I thought the same thing the first time I read it, but when I reread I think it was more the shock of actually reading something new in the series for the first time in years.
It's a whole bunch of little things. The dialogue, the way the PoV character thinks, the way the character explains things directly that would have been referenced more obliquely and more smoothly in previous books ... it's just not the same. And I like it less and less the more I re-read it...
Yeah, I didn't find it as smooth. And Rand talked a little differently. It feels faster paced too. We'll see I guess
Just to be a little wacky, have we considered that this could be one of the portions of the novel RJ wrote? I don't think it is, but maybe we are just freaked out by new WoT material.
This is not RJ's writing. (No Spoilers)
- 05/09/2009 03:46:26 AM
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How long is it? I kinda wanna read it now, but I'm at work, so I'm not sure if I have time. *NM*
- 05/09/2009 03:55:02 AM
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Bah, so am I. 4.5 pages on Microsoft Word. Single space, no margin, Arial font, size 9.
- 05/09/2009 04:02:13 AM
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Yeah, it was actually a fairly quick read..no trouble at all reading it at work. *NM*
- 05/09/2009 05:00:17 AM
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It isn't supposed to be.
- 05/09/2009 04:08:46 AM
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Re: This is not RJ's writing. (No Spoilers)
- 05/09/2009 04:13:48 AM
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Absolutely not.
- 05/09/2009 04:18:51 AM
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Re: Absolutely not.
- 05/09/2009 04:25:16 AM
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That's what I meant by absolutely not.
- 05/09/2009 04:31:26 AM
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Could it be rough draft that Sanderson kept, and Jordan never polished? *NM*
- 05/09/2009 05:14:59 AM
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I doubt it
- 05/09/2009 05:17:09 AM
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Definitely Sanderson
- 05/09/2009 05:27:57 AM
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Yeah, I just finished reading it....and it was pretty obvious that it wasn't RJ
- 05/09/2009 04:55:30 AM
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Re: Yeah, I just finished reading it....and it was pretty obvious that it wasn't RJ
- 05/09/2009 07:41:51 AM
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Becareful of what you wish for
- 05/09/2009 08:29:52 AM
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Agree fully. Art and paiting have rarely even been mentioned! It feels like a fan's writing...
- 05/09/2009 09:59:15 AM
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Are you pre-ordering the book?
- 05/09/2009 10:48:44 AM
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No. It was never meant to be, it never could be and Sanderson never pretended otherwise.
- 05/09/2009 07:40:37 PM
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It sounds more like Anderson than Jordan
- 05/09/2009 11:11:58 PM
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Re: It sounds more like Anderson than Jordan
- 06/09/2009 12:19:11 AM
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It isn't but I thought BS said he wasn't trying to be exactly like RJ
- 08/09/2009 08:12:24 PM
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