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Monsen
Germany2548 Posts
)I was very pleased with Sandersons writing so far, last one will be epic. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain17971 Posts
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Maginor
Norway505 Posts
On December 22 2011 22:58 drumsetjunky wrote: The choice to make the last book a trilogy had already been considered and discussed by Mr. Jordan in private conversations with his wife and TOR. Sanderson had no part in that decision. Basically, he's just there for the day to day choices on wording, syntax, and style. It had not been discussed with Jordan, who insisted that a Memory of Light should be one book. It was Sanderson who wanted to do it in three books (initially in two), and Harriet and the publisher agreed. It was probably the right call, or the book would be too big and too crammed. He also has a pretty big influence on the story since not everything was planned out by Jordan in detail. Of course, the main events are planned by Jordan, but not all the transitions between the events or the resolutions of minor plot elements. | ||
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Mindor
169 Posts
My brother got the first 5 or 6 books as a Christmas present a couple of years back and we finished them in less than 11 days. After that I didn't like them as much - when the story got too horizontal and with the gazillion different side stories, it only progressed like a week per book. Also, I'm the kind of person to get myself invested in a storyline and I absolutely hate when it just cuts off and I have to go back in time and relive the same week from someone else's POV. + Show Spoiler + Basically now I just want to read the rest of it for Mat...I haven't really liked Rand from the beginning (Really, all those girls falling over themselves to be with a man that was pretty much dead since he started channeling is ridiculous. Then when he was finally cured, he lost an arm for being a stubborn bitch and for being lost in his own superiority complex. Wouldn't exactly want to make me consider sharing my man with other girls...) Plus, I'd totally ship Birgitte with Elayne if she wasn't married to Rand...who am I kindding, I still absolutely do. Perrin's just been a giant pussy since he met Faile which wouldn't be that bad, but his emo moping was kind of pathetic while Faile was kidnapped. As the wolf-guy, I'd have expected more rage and guts and blood from him. Now that I'm thinking about it, I hate pretty much every romantic notion in the books. Jordan just doesn't seem to get them...Lan and Nyneave are also kind of weird together, Egwene and Gawyn are downright creepy with the dreams and don't even get me started on Loial and his wife-to-be. So yeah, mostly I'm just interested in Mat (and rooting for him to grow some balls for all of the male characters in the books and bitchslap Tuon into next week) and the Aes Sedai. Cutting the love-stuff, the books number 5 and up would have been a lot easier to read - for me at least - but other than that I really enjoyed them. | ||
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Alethios
New Zealand2765 Posts
Will I finally have a chance to finish the series I fell in love with all those years ago? I can't hardly believe it. | ||
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nikj
Canada669 Posts
In anticipation for these books I read a little of Sanderson to see if I liked his style. I really enjoyed the Mistborn Trilogy, and would encourage others to read it if they get a chance. | ||
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UndoneJin
United States438 Posts
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KOFgokuon
United States14893 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain17971 Posts
On December 23 2011 08:25 nikj wrote: Just saw that Sanderson finished the last book, though it still has 6 months+ revisions to go through. I think I will start re-reading the books once I finish Palahniuk's Survivor. In anticipation for these books I read a little of Sanderson to see if I liked his style. I really enjoyed the Mistborn Trilogy, and would encourage others to read it if they get a chance. Agreed that the Mistborn trilogy is absolutely badass. Actually all of Sanderson's universes have a very creative, yet coherent, treatment of magic which is just plain awesome to see. | ||
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Shiladie
Canada1631 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + I'm really curious about what they do with the future of the world, and whether they go the route that was in the visions or not + Show Spoiler + Where the Seanchan have taken over everything and the Aiel are nothing but desert rats I really enjoyed what they did with the Mat storyline, capping off each of his big stories by the end of the most recent book. He's always been my favorite character by far in these stories. | ||
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Nesto
Switzerland1318 Posts
Also can't wait for Sanderson to be able to continue his Stormlight Archive Series, which is my next big hope for fantasy of truly epic proportions on the Jordan / Martin / Erikson level ! | ||
