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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Gathering Storm - First Impressions *SPOILERS*
« on: November 29, 2009, 10:32:21 PM »
Bryne's army has never surrounded the RAS camp. It has, as I stated, been positioned in camps between the occupied bridge towns, a good distance from the AS.
Dorlan is not a bridge town. It is located a good way east of Tar Valon, and is cut off from the city by 25 000 of Bryne's soldiers. The town Egwene et al pass through is called Darein, and lies on the west bank of Tar Valon. Why the heck would they cross over to the east bank of the river when coming from Almoth Plain?
Perrin does more than give the command (actually, it is Faile who does). Messengers are seen to be moving away with the instructions that people are to begin moving north immediately. The wheels have started turning. At this point, Perrin would have had to issue a new order to reverse this. There is no mention of Perrin having countermanded his orders, or any insight as to his rationale. It is an oversight of Team Jordan's, really.
I do not think Sanderson should be blamed for these things, he has certainly done heroically with the time given. But he should have been given more, and Team Jordan should have taken more time perfecting things. If the book had been released in February, nothing would have changed sales-wise.
Dorlan is not a bridge town. It is located a good way east of Tar Valon, and is cut off from the city by 25 000 of Bryne's soldiers. The town Egwene et al pass through is called Darein, and lies on the west bank of Tar Valon. Why the heck would they cross over to the east bank of the river when coming from Almoth Plain?
Perrin does more than give the command (actually, it is Faile who does). Messengers are seen to be moving away with the instructions that people are to begin moving north immediately. The wheels have started turning. At this point, Perrin would have had to issue a new order to reverse this. There is no mention of Perrin having countermanded his orders, or any insight as to his rationale. It is an oversight of Team Jordan's, really.
I do not think Sanderson should be blamed for these things, he has certainly done heroically with the time given. But he should have been given more, and Team Jordan should have taken more time perfecting things. If the book had been released in February, nothing would have changed sales-wise.