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). --- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true." -- James Branch Cabell