lol @ defense of typos! sorry but there is no excuse for shoddy work. I don't care how stressed the editor(s) are. omg he has a lot of responsibilities? five kids and a night job on the side? then he has my sympathies however a job is still a job and it should still be done right. and if he can't then give that percentage of his salary to me and I will, and it will take less than a week and I will get them all, thats all I'm sayin. it's not that hard. lol @ 'don't buy it' that's your solution?

 

 

Let's not forget that Tam al'Thor was referred to several times as Master al'Vere and Mistress al'Vere was referred to as Mistress Luhhan in tSR. Now that is just poor.

Seriously? They called Tam "Master al'Vere"?

Wow.

Now that's good editing.

agree with all those who said repetitive descriptions, characters' lack of communication, the series being stretched out to sell more units (especially between #8-10)

 

and I would add the all-too-contrived elements of nudity / sexuality that seemed to appear after the first 3 books (most likely at the behest of tor, again in order to sell more units). sex and violence sells and unfortunately making money is always the bottom line, and I mean RJ originally struck me as a fairly modest author otherwise, who would have stayed away from those topics for classiness' sake if left to his own devices, and to me it just seemed like the suits / corporate stepped in and said "here's what we want" which jordan replied "(sigh) ok I'll try. 'nynaeve folded her arms beneath her breasts.....'"

 

(I mean its not that I don't love hearing about breasts but is it REALLY necessary to put it that way? several times per book?)

 

also agree with 'lack of editor' I mean...did anyone else feel like there were up to a dozen or more typos per book, at some point? even in the gathering storm I'm pretty sure I found at least four, including at one point bryne's name being spelled "byrne" and a few others, many missing words etc. 'though' instead of 'through' also happens multiple times. I mean I know its not a big deal and its easy to figure out what was meant...it just seems to me like if someone (or ones) are being PAID to catch those, and they're failing and I'm sitting in my house doing a better job of it? thats not right, right? so where does one apply to be an editor for tor? my resume will be a complete list of every typo

 

another example of male-female friendship: how bout lan and moiraine?

That's a much-used way of standing when lecturing someone.

How else should RJ put it? "Nynaeve folds her arms beneath her chesticles?" "Nynaeve folds her arms beneath her bossom?

...you dream that you're the M'hael.

...you have skipped school just to stay home and finish Lord of Chaos.

...you do nothing but read when you're actually in school/at work.

Also, people seem to dream a lot about WoT.

Brainwashing conspiracy, anyone?