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Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 02/08/2011 06:24:47 AM
(I really don't know these books - I have only read the first half of the first asoiaf book. Too much rape/killing/sex. - but i read lots of forums.)

The backslash is huge. Almost everybody says: despite its length (cca. 420 000 words, if I recall correctly) nothing happens in A Dance of Dragons.
I read only wot forums, where the opinions of aSoIF might actually have some relevance, and this is the first I've heard of it.

Filler. Padding.
These are infantile words used to describe things some fans can't be bothered with.

We (wot fans) know these words. Every Perrin/Faile chapter (Why Perrin didn't die in book 4??? He is useless.), almost every Elayne's chapter, Rand's chapters (from aCoS to aCoT) ...

You know, there's just no point in arguing this with you. Leave it at this. These opinions of yours, that these particular parts are filler or padding, are nonsensical. You call these portions by those terms, simply because you do not like those parts. That does not make them padding. They may or may not be badly written, but given that you seem to have no real idea of what the story in general is about, your assessment of these parts as padding says more about your shortcomings as a reader than Jordan's or Martin's as writers.

Unfortunately, Sanderson follows Jordan's path: the last two books have many, many filler chapters. (Around 60% , I think.)

Mr. Sanderson,

the best advice I can give you is this:

I know the book will be a bestseller but the last WoT book is very important to me/us.
Maybe the rest of us are stupid for swallowing filler and padding and thinking it is actually an enjoyable story, but you are the fucktard who reads a long series of large books you claim is mostly padding, and is only now expressing concern about this issue. "It's SOOOO important to me that you keep this last 7% of the series good, Mr. Sanderson!"
Cannoli
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless

“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
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A Dance of Dragons will influence A Memory of Light? beelaa - 28/07/2011 03:30:30 PM 2593 Views
It's impossible for nothing to happen in AMoL. Marshall - 28/07/2011 07:30:02 PM 1566 Views
Oh, you're so cute in your innocence! Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:14:37 AM 1297 Views
Good thing I wasn't drinking milk when I read this. RabidWombat - 07/08/2011 10:24:29 PM 1170 Views
Yeah, suck it WoT-haters! We're eclectic! *NM* Cannoli - 11/08/2011 02:00:05 AM 694 Views
Regardless of how bad it is, stuff still WILL happen. *NM* Marshall - 10/08/2011 05:30:02 PM 506 Views
Re: A Dance of Dragons will influence A Memory of Light? AshaShan - 28/07/2011 07:37:24 PM 1339 Views
Actually, there is growing discontent, even among those who've defended Martin. Libby - 07/08/2011 11:05:33 PM 1392 Views
Those who says that nothing happens in ADWD really need to read CoT Zeratul - 29/07/2011 12:02:23 PM 1350 Views
Watching grass grow is better than reading CoT, so it's not saying much for ADWD *NM* Praziquantel - 30/07/2011 02:10:12 AM 495 Views
~facepalm~ Libby - 08/08/2011 12:10:47 AM 1164 Views
A Dance of Dragons is hardly filler. *shrugs* *NM* everynametaken - 31/07/2011 04:43:58 PM 801 Views
Agreed. It could be argued that more happens in the epilogue of ADWD than all of CoT. *NM* RandAllThor - 01/08/2011 01:27:58 AM 515 Views
*NM* fionwe1987 - 01/08/2011 05:22:18 AM 497 Views
That's like a pissing match between Gigli and Ishtar. Tom - 02/08/2011 04:43:18 AM 1064 Views
I regret wasting much of July reading it, so I respectfully disagree. Tom - 02/08/2011 04:41:39 AM 1176 Views
I do request that you don't lump ALL of fantasy into those two authors LadyLorraine - 02/08/2011 06:08:21 AM 1209 Views
You are completely overlooking his point, however. Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:12:45 AM 1211 Views
F*** you, you idiot. *NM* Tom - 02/08/2011 06:13:48 AM 511 Views
At least he didn't ramble for five thousand words before actually making a point. *NM* everynametaken - 03/08/2011 11:04:06 PM 635 Views
Are you talking about Cannoli or Joel? : Larry - 03/08/2011 11:15:36 PM 1242 Views
*NM* everynametaken - 04/08/2011 04:19:40 AM 646 Views
There is that. Tom - 04/08/2011 04:51:39 PM 1046 Views
And a direct reply: Tom - 02/08/2011 06:25:28 AM 1210 Views
that's fair enough LadyLorraine - 03/08/2011 12:22:34 AM 1136 Views
Pretty much. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 15/08/2011 04:49:40 PM 970 Views
Wait... You want intelligent meaningful books, but you're demanding action? A Deathwatch Guard - 02/08/2011 06:52:00 AM 1152 Views
I want one or the other. Tom - 02/08/2011 05:07:41 PM 1028 Views
I don't mind a little of both Praziquantel - 02/08/2011 10:02:23 PM 960 Views
I think the issue is conflating fantasy with the multi-volume epics than anything I'd disagree with Larry - 03/08/2011 04:05:12 AM 1432 Views
That's debatable. *NM* Libby - 07/08/2011 11:07:51 PM 574 Views
Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:24:47 AM 1243 Views
Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. RabidWombat - 07/08/2011 10:40:41 PM 1286 Views
Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli - 19/08/2011 12:07:24 PM 1598 Views
I've wanted to say this for so long Japhy - 05/08/2011 02:21:10 AM 1161 Views
This "fluff" as you call it is important. Japhy - 05/08/2011 02:54:32 AM 1296 Views
Okay I'm not reading any of the replies in this thread until I finish ADwD, but I just wanted to say Sareitha Sedai - 10/08/2011 01:49:11 PM 1386 Views
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