So there's a pretty intense discussion about the timeline issues in tGS and ToM over at Theoryland, and Peter Ahlstrom, Brandon's assistant, chipped in with this to say:
People unhappy about what they've seen of timeline issues in TGS and ToM so far are not going to be any happier once the book comes out. The best thing I can recommend about this is to ask Brandon on tour why certain decisions were made, if you want to know and can't figure it out. Harriet will be on the tour too, and Maria and Alan will be at the New York signing.
Alan's two main jobs on Team Jordan are keeping track of the timeline and advising with warfare issues. They have nailed down the timeline. But that does not mean that the chapters will necessarily occur in a linear order.
Thoughts?
People unhappy about what they've seen of timeline issues in TGS and ToM so far are not going to be any happier once the book comes out. The best thing I can recommend about this is to ask Brandon on tour why certain decisions were made, if you want to know and can't figure it out. Harriet will be on the tour too, and Maria and Alan will be at the New York signing.
Alan's two main jobs on Team Jordan are keeping track of the timeline and advising with warfare issues. They have nailed down the timeline. But that does not mean that the chapters will necessarily occur in a linear order.
Thoughts?
This message last edited by fionwe1987 on 28/09/2010 at 03:33:07 AM
Timeline: some news from Theoryland...
- 28/09/2010 02:12:49 AM
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I couldn't care less about the timeline *NM*
- 28/09/2010 02:18:47 AM
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Agreed
- 28/09/2010 07:11:41 AM
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Re: Agreed
- 28/09/2010 01:02:16 PM
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I feel compelled to state that "DomA wins the thread". *Goes back to lurking* *NM*
- 01/10/2010 05:39:12 AM
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The people complaining about timeline issues need to seriously get a life. Sheesh!
- 28/09/2010 03:08:44 AM
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What's a little pettiness among mortal enemies who have never met? *NM*
- 28/09/2010 06:38:31 PM
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Is it possible for this Alan to publish the timeline between tGS and ToM when ToM comes out? *NM*
- 28/09/2010 03:39:32 AM
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There was an easy solution to this - tell the readers each chapter!
- 28/09/2010 09:16:59 AM
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Maybe the entire book could just be a big calendar *NM*
- 28/09/2010 10:32:47 AM
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With subtexts to show what each character is doing relative to the other one *NM*
- 28/09/2010 11:53:15 AM
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Well.... one of my predictions was that...
- 28/09/2010 01:21:31 PM
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For the record, my mom didn't like it either, and she's a casual reader (has read each book once)
- 28/09/2010 06:12:45 PM
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