Wheel of Time - Page 6

On October 05 2010 08:03 Kale187 wrote:
About WoT being like LotR I will agree only insofar as the first book reads almost exactly like The Fellowship of the Ring. Really, the similarities are uncanny. The Hobbits The Farmboys from the Shire Two Rivers set out on an adventure because a Wizard Aes Sedai told them to, being chased by Nazgul Myrddraal and barely making it to the ferry.

Pretty much continues like that through Moria Shadar Logoth and beyond.

The rest of the series is great, though. Unique as far as I can tell. I like what Brandon Sanderson has brought to the series in terms of pacing. In the few books before he started on it everything was plodding along slowly then The Gathering Storm hits and BLAM shit gets real.

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series is the absolute king of this trope. Wheel of Time encyclopaedia has a list of 1880 characters. The original main group introduced in the first book has not been in one location since the fourth book, out of eleven so far with three to go. Only the main character Rand manages to appear in every book, and he is nearly absent from a couple. From there the biggest male characters Rand, Mat, and Perrin have each acquired love interests (three at once in Rand's case), personal armies, and their own Cast Herds of supporting characters. In Rand's case this includes dozens of characters from numerous factions. The two biggest female characters (Egwene and Elayne) have done the same thing. The Big Bad has a dozen mini-boss characters with the Forsaken, as well as numerous Darkfriends. And almost every faction adds dozens of identifiable characters to the mix, sometimes with distinct subfactions within that which might as well be separate groups. And all these characters intermingle in an absolutely dizzying array of interactions.

On October 05 2010 13:13 mierin wrote:
AMAZING series, I really hope BS can bring it like he did last novel. What I would pay for to see RJ's unmodified notes...

I would do more than I would to get a Klondike Bar. That's for sure.

On April 09 2003 08:28 Manifesto7 wrote:
Rahvin, after you read the first three books of the dark tower (and believe me you will read the whole series) realize that we as fans waited 4 YEARS for book 4. When you see the cliff hanger at the end of book 3, you will realize why this was such a cruel thing. Please enjoy, the dark tower is one series that just gets better and better. In addition, many of Stephen Kings other book tie into the dark tower, such as Hearts in Atlantis, the Talisman, Black House, and many of the short stories. It is amazing how a writer can, over a period of 20 years, bring all his books and tie them into a single series. Although popular media cast off Stephen King as junk horror pop in the 80's, his writting is at a level which is rarely matched in fiction these days.
Mani~

On October 05 2010 22:23 FishFuzz99 wrote:
I never managed to finish the series. I would get to book 6-7, the lose interest. I've done it like 3 times.

Also, I think the guy that's finishing it up is a professor at my university so I could possibly get people signed copies.

On October 05 2010 23:23 heronz wrote:
haha...oops i wrote book 11, before. i meant book 13, but kinda late now...

here is the tour schedule! its good to be in a major city!
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/09/towers-of-midnight-tour-schedule-announced

but i dunno if im going to be there, every time i see that book cover i cringe.

On October 05 2010 08:03 Kale187 wrote:
About WoT being like LotR I will agree only insofar as the first book reads almost exactly like The Fellowship of the Ring. Really, the similarities are uncanny. The Hobbits The Farmboys from the Shire Two Rivers set out on an adventure because a Wizard Aes Sedai told them to, being chased by Nazgul Myrddraal and barely making it to the ferry.

Pretty much continues like that through Moria Shadar Logoth and beyond.

The rest of the series is great, though. Unique as far as I can tell. I like what Brandon Sanderson has brought to the series in terms of pacing. In the few books before he started on it everything was plodding along slowly then The Gathering Storm hits and BLAM shit gets real.

On October 05 2010 08:03 Kale187 wrote:
About WoT being like LotR I will agree only insofar as the first book reads almost exactly like The Fellowship of the Ring. Really, the similarities are uncanny. The Hobbits The Farmboys from the Shire Two Rivers set out on an adventure because a Wizard Aes Sedai told them to, being chased by Nazgul Myrddraal and barely making it to the ferry.

Pretty much continues like that through Moria Shadar Logoth and beyond.

The rest of the series is great, though. Unique as far as I can tell. I like what Brandon Sanderson has brought to the series in terms of pacing. In the few books before he started on it everything was plodding along slowly then The Gathering Storm hits and BLAM shit gets real.

On April 09 2003 00:57 badteeth wrote:
not yet, waiting for pdf on kazaa.

I'd be more impressed if you could RJ's autograph!

But yea, I'd be interested. What Uni?