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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zeddan" data-source="post: 929803" data-attributes="member: 10340">Key words...writes a decent story.  There is Jordan's problem.  Tolkien has flaws, yes, but he wrote a darn good story.  Tolkien as a classic has reason to be held in such light.  I doubt WOT will ever have that kind of longevity, unless of course Jordan is on book 20, 15 years from now.  I used to be a huge Jordan fan, of course I also used to watch Baywatch, but the man is too verbose for no reason and (click on literal analysis mode) his characters have no depth.  His plots are great,  But his characters are all interchangeable. (click off)I happen to like a number of fantasy authors better than Tolkien.  George Martin and Gene Wolfe come to mind. Dune - Rocks, Dune Messiah - Blows, Children of Dune - Rocks, reapeat pattern....I agree the Dune novels were great, though Herbert could definitely have used a better editor, he was a bit sloppy at time.A true fan can realize the shortcomings in his favorite things.</blockquote>