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Re: Your thoughts on TGS - Chapter 1 StoneDogAiel Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 04:51:04 AM
Well, I don't fancy myself a book critic, nor a person with the ability or practice to analyze and break down a book or chapter, but my impressions are as follows:

1) I liked it. I like how we almost got two intros for one, with the wind hitting Tar Valon before getting to Rand.

2) I didn't notice a particular difference in the writing itself. Maybe with a larger sample, or reading side by side, I would, but for now? Not really.

3) Rand is nuts. I don't really like the guy anymore. Maybe again at some point.

4) It becomes clearer that Rand will deal with the Seanchan through Mat. I don't see another way, especially due to his distrust. This is more in response to the other posts in this thread than the chapter.

5) Cadsuane is...well, Cadsuane.

6) I think the bond with Alanna will be more important than the bond with the other 3. Don't know why, it's just an impression.

7) I liked it. I am looking forward to the signing here in Portland, less than a mile away. :)
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Your thoughts on TGS - Chapter 1 Sidious - 05/09/2009 05:23:47 PM 5927 Views
For all of those whining about it not sounding like RJ: Narg - 05/09/2009 05:47:07 PM 1848 Views
Agreed. If anything, it's a tribute to RJ Gher - 05/09/2009 06:17:36 PM 1655 Views
You're forgetting one thing. Cannoli - 06/09/2009 12:13:03 AM 1802 Views
And if he were to off Egwene? What would your opinion be? *NM* Ryan - 07/09/2009 05:38:36 AM 895 Views
He dislikes Sanderson's prose. Plot content is irrelevant here. *NM* Marshall - 08/09/2009 06:44:42 PM 993 Views
Who cares? That would have been RJs decision anyway. Cannoli - 09/09/2009 06:15:16 AM 1426 Views
not impressed aldapelan - 05/09/2009 06:24:02 PM 1790 Views
all recap, no meat Erim - 14/09/2009 12:33:35 PM 1429 Views
Pretty good. Werthead - 05/09/2009 07:35:41 PM 45232 Views
Re: Pretty good. DomA - 05/09/2009 09:13:44 PM 1717 Views
Re: Pretty good. Cannoli - 06/09/2009 01:19:22 AM 2013 Views
Re: Pretty good. Sidious - 06/09/2009 08:08:38 AM 1647 Views
Re: Pretty good. Chas - 13/09/2009 01:22:22 PM 1386 Views
I found it well-written, but rather uninteresting story-wise *NM* ursidae - 05/09/2009 08:04:15 PM 991 Views
because there should totaly be massive plot development in the first chapter Apsalar Shadowdancer - 05/09/2009 08:29:18 PM 1535 Views
I'm tired of passive story telling. Haggard - 05/09/2009 08:57:13 PM 1493 Views
On the other hand... Haggard - 05/09/2009 08:58:21 PM 1567 Views
Re: I'm tired of passive story telling. CupofDice - 05/09/2009 10:42:57 PM 1436 Views
Which escape? Marshall - 05/09/2009 11:10:01 PM 1464 Views
I'm tired of mindless readers Cannoli - 06/09/2009 01:54:14 AM 1580 Views
Re: I'm tired of mindless readers DomA - 06/09/2009 04:01:56 AM 1725 Views
Your best yet Dom! *NM* NaClH2O - 06/09/2009 02:04:40 PM 931 Views
Re: I'm tired of mindless readers MissKoalaVB - 07/09/2009 04:39:36 AM 1446 Views
Re: I'm tired of mindless readers NaClH2O - 07/09/2009 10:42:29 PM 1435 Views
I was over critical. Haggard - 06/09/2009 04:56:48 AM 1372 Views
A real analyst or literary critic would laugh his ass off to see this... Cannoli - 06/09/2009 06:51:57 AM 1557 Views
It's been happening since Book IV btw. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 16/09/2009 05:30:52 PM 1237 Views
Re: because there should totaly be massive plot development in the first chapter Cannoli - 06/09/2009 01:22:09 AM 1504 Views
A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) lilltempest - 05/09/2009 09:34:44 PM 1621 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) RandAllThor - 05/09/2009 10:03:59 PM 1635 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) lilltempest - 06/09/2009 03:18:41 AM 1459 Views
