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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
I've thouroughly enjoyed all of Harry Potter, all of the "dark material", and am anxiously awaiting the next WOT even WITH Sanderson at the helm.
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Sanderson is doing a decent job. He decided not to even try to match Jordan's style, and simply concentrate on finishing the story according to the outline and notes Jordan had left, along with what he completed before he died.
Jordan was determined to
finish WoT with the last book, no matter how big a book it was. I met him years back on a signing tour. In response to a question, he stated he knew what the last scene in the last book was, but not precisely how he would get there. He was adamant, however, that it would
not be a twelve book series. When I read the book he had been signing, I said "He's right. It won't be a twelve book series. It will require at least
thirteen! 
Ironically, the last book Sanderson is finishing would have been book twelve, titled _A Memory of Light_. But it couldn't be published that way. When he first was selected to complete the work by Jordon's wife (who was also his editor at Tor Books), Sanderson estimated it would be 250,000 words. As he got into it, he discovered it would more likely be twice that or more. Tor CEO Tom Doherty asked "Do you have about 250,000 words and a suitable stopping point, so we can get something out the door now, and you can complete the book later?" The answer to that question was _The Gathering Storm_, the current volume. The second segment, _The Towers of Midnight_, is due in early November. The third and concluding portion, _A Memory of Light_, is due sometime in 2011.
Things actually had been moving a bit faster in the last couple Jordan had written. It was obvious he was moving his pieces on the board to position them for the end game, and there
was an end in sight.
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Dennis