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The Gathering Storm Discussion

Posted by Soulskill on from the read-and-find-out dept.

Just over two years ago, fans of the Wheel of Time fantasy book series mourned the death of writer James Oliver Rigney Jr. — a.k.a. Robert Jordan. After much deliberation by Jordan's wife (who also edits the series), author Brandon Sanderson was chosen to finish the series. Sanderson familiarized himself with Jordan's notes and said that they would require three more books, which he hopes to release with about a year between them. On October 27th, the first new Wheel of Time book since Jordan's death was released, titled The Gathering Storm. Early reviews for the book seem quite positive, so here's a place to discuss it. Be warned: comments may contain spoilers.

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  1. Don't wanna by macraig · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't wanna discuss it, since I haven't read it.

    First freakin' post, BTW... my first ever on /.

  2. Most Sci-fi/Fantasy is teen-lit fare by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm not saying that Robert Jordan is one of the standard Sci-fi/Fantasy authors who simply couldn't write a good story to save their lives. It's just that the vast majority of this genre is little better than unillustrated comic books, and most of the readership is too unversed in other forms of literature to provide an objective opinion about a book's quality.

    When people hold up Bradbury over Vonnegut or Niven over Murakami, you know that they aren't reading anything but pulp.

    1. Re:Most Sci-fi/Fantasy is teen-lit fare by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 0, Troll

      I'm not trying to be judgmental, actually. If you like Kit Kat better than caviar, bully for you.

      The world needs ditch diggers too.

  3. Re:Amazon and B&N readers give it good reviews by impaledsunset · · Score: -1, Troll

    You and all slashdotters suck cock anyway.

  4. Re:Amazon and B&N readers give it good reviews by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    He could have passed it on to Piers Anthony or Brian Herbert and it would have been better than the dross he'd been putting into print. Seriously, does anyone think he ever intended to end the series?

  5. News Flash: by ljhiller · · Score: 0, Troll

    New WoT book released; nobody notices for 3 days.

  6. Jordan was a hack by Adolf+Hipster · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seriously. This series was terrible.