Timewaster's Guide Archive

-Also, Moridin claims to draw power from the "True Power". Not the True Source, or the One Power, but the True Power. This is a new development. He says it's from the Dark One himself. Well, I know that the male Forsaken are immune to the taint once linked to the Dark One. Is this what that means?? Untainted saidin drawn directly from the Dark One? Or is this a while new Source altogether. Confusing!!!

Saidar and Saidin are the female/male aspects of the One Power. I always saw this as the power of the creator, since it comes from the true source and literally "powers" the wheel of time 

The True Power however is the direct personal power of the Dark One. It is extremely powerful, addictive and only the DO himself can allow you to use it. Pretty serious stuff 

Ok there will be a hardcover. And Brandon just said the cover art is a placeholder. *phew*
There's still the Title: Personally I think it's a weak title, but the important stuff is the story after that title 

BUT the WORST problem remains: C'mon, 3 books? Seriously? And ONE YEAR between them? That's just a slap in the face! I'm really upset about this.... and dissapointed.

I know you can't publish a novel with 800K words. But if you split them you get 400K and that's about the length of TSR or LoC. Also Brandon explained that two volumes would make sense, because the story is split in "Preparing for the last Battle" and then "Tarmon Gai’don" itself. And since it's considered as one book I hoped that the first Part would get published in November 2009 and the second one somewhere around February 2010.

3 Books in 3 Years just so smells like money-making and dishonering Robert Jordan's legacy.