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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 13350 Views
A question for Larry - 19/03/2010 09:40:37 PM 3377 Views
Roberto Bolaño - 19/03/2010 11:09:57 PM 3293 Views
I completely agree with his review. - 19/03/2010 11:11:17 PM 3331 Views
Ouch! Somebody pull that guy off RJ! *NM* - 20/03/2010 03:47:07 AM 1663 Views
Can't say that I really disagree. - 20/03/2010 05:19:26 AM 2639 Views
My problem with the reviews: - 20/03/2010 06:29:08 AM 3329 Views
Hear Hear !!! ....................... = ........................ *NM* - 20/03/2010 06:37:11 AM 1592 Views
I agree - 20/03/2010 11:19:29 AM 2770 Views
You know what else I'm finding annoying? - 07/04/2010 07:29:37 AM 2663 Views
Fully Agree *NM* - 21/06/2010 12:41:05 AM 1446 Views
well I agree and disagree - 20/03/2010 06:51:29 AM 3015 Views
Re: well I agree and disagree - 20/03/2010 02:12:43 PM 2568 Views
I'd say just The Eye of the World - 20/03/2010 05:26:19 PM 2659 Views
Indeed - 21/03/2010 12:34:19 AM 2535 Views
These reviews are pathetic - 20/03/2010 12:52:22 PM 2548 Views
I'm amused by some of the responses - 20/03/2010 07:20:03 PM 2988 Views
+1 *NM* - 20/03/2010 10:48:14 PM 1786 Views
Are you suggesting that we are unqualified to disagree with him ? - 20/03/2010 11:21:44 PM 2686 Views
No, I said rather that it's ridiculous to make such disparaging comments about his takes - 20/03/2010 11:37:56 PM 2731 Views
I considered doing so - 21/03/2010 12:27:27 AM 2563 Views
I will reply to myself: What's the problem McFly , chicken ? - 21/03/2010 12:29:36 AM 2524 Views
My sister called me chicken once - 10/04/2010 01:18:31 AM 2595 Views
what's wrong runt... are you yellah? *NM* - 10/04/2010 10:40:16 AM 1529 Views
NICE! *NM* - 10/04/2010 02:19:44 PM 1384 Views
Re: I'm amused by some of the responses - 23/03/2010 04:50:42 PM 2619 Views
And I'm even more amused by this response - 24/03/2010 01:11:50 AM 2554 Views
Re: And I'm even more amused by this response - 24/03/2010 03:03:28 AM 2429 Views
Nah, TGS was the only serious review of the series I've done - 24/03/2010 04:31:28 AM 2511 Views
On a completely unrelated note... - 24/03/2010 06:15:25 AM 2481 Views
Ha! - 24/03/2010 06:34:48 AM 2462 Views
My congratulations then . *NM* - 24/03/2010 06:36:11 AM 2391 Views
You say it as if I had been condemned to hell! - 24/03/2010 07:13:45 AM 2288 Views
No. Well, maybe. - 24/03/2010 06:52:28 PM 2452 Views
! - 24/03/2010 06:54:34 PM 2488 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 22/03/2010 02:47:23 PM 2633 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 23/03/2010 01:53:16 PM 2551 Views
Wow, you guys have completely missed the point of the Wheel of Time series - 22/03/2010 05:28:07 PM 2603 Views
There's a point to it? - 22/03/2010 06:47:12 PM 2590 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 1534 Views
You're not taking me seriously now, are you? - 24/03/2010 02:54:37 AM 2500 Views
I meant the reason why RJ wrote WoT in the first place - 24/03/2010 06:39:47 AM 2500 Views
I thought the point was to write about a bunch of stuff happening? - 09/04/2010 03:42:49 PM 2550 Views
Re: Author Adam Roberts tackled the WoT. - 23/03/2010 04:54:38 PM 2545 Views
pfft wth-ever - 26/03/2010 12:35:53 AM 2366 Views
Dude's been up for more awards for his writing than RJ ever was - 26/03/2010 12:28:19 PM 2631 Views
