A pointless survey - take your guess at who wrote what of the Prologue
ajfurst Send a noteboard - 18/09/2009 01:30:24 PM
First off I'll say I liked all of it (and liked Chapter 1). Whilst I felt that was clearly Sandersons work, a three of the sections of the Prologue I'm unsure who wrote.
So here are my guesses from the POV's.
Borderland farmer - we know Jordan's from his reading
Sul'dam - one I'm torn on - but leaning towards Sanderson
Tylee - Jordan - the discussion of the trees is similar to the first POV and feels the same author
Graendal - Sanderson - some of it just seems its too loaded with repetition about Graendal's and the other forsakens appearances to avoid feeling forced.
Ituralde - Jordan - it feels consistent in tone with the other two Ituralde POV's.
Prophet - Sanderson - again it just feels slightly off kilter.
I'll repeat I liked every one of the POV's and I maybe way off and they are all ones done by RJ. To some extent not knowing what was done by who leaves me trying to look for style or language much more then I ever did previously, whether I mean to or not.
If any of them are Sanderson written POV's, then I think they must have been done after chapter 1, as they are much much closer to any prior WOT feel.
So I'll throw it out there, just looking at how it was written - rather than picking apart as part of the story, what are others theories on the author of the various POV's?
Edit - from Sanderson's blog:
'I can say this, however. The prologue is one of the sections with the most "Robert Jordan" in it. Large chunks of it were inserted with very little intrusion on my part. When I could preserve Mr. Jordan's writing while maintaining flow and continuity, I did so.'
I'll say the Graendal bit is the most likely bit that needed touch up.
So here are my guesses from the POV's.
Borderland farmer - we know Jordan's from his reading
Sul'dam - one I'm torn on - but leaning towards Sanderson
Tylee - Jordan - the discussion of the trees is similar to the first POV and feels the same author
Graendal - Sanderson - some of it just seems its too loaded with repetition about Graendal's and the other forsakens appearances to avoid feeling forced.
Ituralde - Jordan - it feels consistent in tone with the other two Ituralde POV's.
Prophet - Sanderson - again it just feels slightly off kilter.
I'll repeat I liked every one of the POV's and I maybe way off and they are all ones done by RJ. To some extent not knowing what was done by who leaves me trying to look for style or language much more then I ever did previously, whether I mean to or not.
If any of them are Sanderson written POV's, then I think they must have been done after chapter 1, as they are much much closer to any prior WOT feel.
So I'll throw it out there, just looking at how it was written - rather than picking apart as part of the story, what are others theories on the author of the various POV's?
Edit - from Sanderson's blog:
'I can say this, however. The prologue is one of the sections with the most "Robert Jordan" in it. Large chunks of it were inserted with very little intrusion on my part. When I could preserve Mr. Jordan's writing while maintaining flow and continuity, I did so.'
I'll say the Graendal bit is the most likely bit that needed touch up.
This message last edited by ajfurst on 19/09/2009 at 05:18:07 AM
TGS Prologue - your thoughts (part 2) *spoilers*
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Where can i find it at? Can someone give me a link? *NM*
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mobipocket.com
- 18/09/2009 02:53:13 AM
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A pointless survey - take your guess at who wrote what of the Prologue
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Re: A pointless survey - take your guess at who wrote what of the Prologue
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I'm a little surprised nobody is discussing this. I thought this would get more attention. *NM*
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- 19/09/2009 08:51:54 PM
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Re: Why is Moridin and not Demandred marshalling the Dark Forces in the Blight?
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- 20/09/2009 01:00:58 PM
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Some sweeping statements there...
- 20/09/2009 01:21:46 PM
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Not at all
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A lot of twisting my words there, and direct contradictions of your own points...
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Not really
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I couldn't have summarized it better myself...
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But...
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Possible...
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So that's your argument now?
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Just a general comment...
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Re: Just a general comment...
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I reject the cult of the "cool" villain.
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I don't really agree
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