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Basically he just states the "nothing happens"-argument... Etzel Send a noteboard - 09/04/2010 03:26:02 PM
I had forgotten just how tedious that extended scene with the circus was until I read that description of his. The bits about the sexual explosion was amusing, considering the typical complaints about the fetishes on display and the clothing descriptions. Not much else to the commentary, though. I suspect the pacing has become numbing to him.


Which I personally find pretty laughable concerning TFoH, and it's in my view easily refuted, if one actually reads the book.

Maybe this Adam Roberts is indeed just an arrogant idiot as others pointed out, but certainly not someone who seriously wants to review the WoT. *shrug*
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Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 19/03/2010 09:30:25 PM 12829 Views
A question for Larry - 19/03/2010 09:40:37 PM 3211 Views
Roberto BolaƱo - 19/03/2010 11:09:57 PM 3054 Views
I completely agree with his review. - 19/03/2010 11:11:17 PM 3165 Views
Ouch! Somebody pull that guy off RJ! *NM* - 20/03/2010 03:47:07 AM 1567 Views
Can't say that I really disagree. - 20/03/2010 05:19:26 AM 2486 Views
My problem with the reviews: - 20/03/2010 06:29:08 AM 3166 Views
Hear Hear !!! ....................... = ........................ *NM* - 20/03/2010 06:37:11 AM 1488 Views
I agree - 20/03/2010 11:19:29 AM 2598 Views
You know what else I'm finding annoying? - 07/04/2010 07:29:37 AM 2519 Views
Fully Agree *NM* - 21/06/2010 12:41:05 AM 1367 Views
well I agree and disagree - 20/03/2010 06:51:29 AM 2894 Views
Re: well I agree and disagree - 20/03/2010 02:12:43 PM 2416 Views
I'd say just The Eye of the World - 20/03/2010 05:26:19 PM 2465 Views
Indeed - 21/03/2010 12:34:19 AM 2378 Views
These reviews are pathetic - 20/03/2010 12:52:22 PM 2410 Views
I'm amused by some of the responses - 20/03/2010 07:20:03 PM 2824 Views
+1 *NM* - 20/03/2010 10:48:14 PM 1700 Views
Are you suggesting that we are unqualified to disagree with him ? - 20/03/2010 11:21:44 PM 2557 Views
No, I said rather that it's ridiculous to make such disparaging comments about his takes - 20/03/2010 11:37:56 PM 2560 Views
I considered doing so - 21/03/2010 12:27:27 AM 2423 Views
I will reply to myself: What's the problem McFly , chicken ? - 21/03/2010 12:29:36 AM 2386 Views
My sister called me chicken once - 10/04/2010 01:18:31 AM 2436 Views
what's wrong runt... are you yellah? *NM* - 10/04/2010 10:40:16 AM 1452 Views
NICE! *NM* - 10/04/2010 02:19:44 PM 1312 Views
Re: I'm amused by some of the responses - 23/03/2010 04:50:42 PM 2474 Views
And I'm even more amused by this response - 24/03/2010 01:11:50 AM 2397 Views
Re: And I'm even more amused by this response - 24/03/2010 03:03:28 AM 2271 Views
Nah, TGS was the only serious review of the series I've done - 24/03/2010 04:31:28 AM 2359 Views
On a completely unrelated note... - 24/03/2010 06:15:25 AM 2275 Views
Ha! - 24/03/2010 06:34:48 AM 2310 Views
My congratulations then . *NM* - 24/03/2010 06:36:11 AM 2233 Views
You say it as if I had been condemned to hell! - 24/03/2010 07:13:45 AM 2123 Views
No. Well, maybe. - 24/03/2010 06:52:28 PM 2316 Views
! - 24/03/2010 06:54:34 PM 2314 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 22/03/2010 02:47:23 PM 2445 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 23/03/2010 01:53:16 PM 2419 Views
