The Pillars of Creation

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• The Best Reviews: Terry Goodkind, The Pillars Of Creation

  "An exciting sword and sorcery tale" As she wanders about scavenging, Jennsen Daggett thinks of her beloved mother brutally killed by the New World's Seeker of Truth Lord Richard Rahl. The voice she hears in her head encourages vengeance against Rich ... (read full critics)

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  The seventh book in the Sword of Truth series.
  A very wierd book, imo. Almost nothing at all about Richard, instead it is all about his half-sister Jenn.

  I have such an ambivalant attitute towards this series. I quite enjoy reading them but the political and philosophical meaning behind t ... (continue)

  The seventh book in the Sword of Truth series.
  A very wierd book, imo. Almost nothing at all about Richard, instead it is all about his half-sister Jenn.

  I have such an ambivalant attitute towards this series. I quite enjoy reading them but the political and philosophical meaning behind the stories is almost the exact opposite of everything I would believe in.
  In Wizard's First Rule for example the basic premise was that people are stupid. That mob rule always wins out, and by being able to manipulate that you can guide people into believing almost anything.

  There is also an entire book about how democracy doesn't work, another about the evils of socialism, especially communism, and how Richard becoming a tyrant is good for the people. That he will guide them in the right direction and protect the lands by eliminating pointless discussions.

  And yet despite the fact that I often end up shaking my head at what lies underneath the stories I do enjoy the books. Why I don't know; the plots are pedestrian, the characters crap, and the the prose plodding.

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• English Books
• Hardcover 557 Pages
• Edition: 1
• ISBN-10: 0765300265
• ISBN-13: 9780765300263
• Publisher: Tor/Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
• Pub date: Nov 20, 2001
• Dimensions: 1613 mm x 1032 mm x 323 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Leather Bound and Others
• In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani

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