The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Scott:

#4 nearly had me pee my pants. It's so Jordan it's classic.

Wow. Great piece; thanks for linking it, Teresa. I'm adding Arkhangel to my daily reads now.

I've had this a few times. :)

http://www.gamersnook.com/blog/archives/001913.html

http://www.gamersnook.com/blog/archives/000087.html

A friend emailed me this particular piece I had to blog:

http://www.gamersnook.com/blog/archives/002018.html#002018

It's too funny.

My own review/thoughts are here:

http://www.gamersnook.com/blog/archives/001908.html#001908

Amazing stuff. Rushed in the end, I felt, but that's what the extended version will be for. Breathtaking, especially the Rohirrim, Pelennor Fields, and the Witch King.

Quickly back to Michelle West: I'm having problems with the fifth book. She, like Jordan, has a huge story to tell, but to suddenly create entire sub-plots in book five that take up a huge amount of pages? Yes, it's helping forward the story -- a bit -- but not enough to warrant their inclusion.

Jordan needs tighter editing, but then, he has since about the fifth book. Someone needs to slap him up'side the head and tell him to just finish the bloody thing.

Teresa writes above: "Consider also that the fifth book in a very popular series has a different audience than the first one. When they read the first book, the readers wanted to hear a good story. By the fifth book, they have more tolerance or desire for non-plot-driven time spent hanging around with familiar characters in familiar settings -- though it's way too easy to overdo this, IMO."

I can't help but feel this is the exact situation with Michelle West's "The Riven Shield." She writes in the author's note that the final book, "The Sun Sword" had grown to 1,700 manuscript pages (or thereabouts) and saw 2,000 staring at her, so they broke it up while she was still writing it.

George RR Martin is a great writer, and I hope he can rein it in finally and keep A Song of Ice and Fire at =7= books.

I gave up on Jordan years ago, for this very reason.

All I posted today was In Flanders Fields; I'm glad you had so much on it, Teresa. I've been avid about studying the history of WW1 for years, and still shudder at the horror of it.

Peace.

All I posted today was In Flanders Fields; I'm glad you had so much on it, Teresa. I've been avid about studying the history of WW1 for years, and still shudder at the horror of it.

Peace.

Oh, Sara, the next Bush would be Jeb!, of course. I did a domain search last year and discovered that Jeb2008 was already taken, if I'm not mistaken. The guy who took it out appeared to be a Democrat, though, but still. W wants to hand over the country to the smart brother.

And that scares me a lot.

I've been talking about the last and next elections for a while. Barry mentions Florida being in the bag already -- it won't be if, as I fervently wish, Bob Graham ends up on a Democratic ticket. I know lots of people talk about a Dean/Clark dream ticket, but I'm not so sure. I think Dean/Graham, with Clark as SecDef is a lot rosier looking, and the Dems should announce their principle cabinet posts AT the convention next summer.

This way they can start pointing out the records of each of the cabinet posts they will replace, and how they will do so.

Teresa, your fears about next year are mine as well. Being from New York, I'm embarrassed that a New York Rep. (John Sweeney) is the one who uttered the phrase, "Shut it down," and I think we need to not only target BushCo, but all of the Reps and Senators on top of them. It's time to clear house in DC, and that may include Democrats we like.

The analogies to the Wiemar Republic bubble up in my head often. A minority rises to power and slowly strips away civil liberties, all while waving the flag of the Fatherland. The repeated military expansions (Czechoslovakia, Austria, et al) remind me of the War on Terror in many ways, as the people were behind the moves. State-run media manipulated their emotions on a scale we're fast approaching.

What's the answer? I don't know. There are times I think that moving to Canada or the U.K. might be the right thing to do, but then, I also want to stand up and fight. Next September in New York City will be a scary time, that's for certain. If Pataki is able to get Bush to lay the cornerstone of the new WTC at the convention as they're trying to do, look out.

Good advice, Teresa.

Speaking of fantasy authors... where's Glen Cook's new series? [flail]

Gout is a good wish, Emma.

Thanks for the additional IPs, Teresa; all duly logged into the banning software.

I couldn't believe I was nailed so badly by Preteen (89, for those who don't read my site). Lolita still has residue I'm just too tired to remove at the moment.

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