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
So far The wheel of time gives me a really nice feeling of epicness when I read it and the writing style feels a bit like a middle ground between longer tolkinesque describtive writing and more modern shorter on point writing which I really like. | ||
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Kimaker
United States2131 Posts
Also, if someone could talk me thought a particular issue I have with A Crown of Swords... + Show Spoiler + The way Rand conquers Illian also was an issue for me, he spends the whole book maneuvering politically and militarily to attack Illian and then just....decides to go kill a Forsaken, cause he can? On a whim? WTF. I feel like I've misconstrued something here, but then I just reread it and...same thing. Explain please, anyone? | ||
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Maginor
Norway505 Posts
On January 15 2012 11:43 Kimaker wrote: Help me out guys. I'm currently on book 9, Winter's Heart, and I cannot, repeat CANNOT finish it. I desperately want to finish this series, but this is just dragging WAY too much for me. I beg for incentives! Also, if someone could talk me thought a particular issue I have with A Crown of Swords... + Show Spoiler + The way Rand conquers Illian also was an issue for me, he spends the whole book maneuvering politically and militarily to attack Illian and then just....decides to go kill a Forsaken, cause he can? On a whim? WTF. I feel like I've misconstrued something here, but then I just reread it and...same thing. Explain please, anyone? The end of book 9 is awsome. Book 10 is slow, but after that a lot of things start happening and keep happening. The race towards the finish line really starts with book 11. About book 7, I think the plan was to make Sammael confident that Rand would not attack him directly thus all the maneuvering. In any case Rand wanted to secure Illian militarily. It should be no surprise after the previous books that Rand was capable of fighting a forsaken one on one, but he wanted Sammael to think that Rand was indecisive. The final goal was always to take out Sammael, and it had been ever since book 3. Rand saw Sammael as one of his most dangerous enemies (but of course, Sammael is just the one that made it most obvious that he was dangerous). | ||
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PHILtheTANK
United States1834 Posts
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Nesto
Switzerland1318 Posts
The book will be out on January 8, 2013: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/02/the-release-date-for-a-memory-of-light-has-been-set?WT.mc_id=0 Not sure why it takes them a whole year to publish a "finished" book though, but being a long time reader of the series, I guess I'm happy that there finally is at least a date. | ||
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DarthXX
Australia998 Posts
On February 18 2012 19:04 Nesto wrote: TOR has published the release date for "A Memory of Light" the last book of the series. The book will be out on January 8, 2013: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/02/the-release-date-for-a-memory-of-light-has-been-set?WT.mc_id=0 Not sure why it takes them a whole year to publish a "finished" book though, but being a long time reader of the series, I guess I'm happy that there finally is at least a date. If its delayed that much they should've just opted to release it a week later on the 15th Jan, the 23rd anniversary of the first book. To people who havn't caught up yet, yes the 8-10 area gets a bit bleh, but 11 is pretty good and from there its Sanderson who is amazing. The Gathering Storm is the best book so far (imo), so stick it out and you will be rewarded | ||
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drumsetjunky
United States136 Posts
Most people don't realize how much work goes into editing and even just thoroughly proofreading a WHOLE BOOK. Pretty important stuff considering it is the LAST book in the series and the final legacy of a esteemed writer. Although I am ready to read it I am willing to wait for them to get every detail right. When Sanderson says that he is done that means he is done with the first draft. He and the team have to go back through and do rewrites, corrections, and even changes to finish it. http://brandonsanderson.com/blog/1058/A-MEMORY-OF-LIGHT-Release-Date | ||
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JamesNK
New Zealand6 Posts
On January 15 2012 11:43 Kimaker wrote: Help me out guys. I'm currently on book 9, Winter's Heart, and I cannot, repeat CANNOT finish it. I desperately want to finish this series, but this is just dragging WAY too much for me. I beg for incentives! I've got bad news for you: Crossroads of Twilight (the book after Winter's Heart) is even worse. Thankfully the books get better those two but you're in for some dark days to get through them. | ||
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Traveler
United States451 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + He's obviously doing something with the Seanchan, but "what?" is the question... What position does he occupy and what are his motivations? | ||
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