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+1 more Cannoli Send a noteboard - 17/11/2011 05:47:42 AM
And especially this.


I don't really blame Sanderson. I think he probably would have done a better job had Harriet not rushed into the project. I don't even blame her for this, I understand why she felt as she felt. Ideally, I still believe she should have given Sanderson at least a year (or two, if he asked) to fully immerse himself in the series, and go to not one but a few consecutive rereads before he started working. The other mistake was to work with a (public) deadline, that sparked expectactions that Harriet then feared to disappoint. They should never have started publishing before Sanderson finished writing. They were not Jordan (and even he had problems with the larger picture, and that showed in the late series), and they deprive themselves of what writer and editor normally do, that is stepping back to look at the whole and polish it. They repeated the same mistake Jordan has made in the late series, when he built WH to climax with the Cleansing, without advancing the other storylines to that point first. Though very different in tone (and story), TOM has the very same kind of structural problems as COT, only even more important.



And also, regarding what you said about RPG stuff: I got a copy of the WoT RPG, just for any source material that might have crept into it, and there was a forward by RJ where he described moderating RPG games for his son and the son's friends. He claims that they disliked his strict rule keeping and maintenance of competitive balance and not letting them have do-overs and so forth, but though they complained about his "realism" they always came back for more and asked him to moderate their games again. It would seem your perspective of his stance on "invincible" RPG characters and their unbalancing ter'angreal would fit in with his self-described attitude towards the games.
Cannoli
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A rebuke to Cannolli's Sanderson bashing (and some counter bashing) - 16/11/2011 04:32:25 AM 2173 Views
"You do not read or watch "The Road" looking for a good laugh." - 16/11/2011 03:02:31 PM 988 Views
Fantasy is so much more than you think it is - 16/11/2011 03:19:53 PM 1074 Views
Re: Fantasy is so much more than you think it is - 18/11/2011 02:09:30 AM 1048 Views
Re: A rebuke to Cannolli's Sanderson bashing (and some counter bashing) - 16/11/2011 03:23:45 PM 1323 Views
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Are there really people who like Sanderson's WoT better than Jordan's? - 17/11/2011 03:44:53 AM 823 Views
It depends... - 17/11/2011 05:40:24 PM 913 Views
Re: It depends... - 17/11/2011 07:31:38 PM 1009 Views
Uh... I like them more than some of his books? - 06/12/2011 09:51:59 PM 827 Views
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What do you mean by "abuses dialogue to carry scenes?" - 17/11/2011 03:38:03 PM 843 Views
Re: What do you mean by "abuses dialogue to carry scenes?" - 17/11/2011 04:34:30 PM 964 Views
A considered and mature response. Or some crude name-calling - read and find out which! - 17/11/2011 05:37:38 AM 1060 Views
ha ha ha love your final metaphor *NM* - 17/11/2011 03:54:58 PM 427 Views
So do I !!! - 17/11/2011 06:15:24 PM 1197 Views
Re: A considered and mature response. Or some crude name-calling - read and find out which! - 18/11/2011 02:40:04 AM 896 Views
Good point. Very well reasoned and articulate. - 18/11/2011 03:01:29 AM 965 Views
Re: A considered and mature response. Or some crude name-calling - read and find out which! - 18/11/2011 02:44:15 AM 841 Views
This is the stupidest thing I have ever read in my life. That B-Sand did not write. - 18/11/2011 03:02:45 AM 1000 Views
*confused* - 18/11/2011 03:38:34 AM 923 Views
Yes, absolutely not. *NM* - 18/11/2011 06:18:32 PM 401 Views
Sorry for the double post *NM* - 18/11/2011 05:04:35 AM 1089 Views
No way tGS and ToM are the worst in the series. Not the best, but not the worst. - 02/12/2011 06:20:43 PM 1337 Views

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