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I guess I just presumed that people would read the header to his blog Larry Send a noteboard - 12/04/2010 03:54:10 AM
Or rather, it's a review of a series taken from a casual viewpoint. It's not his professional review blog that he's posting reviews of these books and several others, but his personal one where he's said in the past that he's going to be very conversational and not very formal in how he approaches writing the reviews.

To be honest I may well have gone into his "review" with a different mind-set if you had set this up from the beginning.

I do think it's interesting that he finds it necessary to have a "casual and personal" review blog where he pretty much shreds other people's work. Having read some of his other posts on there I find it interesting that he seems to use this blog as a forum of negativity. He even notes it himself:


Having read others, he veers back and forth. Review blogs, casual or not, are not supposed to be just positive or just negative reviews. It does amuse me, as a reviewer myself, those who seem to think that they ought to be all one or the other.

"Sometimes, I suppose it could be argued, this blog veers a little towards the negative-critical. So let me buck my own trend and say that the new Gorillaz album is very very good indeed"

Oh well.
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 13721 Views
A question for Larry - 19/03/2010 09:40:37 PM 3600 Views
Roberto Bolaño - 19/03/2010 11:09:57 PM 3568 Views
I completely agree with his review. - 19/03/2010 11:11:17 PM 3585 Views
Ouch! Somebody pull that guy off RJ! *NM* - 20/03/2010 03:47:07 AM 1796 Views
Can't say that I really disagree. - 20/03/2010 05:19:26 AM 2889 Views
My problem with the reviews: - 20/03/2010 06:29:08 AM 3615 Views
Hear Hear !!! ....................... = ........................ *NM* - 20/03/2010 06:37:11 AM 1710 Views
I agree - 20/03/2010 11:19:29 AM 2988 Views
You know what else I'm finding annoying? - 07/04/2010 07:29:37 AM 2870 Views
Fully Agree *NM* - 21/06/2010 12:41:05 AM 1572 Views
well I agree and disagree - 20/03/2010 06:51:29 AM 3227 Views
Re: well I agree and disagree - 20/03/2010 02:12:43 PM 2775 Views
I'd say just The Eye of the World - 20/03/2010 05:26:19 PM 2910 Views
Indeed - 21/03/2010 12:34:19 AM 2771 Views
These reviews are pathetic - 20/03/2010 12:52:22 PM 2776 Views
I'm amused by some of the responses - 20/03/2010 07:20:03 PM 3243 Views
+1 *NM* - 20/03/2010 10:48:14 PM 1913 Views
Are you suggesting that we are unqualified to disagree with him ? - 20/03/2010 11:21:44 PM 2951 Views
No, I said rather that it's ridiculous to make such disparaging comments about his takes - 20/03/2010 11:37:56 PM 2962 Views
I considered doing so - 21/03/2010 12:27:27 AM 2773 Views
I will reply to myself: What's the problem McFly , chicken ? - 21/03/2010 12:29:36 AM 2818 Views
My sister called me chicken once - 10/04/2010 01:18:31 AM 2832 Views
what's wrong runt... are you yellah? *NM* - 10/04/2010 10:40:16 AM 1641 Views
NICE! *NM* - 10/04/2010 02:19:44 PM 1500 Views
Re: I'm amused by some of the responses - 23/03/2010 04:50:42 PM 2841 Views
And I'm even more amused by this response - 24/03/2010 01:11:50 AM 2786 Views
Re: And I'm even more amused by this response - 24/03/2010 03:03:28 AM 2670 Views
Nah, TGS was the only serious review of the series I've done - 24/03/2010 04:31:28 AM 2741 Views
On a completely unrelated note... - 24/03/2010 06:15:25 AM 2699 Views
Ha! - 24/03/2010 06:34:48 AM 2664 Views
My congratulations then . *NM* - 24/03/2010 06:36:11 AM 2594 Views
