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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 19809 Views
Thanks for showing off Mr. Fancy Pants - 15/10/2010 10:56:57 PM 1592 Views
I've received some interesting things over the years - 16/10/2010 12:39:59 AM 1849 Views
On writing styles - your thoughts so far? - 16/10/2010 01:43:42 AM 1658 Views
It's further apart than in TGS - 16/10/2010 02:00:25 AM 2356 Views
Meh. I wish people would get over it. - 16/10/2010 08:04:37 AM 1705 Views
Seriously. A lot of people have been so stupid over this whole style thing. Sheesh! - 17/10/2010 01:31:45 AM 1564 Views
See, I never anticipated it being the same in the first place... - 17/10/2010 03:20:16 AM 1543 Views
I really hate you. Like for realsies. *NM* - 15/10/2010 10:57:30 PM 903 Views
Lucky you! - 16/10/2010 01:56:16 AM 1545 Views
Oh, just think about belief and order a bit - 16/10/2010 02:01:31 AM 1804 Views
Cool - private message me what happens rofl - 16/10/2010 12:42:05 PM 1597 Views
It's not concluded in ToM - 16/10/2010 03:24:07 PM 1880 Views
Re: I just received my review copy of ToM - 16/10/2010 02:06:36 AM 1558 Views
I'm only 160 pages into it and won't finish it tonight...I think - 16/10/2010 02:17:53 AM 1770 Views
I'd be interested in this question as well, once you've finished. *NM* - 16/10/2010 02:28:39 AM 1569 Views
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I'm a Squirrelist - 16/10/2010 03:54:54 AM 1565 Views
Re: I just received my review copy of ToM - 16/10/2010 04:30:02 AM 1615 Views
Well, thumbing ahead, I think I saw an oblique reference - 16/10/2010 05:18:02 AM 1837 Views
Whoa, check out that COVER! - 16/10/2010 07:58:31 AM 1619 Views
The cover image was released months ago. - 19/10/2010 10:04:16 PM 1517 Views
Has it lived up to your initial excitement on looking at the ending thus far? *NM* - 16/10/2010 11:11:44 AM 949 Views
It's a surprising book in many ways - 16/10/2010 03:25:13 PM 1782 Views
A few questions, assuming you've now finished - 16/10/2010 03:39:57 PM 1633 Views
I don't read in a lineal fashion, so I'm only 50% done - 16/10/2010 03:58:34 PM 1739 Views
Damn. I bet we're in for a cliffhanger. *NM* - 16/10/2010 04:01:56 PM 1424 Views
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Is this in reference to Brandon's 'small unnoticed detail' from books 4-6? - 17/10/2010 10:35:37 PM 1748 Views
Something else - 17/10/2010 10:42:17 PM 1657 Views
Thanks! *NM* - 17/10/2010 10:46:38 PM 831 Views
Perrin, eh? - 18/10/2010 03:36:05 AM 1517 Views
Re: a small thing from The Dragon Reborn - 18/10/2010 01:48:30 AM 1671 Views
Warning for everyone who tends to read the Glossary first - 16/10/2010 03:16:09 PM 1897 Views
Certainly... - 16/10/2010 03:36:29 PM 1804 Views
Or it might be that the glossary reveals that the murderer him/herself gets done over in ToM. - 16/10/2010 03:41:21 PM 1616 Views
Maybe, maybe not - 16/10/2010 03:59:36 PM 1816 Views
Demandred killed Asmodean? - 16/10/2010 04:34:27 PM 1564 Views
The Forsaken don't get own entries - 16/10/2010 05:18:27 PM 1672 Views
Re: The Forsaken don't get own entries - 17/10/2010 12:52:38 AM 1584 Views
Re: Maybe, maybe not - 16/10/2010 04:40:24 PM 1628 Views
Oh I know! - 16/10/2010 04:44:54 PM 1664 Views
Those are separate things - 16/10/2010 04:48:31 PM 1729 Views
Can you at least say this much - 16/10/2010 05:26:55 PM 1656 Views
Some found it so - 16/10/2010 05:28:56 PM 1865 Views
Re: Some found it so - 17/10/2010 12:37:34 AM 1641 Views
That would seem to rule out everyone but... - 17/10/2010 10:33:08 PM 1656 Views
Are you certain of this? - 17/10/2010 10:45:06 PM 1602 Views
lol - 17/10/2010 10:50:09 PM 1691 Views
It's Moiraine - 16/10/2010 11:01:17 PM 1652 Views
Graendal is the 3rd Female Forsaken seen on screen - 17/10/2010 12:57:30 AM 1545 Views
I'm surprised no one has commented on the autographed quote in my second photo - 16/10/2010 04:06:14 PM 2130 Views
Re: I'm surprised no one has commented on the autographed quote in my second photo - 16/10/2010 04:25:27 PM 1804 Views
Re-read that song line sometime - 16/10/2010 04:33:12 PM 1768 Views
Re: Re-read that song line sometime - 16/10/2010 11:50:54 PM 1526 Views
Um, I know that - 16/10/2010 11:52:04 PM 1532 Views
Re: Re-read that song line sometime - 18/10/2010 06:04:54 PM 1510 Views
That could be the "thing that everyone missed" in Shadow Rising - 18/10/2010 06:19:40 PM 1347 Views
True - 18/10/2010 10:17:18 PM 1782 Views
Which is why I said "appears to be" - 17/10/2010 12:09:45 AM 1456 Views
The last word threw me. - 22/10/2010 05:29:37 AM 1613 Views
Re: I just received my review copy of ToM - 16/10/2010 04:24:51 PM 1555 Views
I could, but I won't - 16/10/2010 04:34:24 PM 1596 Views
What about known chapter order? - 17/10/2010 01:37:01 AM 1401 Views
Re: I just received my review copy of ToM - 16/10/2010 05:37:41 PM 1596 Views
Yes - 16/10/2010 05:50:13 PM 1595 Views
And one last general question from me - 16/10/2010 05:51:51 PM 1434 Views
Thematically, TGS - 16/10/2010 06:00:47 PM 1969 Views
Thanks, I'm happy with either the thematic or "stuff happening" model. *NM* - 16/10/2010 06:40:22 PM 1310 Views
And another (truly last) one, if I may - 18/10/2010 03:54:46 PM 1419 Views
You now sound as cryptic as Sanderson does and Jordan did. - 18/10/2010 06:29:45 PM 1437 Views
Ha! I actually said a lot more than I meant to, ironically enough - 18/10/2010 10:19:43 PM 1386 Views
Well, feel free to talk about the structure and prose, then. - 18/10/2010 11:28:01 PM 1300 Views
I would, but there's another problem in doing that - 18/10/2010 11:32:35 PM 1715 Views

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