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"Compared to Robert Jordan, Adam Baker is nothing more than a fairy tale writer, and The Witcher is hardly a fantasy novel at all!

In my opinion, the novel "Wheel of Time" is the orthodox and classic fantasy novel, and his author, Robert Jordan, is the one who can really inherit the mantle of Tol King.Plus, Robert Jordan is a skilled writer, able to inject dramatic tension into any aspect of his world.Lots and lots of political intrigue, power plays, political battles, a very well thought out (perhaps the best in any fantasy) magic system, a world drawn in tedious detail, and great characters.I bet, just watch Robert's "Wheel of Time" series, you will definitely feel the same way as me.

NO.30 next month, following "Eyes of the World", "Big Hunt" and "Reincarnated Dragon", the fourth part of the "Wheel of Time" series, "Darkness Rise" will officially enter the market. A fantasy classic that is absolutely not to be missed, so stay tuned. "

Just as the entire market was looking forward to the launch of "The Witcher", an article suddenly appeared in the New York Times, making all fantasy novel readers suddenly remember the author who wrote the fantasy classic series "Wheel of Time", As Tol King's orthodox heir, his first book in the series has a strong "Lord of the Rings" style.

When the first book of the series just came out, it topped the best-selling list of the New York Times. It is known as the best example of "orthodox fantasy" and "sword and magic". Each of the series is a unique adventure. , and intertwine into grand, awesome, and colorful storylines.

Among them, the New York Times praised the novel as "Robert Jordan begins to rule the world created by Tolkien."

The Chicago Sun Times even praised that "in the English-speaking world, there are very few fantasy legends that can be compared with him, and those that can surpass him are even rarer."

It can be said that regardless of sales or reputation, before Adam Baker's "The Witcher" came out, "Wheel of Time" was undoubtedly the darling of the fantasy world.And its writer, Robert Jordan, did not lose his composure because of a lot of praise, and became proud. Then the second and third books in the series gradually faded away from Tol King's style, and created his own fantasy. style, and compared to other novels, "Wheel of Time" is also extremely rich in content, each with as many as seven or eight hundred pages, and Adam is ashamed to compare him, because "The Witcher" The first book was less than [-] pages, not even half of the opponent.

Of course, the number of words is not the main thing. Whether a novel is good or not is the key. Although "Wheel of Time" has been praised by countless people as a fantasy classic after "Lord of the Rings", it is not without shortcomings, even for many readers. However, it has many disadvantages.

It can be said that "Wheel of Time" is not friendly to ordinary readers. It is not easy to enter the world of "Wheel of Time". Then one chapter after another, it keeps grabbing readers' eyes, making people unable to move and open, wishing to read them all at once.

The first few chapters of "Wheel of Time" are full of ordinary villagers chatting, even these chats have nothing to do with the main plot, and he likes to repeat the description countless times, and he likes to describe the clothes and appearance of the characters in a large space. Even such trivial matters as how women akimbo, hold arms and arrange clothes have to be described in detail, which makes people extremely sleepy and the pace is extremely slow.

If this is a "Jane Eyre" style, a love story of an English rural aristocrat, then forget it, after all, it is a love story, and there is nothing wrong with being a little more hypocritical, but this is a fantasy novel, which makes people feel quite helpless up.

In particular, the author is extremely attentive to the setting of the fantasy world. This intention is not behind the scenes, but is directly reflected in the novel, giving a large section of space, countless characters, place names, nouns created by the people, etc. Waiting, dazzling, but without explanation, it is difficult for people to concentrate on immersing themselves in the story.

Therefore, even though "Wheel of Time" is very well-known in the novel world, even known as the first fantasy book after "Lord of the Rings", the total sales volume is still inferior in comparison.

Since the release of the first "Eye of the World" in early 1990, three novels have been released, with a total sales volume of about 500 million copies, of which the first book accounted for almost half of the sales of more than 200 million. Taking fantasy novels as an example, It can be said to be an excellent result, but it is not much comparable to Adam's "The Witcher".

Adam's "Witcher" may present a much smaller world than "Wheel of Time", and the structure is not so grand. The whole book is written around the escape route of the protagonist, which is different from "Wheel of Time" "The angle of view is too small, but for readers, such novels are the ones that can really immerse them.

