Talk:The Sword of Shannara

message: Hi, I've removed the following paragraph from the article's "Literary significance" section, partly because of WP:NOR concerns, and partly because similar material from secondary sources have been found and incorporated into the section. However, I think some of this paragraph's material may be of use in the future, so I've left it here. 
 
--DanDs (talk) 20:39, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Paragraph removal

message: Hi, I've removed the following material because they are based on self-published sources by non-notable writers. However, I've also managed to replace them with alternative material from Gene Wolfe and David Pringle.
and his supporters, such as Laurie Thayer, point out that many of the similarities are broad concepts common in modern day fantasy literature.
Additionally, the plot of Brooks' subsequent novels bear little resemblance to Tolkien's works (apart from elements shared by many novels in the genre). "There's no doubt Sword borrows heavily from LOTR, but Brooks has proved his originality and versatility in his later novels."
 
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--DanDs (talk) 08:02, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defenders 

message: I've just discovered a problem with these three images:
 
*:Image:Allanon and Flick.jpg
*:Image:Leah.jpg 
*:Image:Kern (Shannara).jpg
 
They are not official book illustrations, but non-official fan art which has been copyrighted and whose creator has prohibited non-personal usage. If images are required for fair-use commentary, it might be better to replace them with relevant selections from the official Hildebrandt Brothers book illustrations instead. Although they are also copyrighted, they are officially "part" of the novel, so it would be a) easier to justify their inclusion for fair-use commentary, and b) more accurate as a reflection of the novel's original content. --DanDs (talk) 08:49, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I e-mailed the creator, and he would not release the images into the public domain (understandably). So, I tagged them as fair-use due to my belief that they are not replaceable by even the Hildebrandt illustrations--they would be black and white and not up to the quality of the images listed above...also, they are official--the top of the page reads thusly: "This gallery is dedicated to the works of author Terry Brooks (with permission), I have tried to capture some of the imagery inspired by the first series of Shannara books." (bolding added). I believe this means that Terry Brooks endorses them, making them quite "accurate as a reflection of the novel's original content". the_ed17 20:28, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: Is 'critical acclaim' or 'critical disdain' of a living author's work equivalent to a 'biographical claim'?
If so, then the paragraph,  while adhering to the WP:NPOV, seems like a candidate for  
Am I off base? Tyllannon (talk) 02:25, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Query re: Third introductory paragraph 

message: Who is routinely blanking this stuff? Is this constructive? Enthdegree (talk) 02:09, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blanking 

message: I have requested a community-based reassessment of the Good Article quality rating given to this article in 2008.  The discussion is here:  Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/The Sword of Shannara/1.  Cheers.  N2e (talk) 04:28, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good Article reassessment 

message: I just finished TSoS and I disagree that the story about Balinor being ousted by his insane brother is a major plot. A sub-plot at best (and one that left me distinctly skeptical of Balinor's intelligence - who abandons his old father to a crazy younger brother [with a Wormtongue-ish advisor] who wants to replace you?) It only appears late in the story. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 14:55, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "two major plots" 

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