bla bla bla - 29/03/2010 06:17:07 AM 2528 Views
Usually, it's spelled "blah" - 29/03/2010 07:03:51 AM 2474 Views
Wow. That post was more entertaining than Mr. Roberts' review. Thank you *NM* - 29/03/2010 08:23:41 AM 1707 Views
You must have low standards for entertainment - 29/03/2010 08:54:03 AM 2473 Views
Re: You must have low standards for entertainment - 29/03/2010 09:13:44 AM 2577 Views
I know you were, thus the at the least of my comment - 29/03/2010 09:19:30 AM 2391 Views
Unimpressed - 29/03/2010 10:50:07 PM 2872 Views
Thank you - 30/03/2010 12:35:39 AM 2311 Views
*Standing ovation for DomA* - 30/03/2010 07:36:59 AM 2579 Views
Yes. Also, Roberts is a wanker. *NM* - 05/04/2010 09:28:57 PM 1535 Views
Re: Dude's been up for more awards for his writing than RJ ever was - 29/03/2010 04:32:23 PM 2602 Views
Might want to re-read their Wikis again. - 29/03/2010 07:07:11 PM 2423 Views
Awards - 29/03/2010 07:42:03 PM 2377 Views
That link is out of date - 29/03/2010 07:54:56 PM 2362 Views
Re: That link is out of date - 29/03/2010 08:22:03 PM 2526 Views
This is a battle of win/lose? - 29/03/2010 08:47:54 PM 2393 Views
Re: This is a battle of win/lose? - 29/03/2010 09:03:07 PM 2445 Views
*considers employing the Chewbacca defense* - 29/03/2010 09:28:06 PM 2444 Views
Re: *considers employing the Chewbacca defense* - 29/03/2010 09:44:58 PM 2624 Views
The final point explains the "defense" - 30/03/2010 12:24:56 AM 2356 Views
Re: The final point explains the "defense" - 30/03/2010 01:33:04 PM 2298 Views
No, no, no - 30/03/2010 06:38:41 PM 2364 Views
Re: No, no, no - 30/03/2010 07:51:34 PM 2466 Views
Still continuing, huh? - 31/03/2010 02:10:13 AM 2414 Views
Re: Still continuing, huh? - 31/03/2010 03:56:57 PM 2391 Views
Those were polls - 31/03/2010 08:46:07 PM 2412 Views
Re: Those were polls - 05/04/2010 03:22:13 PM 2334 Views
Does it gives him right to insult me? - 13/04/2011 02:10:32 PM 2387 Views
I wouldn't know. Was he speaking directly to you? - 14/04/2011 11:28:16 PM 2504 Views
He's now reviewed the third book - 26/03/2010 12:27:16 PM 2627 Views
Well, this time I must disagree with him . - 29/03/2010 07:31:40 AM 2326 Views
I don't think he was claiming that RJ was alone in doing that - 29/03/2010 07:44:07 AM 2346 Views
Hah! - 29/03/2010 06:07:28 PM 2353 Views
Well... - 29/03/2010 06:52:10 PM 2270 Views
Differing perspectives, I guess. - 29/03/2010 07:58:13 PM 2465 Views
I suppose - 29/03/2010 08:50:43 PM 2372 Views
Re: I suppose - 30/03/2010 12:18:30 AM 2500 Views
True - 30/03/2010 12:23:28 AM 2354 Views
Hey, DomA, do you know why the Shienarans randomly speak in the Old Tongue? - 30/03/2010 12:52:01 AM 2346 Views
Re: Hey, DomA, do you know why the Shienarans randomly speak in the Old Tongue? - 30/03/2010 07:45:08 AM 2528 Views
But why only them? - 30/03/2010 08:07:00 AM 2428 Views
Re: But why only them? - 30/03/2010 03:56:54 PM 2400 Views
Re: But why only them? - 30/03/2010 08:29:37 PM 2508 Views
I really liked a lot of the minor characters in The Great Hunt. - 30/03/2010 12:49:03 AM 2383 Views
I barely thought twice about those, to be honest - 30/03/2010 06:39:55 PM 2414 Views
I can't wait what he's going to try to do with TFoH and beyond - 28/03/2010 08:18:59 PM 2500 Views
Glad you enjoyed it - 29/03/2010 09:33:43 PM 2349 Views
