Splitting it this way was the only realistic choice
Zeratul Send a noteboard - 29/11/2010 01:58:52 PM
Although it would have risked TGS being accused of being another 'build up' book, even more after TOM splitting the books chronologically so TGS finished with Rand killing Semirhage and shown as Dark Rand, Egwene imprisoned after attending Elaida, Avi's vision shown, Perrin agreeing to a trial (and unable to Travel) and Mat having to wait in Caemlyn and ending on the Gholam having killed someone in his tent would have made much more sense IMO.
Then TGS would've been bashed by most readers, and rightly so, because it would've been all setup and no plot resolutions at all, and a lot of people would've given up on the series.
Sanderson and Team Jordan made the right choice, they couldn't afford that risk given the scepticism after the change of author and given how much nearly everyone hated CoT for lacking plot resolutions.
/tGS: These are damned good books.
- 27/11/2010 02:22:05 AM
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meh. ToM sucked for me. after tGS, I had become a bit hopeful, but now I see ...
- 27/11/2010 03:39:49 AM
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Disagree strongly on the time line issue - TOM showed what a mistake splitting by 'clusters' was IMO
- 27/11/2010 07:24:55 AM
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Re: Disagree strongly on the time line issue - TOM showed what a mistake splitting by 'clusters' was
- 27/11/2010 05:59:47 PM
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Splitting it this way was the only realistic choice
- 29/11/2010 01:58:52 PM
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Disagree - plus COT lacked almost anything full stop
- 30/11/2010 12:03:24 AM
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It will be better than CoT, sure, but still not good enough to appease most fans
- 30/11/2010 06:20:38 PM
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BS style
- 27/11/2010 07:25:38 AM
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That's the thing! If it was in its normal, Jordan paced writing, ...
- 27/11/2010 08:52:05 AM
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- 27/11/2010 11:57:22 PM
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Sin?! What, Jordan is a god now? Some flawless divine figure of fantasy writing? Puh-leaze!
- 28/11/2010 04:29:54 AM
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And you know how RJ would've outlined the books from where?
- 28/11/2010 05:07:31 AM
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Re: And you know how RJ would've outlined the books from where?
- 29/11/2010 08:16:12 AM
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My only problems are Mats sudden drop in literacy and the timeline. *NM*
- 27/11/2010 11:51:25 AM
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Not so much
- 27/11/2010 09:52:23 PM
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Have some question
- 28/11/2010 05:38:42 AM
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- 28/11/2010 05:54:10 PM
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- 28/11/2010 06:19:30 PM
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Re: Have some question
- 28/11/2010 06:50:40 PM
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Exactly my feeling on TGS, but I do think ToM inferior to it (though still good).
- 28/11/2010 02:55:53 PM
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Re: Exactly my feeling on TGS, but I do think ToM inferior to it (though still good).
- 28/11/2010 03:04:57 PM
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Right, it's good, but could be better (or it could be better, but is still good).
- 28/11/2010 03:12:15 PM
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Re: Exactly my feeling on TGS, but I do think ToM inferior to it (though still good).
- 29/11/2010 12:55:40 AM
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Radically different perspectives, it seems; I bet you don't even like leggy blondes. 
- 29/11/2010 01:11:16 PM
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- 29/11/2010 01:11:16 PM
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"Reading" TGS &ToM in audio format and just weeks apart made them work better together. *NM*
- 29/11/2010 07:48:51 PM
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I agree. Also, chopping up the timelines was the best decision given the circumstances.
- 01/12/2010 02:02:07 PM
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Re: I agree. Also, chopping up the timelines was the best decision given the circumstances.
- 01/12/2010 02:31:46 PM
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Re: I agree. Also, chopping up the timelines was the best decision given the circumstances.
- 01/12/2010 08:17:57 PM
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