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On November 05 2010 01:08 craz3d wrote:I've read WoL up to the beginning of the 10th book, and it got really tedious reading so I stopped. I have also read the first book in the Shannara trilogy and it was pretty decent. Another good fantasy author is Raymond Feist. His first book called "Magician" is probably one of the best fantasy books I've ever read.
The 10th is probably the slowest of them all so far. I think the main problem is that at this point it is to spread out. There are what 5 real main characters and about 30 or so supporting that are followed? I've read a majority of the series 3 times and every time i did i picked up a new subtelty or foreshadowing thousands of pages in advance.
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wish theyd simultaneously release the ebook... zzzz, to buy the book here in a store it costs like $50, dymocks is so retarded.
scratch that, ebook on the interwebs, god i love the internet.
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Cyndane is Lanfear. He recongized her as Lanfear, but maybe he was tricked probably not. Most people thought it was her for a while anyways.
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Hell yeah, just dl the audiobooks for books 1-13, slowly working my way through them at work / driving. Really enjoying listening to them this time through.
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On November 05 2010 01:40 Wesso wrote:Show nested quote +On November 05 2010 01:08 craz3d wrote:
I've read WoL up to the beginning of the 10th book, and it got really tedious reading so I stopped. I have also read the first book in the Shannara trilogy and it was pretty decent. Another good fantasy author is Raymond Feist. His first book called "Magician" is probably one of the best fantasy books I've ever read.
raymond e. feist books are much more fun though, the world is maybe not as deep and the persona's are more stereotypes, but it's just much awesomer and much less longwinded.
How have his books been the last few years? I remember reading and loving the Talon of Silverhawk trilogy, then I read 1-2 (or maybe the whole trilogy?) of books after that, which I believe focused on the Duke that was one of the bad guy's in the Talon books. Haven't been caught up since then, though... think the last book I read was Wrath of a Mad God, or something. Anyhow, I was maybe 12-13 when Talon of Silverhawk came out; my brother gave it to me, I read it having not been much of a reader, and then immediately went and got every book he had ever written in the world, starting with Magician. Was certainly a lot of fun, and I actually might have missed a few books that my library system here didn't have.
Anyhow, on the subject of Wheel of Time, I just finished a really good fantasy book (The Black Prism - check it out, it was great) and am in a reading mood, so I'll probably pick this up in a few days. I also thought it was supposed to come out later in the month.
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sooooooo any1 know when the last book gonna be released? such an epic series. WOT is just one of those constants in my life lol.
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On November 09 2010 20:18 me_viet wrote:
sooooooo any1 know when the last book gonna be released? such an epic series. WOT is just one of those constants in my life lol.
Planned for late 2011. They're trying to release one a year.
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It will more likely be early 2012. Sanderson hasn't started the last book yet (though all of it is mapped out), and he has said he needed to reread the series one more time first, which will delay him by about 3 months.
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Bastard had to die without finishing it. I'm to the 10th book, lost interest.
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I too love the WOT, such a well crafted series. too bad he had to die before he finished it! (although Sanderson is doing a good job).
if you like more fantasy the most epic/awesome fantasy out there is written by Steven Erikson "The Malazan Book of the Fallen". there are currently 9 books in the series, averaging about 1000 pages each. These books are probably some of the best books I have read (+ the 10th and last is coming soon, YAY!)
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In germany they have splitted the series into 30+ tiny books instead of 10 big ones, which i personally find very sad. Everytime i read the name CauthonLuck i am tempted to re-read some parts, WOL is just an entertaining storyline with great characters!
Edit: WOT of course. Stupid Wings of Liberty. Make me use wrong abbrevations. Tzzz.
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On November 08 2010 13:24 randombum wrote:
Cyndane is Lanfear. He recongized her as Lanfear, but maybe he was tricked probably not. Most people thought it was her for a while anyways.
Well, yeah, it's been obvious that's Lanfear at least since Winter's Heart, and hinted at even earlier. But little details of Rand's dream sequence didn't quite add up. Moridin currently has her in a cour'savra, so presumably that's the torment she was referring to, but that's not how mindtraps work. In a mindtrap, you're either a completely broken and helpless slave to the holder's will, or you're free to do as you wish, but under constant threat of the former situation. So either the DO finally had enough of her willingness to challenge both him and the Creator, or that wasn't really Lanfear, just Rand's imagination. Sure, Rand wards his dreams, but Lanfear can break in anyway -- more likely, this is due to Rand's strange link with Moridin. If it really was Lanfear, she's changed -- Rand/LTT calls her by her real name, and in the past that's made her really angry, at which point she always says that she's Lanfear now, not Mierin, but that didn't happen this time. On the other hand, if it wasn't really her (and even if it was), Rand responds with "desire". Uh. Bad Dragon. Bad. Even Lews Therin shouldn't want anything to do with Mierin Eronaile, for obvious reasons...
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I'm gonna laugh if the seanchan show up at the white tower.....and no one's there
Also, thank god rand is done with being an emo bitch
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On April 09 2003 07:37 Commander{+} wrote:
IMO WOT goes downhill after book 6. 4-6 are the best ones though. 8 just sucks, and 7 is ok.
Spot on.
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On November 09 2010 23:23 qrs wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2003 07:37 Commander{+} wrote:
IMO WOT goes downhill after book 6. 4-6 are the best ones though. 8 just sucks, and 7 is ok. Spot on.
disagree
1-4 were by far the best, 5-8 were continuously downhill, 9 was great, 10 and 11 were TERRIBLE, and now the story is moving so it's all better
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Like 1-6, 7 was still ok, after that he completely lost himself in the bazillion minor side plotlines and things got boring. Was extremely satisfied with book 12 though. Gonna get me the latest one for christmas :D .
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On November 09 2010 22:06 Undrass wrote:
I too love the WOT, such a well crafted series. too bad he had to die before he finished it! (although Sanderson is doing a good job).
if you like more fantasy the most epic/awesome fantasy out there is written by Steven Erikson "The Malazan Book of the Fallen". there are currently 9 books in the series, averaging about 1000 pages each. These books are probably some of the best books I have read (+ the 10th and last is coming soon, YAY!)
The 10th book is the worst by far. Give it a chance...seriously the next few books are so much more interesting.
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On November 10 2010 02:48 KOFgokuon wrote:Show nested quote +On November 09 2010 23:23 qrs wrote:On April 09 2003 07:37 Commander{+} wrote:
IMO WOT goes downhill after book 6. 4-6 are the best ones though. 8 just sucks, and 7 is ok. Spot on. disagree 1-4 were by far the best, 5-8 were continuously downhill, 9 was great, 10 and 11 were TERRIBLE, and now the story is moving so it's all better
I disagree. The Mat Cauthon plotline is so good that it makes up for all the other plotlines going downhill! Dont know how many times I have reread that plot....
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Thank you OP. I saw the thread title and thought to myself: "waitaminute. Isn't the 13th book coming out soon? After a quick google search I rushed to my local bookstore and I know what I'm doing for the next few days...
Btw for all you people saying book 10 sucks, that's definitely true, but it gets steadily better from there. The 12th one (by Sanderson) was sick, and hopefully this new one is too.
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Obviously it is extremely sad that Robert Jordan passed, as his writing was some of the best world-building in fantasy, but honestly Brandon Sanderson's fast-paced action packed writing style is an awesome way to finish this series.
Book 12 was my favorite since the first 3-4 books and was welcome after how long and drawn out 9 and 10 were. 11 was ok....but 12 is awesome and 13 is amazing so far.
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