Re: Did capitalism ruin Robert Jordan's legacy?

On May 9, 11:19 pm, Trolloc <tr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Supposedly he'd revealed all the im****tant bits about the Wheel of Time
> storyline prior to passing on, but that could very well be just
> advertising on the part of Tor. The proven postmortem profitability of
> such things as the Tolkien and Disney estates would be sufficient
> motivation to twist the truth in that regard.
>
> There was in fact ample time for RJ to finish the series in his
> lifetime, and he was aware that this was so. This was a popular query to
> him even in the 1990s. Yet the audience was treated to filler book after
> filler book for years on end to the point where it became a running joke
> - until it wasn't, because he actually did die.
>
> Was the promise of polynomial perpetual profit too lucrative for RJ to
> forego compromising his artistic integrity for?
>
> Might he have actually completed the Wheel of Time if it weren't for its
> popularity?

Under what alternative to capitalism would the series have been
published? How was the public good served by publi****ng it?

Leaving that aside, your question is nonsensical. The money would have
been in fini****ng the series and moving on. Maybe even marketing WoT
to Hollywood.

=96
Will in New Haven
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