Terry Goodkind (born 1948) is a contemporary American writer and author of the best-selling epic fantasy series, The Sword of Truth, which according to his publisher TOR in an August, 2006 press release^[1] has more than 10 million copies in print and has been translated into 20 different languages. It is even being estimated^[2] that the number of copies is closer to 20 million. Image File history File linksMetadata Goodkind-aug06. ... A typical Barnes & Noble bookstore. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Omaha” redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Largest metro area Omaha Area  Ranked 16th  - Total 77,421 sq mi (200,520 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 0. ... This article is about work. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or content. ... High fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction that is set in invented or parallel worlds. ... Wizard’s First Rule is written by Terry Goodkind and is the first book in the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. ... Ayn Rand (IPA: , February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Russian: ), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher. ... For other uses, see Aristotle (disambiguation). ... Churchill redirects here. ... Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, by Howard Chandler Christy. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... High fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction that is set in invented or parallel worlds. ... On the cover of Stone of Tears, Richard is seen holding, presumably, the Sword of Truth. ... Tor Books is an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC which publishes popular fiction, and is particularly noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. ...

Biography

Goodkind was born in 1948 and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where he also attended schooling in art and Catholic Catechism Instruction. “Omaha” redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Largest metro area Omaha Area  Ranked 16th  - Total 77,421 sq mi (200,520 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 0. ...

Goodkind learned early in his life that he suffered from dyslexia, a cause of constant frustration while he was in high school. He later dropped out of college, and has worked as a carpenter, a violin maker, and a restorer of rare and exotic artifacts and antiques. Prior to starting his career as a writer Goodkind was best known for his realistic marine and wildlife paintings.^[3] In 1993, during the construction of his home on the forested Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine with his wife Jeri, he began to write his first novel, Wizard's First Rule, and his writing career was launched with its publication in 1994. In addition to his home in Maine, Goodkind and his wife built a second home in the desert southwest where he now spends the majority of his time.^[4] This article is about developmental dyslexia. ... Mount Desert Island, in Hancock County, Maine, is one of the larger islands in the United States, being the third largest in the East after Long Island and Marthas Vineyard. ... Official language(s) None (English and French de facto) Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 39th  - Total 33,414 sq mi (86,542 km²)  - Width 210 miles (338 km)  - Length 320 miles (515 km)  - % water 13. ...

Career

Goodkind's first book, Wizard's First Rule, sold at auction in 1994 for more than six times the price ever paid for a first fantasy novel.^[5] With a first print run of sixty thousand copies (three to five thousand is the norm), it became an international bestseller. Wizard’s First Rule is written by Terry Goodkind and is the first book in the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. ...

Goodkind has subsequently published ten other novels and one novella to great commercial success. All of his books, with the exceptions of Stone of Tears and Wizard's First Rule, have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List.^[6] Of his latest novels, Chainfire debuted at #3^[7] in January 2005, Phantom at #1^[8] in August 2006, and Confessor at #1 in November 2007 on the NYT Best Seller List. Stone Of Tears is the second book in the Sword of Truth series of books. ... The New York Times bestseller list is a weekly chart in The New York Times newspaper that keeps track of the best-selling books of the week. ... Chainfire is the ninth book in the Sword_of_Truth fantasy series by Terry Goodkind. ... Phantom is the tenth book in Terry Goodkinds epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. ...

Influences

Goodkind has been largely influenced by the books of Ayn Rand and is a strong supporter of her works and of Objectivist philosophy. While he acknowledges writing in the fantasy genre, he perceives his novels to be more than just traditional fantasy due to their focus on philosophical and human themes.^[9] Ayn Rand (IPA: , February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Russian: ), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher. ... Objectivism is the philosophical system developed by Russian-American philosopher and writer Ayn Rand. ...

