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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Splitting A Memory of Light...
« on: November 09, 2008, 03:04:42 AM »
Brandon actually spoke about splitting AMoL at the Portland signing. I'll try and hit the high points from memory as accurately as I can.
Basically nothing is set in stone but Tor is pushing for splitting the book. Brandon said bound in one volume the book would look something like this, then he grabbed 3 copies of HoA and held them up as reference. The cost of binding a book that large would require a price point so high that it would be economically silly for Tor to do it. He also said splitting would mean that the first half could be published earlier while the second half was still a work in progress.
My take from Brandon's talk was that he has little pull over if the book is split. The question is not if a single volume is wanted but if it is economically feasible. I would pay $50 easy for one volume but I think 2 volumes are pretty much a certainty.
On a related note, when I heard Brandon was finishing the series I was apprehensive. After reading Elantris and the MB series I had hope and after the signing I'm comfortable that last book will be done as well as it could be by anyone other than RJ. Brandon talked about working with Harriet and meeting Wilson and working on the series. He talks about it on his blog but to hear him speak about tWoT, just what a hardcore fan his is really comes out which I found very reassuring. And the katana story was very cool!
Basically nothing is set in stone but Tor is pushing for splitting the book. Brandon said bound in one volume the book would look something like this, then he grabbed 3 copies of HoA and held them up as reference. The cost of binding a book that large would require a price point so high that it would be economically silly for Tor to do it. He also said splitting would mean that the first half could be published earlier while the second half was still a work in progress.
My take from Brandon's talk was that he has little pull over if the book is split. The question is not if a single volume is wanted but if it is economically feasible. I would pay $50 easy for one volume but I think 2 volumes are pretty much a certainty.
On a related note, when I heard Brandon was finishing the series I was apprehensive. After reading Elantris and the MB series I had hope and after the signing I'm comfortable that last book will be done as well as it could be by anyone other than RJ. Brandon talked about working with Harriet and meeting Wilson and working on the series. He talks about it on his blog but to hear him speak about tWoT, just what a hardcore fan his is really comes out which I found very reassuring. And the katana story was very cool!