Dragaera

Wheel of Taltos (was Brandy)

Mon Nov 18 15:48:40 PST 2002

On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 06:29 PM, Penney, Sean wrote:

>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 05:57:01PM -0500, Chris Turkel 
> <zizban at adelphia.net> wrote:
>> On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 05:36 PM, FelixEisen at aol.com wrote:
>>> In some ways, I'm sorry I don't understand this particular thread.
>>> Mostly,
>>> though, I am vastly pleased.  WoT seems to me to be a particularly
>>> blatant
>>> 'milk' series, not unlike Xanth.
>> You'd be wrong. if you read the series you'd understand. Robert Jordan
>> is simply taking a loooooooong time to tell his story. Book 10 is due
>> soon, he says there will be twelve, unlike Xanth which is what, 30 
>> book?
>
>> More accurately, Jordan isn't deliberately milking the story --
>> he's just lost track of where exactly he was going in all the
>> details.  Recent books show some evidence of returning to
>> appropriate course.
>
> I disagree.  I gave up on Jordan after book 5 or 6 when I became 
> confused as to whether or not I had already read the book.  I hadn't, 
> but the events in each book were sufficiently alike that I was having 
> trouble telling the difference.  Charles Dickens and other Victorian 
> writers used to milk their serial publications because they were being 
> paid by the word.  Books like "Bleak House" were the result.  Jordan 
> is a modern day Victorian serial writer.  It's a great formula - 
> develop a rich world, fill it with interesting people and places, then 
> advance the story a plot-point per book.  (OK, I'm exaggerating, but 
> the series had a lot of promise and he's gone and scared me off).
>
> As for Anthony, I think he's gone senile - "The colour of her Panties" 
> - puh-lease.  And puns are the lowest form of humour - the ONLY form 
> of humour he seems capable of nowadays.  To think this is the same 
> fellow who wrote "Macroscope" and the "Omnivore, Orn & Ox" series.
>
You should WoT again. Its gotten better, especially book eight on 
(ignore the blatant plot manipulation in Path of Daggers and you'll be 
fine).
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