It is built around unrealistic circumstances and coincidences. It's the reason anybody actually reads it.
No.
People read it because it is about extraordinary people and events. Extraordinary, not coincidences. There's a huge difference.
Wherever you see more than one single coincidence, it's pretty much guaranteed that's very bad writing.
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Io iudico bene questo: che sia meglio essere impetuoso che respettivo, perché la fortuna è donna ed è necessario, volendola tenere sotto, batterla e urtarla.
Io iudico bene questo: che sia meglio essere impetuoso che respettivo, perché la fortuna è donna ed è necessario, volendola tenere sotto, batterla e urtarla.
What's the deal with the "extra person" in the artwork for Eye of the World?
03/01/2011 11:14:57 PM
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Re: What's the deal with the "extra person" in the artwork for Eye of the World?
03/01/2011 11:31:42 PM
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Apparently there is an extra person on the front cover and inside cover.
04/01/2011 12:13:10 AM
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What Jordan said on the matter
04/01/2011 12:54:15 AM
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Apparently that's who Brandon Sanderson was talking about. DomA has good points, though.
04/01/2011 04:14:40 AM
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Re: Apparently there is an extra person on the front cover and inside cover.
04/01/2011 02:57:45 AM
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An extra leaving the TR
04/01/2011 12:39:37 AM
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"Only red shirts die" - tell me about it. Wheel of Time is worse than Harry Potter.
04/01/2011 04:13:25 AM
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Maybe I'm a sap, but I prefer "only red shirts die" to George R.R. Martin's "only red shirts live." *NM*
05/01/2011 04:58:31 AM
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I still half expect Egwene to die.
07/01/2011 04:00:06 AM
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This is being judged on an absurd standard.
07/01/2011 07:39:18 AM
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Re: This is being judged on an absurd standard.
08/01/2011 05:38:30 AM
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It's fiction.
08/01/2011 04:55:02 PM
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Re: It's fiction.
09/01/2011 01:51:26 PM
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It's a shame - no real loss considering all of the "red shirts" the series eventually accumulated.
04/01/2011 04:10:00 PM
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