Timewaster's Guide Archive

Goes on too long and the cover art sucks... where have I heard that before??? 

heh.

/high-five

ryos has the right of it, and miyabi has a good point as well. they will split it in a way to get a ton of money. two is pretty obvious. three will make people angry, but not angry enough to cause any significant loss in monetary value. personally, i think splitting it in 3 would be crappy towards the readers.

lets analyze the post:
1) Cover Art: Could be a mock-up. After all, WoT covers historically are terribad, and this totally fits that mold.
2) Wording: Doubtful that it is true. The sequel to Crossroads? Nope. Brandon's name as big as Jordans? Sorry, I doubt that (but hey, good for Brandon if it goes that way!)
3) Released in November with subsequent parts (more on that later) the following November(s): This is prolly a fact. November will gross the most cash for Tor.
4) Trade only release?: Utter horse-crap. Won't happen. Period. There will be a hardback release which will sell for $30. The idea of a trade costing $22 EUR is way out there. I mean, you do realize that Hardbacks of this big time novels go for $20 EUR right? I wouldnt be surprised at a trade release in the UK, but like I said before, it will be 13-15 EUR not an idiotic 22, and it will be in addition to a Hardback
5)Number of Volumes: 2? Guaranteed. 3? could happen. just think about it. the book is gonna be 750K words long. that is HUGE. Even in 2, that's 375K each, which is huge. you split in 3, that gives you 250K each. still a large novel, but way more manageable. who know? you might not support it being released in two books (or three) but it will happen, and it would have happened regardless. Sure, Tor wants to make fans happy. Guess what? They are by simply having the book finished. But don't fool yourself into thinking that Tor doesn't want to make a killing off the novel as well. A single volume on first release would be an idiotic decision on Tor's part.

Now, WoT readers can all complain about the split and the release time, but consider this: KoD was released in 2005. Jordan was following the 3 year plan before he passed. AMoL is really 3 books worth of book, so really, it could have taken 9 years to put it out. would you rather the full 750K be released over the next 2 years or over the next 6-9? For goodness sakes, think about how much work is being put into this novel so it can even BE released. Not to mention, Brandon is finishing AMoL, another Alcatraz book, and the first book of Way of Kings (so he has something coming out next year only under his name). He's doing all of that and STILL writing AMoL at an absurdly fast pace?

Yeah, I'll take it how it comes, thank you...

I didn't get emotional at Kel's death because I saw it coming from miles away. Books 2's ending was full of tragedy, and I remember feeling the deaths of the characters strongly. Book 3, for me, had every bit the emotional impact as the prior books, but it wasn't sad at all for me. It was a completely different feeling. I fully expected Vin and Elend to bite the dust. It was one of those things where I thought, "well, either the world will die or those two characters will." The impact of Sazed becoming a god - and having his faith restored - was far more powerful than any other ending I could imagine. The intense feeling I was filled with was satisfaction and peace.

Dear Steve: stop stealing all my thoughts. Why isn't the tinfoil hat working?

come now, how is a tinfoil hat supposed to stop me when I got the blueprints from reading your mind before you made it? i mean seriously, of COURSE I know how to get around something so simple...

in my opinion, the lack of overall humor really emphasizes the moments of humor when they DO happen. the whole "Porn" segment killed me - especially when she walks by the room.

interesting. none of my copies say that. neither does the 40th anniversary copy - as least on the front cover. I'll take your word for it though. the first "trilogy" of the six books are the best ones of the bunch. they have some fantastic ideas. I actually enjoyed Dune Messiah quite a bit. God Emperor was a bit too bleh for me. I seriously wonder if I would have finished it had I not been listening to it in audio.

i thought this episode was the best of the bunch so far. there was a lot of good stuff going on. that said, i thought Echo's speech at the end was a tad off.

and yeah, i thought the themes were significantly darker. i'm excited that after all the promise of "episode 6 will make you like it a lot", the promise was actually filled.