Robert Jordan is dead.

Um.
That's.
Probably just about the worst news I've heard in a long time.

Edit:
Actually to be honest though I've been fearing this ever since he announced he was sick, but NOW what's going to happen? Seriously he was one book away from the end.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Denicalis

I'm not happy the man is dead, I think that would be callous and cruel, as he never did anything to me personally. The Wheel of Time was, and is, one of the worst and most predictable series I've ever fucking had the misfortune of reading part of. Absolute rubbish. Stop acting like the man had serious talent.

My apologies. The next time I begin a book, I will contact you, Mr. Authority, to see if I'm allowed to enjoy it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Morrigan

At least Rand doesn't drone on about objectivism and US Republican values for hours on.

I'm reading the penultimate book right now and I can't stand the speeches. There's so many per book too.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Man, why can't you give examples - right here - of poorly written passages in such series? Please just quote something that shows these authors' failings as writers.

It's not a dare; I just want to see what you consider bad writing.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Soluzar

Sure. Here's an example. Books seven and onwards of the Wheel of Time.

HAHA!!!! Maybe the aim of my question was for somebody to post some text and examine it to pinpoint why they consider it shitty writing? Or can't you do that? I'm not trying to defend the latter half of the series with this point, but if you're so sure of its decline because of bad writing, you better back it up beyond comments like "durr the whole book lol."

Edit:
Hell, if you want me to, I can grab one of my books and type something up for you to tell everyone why his writing is bad. Until I'm proven otherwise, my feeling is that you simply didn't like the direction the plot was going and blamed Jordan's writing ability.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well Soluzar I appreciate your thorough and well-thought out response; it clarified extremely well your stance and I'm sure Denicallis's as well. Can't help but agree with most of it.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I started rereading The Eye of the World. It's been about 5-6 years; I'm surprised at how much I've forgotten. The mystery aspect is really what drives this first novel forward, but yeah, we're not really embarking on any strong characters here. But I DO enjoy some of the writing, to be really honest.

How ya doing, buddy?