An omniscient narrator should do ONLY narration, no commenting, editorializing or any other 3rd party stuff.
Technically, the narrator isn't omniscient in each individual scene - while throughout the book, we can see into everyone's thoughts, each scene is written in third-person limited. I see why you'd have a problem with the writing, though and I agree that it'd be a case of bad writing, but only in the sense that it confuses the reader. I can't believe that this wouldn't be from Rand's POV; I can't imagine any competent writer would use that kind of commentary unless it's specifically in the style of the novel to do so, and BS is definitely more competent than that.
Plot relevance of the sword
- 06/09/2009 04:25:12 PM
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Great
- 06/09/2009 08:01:07 PM
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Re: Great
- 07/09/2009 04:02:53 AM
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Re: Great
- 07/09/2009 11:53:52 PM
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Re: Great
- 08/09/2009 10:57:13 PM
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I see that differently
- 09/09/2009 02:15:45 AM
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Re: I see that differently
- 09/09/2009 05:24:55 PM
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Nice
- 07/09/2009 02:46:36 AM
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Re: Nice
- 07/09/2009 04:00:53 AM
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? Yes, I am aware of this
- 07/09/2009 04:24:03 AM
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Re: ? Yes, I am aware of this
- 07/09/2009 03:36:45 PM
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I'd favor it being Justice, they probably tell us in the prologue
- 09/09/2009 05:46:37 PM
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My early theory: High Lord Turak
- 08/09/2009 08:11:24 PM
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All good points but a couple of puzzlers
- 09/09/2009 02:06:59 AM
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see above for part
- 09/09/2009 02:20:19 AM
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OK, I see what you are getting at, but I'm not sure I buy it
- 09/09/2009 12:14:10 PM
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Re: OK, I see what you are getting at, but I'm not sure I buy it
- 09/09/2009 02:59:30 PM
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No, He's giving me way more than I want.
- 09/09/2009 05:27:31 PM
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But is it...?
- 09/09/2009 10:00:40 PM
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Additionally, re: Why the Dragons?
- 09/09/2009 03:08:27 PM
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Re: My early theory: High Lord Turak
- 09/09/2009 05:29:11 PM
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