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Re: Mate you're not alone in thinking the androl arc was insanely stupid. muppet Send a noteboard - 31/01/2013 04:47:09 PM
I get the sense that the people who did like that arc were ones who are either new(er) to the series, or haven't appreciated the depth at which RJ wrote the series. That is to say, only read the story for the sake of learning the story, and not appreciating the incredible richness of it. That's why I can't stand people who have waved off all of sanderson's mistakes as if they're not that big a deal. There are a lot of people who actually think sanderson is a superior writer to RJ!


Well, in some ways yes, in some ways no. Sanderson's pacing is better. Even though he gave way too much screen-time to his own personal avatar in the story, Androl-the-cross-universe-reincarnation-of-Kelsier, he kept things moving in a way that RJ just didn't or couldn't, and that I can appreciate, especially with only 3 volumes left to go in the series. He got a much higher density of story telling done (although the Civil War re-enactment disguised as an apocalyptic Trolloc battle I could have done without) than RJ usually did post Great Hunt.

BUT, a lot of it reads like fan fiction, or like Douglas Adams writing fantasy without most of the humor included. It's just not the same.

RJ was going for a much more solemn, Tolkien-esque vibe that Sanderson either could not or did not want to reproduce.
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All you need is love Ben - 31/01/2013 02:12:39 PM 1470 Views
Re: All you need is love muppet - 31/01/2013 02:15:47 PM 922 Views
Mate you're not alone in thinking the androl arc was insanely stupid. ImmanuelXavier - 31/01/2013 04:27:59 PM 853 Views
Re: Mate you're not alone in thinking the androl arc was insanely stupid. muppet - 31/01/2013 04:47:09 PM 882 Views
I disagree. ImmanuelXavier - 31/01/2013 04:59:27 PM 805 Views
Re: I disagree. muppet - 31/01/2013 05:02:46 PM 945 Views
Meh, not really Marshall - 31/01/2013 05:40:12 PM 879 Views
Re: Meh, not really muppet - 31/01/2013 06:08:50 PM 870 Views
Completely agree Shannow - 31/01/2013 06:20:35 PM 891 Views
Re: Completely agree muppet - 31/01/2013 06:25:11 PM 1130 Views
A "choice" to use anachronistic vocabulary betrays a lack of ability to think *NM* Marshall - 31/01/2013 06:38:09 PM 495 Views
Re: A "choice" to use anachronistic vocabulary betrays a lack of ability to think muppet - 31/01/2013 06:42:42 PM 788 Views
Re: A "choice" to use anachronistic vocabulary betrays a lack of ability to think Joar Nessosin - 31/01/2013 07:41:23 PM 831 Views
Also, twighlight. And 50 shades of gray. *NM* ImmanuelXavier - 31/01/2013 08:27:25 PM 395 Views
Re: A "choice" to use anachronistic vocabulary betrays a lack of ability to think muppet - 31/01/2013 09:23:14 PM 787 Views
Amys has her sister wife to help her grieve *NM* darius_sedai - 03/02/2013 12:49:43 AM 374 Views
What's this about one of Nynaeve/Lan dying but being recovered by Rand? Memory is coming up short. *NM* ImmanuelXavier - 31/01/2013 05:20:40 PM 527 Views
Re: What's this about one of Nynaeve/Lan dying but being recovered by Rand? DomA - 31/01/2013 05:35:54 PM 951 Views
Re: What's this about one of Nynaeve/Lan dying but being recovered by Rand? muppet - 31/01/2013 05:59:46 PM 945 Views
Re: What's this about one of Nynaeve/Lan dying but being recovered by Rand? DomA - 31/01/2013 06:56:59 PM 908 Views
Re: What's this about one of Nynaeve/Lan dying but being recovered by Rand? muppet - 31/01/2013 06:59:45 PM 954 Views
Exactly Voscaia Sedai - 01/02/2013 01:36:58 PM 826 Views
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