Wow, you guys have completely missed the point of the Wheel of Time series - 22/03/2010 05:28:07 PM 2446 Views
There's a point to it? - 22/03/2010 06:47:12 PM 2428 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 1450 Views
You're not taking me seriously now, are you? - 24/03/2010 02:54:37 AM 2362 Views
I meant the reason why RJ wrote WoT in the first place - 24/03/2010 06:39:47 AM 2348 Views
I thought the point was to write about a bunch of stuff happening? - 09/04/2010 03:42:49 PM 2418 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 23/03/2010 04:54:38 PM 2374 Views
pfft wth-ever - 26/03/2010 12:35:53 AM 2242 Views
Dude's been up for more awards for his writing than RJ ever was - 26/03/2010 12:28:19 PM 2499 Views
bla bla bla - 29/03/2010 06:17:07 AM 2368 Views
Usually, it's spelled "blah" - 29/03/2010 07:03:51 AM 2341 Views
Wow. That post was more entertaining than Mr. Roberts' review. Thank you *NM* - 29/03/2010 08:23:41 AM 1627 Views
You must have low standards for entertainment - 29/03/2010 08:54:03 AM 2301 Views
Re: You must have low standards for entertainment - 29/03/2010 09:13:44 AM 2422 Views
I know you were, thus the at the least of my comment - 29/03/2010 09:19:30 AM 2244 Views
Unimpressed - 29/03/2010 10:50:07 PM 2699 Views
Thank you - 30/03/2010 12:35:39 AM 2146 Views
*Standing ovation for DomA* - 30/03/2010 07:36:59 AM 2446 Views
Yes. Also, Roberts is a wanker. *NM* - 05/04/2010 09:28:57 PM 1457 Views
Re: Dude's been up for more awards for his writing than RJ ever was - 29/03/2010 04:32:23 PM 2412 Views
Might want to re-read their Wikis again. - 29/03/2010 07:07:11 PM 2276 Views
Awards - 29/03/2010 07:42:03 PM 2236 Views
That link is out of date - 29/03/2010 07:54:56 PM 2230 Views
Re: That link is out of date - 29/03/2010 08:22:03 PM 2352 Views
This is a battle of win/lose? - 29/03/2010 08:47:54 PM 2272 Views
Re: This is a battle of win/lose? - 29/03/2010 09:03:07 PM 2304 Views
*considers employing the Chewbacca defense* - 29/03/2010 09:28:06 PM 2288 Views
Re: *considers employing the Chewbacca defense* - 29/03/2010 09:44:58 PM 2491 Views
The final point explains the "defense" - 30/03/2010 12:24:56 AM 2179 Views
Re: The final point explains the "defense" - 30/03/2010 01:33:04 PM 2160 Views
No, no, no - 30/03/2010 06:38:41 PM 2224 Views
Re: No, no, no - 30/03/2010 07:51:34 PM 2341 Views
Still continuing, huh? - 31/03/2010 02:10:13 AM 2294 Views
Re: Still continuing, huh? - 31/03/2010 03:56:57 PM 2261 Views
Those were polls - 31/03/2010 08:46:07 PM 2269 Views
Re: Those were polls - 05/04/2010 03:22:13 PM 2207 Views
Does it gives him right to insult me? - 13/04/2011 02:10:32 PM 2251 Views
I wouldn't know. Was he speaking directly to you? - 14/04/2011 11:28:16 PM 2356 Views
He's now reviewed the third book - 26/03/2010 12:27:16 PM 2478 Views
Well, this time I must disagree with him . - 29/03/2010 07:31:40 AM 2213 Views
I don't think he was claiming that RJ was alone in doing that - 29/03/2010 07:44:07 AM 2203 Views
Hah! - 29/03/2010 06:07:28 PM 2243 Views
Well... - 29/03/2010 06:52:10 PM 2136 Views
Differing perspectives, I guess. - 29/03/2010 07:58:13 PM 2329 Views
I suppose - 29/03/2010 08:50:43 PM 2235 Views
Re: I suppose - 30/03/2010 12:18:30 AM 2382 Views
True - 30/03/2010 12:23:28 AM 2213 Views
Hey, DomA, do you know why the Shienarans randomly speak in the Old Tongue? - 30/03/2010 12:52:01 AM 2195 Views
Re: Hey, DomA, do you know why the Shienarans randomly speak in the Old Tongue? - 30/03/2010 07:45:08 AM 2360 Views