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Themes

The Sword of Truth series is considered an epic fantasy series by both readers and critics alike. The awards it has been nominated for or won are all fantasy-related, and as the series contains all the standard fantasy elements such as dragons, magic, a setting containing a more or less medieval level of technology, and fictional countries, it has been marketed as a fantasy series. Despite being placed in the genre by others, Goodkind perceives himself as more of a novelist than a fantasy author.^[9][10] Goodkind believes that using the fantasy genre allows him to better tell his stories and better convey the human themes and emotions which he desires to share with the reader. Regardless of the genre of his novels, Goodkind states his main goal in writing is to inspire.^[11] On the cover of Stone of Tears, Richard is seen holding, presumably, the Sword of Truth. ... High fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction that is set in invented or parallel worlds. ... Terry Goodkind (born 1948) is a contemporary American writer and author of the best-selling epic fantasy series, The Sword of Truth, which according to his publisher TOR in an August, 2006 press release[1] has more than 10 million copies in print and has been translated into 20 different... For other uses, see Dragon (disambiguation). ... Magic Circle by John William Waterhouse Magic in fiction is the endowing of fictional characters or objects with magical powers. ...

Wizard's Rules

Main article: Wizard's Rule

Each novel is based on a wizard's rule, with exception to the last rule which covers the whole series. In the Sword of Truth series, a new Wizards Rule is introduced in each new novel. ...

• Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid. People can be made to believe any lie, either because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it's true.
• Wizard's Second Rule: The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.
• Wizard's Third Rule: Passion rules reason.
• Wizard's Fourth Rule: There is magic in forgiveness. Magic to heal. In forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive.
• Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.
• Wizard's Sixth Rule: The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.
• Wizard's Seventh Rule: Life is the future, not the past.
• Wizard's Eighth Rule: Deserve Victory
• Wizard's Ninth Rule: A contradiction cannot exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.
• Wizard's Tenth Rule: Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self.
• Wizard's Last Rule: The Rule Unwritten - It is unwritten to show that you have everything you need inside of yourself, to answer your own questions.

Published works

Goodkind's novels include:

• Wizard's First Rule (1994)
• Stone of Tears (1995)
• Blood of the Fold (1996)
• Temple of the Winds (1997)
• Soul of the Fire (1999)
• Faith of the Fallen (2000)
• The Pillars of Creation (2002)
• Naked Empire (2003)
• Chainfire (2005)
• Phantom (2006)
• Confessor (2007)

In addition, Goodkind wrote a short story titled Debt of Bones for the 1998 anthology Legends, edited by Robert Silverberg. The novel takes place in the Sword of Truth universe and is set a few decades before the events in the main series. In 2001, the story was published as a stand-alone novella. Wizard’s First Rule is written by Terry Goodkind and is the first book in the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. ... Stone Of Tears is the second book in the Sword of Truth series of books. ... Blood of the Fold is the third book in Terry Goodkinds epic fantasy series, The Sword of Truth. ... Temple of the Winds is the fourth book in Terry Goodkinds epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. ... Soul of the Fire is the fifth book in the Sword of Truth series of books. ... Faith of the Fallen is the sixth book in Terry Goodkinds epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. ... The Pillars of Creation is the seventh book in Terry Goodkinds epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. ... Naked Empire is the eighth book in the Sword of Truth series of books. ... Chainfire is the ninth book in the Sword_of_Truth fantasy series by Terry Goodkind. ... Phantom is the tenth book in Terry Goodkinds epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. ... Confessor is the eleventh book in Terry Goodkinds epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth, and the last in the Chainfire trilogy bringing an end to the current story arc with the Imperial Order story line as well as the series. ... Debt of Bones is a novella by Terry Goodkind. ... Legends is a collection of short stories by a number of noteworthy fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Robert Silverberg (January 15, 1935, Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American author best known for writing science fiction, a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. ... On the cover of Stone of Tears, Richard is seen holding, presumably, the Sword of Truth. ... A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction somewhat longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. ...

The final book in the series, entitled Confessor, was released on November 13, 2007.^[12]

Other media

On July 24, 2006,^[13], it was announced that the Sword of Truth series would be produced as a mini-series. According to the press release, Sam Raimi, the director of Spider-Man and his partner Joshua Dohen would produce the mini-series. It is anticipated that the Mini-Series "Wizards First Rule" will air sometime in 2008. is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the American opera singer, see Samuel Ramey. ... Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. ...

Awards and nominations

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References

External links

• Official Terry Goodkind website
• Unofficial Terry Goodkind website (endorsed by Terry Goodkind)
• Terry Goodkind at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Terry Goodkind Interview on freetalklive.com - Interview about the political aspects of the Sword of Truth series
• Terry is interviewed at www.i-sci-fi.com