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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Way of Kings Discussion (prelude, prologue & chapters 1-3) :SPOILERS:
« on: June 12, 2010, 12:45:37 AM »On a more general note, I think Brandon's prose has improved (for me at least). One problem I had with his prose initially (in earlier books) is that it tended to feel at times like something a Hollywood scriptwriter would produce. To me, this tended to "break the spell". From this point of view, "The Gathering Storm" was a big improvement and it feels like Brandon has recycled his efforts there into "Way of Kings", and quite possibly improved again.
Don't forget that Brandon has been working on Way of Kings for a lot longer then he was with The Gathering Storm. I don't doubt that he learned a lot from working on the epic TGS but there wasn't such a long time between him finishing TGS and WoK that i'd make the assumption that that's the reason for the change in writing style. Style is hard to change when you're set in a certain way. Ask any artist.
Man, you guys are gonna like this book. You're just scraping the surface.
I'll take that as confirmation that something in somebodies post is relatively close to some form of truth! BWAHAH.
C'mon guys, there's one thing Brandon is pretty good about NOT doing, and that creating a world that relies on "magic does it" as an excuse for new and cool things. I'm not saying the man's a hard scientist, but he thinks stuff out better than that.
Oh trust me, I've come to trust Brandon when it comes to his uses of magic systems. The guy is a genius.
There's a lot of plant life that has evolved to survive the highstorms, and some of it is edible and cultivated. That too will make more sense as more is revealed.
I've yet to see any reason why the plants can't be cultivated regularly. Just because they hide underground doesn't make them impossible to get to. Just.. difficult. Nice to know these people don't live off of just meat, fish and spren soup.
Thanks for the info Ink. Yay for more people to spoil things for us!