You say it as if I had been condemned to hell! - 24/03/2010 07:13:45 AM 2527 Views
No. Well, maybe. - 24/03/2010 06:52:28 PM 2679 Views
! - 24/03/2010 06:54:34 PM 2706 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 22/03/2010 02:47:23 PM 2862 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 23/03/2010 01:53:16 PM 2769 Views
Wow, you guys have completely missed the point of the Wheel of Time series - 22/03/2010 05:28:07 PM 2815 Views
There's a point to it? - 22/03/2010 06:47:12 PM 2798 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 1655 Views
You're not taking me seriously now, are you? - 24/03/2010 02:54:37 AM 2718 Views
I meant the reason why RJ wrote WoT in the first place - 24/03/2010 06:39:47 AM 2726 Views
I thought the point was to write about a bunch of stuff happening? - 09/04/2010 03:42:49 PM 2814 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 23/03/2010 04:54:38 PM 2766 Views
pfft wth-ever - 26/03/2010 12:35:53 AM 2603 Views
Dude's been up for more awards for his writing than RJ ever was - 26/03/2010 12:28:19 PM 2837 Views
bla bla bla - 29/03/2010 06:17:07 AM 2753 Views
Usually, it's spelled "blah" - 29/03/2010 07:03:51 AM 2686 Views
Wow. That post was more entertaining than Mr. Roberts' review. Thank you *NM* - 29/03/2010 08:23:41 AM 1821 Views
You must have low standards for entertainment - 29/03/2010 08:54:03 AM 2687 Views
Re: You must have low standards for entertainment - 29/03/2010 09:13:44 AM 2774 Views
I know you were, thus the at the least of my comment - 29/03/2010 09:19:30 AM 2601 Views
Unimpressed - 29/03/2010 10:50:07 PM 3104 Views
Thank you - 30/03/2010 12:35:39 AM 2530 Views
*Standing ovation for DomA* - 30/03/2010 07:36:59 AM 2803 Views
Yes. Also, Roberts is a wanker. *NM* - 05/04/2010 09:28:57 PM 1668 Views
Re: Dude's been up for more awards for his writing than RJ ever was - 29/03/2010 04:32:23 PM 2821 Views
Might want to re-read their Wikis again. - 29/03/2010 07:07:11 PM 2626 Views
Awards - 29/03/2010 07:42:03 PM 2598 Views
That link is out of date - 29/03/2010 07:54:56 PM 2569 Views
Re: That link is out of date - 29/03/2010 08:22:03 PM 2787 Views
This is a battle of win/lose? - 29/03/2010 08:47:54 PM 2629 Views
Re: This is a battle of win/lose? - 29/03/2010 09:03:07 PM 2638 Views
*considers employing the Chewbacca defense* - 29/03/2010 09:28:06 PM 2685 Views
Re: *considers employing the Chewbacca defense* - 29/03/2010 09:44:58 PM 2846 Views
The final point explains the "defense" - 30/03/2010 12:24:56 AM 2585 Views
Re: The final point explains the "defense" - 30/03/2010 01:33:04 PM 2528 Views
No, no, no - 30/03/2010 06:38:41 PM 2569 Views
Re: No, no, no - 30/03/2010 07:51:34 PM 2675 Views
Still continuing, huh? - 31/03/2010 02:10:13 AM 2639 Views
Re: Still continuing, huh? - 31/03/2010 03:56:57 PM 2636 Views
Those were polls - 31/03/2010 08:46:07 PM 2631 Views
Re: Those were polls - 05/04/2010 03:22:13 PM 2537 Views
Does it gives him right to insult me? - 13/04/2011 02:10:32 PM 2615 Views
I wouldn't know. Was he speaking directly to you? - 14/04/2011 11:28:16 PM 2714 Views
He's now reviewed the third book - 26/03/2010 12:27:16 PM 2850 Views
Well, this time I must disagree with him . - 29/03/2010 07:31:40 AM 2558 Views
I don't think he was claiming that RJ was alone in doing that - 29/03/2010 07:44:07 AM 2574 Views
Hah! - 29/03/2010 06:07:28 PM 2561 Views
Well... - 29/03/2010 06:52:10 PM 2489 Views
Differing perspectives, I guess. - 29/03/2010 07:58:13 PM 2656 Views
I suppose - 29/03/2010 08:50:43 PM 2575 Views
Re: I suppose - 30/03/2010 12:18:30 AM 2743 Views
