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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ASH" data-source="post: 1446572" data-attributes="member: 1823">First let me just point out that when you typed this stentence..  It got me a little fired up <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> So, based on this point alone, the book could suck, but as long as there are cute chicks, it does not matter. I know that you did not mean it that way. But it just is not a valid argument on what the girls look like.The way Jordan writes women makes me want to slap him.  Pretty or not..  LOTR women are written much better than WOT women, at least in my opinion. They seem more real. I have read all the WOT books including New Spring. I enjoyed New Spring. I would encourage anyone who enjoy's jordans books to read it.  All and all i enjoyed the WOT series too. I would like it to end. But, after reading George RR Martin, i have realized what good writing is.Jordan's writing needs a good editor. He is not writing a book, he is writing a manuscript for a movie.   :\ The real reason i disagree with you and think that Tolkien is a much better writer than Jordan is because of the time that the books came out.. Tolkien wrote his books before DnD, before the concept of Fantasy was really a developed concept at all. He developed it. He is, in my opinion the father of fantasy and not a hack..he may have had some inspirations from legends and lore, but he developed it in to an epic world. The first epic fantasy world. Jordan's world is neat. Epic and complex, and full of great fantasy concepts, that have been done, and done and done. The writing of both these men have driven me batty. They are both long winded and at times a bit on the boring side.  Writing alone, i'd say they are both about on par with each other.  As for story, i like LOTRs better. The story is simple, and direct. I feel as if I can identify with a few characters in the books. Granted the movies, help.WOT is not done yet, perhaps it will have some crazy kick ass ending, but I doubt it. I think it will be about on par with what they have come out with so far. My respect for Jordan is gone as a writer, i feel that he is just trying to get as much money as he can, despite his fans. So far my favorite books are the song of ice and fire by Martin. I have found the writing style to be easy to read and understand. The story is great, and unpredictable, and the characters very cool. I love feeding the trolls!</blockquote>

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