Views
About that bifurcation... - 14/04/2010 02:02:15 AM 2354 Views
I'm rather moderate - 14/04/2010 10:11:30 AM 2251 Views
I'm just a liberation theologist at heart - 15/04/2010 01:51:16 PM 3150 Views
So, if you don't mind... - 13/04/2010 05:51:06 AM 2384 Views
That's fine with me - 13/04/2010 06:31:41 AM 2346 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 2365 Views
I didn't find it quite that bad, but... - 11/04/2010 08:27:52 AM 2348 Views
LoC represented a sharp drop in quality!!? - 19/05/2010 03:27:21 PM 2348 Views
And ignores everything else... - 09/04/2010 05:10:00 PM 2441 Views
Inchoatus went offline a couple of years ago - 10/04/2010 11:42:26 AM 3281 Views
This guy is going to get what he deserves... - 09/04/2010 10:26:14 PM 2316 Views
I'm waiting with bated breath for his CoT review *NM* - 10/04/2010 01:00:59 PM 1458 Views
Just wanted to point out that he is not reviewing the series. - 16/04/2010 04:04:49 PM 2259 Views
Lord of Chaos commentary - 16/04/2010 03:39:39 PM 2328 Views
He has reached - The Hump. - 16/04/2010 03:55:51 PM 2277 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 2228 Views
Yeah, I noticed that - 16/04/2010 11:16:26 PM 2146 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 2353 Views
The magic items are mostly irrelevant... - 21/04/2010 03:37:36 AM 2318 Views
A Crown of Swords - or is it deco-porn? - 23/04/2010 08:36:17 AM 2396 Views
Re: A Crown of Swords - or is it deco-porn? - 29/04/2010 06:02:28 PM 2343 Views
I disagree - 29/04/2010 09:34:49 PM 2168 Views
I agree. - 29/04/2010 09:45:29 PM 2388 Views
Took me a moment to realize with whom you were agreeing - 29/04/2010 10:19:05 PM 2302 Views
Well, I did mention the necklines get overdone... - 06/05/2010 06:17:46 PM 2608 Views
Well, there's now also the tea to comment about - 07/05/2010 11:29:03 AM 2414 Views
A bit of a stumble this week - 30/04/2010 01:53:31 PM 2424 Views
The Path of Daggers commentary - 07/05/2010 10:39:03 AM 2488 Views
You'd think a Brit would like the tea... *NM* - 11/05/2010 04:05:42 PM 1339 Views
Maybe he's just a contrarian? - 11/05/2010 07:55:43 PM 2227 Views
Winter's Heart - 21/05/2010 12:46:14 PM 2466 Views
To be fair - 21/05/2010 01:56:49 PM 2572 Views
I think WH was my least favorite of the WoT novels I re-read - 21/05/2010 04:49:31 PM 2318 Views
Re: I think WH was my least favorite of the WoT novels I re-read - 25/05/2010 05:05:09 PM 2466 Views
WH was my least favorite novel in the series, and that is saying a lot. - 28/05/2010 03:15:13 PM 2314 Views
I completely agree with his KoD post. Here is my favorite quote: - 28/05/2010 03:08:31 PM 2639 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 1332 Views
Knife of Dreams - 18/06/2010 09:07:27 AM 2358 Views
Re: Knife of Dreams - 19/06/2010 05:49:38 AM 2424 Views
Agree... - 19/06/2010 05:08:44 PM 2369 Views
Roberts reflects back on WoT 1-11, with answers to questions asked of him - 25/06/2010 12:51:29 PM 2434 Views
This guy should be burned at the stake - 25/06/2010 03:22:34 PM 9908 Views
Are you done making a fool out of yourself, Mark? - 26/06/2010 06:53:37 PM 2374 Views
Oh come on... - 26/06/2010 09:06:01 PM 2445 Views
Well, the burning at the stake was a bit much... - 26/06/2010 10:19:40 PM 2443 Views
Well, really! You brought the comment to his notice... - 26/06/2010 11:34:08 PM 2445 Views
And your point is...? - 27/06/2010 12:37:00 AM 2456 Views
Well... - 27/06/2010 05:38:12 AM 2408 Views
Indeed... I think it's rather clear that Larry's goal has been to cause trouble - 27/06/2010 10:57:36 AM 2588 Views
There is no "borderline" about it. - 28/03/2011 05:17:15 PM 2269 Views
Ridiculous - 27/06/2010 06:38:46 AM 2332 Views
I like his FAQ and his overall musings on its' popularity. - 29/06/2010 06:35:10 PM 2343 Views
One year later... - 27/03/2011 03:40:29 AM 2271 Views
Re: One year later... - 28/03/2011 05:03:32 PM 2508 Views
I see you subconsciously support critical takes. - 28/03/2011 11:41:48 PM 2512 Views
No I conciously support telling you and him that you are pathetic, arrogent, & jelous. *NM* - 30/03/2011 01:40:36 PM 1403 Views
Jealous? - 30/03/2011 05:20:32 PM 2280 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 1314 Views
Seconded. - 30/03/2011 04:04:36 PM 2252 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 1438 Views
Yep! - 30/03/2011 05:16:38 PM 2221 Views
Jeez Larry, you're starting to sound like a GRRM detractor. - 31/03/2011 03:01:38 PM 2405 Views
Nah, no detractor - 01/04/2011 03:00:41 PM 2402 Views
Could a thread be locked? - 31/03/2011 07:48:26 PM 2295 Views
Re: One year later... - 01/04/2011 02:55:02 AM 2669 Views
Yep - 01/04/2011 02:57:52 PM 2416 Views
He's not an "author", he's just a stupid troll, do not feed him *NM* - 30/03/2011 02:39:19 PM 1329 Views

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