I think Lews Therin's comments to Rand were the most hugely significant part of the chapter. Werthead - 06/09/2009 01:15:05 AM 1403 Views
I don't really agree... lilltempest - 06/09/2009 03:50:08 AM 1388 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) Cannoli - 06/09/2009 02:52:47 AM 2045 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) lilltempest - 06/09/2009 07:08:08 AM 1362 Views
Just answer one question... fionwe1987 - 06/09/2009 07:53:12 AM 1848 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) Cannoli - 06/09/2009 10:31:20 AM 1799 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) redhand - 07/09/2009 05:09:38 AM 1420 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) lilltempest - 08/09/2009 10:19:13 PM 1308 Views
If I may make a few somewhat irrelevant interjections... Digital_Eon - 09/09/2009 04:44:45 AM 1325 Views
Re: If I may make a few somewhat irrelevant interjections... Yvves - 14/09/2009 04:46:29 PM 1483 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) Cannoli - 10/09/2009 06:20:56 AM 1553 Views
On Egwene... fionwe1987 - 10/09/2009 04:33:58 PM 1372 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) Vidarfe - 08/09/2009 11:46:44 PM 1471 Views
Nynaeve balefried - 08/09/2009 05:43:43 AM 1460 Views
Re: Nynaeve Vidarfe - 08/09/2009 08:06:20 AM 1329 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) MissKoalaVB - 07/09/2009 04:41:47 AM 1479 Views
Answers, short, long and longer. NaClH2O - 07/09/2009 11:27:53 PM 1390 Views
Re: A few things that drew my attention... (this is long and rambling...spoilers) Dominic - 09/09/2009 03:48:53 PM 1417 Views
I think you missed some things. (spoilers) RugbyPlayingAshaman - 16/09/2009 05:21:43 PM 1167 Views
People who still have their wotmania SNs draw mine.... Joel - 21/09/2009 05:25:15 PM 1224 Views
Good post, but I have an alternative explanation for the saidin barrier The Angry Druid - 28/09/2009 12:53:41 AM 1225 Views
First thought...a typo! ner vous = nervous. *NM* Marshall - 05/09/2009 09:55:28 PM 930 Views
I loved it! CupofDice - 05/09/2009 10:52:17 PM 1480 Views
I didn't like the opening sequence. Chas - 05/09/2009 10:58:17 PM 1488 Views
Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Knightscape - 06/09/2009 12:02:13 AM 1433 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson DomA - 06/09/2009 12:44:11 AM 1488 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Knightscape - 07/09/2009 09:08:21 AM 1399 Views
This is what RJ said. CupofDice - 06/09/2009 12:47:26 AM 1418 Views
Re: This is what RJ said. Knightscape - 06/09/2009 01:24:36 AM 1407 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Kieran - 06/09/2009 05:12:25 PM 1287 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Knightscape - 06/09/2009 07:20:45 PM 1285 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Kieran - 07/09/2009 04:05:09 AM 1312 Views
Re: Robert Jordon vs Brandon Sanderson Knightscape - 07/09/2009 09:33:25 AM 1313 Views
I found it...interesting --spoilers-- NaClH2O - 06/09/2009 01:33:11 AM 1615 Views
Re: I found it...interesting --spoilers-- CupofDice - 06/09/2009 01:42:07 AM 1478 Views
Re: I found it...interesting --spoilers-- NaClH2O - 06/09/2009 02:54:17 PM 1509 Views
I'm excited. (Here be spoilers) Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 03:29:59 AM 1374 Views
six questions and nine statements RabidWombat - 06/09/2009 04:47:52 AM 1446 Views
Re: Your thoughts on TGS - Chapter 1 StoneDogAiel - 06/09/2009 04:51:04 AM 1391 Views
Re: Your thoughts on TGS - Chapter 1 gban007 - 06/09/2009 07:30:53 AM 1493 Views
I liked it Sidious - 06/09/2009 07:58:09 AM 1397 Views
