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- JavertHolmes, on 12/11/2007, -0/+31Upon hearing the news, Sanderson nervously tugged his braid.
- halo6819, on 12/11/2007, -1/+25Dragon Mount: Who killed Asmodean? Come on, just tell us. Please. I won't tell Harriet you told me.
Brandon: Okay, okay. You've got a right to know. I'll tell just you.
It was Bela.
this guy gets WoT - GreyICE, on 12/11/2007, -3/+24I wonder if he can truly duplicate Jordan's hilariously awkward character relationships. It just wouldn't be the Wheel of Time if men and women could interact like normal adults. I don't think I could truly get behind this book if the characters were three dimensional.
Fortunately I see he won an award from some sort of romance writers magazine, so that tragedy is probably averted. - divrekku, on 12/11/2007, -0/+19And crossed his arms underneath his breasts. And sniffed.
- kingcorran, on 12/11/2007, -0/+16I'm very excited. Wonderful news - this is a work that deserves to be completed, and while I'm glad Sanderson acknowledges that it's a heavy burden, he (working with Harriet as his editor) sounds like the best guy for the job that anyone could imagine, aside from Robert Jordan himself.
- Kinsbane, on 12/11/2007, -3/+19As long as the final book isn't 1,500 pages describing women's clothing and jewelry and hair and the noises they all make when the women move, Brandon should have a good time writing an excellent novel.
- feebie, on 12/11/2007, -0/+12And smoothed down his skirts.
- barktwiggs, on 12/11/2007, -0/+12Any bets on how many pages it will be? I'm saying:1,442.
- coyo7e, on 12/11/2007, -2/+13Oh god, another 12 books.. /facepalm
- farksucksmasack, on 12/11/2007, -0/+10Actually, no. You don't. In fact, I don't remember hearing a single thing about his death from MSM. Got it all here on the web.
- HolyJaw, on 12/11/2007, -0/+10Kevin J. Anderson didn't finish Dune AFAIR, Brian Herbert (Frank's son, did) and then collaborated with KJA two make two prequel trilogies and one other.
In regards to WoT, it kind of sucks that I started reading these books about one month before RJ's death. These would have been great to kill time in high school, but I guess college is as good a time to start as any.
To all the nay - sayers who think RJ's stories are over bloated, etc etc, well that's the point. That's why his fans love him. I personally love the way he goes on and on but in a way that holds my interest and leaves me wanting more. If i wanted a short epic fantasy I would pick up (for the 10th time) my entire series of Belgariad/Mallorean by David/Leigh Eddings. Those are amazing books, but easy to read in a week or two.
But RJ's? Months, man, months.
RIP RJ, and I can't wait to see the finished product. (The interview also mentions RJ may or may not have actually already written the last chapter... a good place for Sanderson to be, doing the middle instead of the end.) - theclansman, on 12/11/2007, -0/+8I started reading them in grade 7, great books but I always had this theory that robert couldn't finish the books because he didn't know how...I mean, he had so many little side-stories to finish and prophecies to fulfill and then how do you actually top some of the battle's in the first 5 books?..anyways, hopefully this guy can do the job!
- daivos, on 12/11/2007, -1/+8Not to spoil it for anyone, but here is the mysterious ending everyone is so concerned about:
"There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of time. But it was an ending." - Gryffydd, on 12/11/2007, -2/+8You know, I love the WOT series, and I've read books 1-9 about 3 or 4 times.....but MAN IT GETS ANNOYING. The braid tugging, Perrin is slow and careful bause.....WE GET IT. It's a great story, but the last 4 books or so really took a nose dive.
- Godel, on 12/11/2007, -1/+7It can't possibly be worse than Kevin J. Anderson finishing the Dune Series.
- umrgregg, on 12/11/2007, -0/+6I wish I could hug you through my browser.
- kidtwist, on 12/11/2007, -3/+9How about if Sanderson just starts at book 5 and writes the to the end? We can just pretend that books Jordan wrote from 5 on don't exist.
