Tweet of the Day, Now THIS Is How You Drag Something edition.

Am I using the term right? I am probably not using the term right.

4 thoughts on “Tweet of the Day, Now THIS Is How You Drag Something edition.”

  1. I want to say that the early printings of Eye of the World called the series’ signature mook-monsters Trollorcs, with an r!, which underscored how derivative the series felt at its beginning.
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    And, man, did that series drag things out. I am convinced that we’d still be waiting on a conclusion promised just another volume or two away, if Jordan hadn’t died.

  2. There were a few of these in the early printings of the first couple books. One I can think of off the top of my head: The name of one of the Aiel warrior societies was changed from Stone Soldiers to Stone Dogs. OMG!
    Not really.
    As far as going on too long, IIRC, I started reading when Dragon Reborn (#3) came out in Junior or Senior year of High School and well… yeah. On the other hand, this is a common problem between authors who want to spend more time with a series that is popular (and thus making money), fans who love the series, and publishing houses who want that cash cow. Doing the math on Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive just based on the books published to date (he started out wanting 10) and it came to around 30 years.
    Still, loved this series. Jordan could spin a description in a way that really took you away. He was a standout. Sanderson finishing the series was a good thing, but it feels just that slightest bit off. Sanderson is great, but he has a different style and that shows.
    As I have gotten older I have seen novels as more and more a window into the author’s head. Some you read and you realize you do not want to know any more (looking at you George ARR ARR Martin.) Jordan was a man who believed in honor and traditional values. You came away liking people more and feeling hopeful. That is a rare thing these days.

  3. That’s a fair and vicious take down, though it omits my favorite jab, which concerns the entire book (A Crown of Swords) whose primary plot was about how a large contingent of good guys traveled to an exotic port city — to look for a bowl. A bowl. And it takes all book to find it.

    So OK, the bowl was magic and helped the good magic people fix the weather (after the bad magic people had rendered the climate unlivable) when sorcerers from multiple rival societies worked together in a one-time not-to-be-repeated collaboration, but then nobody asked why the bad guys didn’t just make it bad again. But hey, that bowl search was epic.

    For all that, I liked the series, and I think it only fair to note that the Tolkien derivativeness reduces about 80-90% after the first book, and the series contains some some rather inventive ideas, including the Damane, and I appreciated how the Source was explained and its male/female divide.

    1. I got very tired of two pages describing what the girls were wearing in this particular scene.

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