Some questions... fionwe1987 - 06/09/2009 08:04:30 AM 1429 Views
Re: Some questions... Sidious - 06/09/2009 08:11:08 AM 1481 Views
Re: Some questions... fionwe1987 - 06/09/2009 08:53:20 AM 1401 Views
Re: I liked it Fanatic-Templar - 06/09/2009 09:55:41 PM 1402 Views
Theory: Rand and Egwene. What is up? fionwe1987 - 06/09/2009 07:59:58 AM 2293 Views
Also AliasRY - 06/09/2009 08:24:45 AM 1439 Views
A simpler answer NaClH2O - 06/09/2009 03:04:04 PM 1485 Views
Really? fionwe1987 - 06/09/2009 03:38:59 PM 1351 Views
Look at what he has seen... Cannoli - 06/09/2009 11:45:44 PM 1292 Views
And all this happeened in the few days between the end of KoD and the beginning of tGS? fionwe1987 - 07/09/2009 12:35:29 AM 1342 Views
Why not? How often did he think of Egwene in A Plain Wooden Box? It might have been there already Cannoli - 07/09/2009 05:29:27 AM 1468 Views
She treated him like a pawn when she "passed" him over to Elayne way back. NM *NM* redhand - 07/09/2009 02:49:18 PM 881 Views
are we already at the location of the book cover? Deadsy - 06/09/2009 11:49:06 AM 1376 Views
Re: are we already at the location of the book cover? spike - 06/09/2009 02:43:24 PM 1387 Views
I still think it's Aviendha Deadsy - 07/09/2009 05:14:50 AM 1215 Views
Omniscient narrator not neutral enough, for one... Shannow - 06/09/2009 04:17:51 PM 1538 Views
Yip Sidious - 06/09/2009 04:29:40 PM 1479 Views
Yes... Shannow - 06/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1344 Views
I totally agree...the narration was the biggest put-off for me Marshall - 09/09/2009 09:51:52 PM 1263 Views
Two Things aria - 07/09/2009 12:25:31 AM 1455 Views
Moiraine Deadsy - 07/09/2009 01:19:08 AM 1527 Views
The Moiraine thing is dumb Marshall - 09/09/2009 09:53:51 PM 1391 Views
She fell through the doorway with Lanfear Fanatic-Templar - 09/09/2009 10:18:55 PM 1334 Views
uh Deadsy - 09/09/2009 10:57:17 PM 1367 Views
Timeline? Deadsy - 07/09/2009 05:10:16 AM 1366 Views
Re: Timeline? NaClH2O - 07/09/2009 05:52:50 PM 1363 Views
So what chapter symbol is it going to have? *NM* Cannoli - 07/09/2009 08:09:54 AM 846 Views
the dragon in COT chap 23 ornaments *NM* rosco12 - 07/09/2009 01:28:58 PM 855 Views
The Seanchan are up to something Knightscape - 07/09/2009 10:26:23 AM 1363 Views
Red stone doorway. Bigerich - 07/09/2009 03:27:22 PM 1295 Views
The whole thing was explained by Rand in KoD. So no, not new. fionwe1987 - 07/09/2009 06:35:01 PM 1300 Views
No Deadsy - 07/09/2009 07:57:57 PM 1314 Views
Questions, Comments Thoughts and Theories about tGS Orlin_Artemi - 07/09/2009 09:09:05 PM 1409 Views
My thoughts are that the main page is being crowded by too many duplicate threads Lord o' Salv - 07/09/2009 10:23:41 PM 1379 Views
Hrm... Sidious - 08/09/2009 05:28:19 AM 1428 Views
Enjoyed it lodlom - 08/09/2009 01:35:03 AM 1356 Views
Ready for More Raforsaken - 08/09/2009 04:25:19 PM 1423 Views
... Seventysix - 08/09/2009 07:24:46 PM 1343 Views
Not sure what I expected, but not this... Myrdhyn - 09/09/2009 04:07:10 PM 1414 Views
I know why Rand is mad at Egwene...read inside to find out Lan al'Mandragoran - 11/09/2009 03:15:00 AM 1346 Views
Ummm... the embassy's proposal was accepted, and (presumably) communicated to Egwene at the earliest *NM* fionwe1987 - 11/09/2009 04:16:31 AM 915 Views
It's his increasing paranoia and dehumanization. Cannoli - 15/09/2009 03:03:53 AM 1350 Views
Re: Your thoughts on TGS - Chapter 1 artois - 16/09/2009 06:20:14 AM 1169 Views
Semirhage isn't scaring anyone Sidious - 28/09/2009 02:32:34 PM 1681 Views
Indeed... Etzel - 28/09/2009 03:36:55 PM 1294 Views
Will the Chosen pass that edict down or just not act themselves? Rurouni_Kenshin - 28/09/2009 10:29:53 PM 1253 Views
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