The Shadow Rising review - 02/04/2010 09:42:53 AM 2627 Views
I wonder if this borders on trolling - 02/04/2010 02:29:58 PM 11162 Views
You want complaining? You got it... - 02/04/2010 06:38:09 PM 2490 Views
That would be a mistake - 02/04/2010 09:16:25 PM 2643 Views
Re: That would be a mistake - 02/04/2010 10:28:56 PM 2390 Views
I agree, Roberts is more and more coming across to me as just bitter - 10/04/2010 01:24:52 AM 2504 Views
Little late to this one as well - 10/04/2010 11:12:04 AM 2519 Views
Perhaps you should have led with this bit - 10/04/2010 02:52:23 PM 2611 Views
I guess I just presumed that people would read the header to his blog - 12/04/2010 03:54:10 AM 2426 Views
Re: I wonder if this borders on trolling - 04/04/2010 09:16:22 AM 2490 Views
What review? I couldn't find one... - 02/04/2010 08:00:45 PM 2583 Views
Re: What review? I couldn't find one... - 02/04/2010 09:22:13 PM 2589 Views
See my comment below - 02/04/2010 09:32:54 PM 2656 Views
Re: See my comment below - 03/04/2010 09:31:22 AM 2994 Views
Sorry I'm late in responding, but I've been quite busy this week - 07/04/2010 09:45:48 PM 2850 Views
Yes, I can probably agree with what you say here. - 08/04/2010 12:29:16 AM 2301 Views
- 08/04/2010 12:32:53 AM 2444 Views
I agree completely. *NM* - 02/04/2010 09:53:44 PM 1427 Views
Speaking of irritation - 02/04/2010 10:50:04 PM 2547 Views
Commentary, then? - 02/04/2010 09:27:18 PM 2427 Views
Here's the thing... - 02/04/2010 10:11:18 PM 2373 Views
Re: Here's the thing... - 02/04/2010 10:31:56 PM 2224 Views
Re: Here's the thing... - 03/04/2010 01:34:05 AM 2277 Views
I somehow overlooked this last week, it seems - 10/04/2010 11:01:17 AM 2589 Views
Indeed - 02/04/2010 10:34:00 PM 2272 Views
Re: Commentary, then? - 05/04/2010 03:44:07 PM 2340 Views
for a man that bitterly complains about an author who is padding his work - 08/04/2010 09:41:07 PM 2560 Views
1400 words is long-winded? - 09/04/2010 10:07:41 AM 2600 Views
since you can sum up those 1400 words in about 25 yes that's longwinded - 09/04/2010 01:36:16 PM 2481 Views
Except I didn't really sum it up, as I left out quite a bit - 10/04/2010 11:15:42 AM 2497 Views
You are very defensive over this - 10/04/2010 01:54:15 PM 2297 Views
Nah, more of a devil's advocate than anything else - 12/04/2010 03:57:12 AM 2362 Views
Re: Nah, more of a devil's advocate than anything else - 12/04/2010 05:30:53 PM 2289 Views
You sound like a Goodkind webmaster from a couple of years ago - 12/04/2010 06:58:42 PM 2373 Views
You don't come across as a devil's advocate - 30/03/2011 03:07:32 PM 2404 Views
Well Larry I have started reading Gradsil by Adam Roberts - 07/04/2010 08:59:28 PM 2532 Views
I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 07/04/2010 09:50:39 PM 2423 Views
Re: I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 08/04/2010 01:06:20 PM 2279 Views
Which Invisible Man? - 09/04/2010 09:58:44 AM 2490 Views
Re: Which Invisible Man? - 09/04/2010 01:26:42 PM 2506 Views
I have a very different take on that book - 10/04/2010 11:17:13 AM 2369 Views
Re: I demand a paragraph by paragraph review, with footnotes! - 09/04/2010 01:45:44 PM 2401 Views
Hrmm... - 10/04/2010 11:19:01 AM 2240 Views
Re: Well Larry I have started reading Gradsil by Adam Roberts - 12/04/2010 05:37:36 PM 2470 Views
He brings up some interesting points, if in an unnecessarily rude manner - 08/04/2010 12:42:25 PM 2416 Views
