> No, what I think happened was the first book made a buttload of money, and the people at TOR said "WOW! Quick Robert, write MORE! MORE! MORE!!" Because the people were snarfing them up just as quickly as he could churn them out. He's sitting on top of one of the biggest cash cows in publishing right now.

That's what I think. I liked the first three a great deal, but from the fourth on I could tell there was no longer a plan. He had originally planned on a trilogy, but ...

> I've been told he's starting to bring villians back to life in his later books. If that's not prolonging things beyond their normal endpoint, I don't know what is.

... Curses! This is my worst gripe about the books. They'll never finish if he keeps bringing the bad guys to life (and making new ones!), and they'll never kill off the bad guys if the bad guys stay hidden in those places of great mystery. It seems like Jordan just doesn't know what's going on, but writing it down as it happens.

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