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Interview #131: Leiden Signing Report - Aan’allein, Entry #4

Question

From your biography, I did a lot searching on the internet, there are lots of books about you…that you can’t remember the timelines exactly.

Robert Jordan

Well, no, I can remember the time. The timelines? [sounding very surprised]

Question

Yes, or is it all in your head?

Robert Jordan

Yes, it’s in my head. Ah, I was about eh,… critical method flowpath charts. For the books…by some engineers, it seemed to be obviously necessary that … but … the flowpath charts were too complex to do on the computer. I finally figured out that doing the setup on the computer for the flowpath charts, which would have to be three-dimensional, at the very least, for the books, would take at least as long as writing one of the books, so it was easier to put it in my head, where I could at least have a better zoom facility than I could possibly have, … a better resolution than on a computer screen.

Question

So you in your head you have a better capacity, you think, than on a computer?

Robert Jordan

Yeah, for my books that is, at least…

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