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Gathering Storm Title
« on: April 27, 2009, 06:47:28 PM »
I get the feeling there has already been a lot of talk on this, but I want to reiterate the pleas: Brandon, Harriet, Tom, PLEASE change the name. Calling it "The Gathering Storm" is like calling it "Nothing Really Happens In This Book, But Wait Till You See The Next One." Plus, it's the title of one of the books in Kate Elliott's series.

For a series with awesome names like A Crown of Swords, The Path of Daggers, The Dragon Reborn and The Fires of Heaven, we really need a better title. PLEASE!

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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2009, 09:08:10 PM »
Oh yes this has been talked to death over at Dragonmount and unfortunatly The Gathering Storm is what were getting. That doesn't mean nothing is happening in the book.
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Re: Gathering Storm Title
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2009, 10:02:46 PM »
"Nothing Really Happens In This Book, But Wait Till You See The Next One."

Besides, that particular title was already used on books 8 and 10.
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Re: Gathering Storm Title
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2009, 12:44:47 AM »
I think it's actually not such a bad title. It sort of fits with the others. The Shadow Rising...The Gathering Storm. Not a bad title. But the tentative title for the next book...was it Swirling Clouds? No way.

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« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2009, 01:41:27 AM »
It was Shifting Winds, and don't worry about it.  Brandon has promised to come up with something better for that one now that the AMOL with subtitles idea has been abandoned.

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« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2009, 03:05:54 AM »
It doesn't really matter what the titles are, anyway.

Fans of the series will read it no matter what you call it, and if someone picks it up off the bookshelf and says 'wow, that's generic', they shouldn't be starting with the 12th book in the series anyway
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Re: Gathering Storm Title
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2009, 03:15:01 AM »
It does matter, though. I think 'The Gathering Storm' is fine. Not great. But fine.
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Re: Gathering Storm Title
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2009, 06:24:46 PM »
"Nothing Really Happens In This Book, But Wait Till You See The Next One."

Besides, that particular title was already used on books 8 and 10.

bwa ha ha ha ha!

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« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2009, 06:30:08 PM »
"Nothing Really Happens In This Book, But Wait Till You See The Next One."

Besides, that particular title was already used on books 8 and 10.

bwa ha ha ha ha!

Plenty happens in Book 8 :-P
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Re: Gathering Storm Title
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2009, 10:11:43 PM »
An example is…
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« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2009, 10:54:39 PM »
An example is…

The Weather getting fixed for one. The Bowl arc is DONE.
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« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2009, 11:26:42 PM »
OH YEAH!!! I totally forgot about that!!! I love that part!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Gathering Storm Title
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2009, 11:56:35 PM »
*nods* and then Elyane kills a bunch of Seachan with an unravled gateway, Rand kills a slew more with his Callador rage, etc. Stuff does happen, maybe not in the dramatic way were used to but this isn't a book that you can skip.
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« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2009, 12:31:41 AM »
You can't skip any, really. They're way too long.  :D
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« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2009, 09:07:00 PM »
Not to mention, one of the best lines from Rand comes from Book 8, haha, right before his Callandor-genocide.
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