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No. It was never meant to be, it never could be and Sanderson never pretended otherwise. Werthead Send a noteboard - 05/09/2009 07:40:37 PM
It just feels wrong. Sorry. Maybe he gets better as the book goes on, but this is not the same. It's not bad, and it does not detract from the story, but it does not feel the same. I don't think it's going to matter. I still enjoyed reading the chapter, and I have every intention of reading the book the day it comes out, with not one less ounce of anticipation. But it is not RJ's writing, for those of you to whom such things matter.


Brandon Sanderson's writing style does not match Robert Jordan's? What a surprise. We already knew that and that was unavoidable. If Sanderson had tried to match RJ's style exactly, it would have been utterly disastrous. Changing prose styles is something not many authors can do, and changing to match the styles of another author altogether is completely impossible.

What Sanderson could do is change his pacing to match Jordan's, which has been successfully achieved (on the basis of one chapter). Compared to the short, punchy chapters in MISTBORN he's more relaxed and more descriptive here. He can't rail in his preference for dialogue and description that adds to the storyline rather than goes off on some unnecessary clothing-describing tangent, but to be honest that is probably necessary at this point to get the story underway and to its conclusion some time this side of doomsday.

So it doesn't sound like Jordan, but it sounds more like Jordan than Sanderson. More importantly, it doesn't sound like Kevin J. Anderson. As long as that continues, we've come out on top.
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This is not RJ's writing. (No Spoilers) - 05/09/2009 03:46:26 AM 1818 Views
It isn't supposed to be. - 05/09/2009 04:08:46 AM 920 Views
Jason claimed it was hard to tell them apart. *NM* - 05/09/2009 04:10:13 AM 389 Views
I take anything from that source with a pinch of salt *NM* - 05/09/2009 03:41:49 PM 361 Views
I noticed that too. - 05/09/2009 04:11:22 AM 771 Views
Re: This is not RJ's writing. (No Spoilers) - 05/09/2009 04:13:48 AM 958 Views
Absolutely not. - 05/09/2009 04:18:51 AM 1239 Views
Re: Absolutely not. - 05/09/2009 04:25:16 AM 1020 Views
That's what I meant by absolutely not. - 05/09/2009 04:31:26 AM 1015 Views
Could it be rough draft that Sanderson kept, and Jordan never polished? *NM* - 05/09/2009 05:14:59 AM 453 Views
I doubt it - 05/09/2009 05:17:09 AM 1081 Views
Definitely Sanderson - 05/09/2009 05:27:57 AM 1038 Views
Really? - 05/09/2009 08:55:37 AM 1066 Views
I agree with DomA *NM* - 05/09/2009 08:26:17 PM 452 Views
Re: Absolutely not. - 05/09/2009 04:39:55 AM 1162 Views
Re: Absolutely not. - 05/09/2009 04:53:12 AM 907 Views
I could tell it wasn't Jordan, but I liked what I read. - 05/09/2009 04:27:44 AM 752 Views
I liked it too...new WoT material finally! *NM* - 05/09/2009 05:16:34 AM 335 Views
It bugged me at first. - 05/09/2009 04:32:27 AM 838 Views
agreed. I liked it, but - 05/09/2009 05:13:18 AM 893 Views
Anyone want to guess which part can be a foreshadowing? - 05/09/2009 05:34:07 AM 857 Views
No surprise. Brandon was one of us when RJ stll lived *NM* - 08/09/2009 04:27:14 PM 355 Views
Nature of the beast. - 05/09/2009 06:21:05 AM 830 Views
Agreed... - 05/09/2009 06:45:09 AM 733 Views
No *sniffles* gave it away although N does tug her braid. - 05/09/2009 07:33:32 AM 767 Views
Becareful of what you wish for - 05/09/2009 08:29:52 AM 860 Views
I've been saying that for years. - 05/09/2009 08:55:19 AM 918 Views
Whatever. I thought it was an improvement. - 05/09/2009 08:45:37 PM 846 Views
Agree fully. Art and paiting have rarely even been mentioned! It feels like a fan's writing... - 05/09/2009 09:59:15 AM 962 Views
Are you pre-ordering the book? - 05/09/2009 10:48:44 AM 830 Views
I live in the U.S. now... - 05/09/2009 02:59:40 PM 814 Views
I hope so, because I won't able to wait for it. *NM* - 05/09/2009 04:45:01 PM 362 Views
I preordered it from Bookdepository.com for 15$ - 05/09/2009 04:47:07 PM 714 Views
I checked, they don't ship to India. *NM* - 05/09/2009 04:50:34 PM 378 Views
Yes, I agree. It feels cold because it is an alien presence. - 09/09/2009 02:31:45 PM 722 Views
It sounds better via the audio - 05/09/2009 03:07:37 PM 858 Views
Re: It sounds better via the audio - 05/09/2009 03:41:27 PM 778 Views
No. It was never meant to be, it never could be and Sanderson never pretended otherwise. - 05/09/2009 07:40:37 PM 971 Views
Exactly. - 05/09/2009 08:50:08 PM 797 Views
According to him... - 05/09/2009 09:14:44 PM 784 Views
It sounds more like Anderson than Jordan - 05/09/2009 11:11:58 PM 1040 Views
Re: It sounds more like Anderson than Jordan - 06/09/2009 12:19:11 AM 1042 Views
*NM* - 06/09/2009 12:24:16 AM 355 Views
I didn't read any of Anderson's books - 06/09/2009 12:17:54 PM 789 Views
Funniest thing ever posted on RAFO.com. Ever. *NM* - 07/09/2009 03:49:24 AM 488 Views
In it's week long history. Ever. EVER *NM* - 07/09/2009 08:12:44 AM 293 Views
It wasn't Jordan... - 07/09/2009 04:36:11 AM 728 Views
It isn't but I thought BS said he wasn't trying to be exactly like RJ - 08/09/2009 08:12:24 PM 824 Views
The difference was a bit staggering - 08/09/2009 08:23:15 PM 803 Views

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