Active Users:886 Time:23/12/2024 10:28:03 AM
Re: Meh, not really muppet Send a noteboard - 31/01/2013 06:08:50 PM
Seriously, read TSR or TFoH. Those are action-packed, and the pacing is great.

The reason everyone is proclaiming Sanderson's pacing as so much better is because he was WRITING THE BOOKS ABOUT THE LAST BATTLE. RJ had already gone through the laborious stage-setting. What was left was bringing everything together. It doesn't matter who wrote the finale, it's going to be action-packed, fast-paced, and full of revealings.

There is absolutely no question in my mind that RJ would have had superior pacing. Sanderson's pacing was really not all that great. "Pacing" doesn't mean everything moves quickly, because if you're on the wrong path, it doesn't matter how fast you move. In my opinion, the 300-or-so pages of "The Last Battle" chapter were fast-moving nonsense that really didn't deserve much place in the book. RJ would have created a far more extensive, complex, and interesting Battle. Sanderson's battles are a joke compared to RJ's.

On top of that, Sanderson completely removes all subtlety from the text and is the linguistic equivalent of a high schooler. I've said before that I think James Patterson would have written a comparable series finale, and I stick with it.


I don't know, I think TGS was still set-up and I'm not sure RJ would have rolled things along as quickly, but you make good points.

I do agree that aside from the war re-enactment tedium of several chapters of burning Trollocs, Sanderon's writing at times feels like just a "dump" of RJ's notes onto the page, more of a translation effort than a writing effort.
Reply to message
All you need is love - 31/01/2013 02:12:39 PM 1384 Views
Re: All you need is love - 31/01/2013 02:15:47 PM 850 Views
Mate you're not alone in thinking the androl arc was insanely stupid. - 31/01/2013 04:27:59 PM 769 Views
Re: Mate you're not alone in thinking the androl arc was insanely stupid. - 31/01/2013 04:47:09 PM 798 Views
I disagree. - 31/01/2013 04:59:27 PM 738 Views
Re: I disagree. - 31/01/2013 05:02:46 PM 872 Views
Meh, not really - 31/01/2013 05:40:12 PM 804 Views
Re: Meh, not really - 31/01/2013 06:08:50 PM 797 Views
Completely agree - 31/01/2013 06:20:35 PM 828 Views
Re: Completely agree - 31/01/2013 06:25:11 PM 1057 Views
Amys has her sister wife to help her grieve *NM* - 03/02/2013 12:49:43 AM 346 Views

Reply to Message