On 10/15/05, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ritu wrote: > > > Julia, if you are in the mood to read a yet-unfinished grand fantasy > > series, George R.R. Martin's _A Song of Ice and Fire_ has my vote. I'd > > recommend Jordan only if you have nothing else to read and are unable to > > sleep or find other diversions. > > Unlikely to happen in the next 10 years. :) > > Julia
Actually, you know what saddens me most about WoT? It's not that Jordan desperately needs an editor to trim down his series and get him to evaluate seriously what scenes and subplots really add to the experience (WoT exhibits all the telltale signs of an edifice encrusted with cruft and tottering. When fan discussions begin showing the signs of a full-blown academic discipline, complete with jargon, methods, a literature, and rank, you know that the subject books have perhaps gotten far too baroque for their own good. Hell, the WoT faq is beginning to approach book-length itself, and that is just the faqs, and outdated faqs at that!), or that the length and the sprawling plot and characters may exceed Jordan's capability to bring to a satisfactory conclusion; no, I think of the human costs. WoT started way back when *Reagan* was president AFAIK. How many fans have died, to never see WoT finished? How many readers has WoT outlasted? ~Maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
