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Not sure what I expected, but not this... Myrdhyn Send a noteboard - 09/09/2009 04:07:10 PM
This wasn't BAD at all; however, it was definitely not what I expected. It almost seemed jerky as if it were oscillating back and forth between Jordan and Sanderson writing it.

There were several sentences/paragraphs/phrasings that I couldn't have imagined being any different if RJ wrote them himself. They seemed, to me, to be exactly as he would have said it. Then there were several times when I cannot imagine that it could have been any more different from RJ's style.

The abruptness of seeing what I imagine to be exactly what RJ what would have said intermingled with a steady rhythym of text that fell somewhere between the styles and then hitting something that RJ would have never let near his books left me feeling exhausted after reading this.

I'm excited to see how this all plays out. I'll definitely be buying the Prologue in a few days.
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Your thoughts on TGS - Chapter 1 Sidious - 05/09/2009 05:23:47 PM 6217 Views
For all of those whining about it not sounding like RJ: Narg - 05/09/2009 05:47:07 PM 2087 Views
Agreed. If anything, it's a tribute to RJ Gher - 05/09/2009 06:17:36 PM 1947 Views
You're forgetting one thing. Cannoli - 06/09/2009 12:13:03 AM 2114 Views
And if he were to off Egwene? What would your opinion be? *NM* Ryan - 07/09/2009 05:38:36 AM 1121 Views
He dislikes Sanderson's prose. Plot content is irrelevant here. *NM* Marshall - 08/09/2009 06:44:42 PM 1118 Views
Who cares? That would have been RJs decision anyway. Cannoli - 09/09/2009 06:15:16 AM 1716 Views
not impressed aldapelan - 05/09/2009 06:24:02 PM 2061 Views
all recap, no meat Erim - 14/09/2009 12:33:35 PM 1732 Views
Pretty good. Werthead - 05/09/2009 07:35:41 PM 45479 Views
Re: Pretty good. DomA - 05/09/2009 09:13:44 PM 2057 Views
Re: Pretty good. Cannoli - 06/09/2009 01:19:22 AM 2293 Views
Re: Pretty good. Sidious - 06/09/2009 08:08:38 AM 1938 Views
Re: Pretty good. Chas - 13/09/2009 01:22:22 PM 1653 Views
I found it well-written, but rather uninteresting story-wise *NM* ursidae - 05/09/2009 08:04:15 PM 1183 Views
because there should totaly be massive plot development in the first chapter Apsalar Shadowdancer - 05/09/2009 08:29:18 PM 1826 Views
I'm tired of passive story telling. Haggard - 05/09/2009 08:57:13 PM 1797 Views
On the other hand... Haggard - 05/09/2009 08:58:21 PM 1885 Views
Re: I'm tired of passive story telling. CupofDice - 05/09/2009 10:42:57 PM 1733 Views
Which escape? Marshall - 05/09/2009 11:10:01 PM 1741 Views
I'm tired of mindless readers Cannoli - 06/09/2009 01:54:14 AM 1876 Views
Re: I'm tired of mindless readers DomA - 06/09/2009 04:01:56 AM 2020 Views
Your best yet Dom! *NM* NaClH2O - 06/09/2009 02:04:40 PM 1055 Views
Re: I'm tired of mindless readers MissKoalaVB - 07/09/2009 04:39:36 AM 1741 Views
Re: I'm tired of mindless readers NaClH2O - 07/09/2009 10:42:29 PM 1723 Views
I was over critical. Haggard - 06/09/2009 04:56:48 AM 1668 Views
A real analyst or literary critic would laugh his ass off to see this... Cannoli - 06/09/2009 06:51:57 AM 1856 Views
It's been happening since Book IV btw. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 16/09/2009 05:30:52 PM 1514 Views
Re: because there should totaly be massive plot development in the first chapter Cannoli - 06/09/2009 01:22:09 AM 1784 Views
A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) lilltempest - 05/09/2009 09:34:44 PM 1996 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) RandAllThor - 05/09/2009 10:03:59 PM 1919 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) lilltempest - 06/09/2009 03:18:41 AM 1742 Views
