Editing Wizard's First Rule (section)

{{Short description|1994 novel by Terry Goodkind}}
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{{Infobox book| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name         = Wizard's First Rule
| title_orig   =
| translator   =
| image        = Wizard's First Rule.jpg
| author       = [[Terry Goodkind]]
| cover_artist = Doug Beekman
| country      = United States
| language     = English
| series       = [[The Sword of Truth]]
| genre        = [[Epic fantasy]]
| publisher    = [[Tor Books|Tor Fantasy]]
| release_date = August 1994<ref>[http://www.terrygoodkind.com/ Terry Goodkind: The Official Website]. Retrieved November 1, 2010.</ref>
| media_type   = Print ([[Hardback]])
| pages        = 836
| isbn         = 0-312-85705-5
| dewey        = 813/.54 20
| congress     = PS3557.O5826 W59 1994
| oclc         = 30547887
| preceded_by  = [[Debt of Bones]]
| followed_by  = [[Stone of Tears]]
}}

'''''Wizard's First Rule''''', written by [[Terry Goodkind]], is the first book in the [[epic fantasy]] series ''[[The Sword of Truth]]''. Published by [[Tor Books]], it was released on August 15, 1994 in hardcover, and in mass market paperback in September 1995. The book was also re-released with new cover artwork by [[Keith Parkinson]] in paperback on June 23, 2001. The novel was adapted to television in the 2008 television series ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]''.

Goodkind had no trouble selling his first book to a publisher. "I'm sort of the exception that proves the rule," he says. "I wanted to be represented by the best agent in the country and I wrote him a letter." He asked to see the book and he liked it." He showed it to a number of publishers. Three of them had an auction. Ten weeks after I'd written 'The End' it sold for a record price ($275,000),"<ref>{{cite web | last1=White | first1=Ken | url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Aug-01-Tue-2000/lifestyles/13986007.html | title=Author relies on memory to create fantasy tales] | work=[[Review-Journal]] | date=August 17, 2000 | access-date=May 15, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525111640/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Aug-01-Tue-2000/lifestyles/13986007.html | archive-date=May 25, 2010}}</ref> the most money ever paid for a fantasy novel by a first time author.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Flewelling | first1=Lynn | url=http://www.sff.net/people/lynn.flewelling/s.goodkind.html | title=Terry Goodkind Interview | work=[[Bangor Daily News]] | date=November 1995 | access-date=May 15, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612184829/http://www.sff.net/people/lynn.flewelling/s.goodkind.html | archive-date=June 12, 2010}}</ref>