Editing Wizard's First Rule (section)

==Reception==
[[Terri Windling]] identified ''Wizard's First Rule'' as one of the best fantasy debuts of 1994, saying that although the novel was "derivative," it "does have a certain charm and earnestness about it".<ref>"Summation 1994: Fantasy," ''[[The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]]: Eighth Annual Collection'', p.xviii</ref> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' called the novel "a wonderfully creative, seamless, and stirring epic fantasy debut."<ref name=":0" /> Booklist favorably described the novel as the "first volume of a saga" and within the "same breath as Robert Jordan" but "hardly an aspirant to Tolkien's mantle."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/1255315/Reviews|title=Summary/Reviews: Wizard's first rule|website=www.buffalolib.org|access-date=2016-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812194244/https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/1255315/Reviews|archive-date=2016-08-12}}</ref> The review also stated that "the characters and their world come to life, and Goodkind's ambitious juxtaposition of modern ambiguities and the classical fantasy setting works more often than not."<ref name=":1" /> Library Journal called the novel "an intriguing variant on the standard fantasy quest" recommending the novel  for  "mature fantasy aficionados" noting the sado-eroticism of the Mord Sith might "deter purchase by some libraries."<ref name=":1" />