As for the setting of the fantasy world, Adam will never be smaller than the "Wheel of Time" series. Even Adam can pat his chest and say to everyone that the setting and structure of "The Witcher" far exceed that of "Wheel of Time". "The Wheel", but Adam did not directly throw out these settings in front of the readers, but revealed them little by little as the story progressed, which not only continuously aroused the readers' interest, but also ensured the fun of the novel.

Therefore, the "Wheel of Time" also gave a head-on counterattack to the behavior of "Wheel of Time" using Adam to promote itself. The "California Times" directly published the reply of Claremont, Adam's new fan:

"A novel is only as good as the reader, not the self-indulgence of some self-righteous person!

I have also read "The Wheel of Time". It is undeniable that this is a classic fantasy novel, but the pace of this novel is slow. A nagging old lady, annoying.

The author is even more cryptic and low-key when writing. After reading the whole book, there are no particularly impressive plots and fragments. Perhaps the only thing that can be commended is that the setting of the fantasy world is enough to make people's eyes shine.

But that's all, so comparing Wheel of Time to The Witcher?That's just self-defeating. "

This reply article published in the "California Times" instantly ignited the anger of countless "Wheel of Time" readers. After all, the book "Wheel of Time" has been published in three volumes and has millions of loyal fans Originally, the publication of the fourth volume hit Adam's "The Witcher" and it was directly crushed in terms of sales, which is enough to make people angry, but it was also mocked in person.

So a large wave of novel critics and writers on the side of "Wheel of Time" began to attack Clement inhumanely, and even some people who have never read "Witcher" or don't like the style of "Witcher" The flames of war raged on "The Witcher", and they cursed it as a sensationalist and non-nutritious garbage novel. Calling it a fantasy novel simply tarnished the name of the category of fantasy novels.

I have to say that although the first layer of the novel "The Witcher" has not yet been published, and only twelve chapters have been serialized, the storm of "The Witcher" a month ago still occupies the memory of countless people, and has spawned countless "Witcher" Crazy fans, this kind of people may be because of the tense rhythm of the novel "The Witcher", and the battle plot occupies most of it, so the readers' fighting power is also extraordinarily powerful. One layer of hell cannot be used for superbirth.

Then "Wheel of Time" continued to fight back, and the two sides fought back and forth. The "California Times" and "New York Times" spread to all major newspapers. For a while, the newspapers on the newsstands were either supporting "Wheel of Time" or "Witcher". Fang Jihuo went straight ahead, leaving people speechless.

Of course, Adam knew about it at the very beginning of the war, but he did not stop him. Instead, he contacted the author of "Wheel of Time" immediately and confirmed that the other party was not malicious. , and agreed to use this as a publicity point to continue to stir up the market and keep the popularity of these two novels until after the sale.

In fact, to be honest, this kind of scolding and hype is dispensable compared to "The Witcher", because his reputation is already big enough, such a quarrel may offend orthodox fantasy readers, and the gain outweighs the loss.

But it is of great benefit to "Wheel of Time". After all, although "Wheel of Time" is very famous and highly praised in the industry, ordinary people don't know much about it. "As soon as it was hyped, the popularity went up, relying on this popularity, it can make its sales soar, and even though the new books of the two parties have not yet been sold, the first three volumes of "Wheel of Time" are released in September. In the second week, he jumped back to the New York Times list, and even exaggeratedly directly accounted for three out of ten, earning a lot of money.

For this reason, Robert also specially called Adam to express his gratitude, but Adam didn't care. In his opinion, the market is so big that one person can't finish it. Make the market bigger and everyone will come and eat. Making the market bigger again is actually a matter of mutual benefit and win-win. There is no need to worry about who wins and who loses.

And Robert Jordan is not a greedy person. Although he avoided expressing his opinions because of his agent's reasons after the scolding war started, he deliberately published a signed article in the New York Times before the novel was officially released, praising "The Witcher". " is a fantasy classic, and he calls on his readers to read it. He even bluntly said that the novel "The Witcher" gave him great inspiration, and these inspirations will be used in the next novel.

And Adam also published a signed comment on the "California Times" at the same time, saying that "Wheel of Time" gave him great inspiration. It is an orthodox fantasy classic that inherits "Lord of the Rings". I hope readers who are interested in fantasy novels do not miss it.

As a result, the classic dispute that was getting bigger and bigger disappeared instantly after the two authors expressed their opinions. At this time, the two fantasy novels finally appeared on the shelves of the bookstore and began to face the test of all readers. Whether it is a classic or not will be decided by the readers themselves.