But why only them? - 30/03/2010 08:07:00 AM 2278 Views
Re: But why only them? - 30/03/2010 03:56:54 PM 2255 Views
Re: But why only them? - 30/03/2010 08:29:37 PM 2347 Views
I really liked a lot of the minor characters in The Great Hunt. - 30/03/2010 12:49:03 AM 2252 Views
I barely thought twice about those, to be honest - 30/03/2010 06:39:55 PM 2279 Views
I can't wait what he's going to try to do with TFoH and beyond - 28/03/2010 08:18:59 PM 2355 Views
Glad you enjoyed it - 29/03/2010 09:33:43 PM 2195 Views
The Shadow Rising review - 02/04/2010 09:42:53 AM 2463 Views
I wonder if this borders on trolling - 02/04/2010 02:29:58 PM 11023 Views
You want complaining? You got it... - 02/04/2010 06:38:09 PM 2354 Views
That would be a mistake - 02/04/2010 09:16:25 PM 2478 Views
Re: That would be a mistake - 02/04/2010 10:28:56 PM 2235 Views
I agree, Roberts is more and more coming across to me as just bitter - 10/04/2010 01:24:52 AM 2352 Views
Little late to this one as well - 10/04/2010 11:12:04 AM 2372 Views
Perhaps you should have led with this bit - 10/04/2010 02:52:23 PM 2459 Views
Re: I wonder if this borders on trolling - 04/04/2010 09:16:22 AM 2353 Views
What review? I couldn't find one... - 02/04/2010 08:00:45 PM 2432 Views
Re: What review? I couldn't find one... - 02/04/2010 09:22:13 PM 2444 Views
See my comment below - 02/04/2010 09:32:54 PM 2505 Views
Re: See my comment below - 03/04/2010 09:31:22 AM 2840 Views
Sorry I'm late in responding, but I've been quite busy this week - 07/04/2010 09:45:48 PM 2698 Views
Yes, I can probably agree with what you say here. - 08/04/2010 12:29:16 AM 2145 Views
- 08/04/2010 12:32:53 AM 2304 Views
I agree completely. *NM* - 02/04/2010 09:53:44 PM 1351 Views
Speaking of irritation - 02/04/2010 10:50:04 PM 2403 Views
Commentary, then? - 02/04/2010 09:27:18 PM 2279 Views
Here's the thing... - 02/04/2010 10:11:18 PM 2221 Views
Re: Here's the thing... - 02/04/2010 10:31:56 PM 2064 Views
Re: Here's the thing... - 03/04/2010 01:34:05 AM 2134 Views
I somehow overlooked this last week, it seems - 10/04/2010 11:01:17 AM 2439 Views
Indeed - 02/04/2010 10:34:00 PM 2129 Views
Re: Commentary, then? - 05/04/2010 03:44:07 PM 2197 Views
for a man that bitterly complains about an author who is padding his work - 08/04/2010 09:41:07 PM 2407 Views
1400 words is long-winded? - 09/04/2010 10:07:41 AM 2446 Views
since you can sum up those 1400 words in about 25 yes that's longwinded - 09/04/2010 01:36:16 PM 2309 Views
Except I didn't really sum it up, as I left out quite a bit - 10/04/2010 11:15:42 AM 2354 Views
You are very defensive over this - 10/04/2010 01:54:15 PM 2167 Views
Nah, more of a devil's advocate than anything else - 12/04/2010 03:57:12 AM 2211 Views
Re: Nah, more of a devil's advocate than anything else - 12/04/2010 05:30:53 PM 2132 Views
You sound like a Goodkind webmaster from a couple of years ago - 12/04/2010 06:58:42 PM 2239 Views
You don't come across as a devil's advocate - 30/03/2011 03:07:32 PM 2223 Views
Well Larry I have started reading Gradsil by Adam Roberts - 07/04/2010 08:59:28 PM 2402 Views
I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 07/04/2010 09:50:39 PM 2257 Views
Re: I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 08/04/2010 01:06:20 PM 2115 Views
Which Invisible Man? - 09/04/2010 09:58:44 AM 2358 Views
Re: Which Invisible Man? - 09/04/2010 01:26:42 PM 2317 Views
I have a very different take on that book - 10/04/2010 11:17:13 AM 2202 Views