I think Lews Therin's comments to Rand were the most hugely significant part of the chapter. Werthead - 06/09/2009 01:15:05 AM 1703 Views
I don't really agree... lilltempest - 06/09/2009 03:50:08 AM 1693 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) Cannoli - 06/09/2009 02:52:47 AM 2415 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) lilltempest - 06/09/2009 07:08:08 AM 1653 Views
Just answer one question... fionwe1987 - 06/09/2009 07:53:12 AM 2175 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) Cannoli - 06/09/2009 10:31:20 AM 2243 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) redhand - 07/09/2009 05:09:38 AM 1715 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) lilltempest - 08/09/2009 10:19:13 PM 1709 Views
If I may make a few somewhat irrelevant interjections... Digital_Eon - 09/09/2009 04:44:45 AM 1649 Views
Re: If I may make a few somewhat irrelevant interjections... Yvves - 14/09/2009 04:46:29 PM 1773 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) Cannoli - 10/09/2009 06:20:56 AM 2003 Views
On Egwene... fionwe1987 - 10/09/2009 04:33:58 PM 1705 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) Vidarfe - 08/09/2009 11:46:44 PM 1800 Views
Nynaeve balefried - 08/09/2009 05:43:43 AM 1819 Views
Re: Nynaeve Vidarfe - 08/09/2009 08:06:20 AM 1607 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) MissKoalaVB - 07/09/2009 04:41:47 AM 1787 Views
Answers, short, long and longer. NaClH2O - 07/09/2009 11:27:53 PM 1738 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) Dominic - 09/09/2009 03:48:53 PM 1734 Views
I think you missed some things. (spoilers) RugbyPlayingAshaman - 16/09/2009 05:21:43 PM 1493 Views
People who still have their wotmania SNs draw mine.... Joel - 21/09/2009 05:25:15 PM 1556 Views
Good post, but I have an alternative explanation for the saidin barrier The Angry Druid - 28/09/2009 12:53:41 AM 1507 Views
First thought...a typo! ner vous = nervous. *NM* Marshall - 05/09/2009 09:55:28 PM 1126 Views
I loved it! CupofDice - 05/09/2009 10:52:17 PM 1754 Views
I didn't like the opening sequence. Chas - 05/09/2009 10:58:17 PM 1794 Views
Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Knightscape - 06/09/2009 12:02:13 AM 1741 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson DomA - 06/09/2009 12:44:11 AM 1762 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Knightscape - 07/09/2009 09:08:21 AM 1693 Views
This is what RJ said. CupofDice - 06/09/2009 12:47:26 AM 1705 Views
Re: This is what RJ said. Knightscape - 06/09/2009 01:24:36 AM 1905 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Kieran - 06/09/2009 05:12:25 PM 1575 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Knightscape - 06/09/2009 07:20:45 PM 1574 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Kieran - 07/09/2009 04:05:09 AM 1591 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Knightscape - 07/09/2009 09:33:25 AM 1604 Views
I found it...interesting --spoilers-- NaClH2O - 06/09/2009 01:33:11 AM 1900 Views
Re: I found it...interesting --spoilers-- CupofDice - 06/09/2009 01:42:07 AM 1758 Views
Re: I found it...interesting --spoilers-- NaClH2O - 06/09/2009 02:54:17 PM 1798 Views
I'm excited. (Here be spoilers) Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 03:29:59 AM 1687 Views
six questions and nine statements RabidWombat - 06/09/2009 04:47:52 AM 1742 Views
Re: Your thoughts on TGS - Chapter 1 StoneDogAiel - 06/09/2009 04:51:04 AM 1699 Views
Re: Your thoughts on TGS - Chapter 1 gban007 - 06/09/2009 07:30:53 AM 1752 Views
I liked it Sidious - 06/09/2009 07:58:09 AM 1695 Views
Some questions... fionwe1987 - 06/09/2009 08:04:30 AM 1694 Views
