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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 Larry - 15/10/2010 10:52:23 PM 19868 Views
Thanks for showing off Mr. Fancy Pants Matrimony Cauthon - 15/10/2010 10:56:57 PM 1638 Views
I've received some interesting things over the years Larry - 16/10/2010 12:39:59 AM 1907 Views
On writing styles - your thoughts so far? ajfurst - 16/10/2010 01:43:42 AM 1712 Views
It's further apart than in TGS Larry - 16/10/2010 02:00:25 AM 2414 Views
Meh. I wish people would get over it. Joel - 16/10/2010 08:04:37 AM 1759 Views
Seriously. A lot of people have been so stupid over this whole style thing. Sheesh! everynametaken - 17/10/2010 01:31:45 AM 1618 Views
See, I never anticipated it being the same in the first place... Seriana Sedai - 17/10/2010 03:20:16 AM 1596 Views
I really hate you. Like for realsies. *NM* callandor1000 - 15/10/2010 10:57:30 PM 935 Views
Lucky you! RugbyPlayingAshaman - 16/10/2010 01:56:16 AM 1595 Views
Oh, just think about belief and order a bit Larry - 16/10/2010 02:01:31 AM 1855 Views
Cool - private message me what happens rofl RugbyPlayingAshaman - 16/10/2010 12:42:05 PM 1652 Views
It's not concluded in ToM Larry - 16/10/2010 03:24:07 PM 1945 Views
Re: I just received my review copy of ToM Datakim - 16/10/2010 02:06:36 AM 1603 Views
I'm only 160 pages into it and won't finish it tonight...I think Larry - 16/10/2010 02:17:53 AM 1826 Views
I'd be interested in this question as well, once you've finished. *NM* RandAllThor - 16/10/2010 02:28:39 AM 1619 Views
I can't get into reading your blog post due to Lord o' Salv - 16/10/2010 03:37:34 AM 1590 Views
I'm a Squirrelist Larry - 16/10/2010 03:54:54 AM 1627 Views
Re: I just received my review copy of ToM TSignus - 16/10/2010 04:30:02 AM 1682 Views
Well, thumbing ahead, I think I saw an oblique reference Larry - 16/10/2010 05:18:02 AM 1889 Views
Whoa, check out that COVER! Joel - 16/10/2010 07:58:31 AM 1663 Views
The cover image was released months ago. TaskmasterJack - 19/10/2010 10:04:16 PM 1574 Views
Has it lived up to your initial excitement on looking at the ending thus far? *NM* RandAllThor - 16/10/2010 11:11:44 AM 984 Views
It's a surprising book in many ways Larry - 16/10/2010 03:25:13 PM 1834 Views
A few questions, assuming you've now finished RandAllThor - 16/10/2010 03:39:57 PM 1700 Views
I don't read in a lineal fashion, so I'm only 50% done Larry - 16/10/2010 03:58:34 PM 1786 Views
Damn. I bet we're in for a cliffhanger. *NM* RandAllThor - 16/10/2010 04:01:56 PM 1484 Views
Larry - 16/10/2010 04:03:48 PM 1669 Views
I think you'd have denied it if it weren't true. I call unspoken confirmation. *NM* RandAllThor - 16/10/2010 04:13:47 PM 1644 Views
Is this in reference to Brandon's 'small unnoticed detail' from books 4-6? Terez - 17/10/2010 10:35:37 PM 1801 Views
Something else Larry - 17/10/2010 10:42:17 PM 1730 Views
Thanks! *NM* Terez - 17/10/2010 10:46:38 PM 871 Views
Perrin, eh? fionwe1987 - 18/10/2010 03:36:05 AM 1572 Views
Re: a small thing from The Dragon Reborn Skeeve the Great - 18/10/2010 01:48:30 AM 1720 Views
Ironically Sanderson's signature looks like he tried to cross out his own name from the title page *NM* Cannoli - 16/10/2010 12:22:33 PM 954 Views
He's done that on all the books I've had signed. *NM* kavorka - 16/10/2010 02:41:04 PM 838 Views
Just glancing at it that's what I thought had happened. *NM* j-whitt987 - 16/10/2010 11:24:08 PM 885 Views
Warning for everyone who tends to read the Glossary first Larry - 16/10/2010 03:16:09 PM 1961 Views
Certainly... Etzel - 16/10/2010 03:36:29 PM 1870 Views