Re: I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 09/04/2010 01:45:44 PM 2248 Views
Hrmm... - 10/04/2010 11:19:01 AM 2096 Views
Re: Well Larry I have started reading Gradsil by Adam Roberts - 12/04/2010 05:37:36 PM 2326 Views
He brings up some interesting points, if in an unnecessarily rude manner - 08/04/2010 12:42:25 PM 2292 Views
To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 09/04/2010 10:05:49 AM 2274 Views
Re: To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 09/04/2010 01:28:17 PM 2823 Views
Re: To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 10/04/2010 11:40:22 AM 2293 Views
why are you so bothered by people being unimpressed with Roberts? - 10/04/2010 02:19:08 PM 2305 Views
I don't understand it either - 11/04/2010 12:44:25 PM 2273 Views
right? - 11/04/2010 02:13:00 PM 2311 Views
Nah - 12/04/2010 04:13:44 AM 2117 Views
And in vol. 5, Roberts discovers the horrors of the circus - 09/04/2010 09:57:03 AM 2273 Views
5 reviews without saying more than "I hate the series" - 09/04/2010 01:31:13 PM 2126 Views
Basically he just states the "nothing happens"-argument... - 09/04/2010 03:26:02 PM 2167 Views
Well, what was really resolved here? - 10/04/2010 11:25:25 AM 2242 Views
Well... - 12/04/2010 05:05:20 PM 2358 Views
well exactly - 12/04/2010 05:33:11 PM 2391 Views
So very little was resolved and much was set into motion, then? - 12/04/2010 06:55:45 PM 2332 Views
Yes... - 12/04/2010 10:51:08 PM 2083 Views
Ever read Umberto Eco's How To Travel with a Salmon? - 12/04/2010 11:07:19 PM 2395 Views
I guess... - 13/04/2010 10:03:03 AM 2391 Views
Sounds like you value prolixity for the sake of prolixity, to be honest - 13/04/2010 04:41:07 PM 3507 Views
Nah... - 13/04/2010 05:29:34 PM 2080 Views
He's read and enjoyed Proust, among others - 13/04/2010 07:37:39 PM 2181 Views
Ah, well... - 13/04/2010 09:45:45 PM 2123 Views
Dismissive, much? - 13/04/2010 10:52:30 PM 2290 Views
About that bifurcation... - 14/04/2010 02:02:15 AM 2265 Views
I'm rather moderate - 14/04/2010 10:11:30 AM 2170 Views
I'm just a liberation theologist at heart - 15/04/2010 01:51:16 PM 3077 Views
So, if you don't mind... - 13/04/2010 05:51:06 AM 2296 Views
That's fine with me - 13/04/2010 06:31:41 AM 2256 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 2294 Views
I didn't find it quite that bad, but... - 11/04/2010 08:27:52 AM 2277 Views
LoC represented a sharp drop in quality!!? - 19/05/2010 03:27:21 PM 2274 Views
And ignores everything else... - 09/04/2010 05:10:00 PM 2329 Views
Inchoatus went offline a couple of years ago - 10/04/2010 11:42:26 AM 3211 Views
This guy is going to get what he deserves... - 09/04/2010 10:26:14 PM 2249 Views
I'm waiting with bated breath for his CoT review *NM* - 10/04/2010 01:00:59 PM 1419 Views
Just wanted to point out that he is not reviewing the series. - 16/04/2010 04:04:49 PM 2187 Views
Lord of Chaos commentary - 16/04/2010 03:39:39 PM 2265 Views
He has reached - The Hump. - 16/04/2010 03:55:51 PM 2210 Views
Re: He has reached - The Hump. - 18/04/2010 08:08:59 AM 2645 Views
No no. It was Lord of Heaven! - 16/04/2010 05:51:11 PM 2157 Views
Yeah, I noticed that - 16/04/2010 11:16:26 PM 2070 Views
I would love the see him review Goodkind... - 16/04/2010 11:51:07 PM 2308 Views
Finally re-read that post - 20/04/2010 09:35:45 PM 2269 Views
The magic items are mostly irrelevant... - 21/04/2010 03:37:36 AM 2232 Views
A Crown of Swords - or is it deco-porn? - 23/04/2010 08:36:17 AM 2336 Views