Re: Some questions... Sidious - 06/09/2009 08:11:08 AM 1799 Views
Re: Some questions... fionwe1987 - 06/09/2009 08:53:20 AM 1694 Views
Re: I liked it Fanatic-Templar - 06/09/2009 09:55:41 PM 1701 Views
Theory: Rand and Egwene. What is up? fionwe1987 - 06/09/2009 07:59:58 AM 2601 Views
Also AliasRY - 06/09/2009 08:24:45 AM 1707 Views
A simpler answer NaClH2O - 06/09/2009 03:04:04 PM 1784 Views
Really? fionwe1987 - 06/09/2009 03:38:59 PM 1621 Views
Look at what he has seen... Cannoli - 06/09/2009 11:45:44 PM 1572 Views
And all this happeened in the few days between the end of KoD and the beginning of tGS? fionwe1987 - 07/09/2009 12:35:29 AM 1685 Views
Why not? How often did he think of Egwene in A Plain Wooden Box? It might have been there already Cannoli - 07/09/2009 05:29:27 AM 1803 Views
She treated him like a pawn when she "passed" him over to Elayne way back. NM *NM* redhand - 07/09/2009 02:49:18 PM 1010 Views
are we already at the location of the book cover? Deadsy - 06/09/2009 11:49:06 AM 1665 Views
Re: are we already at the location of the book cover? spike - 06/09/2009 02:43:24 PM 1670 Views
I still think it's Aviendha Deadsy - 07/09/2009 05:14:50 AM 1526 Views
Omniscient narrator not neutral enough, for one... Shannow - 06/09/2009 04:17:51 PM 1864 Views
Yip Sidious - 06/09/2009 04:29:40 PM 1786 Views
Yes... Shannow - 06/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1647 Views
I totally agree...the narration was the biggest put-off for me Marshall - 09/09/2009 09:51:52 PM 1512 Views
Two Things aria - 07/09/2009 12:25:31 AM 1710 Views
Moiraine Deadsy - 07/09/2009 01:19:08 AM 1796 Views
The Moiraine thing is dumb Marshall - 09/09/2009 09:53:51 PM 1671 Views
She fell through the doorway with Lanfear Fanatic-Templar - 09/09/2009 10:18:55 PM 1612 Views
uh Deadsy - 09/09/2009 10:57:17 PM 1644 Views
Timeline? Deadsy - 07/09/2009 05:10:16 AM 1691 Views
Re: Timeline? NaClH2O - 07/09/2009 05:52:50 PM 1643 Views
So what chapter symbol is it going to have? *NM* Cannoli - 07/09/2009 08:09:54 AM 978 Views
the dragon in COT chap 23 ornaments *NM* rosco12 - 07/09/2009 01:28:58 PM 971 Views
The Seanchan are up to something Knightscape - 07/09/2009 10:26:23 AM 1682 Views
Red stone doorway. Bigerich - 07/09/2009 03:27:22 PM 1554 Views
The whole thing was explained by Rand in KoD. So no, not new. fionwe1987 - 07/09/2009 06:35:01 PM 1564 Views
No Deadsy - 07/09/2009 07:57:57 PM 1558 Views
Questions, Comments Thoughts and Theories about tGS Orlin_Artemi - 07/09/2009 09:09:05 PM 1749 Views
My thoughts are that the main page is being crowded by too many duplicate threads Lord o' Salv - 07/09/2009 10:23:41 PM 1692 Views
Hrm... Sidious - 08/09/2009 05:28:19 AM 1756 Views
Enjoyed it lodlom - 08/09/2009 01:35:03 AM 1667 Views
Ready for More Raforsaken - 08/09/2009 04:25:19 PM 1695 Views
... Seventysix - 08/09/2009 07:24:46 PM 1613 Views
Not sure what I expected, but not this... Myrdhyn - 09/09/2009 04:07:10 PM 1707 Views
I know why Rand is mad at Egwene...read inside to find out Lan al'Mandragoran - 11/09/2009 03:15:00 AM 1750 Views
Ummm... the embassy's proposal was accepted, and (presumably) communicated to Egwene at the earliest *NM* fionwe1987 - 11/09/2009 04:16:31 AM 1105 Views
It's his increasing paranoia and dehumanization. Cannoli - 15/09/2009 03:03:53 AM 1654 Views
Re: Your thoughts on TGS - Chapter 1 artois - 16/09/2009 06:20:14 AM 1446 Views
Semirhage isn't scaring anyone Sidious - 28/09/2009 02:32:34 PM 1968 Views
Indeed... Etzel - 28/09/2009 03:36:55 PM 1569 Views
Will the Chosen pass that edict down or just not act themselves? Rurouni_Kenshin - 28/09/2009 10:29:53 PM 1547 Views
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