- cusoman, on 12/11/2007, -0/+6*tugs on Nynaeve's braid*
- laddr, on 12/11/2007, -0/+6Here is a GREAT interview with him shortly before the public announcement. Gives me a fair amount of faith that he is going to do this as right as possible: http://www.dragonmount.com/Books/Memory_of_Light/b ...
Time to pick up a couple of his books while I wait for 2009 - feebie, on 12/11/2007, -0/+6Even though WoT is long and excruciating to read at times, I think it's a charming story. And if you can bear having to read through extensive paragraphs talking about scroll-worked cloaks and braid-tugging...it's not a bad book at all. It's just...extremely descriptive.
I read it over a much longer period of time than with other books, and I find that the abundance of descriptive writing helps me remember things better when I come back to it after not reading it for a few weeks. - LuckyJack, on 12/11/2007, -2/+8Wow... what's with the prevailing cynicism? Seriously, I get that the interwebs is the land of divisiveness - that you're somehow not cool unless you're tearing something down - but why come into a forum that contains the best news that fans have had since Jordan's death, and rip the series to pieces?
Yeah, we get it, he had a fetish for what clothes looked like or braid-tugging or dress-smoothing... and you know what, it bugged some of us, too. But so effing what? You didn't like it, cool. Not everyone likes everything, and how boring would it be, but a man's life work is going to be finished. That, at least, should be worth something. - sensoukami, on 12/11/2007, -0/+5Oh good. Bad writer or good writer, I just want to see the plot points finished up according to RJ's plan....give it to me in note form if needs be.
- onionoino, on 12/11/2007, -0/+5Every stop knocking his books, the first 5 were incredible. The great hunt was unbelievably intense at the end, i had never gotten that same thrill from reading a book before. And sure the last few dragged on a bit too long, but since the world that Jordan created was so rich and detailed i honestly didn't mind more detail. I found it just made his universe much more vivid.
- ttfadia, on 12/11/2007, -1/+6Luckily, you'll be just fine if you read the last 10.
- phildixon, on 12/11/2007, -0/+4If "finishing the series" includes Brandon Sanderson having to read the entire series again, I hope that Brandon is very young or there may have to be a third person brought in to "finish the series".
- Billiam627, on 12/11/2007, -1/+5I just hope he can get the battle scenes right. Any good writer can write fantasy, but RJ had an amazing sense of battle, having been to Vietnam himself...
- ryodoan, on 12/11/2007, -0/+4yeah, I dont care if he delays it another 2 years as long as its better than the turd he dropped off in his previous book.
/ ok, so it was not THAT bad, but seriously, nothing happened in it. I spent every chapter waiting for the book to begin and then I was flipping the last page wondering where the hell the rest of the book went. - 1tb0y, on 12/11/2007, -0/+4Just like quality software, good books are never late, but refined.
- tsos2, on 12/11/2007, -1/+5I had no idea he had passed. I guess I need to pay attention to the MSM a little more.
- bry5an, on 12/11/2007, -0/+4i had always joked with my friends that he'd pass away before he finished it...
i'm speechless now that it's happened.. =( - km249, on 12/12/2007, -0/+3I started WoT in high school and got through 6 or 7 before I got frustrated with not having the next one available and decided to wait until the entire series was finished so I could read them all from start to finish. Incredibly sad that RJ didn't make it, but I have full confidence in Brandon Sanderson's ability to do this. I happened upon his first book, Elantris, when I was waiting in line at the first (and last) Harry Potter midnight release party thingy I ever went to at the local bookstore. It was great, and his current series, Mistborn, is even better. His books have an element of novelty that so many lack these days. His writing is far from the Tolkien cloning that I've gotten frustrated with from other authors. In my opinion he has enough imagination and SciFi geekiness (it's a good thing) to be able to really immerse himself in the WoT world and get the job done right. Good luck Brandon!
- Thuktun, on 12/12/2007, -0/+3"As much as I am sorry that Robert Jordan had to die from cancer [...]"
