martin is interesting, and is willing to fiddle with the formula... when people say jordan could write people into a coma, it isn't like in pool where if you get shot into a coma you just watch someone take all your money rack after rack. people who read the whole series literally slip into a coma and drown in a puddle of their own drool on the couch. andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rion Bergquist" <carpovita at earthlink.net> To: "Caliann the Elf" <calianng_graves at yahoo.com>; "Drageara List" <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:31 PM Subject: Re: Jordan-bashing (was Brust Interveiw) > Then you should avoid George R. R. Martin as well. GREAT stuff, HUGE books, > not done yet > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Caliann the Elf" <calianng_graves at yahoo.com> > To: "Drageara List" <dragaera at dragaera.info> > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:54 PM > Subject: Jordan-bashing (was Brust Interveiw) > > > > > > > > Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > > > Wow! I'm impressed- I never made it past the eighth book! warbi > > > > I haven't read a word of the Wheel of Time - but this discussion is making > > me curious to watch the train wreck. > > > > > > > > When book three of the series came out, all of my friends and family urged > me to read it. I steadfastly refused, saying I would read it when the last > book was out. > > > > That was....ooohh....ten or eleven years ago. Now, even my mother, a > hard-core must-get-the-hardback, Jordan fan has given up on it with these > words: "It's the same book....over and over and over again." > > > > I'll read it when the last book is out and it's certified to be finished. > Then again, he'll probably die before then. > > > > > > > > Peace, > > > > Caliann > > > > > > > > "Offense theives. -- they take it when it isn't offered." --Tom Digby > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs >