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Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?

by Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 9, 2008 at 11:47 PM

On Sat, 10 May 2008 05:19:30 +0200 (CEST), Trolloc <troll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Might he have actually completed the Wheel of Time if it weren't for its 
>popularity?

No.  The story got away from him, plain and simple.  It happens.

If he'd purely wanted to make money, the best way would be to _finish_
the series, then start a new one, or generate spin-offs, while pu****ng
the Wheel of Time to Hollywood.  The lack of an ending made it less
marketable to movie-makers.





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 19 Posts in Topic:
Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Trolloc <troll@[EMAIL   2008-05-10 05:19:30 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Lawrence Watt-Evans <l  2008-05-09 23:47:57 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Terry Austin <taustinc  2008-05-10 04:41:04 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Sheep <d.l.dubose@[EMA  2008-05-11 09:39:40 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Galad Damodred <crapat  2008-05-12 16:15:31 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Galad Damodred <crapat  2008-05-12 16:19:14 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Chris McCrohan <cmccro  2008-05-13 02:37:33 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Galad Damodred <crapat  2008-05-13 14:36:35 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Jesper Lauridsen <rors  2008-05-20 23:00:35 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
"Mike Schilling"  2008-05-20 19:01:24 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Frank van Schie <nospa  2008-05-21 20:48:57 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Jon Schild <jjs@[EMAIL  2008-05-10 08:40:01 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Chucky & Janica <j  2008-05-10 19:25:25 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Brinner <keating.brian  2008-05-11 15:02:42 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Will in New Haven <bil  2008-05-10 13:35:42 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Howard Brazee <howard@  2008-05-10 17:32:59 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
rochrist <rochrist@[EM  2008-05-10 20:07:05 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Splicer <nomail@[EMAIL  2008-05-10 23:04:39 
Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?
Moriarty <blues95@[EMA  2008-05-12 17:02:20 

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