Anyone remember this? No? Amazing what a social life can do to your blog. Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd type. Anyway, I'm hoping to get back into the swing of this, so here we go.
When we last left Our Hero, he and Tam were arriving back at their little house. As usual, the narration takes a little timeout for some world-building, this time to tell us about how usually lots of people live together and why that makes two men living alone seem unusual. I wonder if Jordan realized what he was actually writing here. Considering that he likes to put Riders and ravens in unimaginatively ominous positions, I can't imagine he would recognize subtext if it punched him in the face. It's a rather unusual thing to add to what's so far been otherwise standard conservative fantasy, but considering what women are like in Wheelworld, I can't exactly say it's all that surprising.
