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Back at you, Mark Light in the Night Send a noteboard - 25/01/2013 07:46:12 AM

Thought you'd been extinguished ;)


Ha! }<img class=' /> Not a chance. Cancer surgery, radiation treatments, heart attack and 2 stents, plus just turned 55 a month ago, I almost feel immortal. (Although I do get winded climbing out of bed or just thinking about sex ) :shocked:

Gone are the days of the chora trees and the Longest Theory.


Sometimes I look back and think about how much time I devoted to researching and writing those theories and I just shake my head in amusement. Ahh well, it was fun anyway, and gave people something to read and talk about in-between books, so I guess it wasn't a total waste of time.

I feel your dismay at what you said in one of your other posts about the OP. Although magic isn't the main thrust of good fantasy, it is a large part of the reason people enjoy the genre. Sanderson really shortchanged us on that, IMO. Add that in to never quite getting the interplay between characters right, and the story becomes less than we expected.
Where once was Shadow
Now reigns Light
Darkness fades
Into the Night

I made the switch!
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Where to begin.... Light in the Night - 23/01/2013 05:22:12 AM 6007 Views
I agree. It wasn' a bad book so much as a weak ending darius_sedai - 23/01/2013 05:33:51 AM 2087 Views
Re: Where to begin.... Simon - 23/01/2013 08:26:58 AM 2054 Views
Good to see you still around Light in the Night - 25/01/2013 06:07:55 AM 1950 Views
Re: Where to begin.... j-whitt987 - 23/01/2013 01:18:31 PM 2067 Views
I think Rand and Moridin sword fought because channeling at SG is v dangerous so they minimised it IndigoAjahV2 - 24/01/2013 12:40:45 AM 2284 Views
Re: Where to begin.... DomA - 23/01/2013 04:11:13 PM 3371 Views
There was a HUGE goldmine of complexity that RJ planted in the story that BS just completely ignored *NM* Marshall - 23/01/2013 06:35:17 PM 1408 Views
Agreed Taer - 24/01/2013 01:24:52 AM 2043 Views
Brandon was just following Jordan's example in this Zeratul - 24/01/2013 02:49:44 PM 2233 Views
Not quite DomA - 24/01/2013 04:47:00 PM 2039 Views
Hi Dominic! Light in the Night - 25/01/2013 12:23:05 AM 2199 Views
Eh! DomA - 25/01/2013 04:01:27 AM 2284 Views
Logain was in Merrilor?? fionwe1987 - 25/01/2013 07:31:19 AM 1926 Views
Seriously, the entire book I was scratching my head wondering why the hell the Channelers darius_sedai - 25/01/2013 06:32:26 AM 1993 Views
And what about the Kin ? Orange - 24/01/2013 03:18:28 PM 2084 Views
Most of the Kin didn't came to Andor with Elayne and Nynaeve Zeratul - 24/01/2013 03:40:47 PM 1876 Views
Hey John Larry - 24/01/2013 04:04:39 PM 2589 Views
Re: Hey John DomA - 24/01/2013 05:45:30 PM 2521 Views
Yeah, his writing annoys me greatly at times Larry - 24/01/2013 06:57:50 PM 2812 Views
Re: Yeah, his writing annoys me greatly at times DomA - 25/01/2013 04:55:54 AM 1961 Views
I'm as much of a "mainstream" reviewer as a fantasy one these days, so... Larry - 25/01/2013 05:16:16 AM 2447 Views
Re: I'm as much of a "mainstream" reviewer as a fantasy one these days, so... DomA - 25/01/2013 08:37:48 PM 2722 Views
All but remains, for me at least, is a story that isn't as memorable as it could have been Larry - 27/01/2013 03:03:59 AM 3973 Views
Re: All but remains, for me at least, is a story that isn't as memorable as it could have been DomA - 28/01/2013 09:26:24 PM 2066 Views
Totally agree about Mat Light in the Night - 27/01/2013 08:01:50 PM 1943 Views
Re: Totally agree about Mat DomA - 27/01/2013 10:19:55 PM 2683 Views
Re: Yeah, his writing annoys me greatly at times orius - 10/02/2013 08:10:35 AM 1991 Views
Perrin growled. Slayer was too quick! Perrin was fast, too. Sooner or later, one of them would..." *NM* Marshall - 24/01/2013 08:23:12 PM 1089 Views
At one point he used the word "arabesque" - how can something be that without Arabic culture? *NM* Tom - 24/01/2013 09:25:54 PM 1320 Views
Indeed... DomA - 25/01/2013 03:14:22 AM 2030 Views
What about misuse of titles? Sidious - 25/01/2013 06:19:16 AM 1862 Views
I was thinking of that this morning... DomA - 25/01/2013 09:36:48 PM 1924 Views
He actually said he took "many advanced courses in linguistics"? That makes it even worse. Tom - 25/01/2013 02:19:31 PM 1753 Views
Re: He actually said he took "many advanced courses in linguistics"? That makes it even worse. DomA - 25/01/2013 08:53:38 PM 2080 Views
Well, Brigham Young is the *best* Mormon university out there. Tom - 26/01/2013 01:37:16 AM 1826 Views
Re: Well, Brigham Young is the *best* Mormon university out there. DomA - 26/01/2013 03:20:09 PM 1898 Views
In fairness to former BYU creative writing teachers... Larry - 26/01/2013 08:00:48 PM 2670 Views
You still Trolling the WoTBoards Larry? Light in the Night - 24/01/2013 11:06:14 PM 1886 Views
Ha! I've mellowed a bit, though! Larry - 25/01/2013 04:56:47 AM 2644 Views
Been there Light in the Night - 26/01/2013 09:27:10 PM 1806 Views
I went to the World's Fair in 1982 with my family - again, small world! Larry - 27/01/2013 03:08:27 AM 2763 Views
Hello Sidious - 25/01/2013 06:21:04 AM 1697 Views
Back at you, Mark Light in the Night - 25/01/2013 07:46:12 AM 1779 Views
Were you the one who came up with "Selene was Mesaana"? fionwe1987 - 25/01/2013 07:44:01 AM 2158 Views
Yep. That was me Light in the Night - 25/01/2013 08:26:37 AM 1915 Views
Re: Yep. That was me fionwe1987 - 25/01/2013 08:54:46 AM 1925 Views
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