mycoltbug Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 So I was bored and messing around on amazon and found this jewel Obviously this guy has little exposure to Brandon and doesn't really understand his writing style. Maybe we should educate him.
Chaos he/him Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) I just posted a reply to this thread. I don't think that person understands that a huge Stormlight Archive novel takes significantly more effort than a shorter novel. Just because a book is three times longer as another book doesn't mean it only takes three times more effort to write. It's a geometric progression if there ever was one. There's more outlining work, there's more revision, more of everything per word. Can you really blame Brandon for wanting to tell a shorter tale and do it well? Making huge epics like that and never doing anything else is a surefire way to drive yourself insane. EDIT: Oh, and go Mistborn. Edited June 28, 2011 by Chaos
Pat Brooks Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) Since the series are interconnected, you kinda can't have one without the other. Also, overuse of the ellipsis is a sure fire way to show off your sub-100 IQ. What a goober. Edited August 30, 2011 by Pat Brooks
KChan she/her Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 I think the best part of this is how so many people have flagged the original post as unhelpful that Amazon now hides it by default. That's pretty telling right there, if you ask me.
Silus - Shard of Flame he/him Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 I'm not sure why, but how he distinctly puts it below Stormlight ticks me off. Maybe it's cuz I've spent so much time thinking of the Cosmere as a whole that separating them like that feels wrong to me.
darniil he/him Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Didn't he say something along the lines of Stormlight being some massive epic, and that's why he liked it? That might be why he didn't like Mistborn: it was too short.
Miyabi She/Her Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 HAHA! I'm like 90% sure I know that person. xD I used to play WoW with him. He's a total troll, just so yous guys know. (Note: I think it's this person because he's from Chicago and his toon's name was Couch, also the way he talked seemed much like him.)
darniil he/him Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 Oy, vey. 9_9 http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/08/the-alloy-of-law-chapter-five#213692
KChan she/her Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 People like that just don't understand how writing - or creativity in general - works. If he'd pushed himself to the limit to do nothing but WoT first, his own projects would have suffered, and so would have the final product of WoT. Brandon knows what he's doing, and he knows how to do it right. If other people don't understand that, it's their loss.
Wispsy he/him Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 One comment on this page was completel unjustified... Some people with an iq over 100 overuse ellipsis some times... :/ Also I agree with the guy...kings was awesome! It's epic in every way, better then mistborn(I kinda count all 3 as one) which was great but didn't hit me in quite the same way as kings... Or as eye of the world... But until kings came out that was my favourite book lol... Just to point out...I did really like mistborn just I guess he didn't have quite as much experience as he does now... plx don't hate me for believing kings is the better book...! And I was only agreeing with the fact kings is awesome...Brandon can take as much time as he wants when writing them just so long as they are finished when he releases them xD really annoys me when people ruin great ideas by rushing them too much... :/
Chaos he/him Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 Oy, vey. 9_9 http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/08/the-alloy-of-law-chapter-five#213692 Yes, he's totally writing other books for the money... as if the Wheel of Time didn't pay him a handsome sum in itself. But that doesn't matter, since the idea that Brandon is doing anything out of greed is laughable. To say nothing of the fact that he'd keep writing if he never got paid from it. He does it because that's what he loves. Also, where the hell did this person hear that Elantris 2 would be out before AMoL? That's too stupid to respond to. Last time I heard, it was "maybe 2015 if I can manage it". Seriously, dude, you could just look at his site and see that Brandon's making loads of progress on AMoL. /rage
darniil he/him Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 That's too stupid to respond to. That's how I felt about the majority of the whole post. I was seeing things that I wanted to respond to individually, but then I realized there was too much and it would take me too long to respond, (and for all I could tell, the person was trolling), so I decided to go a different route.
lordofsoup Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Well that dude is an uneducated simpleton, who probably didnt even read Mistborn because the main character was female.
PeterAhlstrom he/him Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Now someone on the Amazon Alloy of Law forum is wondering whether Brandon is obsessed with Terry Goodkind. Sigh. (I wouldn't dogpile the thread though; that would just look bad.)
darniil he/him Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Obsessed with Terry Goodkind? I can't imagine why. Brandon's a much better writer. He doesn't ramble on as if he doesn't know what to do with his characters, and he certainly doesn't make his series last so long that he gets tired of writing them, putting together some weak ending just so he can stop. 'Course, I may be biased against Goodkind these days. >_>
Arcanist Lupus he/him Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 Now someone on the Amazon Alloy of Law forum is wondering whether Brandon is obsessed with Terry Goodkind. Sigh. (I wouldn't dogpile the thread though; that would just look bad.) I restrained myself from posting in the thread, but the part that bugged me the most was the claim that you claimed that Goodkind hates fantasy. "No respect for" does not equal "hates".
LevenThumps Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Didn't he say something along the lines of Stormlight being some massive epic, and that's why he liked it? That might be why he didn't like Mistborn: it was too short. Considering Mistborn will have at least 10 books, ( 3 trilogies and AoL), I would consider that long enough for his preferences. Either way, don't judge a series by its length.
Gela Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 To be completely honest, I think tWoK WAS a better book. It was amazing, while Mistborn was just really really good. That said, I obviously don't agree with him. Except for the fact that tWoK was the best fantasy book I've read in years.
Commander Spoonface he/him Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Don't feed the trolls. >_> Don't feed the Koloss? Or are Mistwraiths a better term? You know, not as smart as people but with the potential to become so?
KChan she/her Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 This is, of course, assuming that trolls actually have that potential. Or even the desire, honestly.
Gela Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 (edited) This is, of course, assuming that trolls actually have that potential. Or even the desire, honestly. To be fair, I highly doubt mistwraiths have the desire to either, with the whole barely sentient thing going on. So, since we're making this comparison, does that mean trolls can be granted the ability to be normal if we stick them with evil spikes of evil? Cause I'd so be up for stabbing some trolls. Edited February 19, 2012 by Gela
CrazyRioter she/her Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 To be fair, I highly doubt mistwraiths have the desire to either, with the whole barely sentient thing going on. So, since we're making this comparison, does that mean trolls can be granted the ability to be normal if we stick them with evil spikes of evil? Cause I'd so be up for stabbing some trolls. either it would make them normal people, or it would kill them, either way we win!
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