Re: A Crown of Swords - or is it deco-porn? - 29/04/2010 06:02:28 PM 2273 Views
I disagree - 29/04/2010 09:34:49 PM 2103 Views
I agree. - 29/04/2010 09:45:29 PM 2312 Views
Took me a moment to realize with whom you were agreeing - 29/04/2010 10:19:05 PM 2220 Views
Well, I did mention the necklines get overdone... - 06/05/2010 06:17:46 PM 2513 Views
Well, there's now also the tea to comment about - 07/05/2010 11:29:03 AM 2340 Views
A bit of a stumble this week - 30/04/2010 01:53:31 PM 2364 Views
The Path of Daggers commentary - 07/05/2010 10:39:03 AM 2418 Views
You'd think a Brit would like the tea... *NM* - 11/05/2010 04:05:42 PM 1295 Views
Maybe he's just a contrarian? - 11/05/2010 07:55:43 PM 2163 Views
Winter's Heart - 21/05/2010 12:46:14 PM 2390 Views
To be fair - 21/05/2010 01:56:49 PM 2497 Views
I think WH was my least favorite of the WoT novels I re-read - 21/05/2010 04:49:31 PM 2244 Views
Re: I think WH was my least favorite of the WoT novels I re-read - 25/05/2010 05:05:09 PM 2385 Views
WH was my least favorite novel in the series, and that is saying a lot. - 28/05/2010 03:15:13 PM 2251 Views
I completely agree with his KoD post. Here is my favorite quote: - 28/05/2010 03:08:31 PM 2569 Views
CoT, you mean (link to actual post included) - 28/05/2010 04:56:10 PM 2401 Views
Yep, I meant COT. *NM* - 28/05/2010 07:02:48 PM 1297 Views
Knife of Dreams - 18/06/2010 09:07:27 AM 2272 Views
Re: Knife of Dreams - 19/06/2010 05:49:38 AM 2356 Views
Agree... - 19/06/2010 05:08:44 PM 2299 Views
Roberts reflects back on WoT 1-11, with answers to questions asked of him - 25/06/2010 12:51:29 PM 2349 Views
This guy should be burned at the stake - 25/06/2010 03:22:34 PM 9823 Views
Are you done making a fool out of yourself, Mark? - 26/06/2010 06:53:37 PM 2293 Views
Oh come on... - 26/06/2010 09:06:01 PM 2366 Views
Well, the burning at the stake was a bit much... - 26/06/2010 10:19:40 PM 2366 Views
Well, really! You brought the comment to his notice... - 26/06/2010 11:34:08 PM 2369 Views
And your point is...? - 27/06/2010 12:37:00 AM 2369 Views
Well... - 27/06/2010 05:38:12 AM 2343 Views
Indeed... I think it's rather clear that Larry's goal has been to cause trouble - 27/06/2010 10:57:36 AM 2505 Views
There is no "borderline" about it. - 28/03/2011 05:17:15 PM 2198 Views
Ridiculous - 27/06/2010 06:38:46 AM 2270 Views
I like his FAQ and his overall musings on its' popularity. - 29/06/2010 06:35:10 PM 2278 Views
One year later... - 27/03/2011 03:40:29 AM 2201 Views
Re: One year later... - 28/03/2011 05:03:32 PM 2446 Views
I see you subconsciously support critical takes. - 28/03/2011 11:41:48 PM 2447 Views
No I conciously support telling you and him that you are pathetic, arrogent, & jelous. *NM* - 30/03/2011 01:40:36 PM 1361 Views
Jealous? - 30/03/2011 05:20:32 PM 2206 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 1277 Views
Seconded. - 30/03/2011 04:04:36 PM 2158 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 1402 Views
Yep! - 30/03/2011 05:16:38 PM 2154 Views
Jeez Larry, you're starting to sound like a GRRM detractor. - 31/03/2011 03:01:38 PM 2335 Views
Nah, no detractor - 01/04/2011 03:00:41 PM 2331 Views
Could a thread be locked? - 31/03/2011 07:48:26 PM 2213 Views
Re: One year later... - 01/04/2011 02:55:02 AM 2582 Views
Yep - 01/04/2011 02:57:52 PM 2330 Views
He's not an "author", he's just a stupid troll, do not feed him *NM* - 30/03/2011 02:39:19 PM 1285 Views

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