It's a pity they didn't split it into two books instead of three. Three books split by clusters or chronologically was going to be flawed in one of the ways discussed. Two books could have been split with it ending after Perrin destroyed the Dreamspike and the Shadowspawn.
So by that point in time you'd have had Rand, Egwene, Perrin's arc's completed, Avi's visions taking place when all those arcs are held up/in despair. Leaving only Perrin's talks with Elayne, Elayne's 'exciting' antics in Cairhien and Mat's ToG visit pushed to AMOL of the main arcs. Along with some of Lan and the Epilogue. And of those only the Moraine one missing would have disappointed fans. Sure TGS would have had 500 odd of the 750 odd pages of TOM and required more pages and/or a smaller font, but it would have resolved the problems of chronology - which for me is not the out of order, it's the lack of despair in TOM it caused - whilst still giving fans plenty of resolution.
Of course we would have had an extra 9-12 months to wait for the book in that case, so it wouldn't have been perfect. It would have been the best option though IMO. TGS would have had the Light set back then ready, then AMOL the Last Battle. A neat division, rather then an arbitrary one (TGS could just have easily been Rand and Perrin or Rand and Mat, with TOM Egwene and Perrin or Egwene and Mat).
So by that point in time you'd have had Rand, Egwene, Perrin's arc's completed, Avi's visions taking place when all those arcs are held up/in despair. Leaving only Perrin's talks with Elayne, Elayne's 'exciting' antics in Cairhien and Mat's ToG visit pushed to AMOL of the main arcs. Along with some of Lan and the Epilogue. And of those only the Moraine one missing would have disappointed fans. Sure TGS would have had 500 odd of the 750 odd pages of TOM and required more pages and/or a smaller font, but it would have resolved the problems of chronology - which for me is not the out of order, it's the lack of despair in TOM it caused - whilst still giving fans plenty of resolution.
Of course we would have had an extra 9-12 months to wait for the book in that case, so it wouldn't have been perfect. It would have been the best option though IMO. TGS would have had the Light set back then ready, then AMOL the Last Battle. A neat division, rather then an arbitrary one (TGS could just have easily been Rand and Perrin or Rand and Mat, with TOM Egwene and Perrin or Egwene and Mat).
This message last edited by ajfurst on 01/12/2010 at 01:46:19 AM
/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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In any case you can see why RJ wanted one book
01/12/2010 01:41:56 AM
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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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Re: That's the thing! If it was in its normal, Jordan paced writing, ...
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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Re: Have some question
28/11/2010 05:54:10 PM
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Re: Have some question
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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"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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