True - 30/03/2010 12:23:28 AM 2584 Views
Hey, DomA, do you know why the Shienarans randomly speak in the Old Tongue? - 30/03/2010 12:52:01 AM 2568 Views
Re: Hey, DomA, do you know why the Shienarans randomly speak in the Old Tongue? - 30/03/2010 07:45:08 AM 2776 Views
But why only them? - 30/03/2010 08:07:00 AM 2650 Views
Re: But why only them? - 30/03/2010 03:56:54 PM 2661 Views
Re: But why only them? - 30/03/2010 08:29:37 PM 2748 Views
I really liked a lot of the minor characters in The Great Hunt. - 30/03/2010 12:49:03 AM 2585 Views
I barely thought twice about those, to be honest - 30/03/2010 06:39:55 PM 2626 Views
I can't wait what he's going to try to do with TFoH and beyond - 28/03/2010 08:18:59 PM 2712 Views
Glad you enjoyed it - 29/03/2010 09:33:43 PM 2547 Views
The Shadow Rising review - 02/04/2010 09:42:53 AM 2874 Views
I wonder if this borders on trolling - 02/04/2010 02:29:58 PM 11391 Views
You want complaining? You got it... - 02/04/2010 06:38:09 PM 2698 Views
That would be a mistake - 02/04/2010 09:16:25 PM 2859 Views
Re: That would be a mistake - 02/04/2010 10:28:56 PM 2598 Views
I agree, Roberts is more and more coming across to me as just bitter - 10/04/2010 01:24:52 AM 2704 Views
Little late to this one as well - 10/04/2010 11:12:04 AM 2760 Views
Perhaps you should have led with this bit - 10/04/2010 02:52:23 PM 2824 Views
I guess I just presumed that people would read the header to his blog - 12/04/2010 03:54:10 AM 2651 Views
Re: I wonder if this borders on trolling - 04/04/2010 09:16:22 AM 2707 Views
What review? I couldn't find one... - 02/04/2010 08:00:45 PM 2804 Views
Re: What review? I couldn't find one... - 02/04/2010 09:22:13 PM 2810 Views
See my comment below - 02/04/2010 09:32:54 PM 2878 Views
Re: See my comment below - 03/04/2010 09:31:22 AM 3218 Views
Sorry I'm late in responding, but I've been quite busy this week - 07/04/2010 09:45:48 PM 3067 Views
Yes, I can probably agree with what you say here. - 08/04/2010 12:29:16 AM 2514 Views
- 08/04/2010 12:32:53 AM 2653 Views
I agree completely. *NM* - 02/04/2010 09:53:44 PM 1541 Views
Speaking of irritation - 02/04/2010 10:50:04 PM 2770 Views
Commentary, then? - 02/04/2010 09:27:18 PM 2661 Views
Here's the thing... - 02/04/2010 10:11:18 PM 2595 Views
Re: Here's the thing... - 02/04/2010 10:31:56 PM 2465 Views
Re: Here's the thing... - 03/04/2010 01:34:05 AM 2490 Views
I somehow overlooked this last week, it seems - 10/04/2010 11:01:17 AM 2825 Views
Indeed - 02/04/2010 10:34:00 PM 2487 Views
Re: Commentary, then? - 05/04/2010 03:44:07 PM 2543 Views
for a man that bitterly complains about an author who is padding his work - 08/04/2010 09:41:07 PM 2782 Views
1400 words is long-winded? - 09/04/2010 10:07:41 AM 2823 Views
since you can sum up those 1400 words in about 25 yes that's longwinded - 09/04/2010 01:36:16 PM 2704 Views
Except I didn't really sum it up, as I left out quite a bit - 10/04/2010 11:15:42 AM 2725 Views
You are very defensive over this - 10/04/2010 01:54:15 PM 2521 Views
Nah, more of a devil's advocate than anything else - 12/04/2010 03:57:12 AM 2579 Views
Re: Nah, more of a devil's advocate than anything else - 12/04/2010 05:30:53 PM 2511 Views
You sound like a Goodkind webmaster from a couple of years ago - 12/04/2010 06:58:42 PM 2602 Views
You don't come across as a devil's advocate - 30/03/2011 03:07:32 PM 2621 Views
Well Larry I have started reading Gradsil by Adam Roberts - 07/04/2010 08:59:28 PM 2749 Views
I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 07/04/2010 09:50:39 PM 2635 Views
Re: I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 08/04/2010 01:06:20 PM 2543 Views
