EPTHoly shit.
Time to dust off my old hardbacks and get caught up before I dive on in. OR, maybe I should just go for it.
I hope the last battle is as rewarding as I imagine it to be.
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Qwyn
United States2779 Posts
Holy shit. Time to dust off my old hardbacks and get caught up before I dive on in. OR, maybe I should just go for it. I hope the last battle is as rewarding as I imagine it to be. | ||
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Kaidaten1234
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On January 17 2013 06:58 TheBB wrote: Pretty sure this is not true. If so, these guys have glossed over it. I said that I seem to recall her being mentioned, but I don't care enough to spend a couple of hours looking through all of Egwene's POW's in TGH and TDR to find out whether I'm right or wrong. | ||
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revel8
United Kingdom3022 Posts
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I cannot believe + Show Spoiler + Bela died! + Show Spoiler + Good to see Demandred actually appear and do something. It would have been anti-climactic if he had only appeared briefly after all the suspense. To be fair, he was a bad ass. All those duels and balefire blasts. Sad about Egwene. I guess a series needs some major character (apart from Bela) to die in order to bring in the sacrifice aspect of the victory. Jain Fairstrider being a Hero of the Horn was a nice touch too. Sanderson weaved all the storylines together nicely akin to the Pattern. I also approve of the clever usages of gateways to spy on the battlefield, and direct cannon fire. It was good to see how the Shadow forces had various tricks and plots to try and help them kill Rand or win the Last Battle. They always are sneaky and cunning and always try to play dirty. It would have been interesting to see a bit more about Shara and find out how exactly Demandred ended up leading them. I enjoyed the book. I waited long enough and it delivered. | ||
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OKMarius
Norway469 Posts
 Google it if you want source, cba to find link. | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + "I'm not here to win, I'm here to kill you" LAN OP | ||
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nikj
Canada669 Posts
On January 21 2013 09:51 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote: I started to tear up quite a bit at points during the Last Battle, partly because I've been emotionally involved in this series for a decade, and partly because it was so fucking incredible. + Show Spoiler + "I'm not here to win, I'm here to kill you" LAN OP Lan is such a boss. | ||
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lolspoon
450 Posts
On January 19 2013 12:02 JazzNL wrote: Kazaa, boy that really brings back memories! Holy shit yes. I was like wtf, kazaa? This guy must live in some prehistoric country... then I realized, its 10yrs old :/ | ||
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Meadowlark
United States349 Posts
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LimitSEA
Australia9580 Posts
On January 20 2013 00:07 revel8 wrote: Just finished it! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I cannot believe + Show Spoiler + Bela died! + Show Spoiler + Good to see Demandred actually appear and do something. It would have been anti-climactic if he had only appeared briefly after all the suspense. To be fair, he was a bad ass. All those duels and balefire blasts. Sad about Egwene. I guess a series needs some major character (apart from Bela) to die in order to bring in the sacrifice aspect of the victory. Jain Fairstrider being a Hero of the Horn was a nice touch too. Sanderson weaved all the storylines together nicely akin to the Pattern. I also approve of the clever usages of gateways to spy on the battlefield, and direct cannon fire. It was good to see how the Shadow forces had various tricks and plots to try and help them kill Rand or win the Last Battle. They always are sneaky and cunning and always try to play dirty. It would have been interesting to see a bit more about Shara and find out how exactly Demandred ended up leading them. I enjoyed the book. I waited long enough and it delivered. I KNOW OMG. + Show Spoiler + Bella dying made me instantly sad. She made it through everything only to die at the very end, how ;-; | ||
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TheBB
Switzerland5133 Posts
On January 20 2013 11:06 OKMarius wrote: Btw, there are a lot of cut chapters from this book from Demandred that will be released as a standalone story apparently. It's called River of Souls, and will be released early this year in an anthology called Unfettered. I think the ones who have read AMOL can imagine what it's gonna be about. Google it if you want source, cba to find link. You sure it was Demandred? Most people seemed to think it was Fain. | ||
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ChriS-X
Malaysia1374 Posts
On January 21 2013 10:49 LimitSEA wrote: I KNOW OMG. + Show Spoiler + Bella dying made me instantly sad. She made it through everything only to die at the very end, how ;-; i was sooooooo sad T.T On January 16 2013 10:52 Kaidaten1234 wrote: No. Wheel of Time is oldschool black/white fantasy with lots of magic and shit. Contrary to GRRM, Jordan doesn't kill of a lot of characters. RJ has such a massive cast of characters, and the ones that he kills off are relatively minor (excluding the last book obviously). I feel that he does kill a fair amount of characters, they just don't have the same impact as in George RR Martin's series | ||
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
I preordered the paperback edition of the book and now three weeks later amazon tells me that in germany the paperback is not yet allowed to be sold -__- well what's kinda nice is that they gave me a 8€ discount on the hardcover version | ||
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FailCow
United States49 Posts
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Mordanis
United States893 Posts
On January 17 2013 01:53 TheBB wrote: + Show Spoiler + I've heard unconfirmed rumors that there is a self-lighting pipe ter'angreal in the stash that the supergirls find in Ebou Dar in book 7 or 8, but I can't remember any such thing myself, nor can I be bothered to check right now. + Show Spoiler + My thought after reading this part is that Rand had retained some of the ability to "weave the pattern", so even though he couldn't channel the True Power or the One Power, he could still weave the pattern to some level. | ||
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Iranon
United States983 Posts
On January 21 2013 10:49 LimitSEA wrote: I KNOW OMG. + Show Spoiler + Bella dying made me instantly sad. She made it through everything only to die at the very end, how ;-; + Show Spoiler + It was actually Harriet's decision to kill off Bela. She thought Sanderson was artificially keeping her alive, and that didn't seem appropriate in the world of the story. | ||
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aloT
England1042 Posts
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LimitSEA
Australia9580 Posts
On January 27 2013 06:49 aloT wrote: Hey everyone. I saw someone reading book 14 of wheel of time on the bus home the other day. I just struck up a conversation and he said it was the best thing ever, so I just placed my order on Amazon. I feel like I'm starting a new journey. I have no knowledge of what I am about to read at all. You definitely are. I don't know how it'll be for someone picking up the series now that it's over, but growing up with the series and waiting for each new book to come out was incredible. The world just sucks you in and doesn't let you go. | ||
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aloT
England1042 Posts
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Kronen
United States732 Posts
On January 27 2013 20:18 aloT wrote: I feel like I'm either cheating or extremely priviledged that I'm able to read the whole thing in one go without any waiting :D There are definitely slower moments though. All characters, whether ancillary or primary, are handled with the same lengthy prose so cutting through chapters featuring characters you don't like (or find bone gratingly boring i.e. Sevanna) can be a chore. For those passages, it's totally acceptable to skim. I'm currently on book 10 of re-read number 3 and liking it a lot! Hope you enjoy the journey! | ||
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aloT
England1042 Posts
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