Unreal

[hells_satans]

The 'final' book of Wheel of Time is evidently going to be 3 new books by the new guy. Yep

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[word_geek]

First off: Not in the slightest surprised that "book 12" of the Wheel of Time is actually books 12-14. You're not going to read them at all, though? We decided not to buy book 11 until the series was finished, and we may still hold to that decision, but I kinda figured we'd get them eventually. We've been holding shelf space for them for 10 years

Brandon Sanderson

[elora_c]

I have been reading stuff by the "new guy" and its pretty interesting. I think that when I read the first book, I didn't realize he was the new WoT author. I read Elantris first. It's a stand-alone *gasp*. It took me a little while to get into, but it turned out to be enjoyable enough that I tried his Mistborn trilogy. Yes, he does write long trilogies, too. But he keeps his plot fairly contained and doesn't go off into a zillion unrelated tangents. Even when he does split his main characters into different threads, it is still all related and easy to follow. Recently, I saw that he has a new book that you can actually read online. I started reading it online, and then found it interesting enough that I got it out of the library and finished it

I'm still buying them.

[anonymous]

But I'm certainly not reading them. I stopped after Winter's Heart, although I wish I had the good sense to stop sooner. I learned my lesson after the "Mission Earth" debacle. When I see strangers on the street with, e.g., Book 5, I ask them to stop reading it for their own good.

So why buy them? All kinds of reasons. I hate trees. I need something to throw at trick-or-treaters. Etc.

BahstanLawya

[shiny_bauble]

I'm honestly beginning to lose hope that GRRM is ever going to finish the series. I mean, he's been doing everything under the sun except writing new aSoIaF, including rewriting the first book into a TV series. ;)

As for the Wheel of Time, honestly, I'm almost happy it's being written by someone else. I think book 11 was the only one that's reached the "Well, that didn't suck" level since... book 3? Maybe the new guy can actually write an ending as well. I can hope...

[word_geek]

It's been a while, but I thought the first three were quite good, 4 through 6 were "pretty good," if you don't mind the crushing depression, and after that they got truly awful. I recall thinking that book 10 was better than I expected, but my expectations were very low at the time.

GRRM

[malabranca]

He is pretty clearly blocked. He keeps (for the last 2 years at least) talking about this Merenese knot he has to untangle. Dude, just do it.

Re: GRRM

[hells_satans]

Yeah, that's the thing. It makes me wonder if he's just blocked or if he will never finish. Writers do get blocked, it's part of the territory, but....geez.

I still don't get why we haven't had the other half of the finished book from 4 years ago yet. Hell, if you have to leave on character out for later, and then have 12 chapters in a row where they catch up....um, do it?

[hells_satans]

I suppose if those gathered here tell me books 12-14 are good, then I'll read them. Or I may be busy following GRRM to a remote mtn location...