Which Invisible Man? - 09/04/2010 09:58:44 AM 2704 Views
Re: Which Invisible Man? - 09/04/2010 01:26:42 PM 2740 Views
I have a very different take on that book - 10/04/2010 11:17:13 AM 2580 Views
Re: I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 09/04/2010 01:45:44 PM 2642 Views
Hrmm... - 10/04/2010 11:19:01 AM 2465 Views
Re: Well Larry I have started reading Gradsil by Adam Roberts - 12/04/2010 05:37:36 PM 2700 Views
He brings up some interesting points, if in an unnecessarily rude manner - 08/04/2010 12:42:25 PM 2630 Views
To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 09/04/2010 10:05:49 AM 2646 Views
Re: To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 09/04/2010 01:28:17 PM 3190 Views
Re: To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 10/04/2010 11:40:22 AM 2670 Views
why are you so bothered by people being unimpressed with Roberts? - 10/04/2010 02:19:08 PM 2670 Views
I don't understand it either - 11/04/2010 12:44:25 PM 2655 Views
right? - 11/04/2010 02:13:00 PM 2672 Views
Nah - 12/04/2010 04:13:44 AM 2489 Views
And in vol. 5, Roberts discovers the horrors of the circus - 09/04/2010 09:57:03 AM 2640 Views
5 reviews without saying more than "I hate the series" - 09/04/2010 01:31:13 PM 2510 Views
Basically he just states the "nothing happens"-argument... - 09/04/2010 03:26:02 PM 2542 Views
Well, what was really resolved here? - 10/04/2010 11:25:25 AM 2613 Views
Well... - 12/04/2010 05:05:20 PM 2727 Views
well exactly - 12/04/2010 05:33:11 PM 2719 Views
So very little was resolved and much was set into motion, then? - 12/04/2010 06:55:45 PM 2686 Views
Yes... - 12/04/2010 10:51:08 PM 2439 Views
Ever read Umberto Eco's How To Travel with a Salmon? - 12/04/2010 11:07:19 PM 2778 Views
I guess... - 13/04/2010 10:03:03 AM 2765 Views
Sounds like you value prolixity for the sake of prolixity, to be honest - 13/04/2010 04:41:07 PM 3882 Views
Nah... - 13/04/2010 05:29:34 PM 2429 Views
He's read and enjoyed Proust, among others - 13/04/2010 07:37:39 PM 2588 Views
Ah, well... - 13/04/2010 09:45:45 PM 2481 Views
Dismissive, much? - 13/04/2010 10:52:30 PM 2695 Views
About that bifurcation... - 14/04/2010 02:02:15 AM 2661 Views
I'm rather moderate - 14/04/2010 10:11:30 AM 2595 Views
I'm just a liberation theologist at heart - 15/04/2010 01:51:16 PM 3453 Views
So, if you don't mind... - 13/04/2010 05:51:06 AM 2673 Views
That's fine with me - 13/04/2010 06:31:41 AM 2625 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 2638 Views
I didn't find it quite that bad, but... - 11/04/2010 08:27:52 AM 2653 Views
LoC represented a sharp drop in quality!!? - 19/05/2010 03:27:21 PM 2607 Views
And ignores everything else... - 09/04/2010 05:10:00 PM 2737 Views
Inchoatus went offline a couple of years ago - 10/04/2010 11:42:26 AM 3576 Views
This guy is going to get what he deserves... - 09/04/2010 10:26:14 PM 2610 Views
I'm waiting with bated breath for his CoT review *NM* - 10/04/2010 01:00:59 PM 1634 Views
Just wanted to point out that he is not reviewing the series. - 16/04/2010 04:04:49 PM 2527 Views
Lord of Chaos commentary - 16/04/2010 03:39:39 PM 2614 Views
He has reached - The Hump. - 16/04/2010 03:55:51 PM 2563 Views
Re: He has reached - The Hump. - 18/04/2010 08:08:59 AM 2986 Views
No no. It was Lord of Heaven! - 16/04/2010 05:51:11 PM 2504 Views
Yeah, I noticed that - 16/04/2010 11:16:26 PM 2423 Views
I would love the see him review Goodkind... - 16/04/2010 11:51:07 PM 2638 Views
Finally re-read that post - 20/04/2010 09:35:45 PM 2630 Views
The magic items are mostly irrelevant... - 21/04/2010 03:37:36 AM 2600 Views