Sorry, try again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_amyloidosis - vawksel, on 12/11/2007, -0/+3I did hear the book is a little wordy and he takes too long to build the characters. Sounds like your opinion is the same.
- fluoro, on 12/11/2007, -0/+3I always want to stop. Each time I read one I say it'll be my last one. But then the next one comes out and I buy it. It's like literary crack or something. It's bad, it's bad for you, you're kind of embarrassed to tell anyone you're still doing it after all this time, you waste too much money on it. But somehow you keep doing it.
- wendelgee2, on 12/11/2007, -1/+4I figured they would tap George R. R. Martin. Anything to help him procrastinate on the next Song of Fire and Ice installment that is already 2 years late.
- muxaulo, on 12/11/2007, -0/+3I both agree and disagree with your comments. The first 4 books were outstanding, definite beginning, middle and end stuff with the subsequent books seeming to drag on a bit. But a true epic it is, it is with gladness that I will be able to finish the series off (unless I die :)) and get closure on it.
Otherwise I do recommend the Steven Erikson epic: A Tale of the Malazan, Book of the Fallen. These 10 books, 7 being released so far, are non-stop and the action and battle sequences are amazing, do your self a favour and check them out, the first in the series is titled, Gardens of the Moon. - Robopath, on 12/11/2007, -1/+4"Any responsible or credible editor should have reigned Jordan in and forced him to cut back on the complexity and breadth of his Wheel of Time series."
Harriet McDougal his WIFE was the editor....
Brandon Sanderson was hand picked by his wife and family to finish this Magnum Opus...
At least know what your talking about when you comment on it. You have no concept of or appreciation for a truly Epic Fantasy. - Wisgary, on 12/11/2007, -0/+3Holy *****, this just shocked me into remembering the PC game, I completely forgot about it, played it when I was a kid, I kinda liked it.
- feebie, on 12/11/2007, -0/+3I'm on book 9. It's really slow, but it isn't bad. It's just very very saturated with the development of character personality and traits...which can be draining to read. But I'm still liking the story a lot.
- inactive, on 12/11/2007, -0/+3Best news I've heard all week.
- Thuktun, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2"The Wheel of Time series is horrible. Just bad."
In your opinion. Many disagree with you.
Enjoy not reading the finale, then. - gaucho4, on 12/13/2007, -0/+210-11 start picking the story up again. I though 11 was more like the earlier novels.
- irriadin, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2I kinda liked it too, apart from the Trollocs doing backflips Matrix-style to avoid your attacks...
- mrjit, on 12/11/2007, -0/+2It's been all over digg/web/etc.
- metallikop, on 12/11/2007, -3/+5Then you missed out, the back 5 were great... just moved really really slowly.
- irriadin, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2I don't get why people don't like Lord of Chaos. Crown of Swords and Path of Daggers, I can understand being less liked, but not LoC...
- divrekku, on 12/11/2007, -1/+3Replied. Because I'm apathetic towards your comment.
- GreyICE, on 12/11/2007, -0/+2It did seriously read like an 800 page prologue. Or maybe some sort of intermission. I know the point was that a lot of the big events have happened and that we're hitting a lull in the flow - that its not a nonstop action movie, but a realistically paced epic. I just wish that he could, I dunno, make it more interesting. I think he wants to wait for some of his characters (namely the Starks) to mature (or possibly the Dragons), but it ended up feeling like a Naruto filler episode.
- gaucho4, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Path of Daggers just about bored me to tears. Lord of Chaos was OK but had too much time devoted to politics. I actually liked Crown of Swords because it was a bit different from the other books. Not one of my favorites, but it was still pretty good. I think Knife of Dreams was the best of the "post-Book 4" novels.
- mrgreen4242, on 12/11/2007, -0/+1I agree... Martin's books moved soooo slowly. WoT was verbose, for lack of a better word, but at least it was engaging. You wanted to read through page after page of irrelevant detail so you could find out what happens in the story. I gave up on Martin's series about halfway through the first book.
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