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Meh. I wish people would get over it. Joel Send a noteboard - 16/10/2010 08:04:37 AM
Just kidding. Good work, it is nice you get a carrot for all the hard work you do.


But there aren't many review copies going out. I think only a few dozen total. I know of two others at least who've received them and I suspect it might be something that really will avoid most leaks until release date.

But after 120 pages, there's already been a surprising reveal and a foreshadowing that will provoke quite a bit of discussion before AMoL is released. There are some nice new adds as well, but the change in writing style is very noticeable. But considering how I often loathed RJ's garrulous prose, that's not such a bad thing, but some who complained about the shift in TGS will not be pleased, I suspect.

Sandersons prose isn't bad, just different, from what I can see, and, as you note, Jordan wasn't always the paragon of perfection himself. Sanderson still seems like a pretty good writer, so as long as he gets all the details the way Jordan plotted them and isn't flat out clumsy with his prose I don't think it's fair to fault him for not being Jordan. I mean, would you rather the story never got told? I won't say Jordans prose was NEVER clumsy, but there were a few times when, shall we say, a mouse could starve on the difference. We could analyze the difference, but the candle probably isn't worth the wick. Also, you can't roller skate in a buffalo herd. :P
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I just received my review copy of ToM - 15/10/2010 10:52:23 PM 19594 Views
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On writing styles - your thoughts so far? - 16/10/2010 01:43:42 AM 1482 Views
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Meh. I wish people would get over it. - 16/10/2010 08:04:37 AM 1506 Views
Seriously. A lot of people have been so stupid over this whole style thing. Sheesh! - 17/10/2010 01:31:45 AM 1360 Views
See, I never anticipated it being the same in the first place... - 17/10/2010 03:20:16 AM 1351 Views
I really hate you. Like for realsies. *NM* - 15/10/2010 10:57:30 PM 808 Views
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Whoa, check out that COVER! - 16/10/2010 07:58:31 AM 1428 Views
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Has it lived up to your initial excitement on looking at the ending thus far? *NM* - 16/10/2010 11:11:44 AM 834 Views
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Something else - 17/10/2010 10:42:17 PM 1490 Views
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Re: Maybe, maybe not - 16/10/2010 04:40:24 PM 1441 Views
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That would seem to rule out everyone but... - 17/10/2010 10:33:08 PM 1486 Views
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Re: I'm surprised no one has commented on the autographed quote in my second photo - 16/10/2010 04:25:27 PM 1613 Views
Re-read that song line sometime - 16/10/2010 04:33:12 PM 1560 Views
Re: Re-read that song line sometime - 16/10/2010 11:50:54 PM 1348 Views
Um, I know that - 16/10/2010 11:52:04 PM 1338 Views
Re: Re-read that song line sometime - 18/10/2010 06:04:54 PM 1331 Views
That could be the "thing that everyone missed" in Shadow Rising - 18/10/2010 06:19:40 PM 1181 Views
True - 18/10/2010 10:17:18 PM 1603 Views
Which is why I said "appears to be" - 17/10/2010 12:09:45 AM 1277 Views
The last word threw me. - 22/10/2010 05:29:37 AM 1412 Views
Re: I just received my review copy of ToM - 16/10/2010 04:24:51 PM 1401 Views
I could, but I won't - 16/10/2010 04:34:24 PM 1428 Views
What about known chapter order? - 17/10/2010 01:37:01 AM 1195 Views
Re: I just received my review copy of ToM - 16/10/2010 05:37:41 PM 1426 Views
Yes - 16/10/2010 05:50:13 PM 1417 Views
And one last general question from me - 16/10/2010 05:51:51 PM 1280 Views
Thematically, TGS - 16/10/2010 06:00:47 PM 1778 Views
Thanks, I'm happy with either the thematic or "stuff happening" model. *NM* - 16/10/2010 06:40:22 PM 1136 Views
And another (truly last) one, if I may - 18/10/2010 03:54:46 PM 1247 Views
You now sound as cryptic as Sanderson does and Jordan did. - 18/10/2010 06:29:45 PM 1246 Views
Ha! I actually said a lot more than I meant to, ironically enough - 18/10/2010 10:19:43 PM 1210 Views
Well, feel free to talk about the structure and prose, then. - 18/10/2010 11:28:01 PM 1122 Views
I would, but there's another problem in doing that - 18/10/2010 11:32:35 PM 1556 Views

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