A Crown of Swords - or is it deco-porn? - 23/04/2010 08:36:17 AM 2692 Views
Re: A Crown of Swords - or is it deco-porn? - 29/04/2010 06:02:28 PM 2612 Views
I disagree - 29/04/2010 09:34:49 PM 2438 Views
I agree. - 29/04/2010 09:45:29 PM 2651 Views
Took me a moment to realize with whom you were agreeing - 29/04/2010 10:19:05 PM 2582 Views
Well, I did mention the necklines get overdone... - 06/05/2010 06:17:46 PM 2896 Views
Well, there's now also the tea to comment about - 07/05/2010 11:29:03 AM 2688 Views
A bit of a stumble this week - 30/04/2010 01:53:31 PM 2705 Views
The Path of Daggers commentary - 07/05/2010 10:39:03 AM 2762 Views
You'd think a Brit would like the tea... *NM* - 11/05/2010 04:05:42 PM 1481 Views
Maybe he's just a contrarian? - 11/05/2010 07:55:43 PM 2507 Views
Winter's Heart - 21/05/2010 12:46:14 PM 2778 Views
To be fair - 21/05/2010 01:56:49 PM 2870 Views
I think WH was my least favorite of the WoT novels I re-read - 21/05/2010 04:49:31 PM 2610 Views
Re: I think WH was my least favorite of the WoT novels I re-read - 25/05/2010 05:05:09 PM 2753 Views
WH was my least favorite novel in the series, and that is saying a lot. - 28/05/2010 03:15:13 PM 2592 Views
I completely agree with his KoD post. Here is my favorite quote: - 28/05/2010 03:08:31 PM 2922 Views
CoT, you mean (link to actual post included) - 28/05/2010 04:56:10 PM 2753 Views
Yep, I meant COT. *NM* - 28/05/2010 07:02:48 PM 1480 Views
Knife of Dreams - 18/06/2010 09:07:27 AM 2647 Views
Re: Knife of Dreams - 19/06/2010 05:49:38 AM 2725 Views
Agree... - 19/06/2010 05:08:44 PM 2635 Views
Roberts reflects back on WoT 1-11, with answers to questions asked of him - 25/06/2010 12:51:29 PM 2735 Views
This guy should be burned at the stake - 25/06/2010 03:22:34 PM 10226 Views
Are you done making a fool out of yourself, Mark? - 26/06/2010 06:53:37 PM 2680 Views
Oh come on... - 26/06/2010 09:06:01 PM 2706 Views
Well, the burning at the stake was a bit much... - 26/06/2010 10:19:40 PM 2722 Views
Well, really! You brought the comment to his notice... - 26/06/2010 11:34:08 PM 2736 Views
And your point is...? - 27/06/2010 12:37:00 AM 2748 Views
Well... - 27/06/2010 05:38:12 AM 2685 Views
Indeed... I think it's rather clear that Larry's goal has been to cause trouble - 27/06/2010 10:57:36 AM 2855 Views
There is no "borderline" about it. - 28/03/2011 05:17:15 PM 2522 Views
Ridiculous - 27/06/2010 06:38:46 AM 2581 Views
I like his FAQ and his overall musings on its' popularity. - 29/06/2010 06:35:10 PM 2606 Views
One year later... - 27/03/2011 03:40:29 AM 2543 Views
Re: One year later... - 28/03/2011 05:03:32 PM 2820 Views
I see you subconsciously support critical takes. - 28/03/2011 11:41:48 PM 2773 Views
No I conciously support telling you and him that you are pathetic, arrogent, & jelous. *NM* - 30/03/2011 01:40:36 PM 1561 Views
Jealous? - 30/03/2011 05:20:32 PM 2577 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 1465 Views
Seconded. - 30/03/2011 04:04:36 PM 2519 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 1589 Views
Yep! - 30/03/2011 05:16:38 PM 2490 Views
Jeez Larry, you're starting to sound like a GRRM detractor. - 31/03/2011 03:01:38 PM 2692 Views
Nah, no detractor - 01/04/2011 03:00:41 PM 2682 Views
Could a thread be locked? - 31/03/2011 07:48:26 PM 2582 Views
Re: One year later... - 01/04/2011 02:55:02 AM 3000 Views
Yep - 01/04/2011 02:57:52 PM 2706 Views
He's not an "author", he's just a stupid troll, do not feed him *NM* - 30/03/2011 02:39:19 PM 1489 Views

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