Or it might be that the glossary reveals that the murderer him/herself gets done over in ToM. RandAllThor - 16/10/2010 03:41:21 PM 1689 Views
Maybe, maybe not Larry - 16/10/2010 03:59:36 PM 1883 Views
Demandred killed Asmodean? fionwe1987 - 16/10/2010 04:34:27 PM 1612 Views
The Forsaken don't get own entries Etzel - 16/10/2010 05:18:27 PM 1743 Views
Re: The Forsaken don't get own entries darius_sedai - 17/10/2010 12:52:38 AM 1630 Views
Re: Maybe, maybe not TSignus - 16/10/2010 04:40:24 PM 1678 Views
Oh I know! fionwe1987 - 16/10/2010 04:44:54 PM 1728 Views
Those are separate things Larry - 16/10/2010 04:48:31 PM 1779 Views
Can you at least say this much RandAllThor - 16/10/2010 05:26:55 PM 1713 Views
Some found it so Larry - 16/10/2010 05:28:56 PM 1932 Views
Re: Some found it so TSignus - 17/10/2010 12:37:34 AM 1691 Views
That would seem to rule out everyone but... Terez - 17/10/2010 10:33:08 PM 1703 Views
Are you certain of this? Larry - 17/10/2010 10:45:06 PM 1655 Views
lol Terez - 17/10/2010 10:50:09 PM 1739 Views
Obviously Slayer has the power to block someone from the OP for three seconds! Etzel - 16/10/2010 05:07:10 PM 1736 Views
It's Moiraine NerveAgent - 16/10/2010 11:01:17 PM 1702 Views
Graendal is the 3rd Female Forsaken seen on screen darius_sedai - 17/10/2010 12:57:30 AM 1620 Views
I'm surprised no one has commented on the autographed quote in my second photo Larry - 16/10/2010 04:06:14 PM 2198 Views
Re: I'm surprised no one has commented on the autographed quote in my second photo darius_sedai - 16/10/2010 04:25:27 PM 1869 Views
Re-read that song line sometime Larry - 16/10/2010 04:33:12 PM 1819 Views
Re: Re-read that song line sometime NerveAgent - 16/10/2010 11:50:54 PM 1575 Views
Um, I know that Larry - 16/10/2010 11:52:04 PM 1581 Views
I know you know that. I was just noting the odd thing you hinted at explicitly. *NM* NerveAgent - 16/10/2010 11:55:21 PM 1493 Views
Re: Re-read that song line sometime Peter Ahlstrom - 18/10/2010 06:04:54 PM 1582 Views
That could be the "thing that everyone missed" in Shadow Rising Tom - 18/10/2010 06:19:40 PM 1406 Views
True Larry - 18/10/2010 10:17:18 PM 1838 Views
Which is why I said "appears to be" darius_sedai - 17/10/2010 12:09:45 AM 1509 Views
The last word threw me. Joel - 22/10/2010 05:29:37 AM 1685 Views
Re: I just received my review copy of ToM TSignus - 16/10/2010 04:24:51 PM 1611 Views
I could, but I won't Larry - 16/10/2010 04:34:24 PM 1655 Views
What about known chapter order? ajfurst - 17/10/2010 01:37:01 AM 1457 Views
Re: I just received my review copy of ToM TSignus - 16/10/2010 05:37:41 PM 1662 Views
Yes Larry - 16/10/2010 05:50:13 PM 1655 Views
And one last general question from me RandAllThor - 16/10/2010 05:51:51 PM 1491 Views
Thematically, TGS Larry - 16/10/2010 06:00:47 PM 2029 Views
Thanks, I'm happy with either the thematic or "stuff happening" model. *NM* RandAllThor - 16/10/2010 06:40:22 PM 1367 Views
And another (truly last) one, if I may RandAllThor - 18/10/2010 03:54:46 PM 1474 Views
I forgot to mention that the dedication page references both Linda and Mike *NM* Larry - 17/10/2010 12:24:40 AM 1036 Views
You now sound as cryptic as Sanderson does and Jordan did. Tom - 18/10/2010 06:29:45 PM 1488 Views
Ha! I actually said a lot more than I meant to, ironically enough Larry - 18/10/2010 10:19:43 PM 1449 Views
Well, feel free to talk about the structure and prose, then. Tom - 18/10/2010 11:28:01 PM 1367 Views
I would, but there's another problem in doing that Larry - 18/10/2010 11:32:35 PM 1767 Views
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