Date: 5 Sep 2001 04:02:00 GMT From: Michael Hoye Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Subject: Re: What Do You Read Between Jordan Books? In article <7Sfl7.72225$f01.20167163@news3.rdc1.on.home.com>, Daniel De Groot wrote: > >That's what I've seen as Jordan's strength - The complexity he manges to >hold together makes me think this is what would happen if Commander Data >wrote books. Jordan must have some kick-ass data base to keep track of >everything. (don't misconstrue the above as an accusation that jordan is >wooden or some other emotionless android like quality). "Hrm... Honey, have you edited that last page I handed you?" "Yes, dear. Listen, we have a problem here." "What, another saidar-saidin foul up?" "Not that bad, but your braid-tugging and use of the word wollhead has dropped 39% so far in this book. Skirt arranging is at 80% of par, which would be OK if the number of arms folded under breasts hadn't dropped a full 56% so far." "Wow. That low? I thought that giving Mat an old lover, and dragging out Perrin's storyline again would bring that back up. And I was sure that the rebel Tower would help... did it?" "I don't know, I only read it a page at a time. You can hardly expect me to keep track of all these plot threads on top of keeping the stats." "Er.., Ok... Maybe I could... er... You don't keep track of the plot threads?" "No. Should I?" "Er... Ok, I guess.... I could... I know, I'll... Dammit, now that Lan's nailing Nynaeve, that's out. Maybe the Seanchan... Does Tor know you don't follow the plot threads?" "What, all of them? Aren't there, like, four? And what does it matter? Don't you like my editing?" "Er... Wow. You're my inspiration, honey. I'll... I'll just go get those numbers back up." "Great - You know how important it is to keep the standards of this series high." -- Mike Hoye