Suggestion for Josh Hass:

-a battle between few characters that involves the use of One Power.

Great stuff. I would definitely want to see more of Josh Hass’ drawings.

The last one seems a bit… like a male model on a runway. I dunno if fades do fashion weeks, but this one seems quite talented for that kind of business. Also, why is his coat streaming on the wind? Isn’t it supposed to stay still?

@donk… How could the last book POSSIBLY be unsatisfying? That cannot happen no matter what. I, as a reader, would be trilled if the book had nothing more than:

“and then Rand went to the Bore and fought the Last Battle. And won the battle. And… And there were three women in the boat… And… And humanity was left to their own devices to fight Trollocks… And there was time of prosperity if not exactly peace. The End”

This series is epic and the end of it can be nothing less. NO MATTER WHAT! :)

In terms of the date and the delay… Well, people waited more than 20 years to hear the end; they can wait few months more than planned.

BTW, does anyone remember this:

“I can’t say, honestly. As I mentioned above, I’ve never done something like this before, and I can’t really project how long it will take to go through the notes and outline material, let alone how long it will take to write and draft. I would say, tentatively, that we’ll see the book in stores 2009, but that’s really just a guess.”

That’s what BS answered when asked about the publication date for AMOL. Don’t you all just love when the things work out according to the plan? :)

Are you people reading the book?

It is amazing. And so very different from what we have been reading so far. The pace of events is amazingly dissimilar to what a WoT reader is used to. I feel a bit sad that I am going through it so quickly (I do not want the story to end), but I just cannot leave it aside and go to bed.

In any case, congratulation to Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson for coming up with this totally different style of writing (pace-wise) while keeping the story as captivating as ever.

Also, congratulation to the team who is keeping track of the timelines (one particular character is jumping several days back and forth like crazy, and yet somehow he fits well with the rest of the story).

Enjoy the reading.

Cheers,

iamljubo

Oh my god! This was amazing! I logged in to write how I have had goosebumps when I figured out who this Almen Bunt is. I did not expect that I will find two EXACTLY identical comments already posted (Kacebelle, heavytabbs). :)

Wow, Robert Jordan was a master in knowing what would excite the reader to the point of goosebumps (I don’t know if Sanderson wrote the chapter, but it certainly looks like it was envisioned by RJ)! I mean, to have this irrelevant character reappear after gazillion pages of the story have been written is just amazing! I bet that RJ had had this chapter in mind as he was writing the first book. I bet that he was giggling as he was thinking about readers’ reaction after seeing it. What a remarkable storyteller!

So, who do you think Rand is going to meet? And what is the thing that ‘she’ would not be pleased to hear?

Cheers to all!