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Yeah, suck it WoT-haters! We're eclectic! *NM* Cannoli Send a noteboard - 11/08/2011 02:00:05 AM
I have every confidence in Jordan's ability to not fully explain things and frustrate the casual fan and in Sanderson's ability to completely miss what RJ was going for and screw it up, leaving us with neither answers nor Jordan's original vision.

Very funny and like so many funny things so true.

I don't things are as bad as you think, though. I liked ToM a fair amount. It seemed more true to RJs vision than tGS. Maybe he will get better in AMoL.

Most of the people I know who read a lot of fantasy don't like WoT much. In some sense WoT is more of a historical novel than a fantasy novel. It doesn't fit well into any genre. It is some weird combination of 1 part fantasy/epic, 1 part historical novel, 1 part Little Women/Anne of Green Gables, 1 part logic puzzle, 1 part Classic Literature. You have to quite eclectic to appreciate it.
Cannoli
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A Dance of Dragons will influence A Memory of Light? beelaa - 28/07/2011 03:30:30 PM 2649 Views
It's impossible for nothing to happen in AMoL. Marshall - 28/07/2011 07:30:02 PM 1620 Views
Oh, you're so cute in your innocence! Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:14:37 AM 1378 Views
Good thing I wasn't drinking milk when I read this. RabidWombat - 07/08/2011 10:24:29 PM 1217 Views
Yeah, suck it WoT-haters! We're eclectic! *NM* Cannoli - 11/08/2011 02:00:05 AM 739 Views
Regardless of how bad it is, stuff still WILL happen. *NM* Marshall - 10/08/2011 05:30:02 PM 536 Views
Re: A Dance of Dragons will influence A Memory of Light? AshaShan - 28/07/2011 07:37:24 PM 1400 Views
Actually, there is growing discontent, even among those who've defended Martin. Libby - 07/08/2011 11:05:33 PM 1454 Views
Those who says that nothing happens in ADWD really need to read CoT Zeratul - 29/07/2011 12:02:23 PM 1403 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 516 Views
~facepalm~ Libby - 08/08/2011 12:10:47 AM 1235 Views
A Dance of Dragons is hardly filler. *shrugs* *NM* everynametaken - 31/07/2011 04:43:58 PM 830 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 549 Views
*NM* fionwe1987 - 01/08/2011 05:22:18 AM 517 Views
That's like a pissing match between Gigli and Ishtar. Tom - 02/08/2011 04:43:18 AM 1114 Views
I regret wasting much of July reading it, so I respectfully disagree. Tom - 02/08/2011 04:41:39 AM 1238 Views
I do request that you don't lump ALL of fantasy into those two authors LadyLorraine - 02/08/2011 06:08:21 AM 1265 Views
You are completely overlooking his point, however. Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:12:45 AM 1270 Views
F*** you, you idiot. *NM* Tom - 02/08/2011 06:13:48 AM 532 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 659 Views
Are you talking about Cannoli or Joel? : Larry - 03/08/2011 11:15:36 PM 1297 Views
*NM* everynametaken - 04/08/2011 04:19:40 AM 679 Views
There is that. Tom - 04/08/2011 04:51:39 PM 1106 Views
And a direct reply: Tom - 02/08/2011 06:25:28 AM 1286 Views
that's fair enough LadyLorraine - 03/08/2011 12:22:34 AM 1190 Views
Pretty much. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 15/08/2011 04:49:40 PM 1030 Views
Wait... You want intelligent meaningful books, but you're demanding action? A Deathwatch Guard - 02/08/2011 06:52:00 AM 1210 Views
I want one or the other. Tom - 02/08/2011 05:07:41 PM 1090 Views
I don't mind a little of both Praziquantel - 02/08/2011 10:02:23 PM 1037 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 1509 Views
That's debatable. *NM* Libby - 07/08/2011 11:07:51 PM 605 Views
Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:24:47 AM 1323 Views
Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. RabidWombat - 07/08/2011 10:40:41 PM 1345 Views
Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli - 19/08/2011 12:07:24 PM 1656 Views
I've wanted to say this for so long Japhy - 05/08/2011 02:21:10 AM 1222 Views
This "fluff" as you call it is important. Japhy - 05/08/2011 02:54:32 AM 1363 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 1457 Views
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