The deep nothing

Here we can talk about the ninth novel of the series

if chainfire was the first book you ever read of the series... would you think that richard was crazy? what would make you think that he was crazy?

Yes if it was the first book I read I think I mistaked him for a crazy man 'cause he talk about a women that for the others didn't exist

how long would it take you to realize that he was actually protected by the sword of truth?

few chapters because, I don't remember how many they are, in a chapter Goodkind talk about kahlan and the only explanation of why she was unknown by the others is that they didn't own the Sword Of truth

but would you actually believe this to be a reason so quickly? or would you think it an excuse richard makes to justify what he believes/remembers?

Uhmmm.... great question.... I think if that is the firts book I read of SOT i choice your second suggestion

so you would think it an excuse for justifying his beliefs?

yes. Without knowing what happened in the other book at the beginning of Chainfire you can think he is crazy.... Am I wrong?

no you are not wrong... some one actually did read chainfire first and thought like all the characters that richard was totally out of his mind.

But how can you start reading a series from the ending trilogy????

because the person did not know it was a series...

for example i started reading pillars of creation... that's why my views on richard are a bit different than those that started from the actual firtst book.

Yes but Pillars of creation is a book that is in the midlle of the series so it is a bit different

but when the first triloy book came out... you and me knew it was part of three and part of the ending saga... a person at the book store woudn't know this if he has never heard of terry and his series

Yes but if you look at the beginning of the book there is always a page in which is written the books that cames before so also if he hasn't ever heard of Terry and Sot series he can know that Chainfire is one of the last novels

not all will think of doing that... when i picked up PoC (pillars of creation) i found the book very interesting and took it home... only when i was well into the book did i look and see that it had several book before this one... i still finished reading the book and then went looking for WFR

Uhmmm.... personally I do always as I said with the new books that attract me from the shelves so I thought it's the same for all the people

obviously yout thought wrong... on many occasions i've found myself reading a very interesting book just to find out it is from a series, and it's not the first book...

it's like... i read first, ask questions later

uhmmm great method I'll try it and see if it's better for me

i read for enjoyment... so when i pick up a book i look through it... if i find it interesting i read it... if it is a book within a series, and i've enjoyed this particular book, then i go look for the first book so i can read the entire series...

OK so the nex time I'll go to the bookshop I'll use this method

just because it works for me, it doesn't mean it has to work for you...

yes but if I don't try I'll never know if it works also for me

well, if you want to try it go ahead... i cannot stop you.

Ok but coming back to IT I think that even a person starts reading the series from chainfire after some chapters Kahlan is described so he can know that Richard isn't crazy

i think kahlan comes into the picture in the middle of after ... so there is plenty of time to establish that richard is crazy... once you become convinced of this you start to doubt that the woman really is the kahlan of his memory

uhmmm perhaps you are right but I'm not convinced at all cause of course I cannot think about it like you said because I started reading the series from the beginning so for me Richard is the good guy and Kahlan is his sweet wife