Excusez moi cette grosse remontée de topic qui ressemble, j'en conviens, beaucoup à un gros trollage. Je viens juste de voir que je m'étais fait éditer et de lire le message d'explication, et je me sens obligé de vite fait me corriger.
J'avoue que je me souviens plus exactement ce que j'ai dit pour mériter la suppression, mais je suppose que je la méritais. Aujourd'hui j'ai une technique plus efficace quand je veux dégouter tout le monde de Goodkind : je le laisse parler à ma place. Voici quelques extraits d'interviews ou de réponses sur son site, sans aucunes modifications. Vu les dates, il est probable que j'avais déjà une partie de ces extraits dans le message édité. Je les remets parce qu'ils sont quand même priceless (et je pense pas que c'est ça qui m'a coûté la suppression, si ? C'est pas moi qui parle, donc bon, pas de diffamation possible...) :
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Question: Lately I've found myself in many arguments defending your books against 'fans' who say they used to like your books but no longer do to the extent that they used to. Would you mind settling some debates by answering the question: What, if anything do you have to say to the people that voice the opinion that you're latest four books haven't been as good as the previous four and call them "too preachy"?
Answer: Don't be fooled. The assertion made by these detractors is a note wrapped around a brick thrown through the window. These people are not fans. There are hundreds if not thousands of fantasy books that fulfill their professed taste in books. Why would they continue to read books they claim are bad? Because they hate that my novels exists. Values arouse hatred in these people. Their goal is not to enjoy life, but to destroy that which is good -much like a school child who does not wish to study for a test and instead beats up a classmate who does well. These people hate what is good because it is good. Their lives are limited to loathing and indifference. It isn't that they want to read a good book, what they want is to make sure that you do not. Ignore them.
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Haddonfield, NJ: Second Question - I've noticed similarities between your Sword of Truth series and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series...(Black Sisterhood vs. Black Ajah; The Order vs. The Seanchan; Richard vs. Rand both discovering their powers, both have Nameless evil Gods...etc.) I've often voiced my suspicion that these two series might be occurring on the same world...how crazy am I?
Terry Goodkind: If you notice a similarity, then you probably aren't old enough to read my books.
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TG: What I have done with my work has irrevocably changed the face of fantasy. In so doing I've raised the standards. I have not only injected thought into a tired empty genre, but, more importantly, I've transcended it showing what more it can be-and is so doing spread my readship to completely new groups who dont like and wont ready typical fantasy. Agents and editors are screaming for more books like mine.
(et vers le début de l'interview, il disait) : First of all, I don't write fantasy.
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Q: Does your wife read your books? I’m getting married in June (my first marriage for the rest of my life) and (name of future husband goes here) doesn’t like to read my stories. He likes Louis L’Amour. I don’t like Louis, no offense to anyone, he just goes on about how helpless women are and how manly men are. I was just wondering about it one day and thought I’d ask. Sorry to take up so much time. I just ramble a lot. God bless you all.
A: Stephanie, you are not taking up so much time, and you are not rambling. Your question was coherent and well stated with supporting reasoning that was entirely valid. You have as much right to ask a question as anyone else — even more, perhaps, because yours made sense. Believe me, I’ve heard some stupid questions and yours was not one of them. So, please, don’t feel so down on yourself.
My wife, Jeri, loves to read my books. She shares my outlook on life and so enjoys the way I weave that outlook into the stories.
I never could understand why some writers treat women as helpless. Every woman I know is strong in her own unique way. Well, maybe not you, Stephanie. You seem a little helpless. I trust you will work on that.
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Say you drive to your local fast food restaurant, and order a value meal. You pay your money, and proceed to the next window. Routine. Mundane. Predictable. But after you''ve driven away, and dug into your bag, instead of a burger, you find a succulent filet mignon. Many people would be initially put out by this. ""What is this? This isn''t what I ordered (expected....)"" The routine is broken, and a foreign element, surprise, has been introduced. The natural response is negative. People are creatures of habit, afer all. But then you stop and think. ""Wow. I just got a filet mignon for $2.99! Cool!""
This, in a nutshell, is much the same reaction some might experience after reading the Sword of Truth.
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Et là le voici en train de parler de moi (enfin, pas de moi exactement, mais vous voyez
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"We have a perfect example of "Hatred of the Good for being Good" with the internet. Anyone familiar with it knows that the internet is infested with those consumed by a burning hatred of anything good. Instead of finding what they enjoy in life and enjoying it, they haunt the internet, devoting their lives to hate. Hiding under their cloak of anonymity, these cowards rant against anything and everything. What they hate most are values because values promote life. If you choose to think for yourself rather than submit to their dogmatic beliefs and dictatorial vents, they invariably turn to insults, abusive language, and threats. The style of a writer - even a writer on the internet - reveals that writer's soul. Their own words betray their inner corruption. They seek not to discover and enjoy the good in life, but to make your life miserable. They hate that you enjoy anything in life. They hate the good for being good. When you come across the venom from these zeros, I hope you will remember this quote and know them for what they are."
Terry Goodkind - Interviews & Past Chats (http://www.terrygoodkind.com/the_author/quotes.html)
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Alors oui, j'en fais sûrement un peu trop. Je n'ai pas de raison particulière de m'être investi dans cette mission antigoodkind. Et, je ferais mieux de le faire sur un forum de goodkind (d'ailleurs, j'y suis inscrit, et sauf erreur de ma part j'y ai jamais été considéré comme un gros troll, juste un petit troll vague sur les bords). Je constate simplement que ce type a une popularité croissante, qu'on fait une série sur son monde, qu'il entraîne avec lui un nombre incroyable de lecteurs, alors qu'il est sans conteste un triste personnage d'une arrogance et d'un sans gêne qui passent complètement à côté du public francophone, pour ce que j'en sais. Sans compter que, pour ma part, je considère ses idées comme dangereuses.
Donc voilà. Encore désolé pour le message précédent, quoiqu'il pouvait contenir
Et quand vous croiserez les écrits de Mr. Goodkind, j'espère juste que vous vous souviendrez de ce message et que vous le reconnaîtrez pour ce qu'il est.