From jsn@concentric.net Mon Jan 29 10:30:49 2001 Date: 12 Nov 2000 07:09:45 GMT From: "John S. Novak, III" Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Subject: Re: Let's Review, Shall We? (Uber-Spoilers) On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 20:35:15 GMT, Leigh Butler wrote: >Okay, I haven't even looked at the other threads yet, seeing as I'm at >work and loathe Deja, but dammit, I'm determined to get in my bid to be >part of the WOT FAQ credits... >Did anyone else read WH and think that RJ was going, "All right, FINE! >You've been complaining that I don't wrap up plot threads? HERE'S SOME >FRIGGIN' CLOSURE FOR YA!" I mean, yeesh. Not that I'm complaining, >really, but sometimes it seemed almost...sledgehammerish. Perhaps not with such vehemence, but yes, it seemed like he went out of his way to tie some things up. Which is fine with me, by God. There was no reason to play that absurd game with Cyndane, for instance. Suspense for its own sake sucks. >TAIM IS NOT DEMANDRED, TAIM IS NOT DEMANDRED, NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH! I believe I've alredycovered the requisite gloating in my review, so I won't indulge here. >And he's dead. Again! (pg. 653). And killed by a Black sister! (Or is >that former Black sister? What the hell is Elza's deal?) Black Ajah, I believe, but mindfucked by Verin and the Aiel both. >Not balefire >though, which brings up the question of whether he's going to be >resurrected. Again. God, I hope not. Enough with the goddamn >resurrections already. Not unless he's turned into a running gag, like the Limper in the Black Company. Book 10: Hey, there's Aginor again, wearing the name Prometh'ess meaning "Mad Scientist Who Plays With Fire" Oh, there he went again, liver pecked out by crazy ravens. Lasted about three hundred pages. Book 11: Hmm. There he is again, this time called Epimeth'ess, meaning either "Stupid Bumbling Bastard" or "Wuss Who Gets His Hair Yanked Out Mechanically." In a quirk of Perrin's ta'verenness, ends up briefly married to Faile, who nags him to death on page 173. Book 12: Appears on page 3 as "Paxillaris." Utters only four words before falling to his death. -- John S. Novak, III jsn@concentric.net The Humblest Man on the Net