I will note that Jordan as always been a very "Southern" writer to me, at least in terms of the style of stories told by a few of the characters within the narrative, not to mention certain character types. It bemused me when I saw the reactions to Cadsuane, for example, as she sounded and acted just like many older aunts/great-aunts that I knew when I was growing up in the 1980s-early 1990s in Tennessee. There are some social elements within that which also reminded me of my native region, not always in a good way.
Agreed on the shallowness of the mythological appropriations. It's something that I suppose can occupy those who try to piece such things together, but it's too "whole cloth" for me, even when he tries to reverse them.
How far have you gotten in your Malazan read? I'm discovering that Erikson/Esslemont's foreshadowing is much, much deeper and subtler than I expected as I'm re-reading their novels after finishing last month the just-released Forge of Darkness. I think that series is an interesting counterpoint to the anticipatory-style approach to reading WoT. I couldn't imagine "theories" about Malazan. Instead, it seems to be something that you read first through a fog, then second to discover what first had appeared to be odd asides and weird little character interactions have now taken on new dimensions. I think this is something that WoT has lacked, that sense of "re-readability" for me.
Agreed on the knowledge theme being butchered.
Agreed on the shallowness of the mythological appropriations. It's something that I suppose can occupy those who try to piece such things together, but it's too "whole cloth" for me, even when he tries to reverse them.
How far have you gotten in your Malazan read? I'm discovering that Erikson/Esslemont's foreshadowing is much, much deeper and subtler than I expected as I'm re-reading their novels after finishing last month the just-released Forge of Darkness. I think that series is an interesting counterpoint to the anticipatory-style approach to reading WoT. I couldn't imagine "theories" about Malazan. Instead, it seems to be something that you read first through a fog, then second to discover what first had appeared to be odd asides and weird little character interactions have now taken on new dimensions. I think this is something that WoT has lacked, that sense of "re-readability" for me.
Agreed on the knowledge theme being butchered.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant?
08/10/2012 09:47:49 PM
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HAHAHA!
08/10/2012 10:17:58 PM
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Yeah, the use of my time does matter
09/10/2012 02:45:15 AM
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Not sure I'd call it mindless
09/10/2012 02:53:00 AM
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Well, it is a bit more complex than a D&D novel
09/10/2012 02:55:40 AM
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I'm not really a huge fiction reader to begin with
09/10/2012 11:25:34 PM
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I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers
11/10/2012 05:48:02 AM
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Re: I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers
12/10/2012 05:11:20 PM
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Well... it's a bit late in the game...
09/10/2012 02:04:16 AM
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True, but it's never too late to ask people such questions
09/10/2012 02:49:28 AM
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I'm not sure...
09/10/2012 06:03:08 AM
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Well, we may be in closer agreement then
09/10/2012 06:43:50 PM
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There's a reason for this...
09/10/2012 02:11:21 AM
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True
09/10/2012 02:54:12 AM
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Re: True
09/10/2012 06:19:42 AM
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I am now visualizing WoT as a telenovela adaptation
09/10/2012 06:59:11 PM
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everything about Lanfear screams TeleNovela!
11/10/2012 04:38:03 AM
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Por ella, soy Luisa Therin?
11/10/2012 05:44:32 AM
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It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
09/10/2012 02:21:20 PM
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It also has Faulknerian allusions
09/10/2012 07:04:55 PM
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BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury?
10/10/2012 08:06:18 PM
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Re: BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury?
10/10/2012 09:39:56 PM
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No, but I'll keep it in mind for the future when I have more money to spare
11/10/2012 05:49:52 AM
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It sold out fast. They might reprint it, though.
11/10/2012 03:45:20 PM
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Hopefully, that or it won't be more than $200 when I do have the money to spare
11/10/2012 05:53:20 PM
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Re: So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant?
11/10/2012 10:52:01 AM
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Ah, where would we be without such bright lights like you around?
11/10/2012 05:59:48 PM
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It will have meant.. .
11/10/2012 06:59:43 PM
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So...
11/10/2012 07:05:41 PM
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For me, yes.
11/10/2012 07:45:25 PM
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