To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 09/04/2010 10:05:49 AM 2433 Views
Re: To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 09/04/2010 01:28:17 PM 2960 Views
Re: To be honest, I doubt most readers of the series obsess over it that much - 10/04/2010 11:40:22 AM 2437 Views
why are you so bothered by people being unimpressed with Roberts? - 10/04/2010 02:19:08 PM 2433 Views
I don't understand it either - 11/04/2010 12:44:25 PM 2420 Views
right? - 11/04/2010 02:13:00 PM 2448 Views
Nah - 12/04/2010 04:13:44 AM 2260 Views
And in vol. 5, Roberts discovers the horrors of the circus - 09/04/2010 09:57:03 AM 2417 Views
5 reviews without saying more than "I hate the series" - 09/04/2010 01:31:13 PM 2289 Views
Basically he just states the "nothing happens"-argument... - 09/04/2010 03:26:02 PM 2313 Views
Well, what was really resolved here? - 10/04/2010 11:25:25 AM 2397 Views
Well... - 12/04/2010 05:05:20 PM 2523 Views
well exactly - 12/04/2010 05:33:11 PM 2519 Views
So very little was resolved and much was set into motion, then? - 12/04/2010 06:55:45 PM 2492 Views
Yes... - 12/04/2010 10:51:08 PM 2208 Views
Ever read Umberto Eco's How To Travel with a Salmon? - 12/04/2010 11:07:19 PM 2559 Views
I guess... - 13/04/2010 10:03:03 AM 2545 Views
Sounds like you value prolixity for the sake of prolixity, to be honest - 13/04/2010 04:41:07 PM 3660 Views
Nah... - 13/04/2010 05:29:34 PM 2229 Views
He's read and enjoyed Proust, among others - 13/04/2010 07:37:39 PM 2343 Views
Ah, well... - 13/04/2010 09:45:45 PM 2261 Views
Dismissive, much? - 13/04/2010 10:52:30 PM 2469 Views
About that bifurcation... - 14/04/2010 02:02:15 AM 2431 Views
I'm rather moderate - 14/04/2010 10:11:30 AM 2326 Views
I'm just a liberation theologist at heart - 15/04/2010 01:51:16 PM 3223 Views
So, if you don't mind... - 13/04/2010 05:51:06 AM 2460 Views
That's fine with me - 13/04/2010 06:31:41 AM 2411 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 2427 Views
I didn't find it quite that bad, but... - 11/04/2010 08:27:52 AM 2413 Views
LoC represented a sharp drop in quality!!? - 19/05/2010 03:27:21 PM 2423 Views
And ignores everything else... - 09/04/2010 05:10:00 PM 2508 Views
Inchoatus went offline a couple of years ago - 10/04/2010 11:42:26 AM 3344 Views
This guy is going to get what he deserves... - 09/04/2010 10:26:14 PM 2383 Views
I'm waiting with bated breath for his CoT review *NM* - 10/04/2010 01:00:59 PM 1497 Views
Just wanted to point out that he is not reviewing the series. - 16/04/2010 04:04:49 PM 2326 Views
Lord of Chaos commentary - 16/04/2010 03:39:39 PM 2404 Views
He has reached - The Hump. - 16/04/2010 03:55:51 PM 2344 Views
Re: He has reached - The Hump. - 18/04/2010 08:08:59 AM 2794 Views
No no. It was Lord of Heaven! - 16/04/2010 05:51:11 PM 2281 Views
Yeah, I noticed that - 16/04/2010 11:16:26 PM 2217 Views
I would love the see him review Goodkind... - 16/04/2010 11:51:07 PM 2441 Views
Finally re-read that post - 20/04/2010 09:35:45 PM 2417 Views
The magic items are mostly irrelevant... - 21/04/2010 03:37:36 AM 2386 Views
A Crown of Swords - or is it deco-porn? - 23/04/2010 08:36:17 AM 2463 Views
Re: A Crown of Swords - or is it deco-porn? - 29/04/2010 06:02:28 PM 2409 Views
I disagree - 29/04/2010 09:34:49 PM 2236 Views
