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No. It was never meant to be, it never could be and Sanderson never pretended otherwise. Werthead Send a noteboard - 05/09/2009 07:40:37 PM
It just feels wrong. Sorry. Maybe he gets better as the book goes on, but this is not the same. It's not bad, and it does not detract from the story, but it does not feel the same. I don't think it's going to matter. I still enjoyed reading the chapter, and I have every intention of reading the book the day it comes out, with not one less ounce of anticipation. But it is not RJ's writing, for those of you to whom such things matter.


Brandon Sanderson's writing style does not match Robert Jordan's? What a surprise. We already knew that and that was unavoidable. If Sanderson had tried to match RJ's style exactly, it would have been utterly disastrous. Changing prose styles is something not many authors can do, and changing to match the styles of another author altogether is completely impossible.

What Sanderson could do is change his pacing to match Jordan's, which has been successfully achieved (on the basis of one chapter). Compared to the short, punchy chapters in MISTBORN he's more relaxed and more descriptive here. He can't rail in his preference for dialogue and description that adds to the storyline rather than goes off on some unnecessary clothing-describing tangent, but to be honest that is probably necessary at this point to get the story underway and to its conclusion some time this side of doomsday.

So it doesn't sound like Jordan, but it sounds more like Jordan than Sanderson. More importantly, it doesn't sound like Kevin J. Anderson. As long as that continues, we've come out on top.
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This is not RJ's writing. (No Spoilers) - 05/09/2009 03:46:26 AM 1638 Views
It isn't supposed to be. - 05/09/2009 04:08:46 AM 720 Views
Jason claimed it was hard to tell them apart. *NM* - 05/09/2009 04:10:13 AM 322 Views
I take anything from that source with a pinch of salt *NM* - 05/09/2009 03:41:49 PM 280 Views
I noticed that too. - 05/09/2009 04:11:22 AM 576 Views
Re: This is not RJ's writing. (No Spoilers) - 05/09/2009 04:13:48 AM 764 Views
Absolutely not. - 05/09/2009 04:18:51 AM 1059 Views
Re: Absolutely not. - 05/09/2009 04:25:16 AM 848 Views
That's what I meant by absolutely not. - 05/09/2009 04:31:26 AM 793 Views
Could it be rough draft that Sanderson kept, and Jordan never polished? *NM* - 05/09/2009 05:14:59 AM 373 Views
I doubt it - 05/09/2009 05:17:09 AM 855 Views
Definitely Sanderson - 05/09/2009 05:27:57 AM 855 Views
Really? - 05/09/2009 08:55:37 AM 867 Views
I agree with DomA *NM* - 05/09/2009 08:26:17 PM 368 Views
Re: Absolutely not. - 05/09/2009 04:39:55 AM 946 Views
Re: Absolutely not. - 05/09/2009 04:53:12 AM 673 Views
I could tell it wasn't Jordan, but I liked what I read. - 05/09/2009 04:27:44 AM 564 Views
I liked it too...new WoT material finally! *NM* - 05/09/2009 05:16:34 AM 272 Views
It bugged me at first. - 05/09/2009 04:32:27 AM 640 Views
agreed. I liked it, but - 05/09/2009 05:13:18 AM 673 Views
Anyone want to guess which part can be a foreshadowing? - 05/09/2009 05:34:07 AM 644 Views
No surprise. Brandon was one of us when RJ stll lived *NM* - 08/09/2009 04:27:14 PM 275 Views
Nature of the beast. - 05/09/2009 06:21:05 AM 643 Views
Agreed... - 05/09/2009 06:45:09 AM 536 Views
No *sniffles* gave it away although N does tug her braid. - 05/09/2009 07:33:32 AM 571 Views
Becareful of what you wish for - 05/09/2009 08:29:52 AM 674 Views
I've been saying that for years. - 05/09/2009 08:55:19 AM 724 Views
Whatever. I thought it was an improvement. - 05/09/2009 08:45:37 PM 647 Views
Agree fully. Art and paiting have rarely even been mentioned! It feels like a fan's writing... - 05/09/2009 09:59:15 AM 741 Views
Are you pre-ordering the book? - 05/09/2009 10:48:44 AM 635 Views
I live in the U.S. now... - 05/09/2009 02:59:40 PM 630 Views
I hope so, because I won't able to wait for it. *NM* - 05/09/2009 04:45:01 PM 291 Views
I preordered it from Bookdepository.com for 15$ - 05/09/2009 04:47:07 PM 536 Views
I checked, they don't ship to India. *NM* - 05/09/2009 04:50:34 PM 301 Views
Yes, I agree. It feels cold because it is an alien presence. - 09/09/2009 02:31:45 PM 561 Views
It sounds better via the audio - 05/09/2009 03:07:37 PM 684 Views
Re: It sounds better via the audio - 05/09/2009 03:41:27 PM 570 Views
No. It was never meant to be, it never could be and Sanderson never pretended otherwise. - 05/09/2009 07:40:37 PM 763 Views
Exactly. - 05/09/2009 08:50:08 PM 589 Views
According to him... - 05/09/2009 09:14:44 PM 602 Views
It sounds more like Anderson than Jordan - 05/09/2009 11:11:58 PM 865 Views
Re: It sounds more like Anderson than Jordan - 06/09/2009 12:19:11 AM 813 Views
*NM* - 06/09/2009 12:24:16 AM 275 Views
I didn't read any of Anderson's books - 06/09/2009 12:17:54 PM 607 Views
Funniest thing ever posted on RAFO.com. Ever. *NM* - 07/09/2009 03:49:24 AM 406 Views
In it's week long history. Ever. EVER *NM* - 07/09/2009 08:12:44 AM 208 Views
It wasn't Jordan... - 07/09/2009 04:36:11 AM 568 Views
It isn't but I thought BS said he wasn't trying to be exactly like RJ - 08/09/2009 08:12:24 PM 632 Views
The difference was a bit staggering - 08/09/2009 08:23:15 PM 591 Views

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