Brandon Sanderson writing Book 12

[Ekho 52]

Aparently Brandon Sanderson has been announced to write WOT book 12, I'm not familiar with his work, anyone else heard of him?

[Marie 73]

I'm going to have to borrow Tosh's vocabulary here for a minute:

 

If he fucks up Moiraine's plotline I will be pissed. More pissed than that HP ending.

[Ishmael Moridin 0]

Dragonmount did an interview with him about it as well.

 

Interesting .....

[Marie 73]

It's that interview that makes me worried.

[Brynefan 2]

Do normal people give that lengthy answers to e-mailed questions? Just a thought. He'll probably make the bound to be thick AMoL even thicker. The paperback will split into two volumes if you try to move it.

[Tosh 8]

I smolder with generic rage.

[Kaitlin 22]

They have a generic pill for that, Tosh.

 

I am trying to go against my natural pessimism and think hopeful thoughts about that author, but he should have known Moiraine was alive if he had read KoD. And that worries me! >: o

[Tosh 8]

Perrin has always been a favorite of mine.

What are some of your favorite scenes in The Wheel of Time series?: Pretty much anything with Perrin in the later books

I quiver in fear.

 

Yeah. Who the flip killed Asmodean? And, beyond that, what's up with Moiraine? Is she alive or not?

 

My fear has reached new terrifying peaks of intensity.

 

Hum. . .Thom. He's more interesting to me. Plus, he has that cool mustache. Old guys should have cool drooping mustaches.

 

I knew this hidden cyanide pill would come in handy one day.

[Olivia 26]

I would much rather be the guy who writes the middle fifty chapters of this book

 

Holy crap. Middle 50?! I agree with Brynefan, It's going to be a freakin monster of a tome!

 

Well, he seems like a big fan of the series, although that doesn't qualify him to write it. I haven't read his other work so I don't know his style. But he seems to have an okay sense of humor and grasp on detail, and he did say he'd reread the series a few times and stick as close to RJ's outline as possible. I too was worried about the Moiraine detail, but we'll see how it turns out. Even if it's a total flop it won't change my opinion of the Wheel of Time or how much it inspired me Guess we'll have to wait till Fall 2009 to find out, ugh

[Brynefan 2]

I don't worry about Moiraine. He hasn't gone through the material yet. It's bound to be there somewhere. He can't give away plot either, if he should happen to know in the future.

 

I haven't read his work either, though I visited his homepage yesterday. He seems to like those diabolical stars and strange rocks.

[Ekho 52]

Iv just ordered one of his books on amazon, just to check out his writing skill

[Tosh 8]

I'm starting to get over my first reaction to this news. I think he might actually do a decent job, his other work seems interesting to me atleast.

 

I'm envisioning how aMoL would look if Stven Erikson wrote it. It is both a beautifull and a horrible sight to behold.

 

Sanderson's like of Thom still worries me though.

[Ekho 52]

Its his like of Perrin that worries me, and I must admit, theres no one I particularly wanted to write the last book so Im not complaining

 

At least not until Iv checked out brandon's stuff

[Tosh 8]

Its his like of Perrin that worries me

Perrin was ok in the earlier books. His like of all the Perrin scenes in the last few books....Thats just terrifying.

[Brynefan 2]

The plot is already decided and Harriet is still the editor. Is that enough comfort?