I agree. - 29/04/2010 09:45:29 PM 2449 Views
Took me a moment to realize with whom you were agreeing - 29/04/2010 10:19:05 PM 2376 Views
Well, I did mention the necklines get overdone... - 06/05/2010 06:17:46 PM 2699 Views
Well, there's now also the tea to comment about - 07/05/2010 11:29:03 AM 2473 Views
A bit of a stumble this week - 30/04/2010 01:53:31 PM 2490 Views
The Path of Daggers commentary - 07/05/2010 10:39:03 AM 2555 Views
You'd think a Brit would like the tea... *NM* - 11/05/2010 04:05:42 PM 1368 Views
Maybe he's just a contrarian? - 11/05/2010 07:55:43 PM 2298 Views
Winter's Heart - 21/05/2010 12:46:14 PM 2537 Views
To be fair - 21/05/2010 01:56:49 PM 2642 Views
I think WH was my least favorite of the WoT novels I re-read - 21/05/2010 04:49:31 PM 2400 Views
Re: I think WH was my least favorite of the WoT novels I re-read - 25/05/2010 05:05:09 PM 2545 Views
WH was my least favorite novel in the series, and that is saying a lot. - 28/05/2010 03:15:13 PM 2377 Views
I completely agree with his KoD post. Here is my favorite quote: - 28/05/2010 03:08:31 PM 2714 Views
CoT, you mean (link to actual post included) - 28/05/2010 04:56:10 PM 2521 Views
Yep, I meant COT. *NM* - 28/05/2010 07:02:48 PM 1360 Views
Knife of Dreams - 18/06/2010 09:07:27 AM 2433 Views
Re: Knife of Dreams - 19/06/2010 05:49:38 AM 2496 Views
Agree... - 19/06/2010 05:08:44 PM 2437 Views
Roberts reflects back on WoT 1-11, with answers to questions asked of him - 25/06/2010 12:51:29 PM 2523 Views
This guy should be burned at the stake - 25/06/2010 03:22:34 PM 10000 Views
Are you done making a fool out of yourself, Mark? - 26/06/2010 06:53:37 PM 2440 Views
Oh come on... - 26/06/2010 09:06:01 PM 2506 Views
Well, the burning at the stake was a bit much... - 26/06/2010 10:19:40 PM 2506 Views
Well, really! You brought the comment to his notice... - 26/06/2010 11:34:08 PM 2505 Views
And your point is...? - 27/06/2010 12:37:00 AM 2539 Views
Well... - 27/06/2010 05:38:12 AM 2475 Views
Indeed... I think it's rather clear that Larry's goal has been to cause trouble - 27/06/2010 10:57:36 AM 2657 Views
There is no "borderline" about it. - 28/03/2011 05:17:15 PM 2331 Views
Ridiculous - 27/06/2010 06:38:46 AM 2382 Views
I like his FAQ and his overall musings on its' popularity. - 29/06/2010 06:35:10 PM 2405 Views
One year later... - 27/03/2011 03:40:29 AM 2341 Views
Re: One year later... - 28/03/2011 05:03:32 PM 2582 Views
I see you subconsciously support critical takes. - 28/03/2011 11:41:48 PM 2575 Views
No I conciously support telling you and him that you are pathetic, arrogent, & jelous. *NM* - 30/03/2011 01:40:36 PM 1433 Views
Jealous? - 30/03/2011 05:20:32 PM 2366 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 1346 Views
Seconded. - 30/03/2011 04:04:36 PM 2309 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 1470 Views
Yep! - 30/03/2011 05:16:38 PM 2290 Views
Jeez Larry, you're starting to sound like a GRRM detractor. - 31/03/2011 03:01:38 PM 2471 Views
Nah, no detractor - 01/04/2011 03:00:41 PM 2469 Views
Could a thread be locked? - 31/03/2011 07:48:26 PM 2374 Views
Re: One year later... - 01/04/2011 02:55:02 AM 2749 Views
Yep - 01/04/2011 02:57:52 PM 2486 Views
He's not an "author", he's just a stupid troll, do not feed him *NM* - 30/03/2011 02:39:19 PM 1358 Views

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