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To those of you that gave up on the series because of the longwindedness, I urge you to pick up the series again after it is finished. By that point it should be a very rewarding experience and you may have a little more patience by then.
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On October 06 2010 09:19 FishFuzz99 wrote:Show nested quote +I'd be more impressed if you could RJ's autograph!
But yea, I'd be interested. What Uni? I'm pretty sure he still works at Brigham Young University. No, I'm pretty sure Brandon Sanderson (they guy who took over from Robert Jordan) doesn't work at any university. I read his blog regularly, and he's a full time writer. You may be thinking of Orson Scott Card, who does teach at BYU.
Also, you guys know that two chapters have been released over the internet to hype the book, right? You can find them at Tor's website. (actually, one on their website, but they link to Sanderson's blog, which has the other.)
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On October 06 2010 14:33 Generic SC wrote:Show nested quote +On October 06 2010 14:30 CynanMachae wrote:On October 06 2010 07:38 SiegeMode wrote:Wheel of Time got awful after book 5. + Show Spoiler + While I do agree that 5-10 was quite slow, the last few books were pretty damn good. Its true, and the parts with Egwene in the last two made me forgive any shortcomings the ones in the middle may have had. Oh yes, totally. Elayne is probably the only one lacking a bit in the last few.
On October 06 2010 14:34 Certa wrote: I haven't read Wheel of Time since I was 11-12 (I moved on to video games at that point), I think I stopped around book 8. I planned on re-reading everything once everything got finished, but I D:'d when Robert Jordan died. Is the series getting finished by someone else? That's pretty awesome, I think I'll re-read the whole series now that I'm 20 and see if the books seem better or worse. Yea, Brandon Sanderson is the one that is finishing the series, with help from RJ's wife and what notes he left. You should check out is other work as well, it's pretty damn good.
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On October 06 2010 14:43 sporkify wrote: Also, you guys know that two chapters have been released over the internet to hype the book, right? You can find them at Tor's website. (actually, one on their website, but they link to Sanderson's blog, which has the other.)
And the prologue as well, where there were a few important bombs dropped.
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On October 06 2010 15:21 Thermia wrote:Show nested quote +On October 06 2010 14:43 sporkify wrote: Also, you guys know that two chapters have been released over the internet to hype the book, right? You can find them at Tor's website. (actually, one on their website, but they link to Sanderson's blog, which has the other.) And the prologue as well, where there were a few important bombs dropped.
I'm such a SC nerd that I misread prologue here as proleague haha. I loved the last book, so I'm excited for this next one. His website does say that he teaches 1 class, but it could be wrong. He doesn't live too far from me... I could go ask him!
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On October 06 2010 14:40 mmp wrote: Started that series when I was really young, couldn't stand the monotony and threw it away around book 5.
Goodkind and Eddings write better fiction imo, although I really ought to reread some of these now that I'm older.
Eddings' first series the Belgariad was good but his later ones just seemed to be rehashing a lot I felt and it got to the point where his heros just seemed too powerful and nigh-invulnerable. I like stories where it feels like the characters are actually in a lot of danger (LOTR is great for this- two hobbits in the middle of Mordor FFS!)
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On October 06 2010 15:26 aike wrote:Show nested quote +On October 06 2010 15:21 Thermia wrote:On October 06 2010 14:43 sporkify wrote: Also, you guys know that two chapters have been released over the internet to hype the book, right? You can find them at Tor's website. (actually, one on their website, but they link to Sanderson's blog, which has the other.) And the prologue as well, where there were a few important bombs dropped. I'm such a SC nerd that I misread prologue here as proleague  haha. I loved the last book, so I'm excited for this next one. His website does say that he teaches 1 class, but it could be wrong. He doesn't live too far from me... I could go ask him! 
The prologue costs money. Something I'm not quite willing to pay for, considering the book will be out in a bit over a month.
Also, where does it say he teaches a class?
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you guys should check out Brandon Sanderson's new book "The Way of Kings"
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Loved this series. Read all the books up until Knife of Dreams, but then there was that unfortunate wait... And I'm one of these people who has an insanely difficult time re-picking up an epic story after forgetting about it for 5 years.
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I totally forgot about Guy Gavriel Kay. A sheer genius.
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Ok so ive read the books up to 10 like 2-4 times, havent read the newest one though because i feel like jumping into the newest one after not reading ten for like 1-2 years is kind of T_T so i have 2 options, either read 10 then 11, or read 1-10 then 11.. hmmm. The series is awesome though idcare what they say.
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I'm quite an avid reader of fantasy books, but personally, I found the wheel of time series a bit stretched.
Also Malazan: Book of the Fallen series is awesome for those of you who haven't read it.
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On October 10 2010 03:13 Ziken wrote: I'm quite an avid reader of fantasy books, but personally, I found the wheel of time series a bit stretched.
Also Malazan: Book of the Fallen series is awesome for those of you who haven't read it.
Agreed this series so ridiculously good, almost as good as A Song of Ice and Fire.
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Book 12 out today Towers of Midnight is sitting in my reading chair just waiting for me to finish my food. + Show Spoiler +Supposedly they're gonna reveal Asmodean killer in this one!
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I love this series, I've been reading since like 6th grade :o While i agree that the pacing really died down, that doesn't stop it from being an amazing fucking book. I haven't read anything else aside for school just because i want to finish the series.
And that Blind Guardian song was awesome xD
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Blind Guardian's song is awesome, kinda makes me wanna read the series, but the length scares me :S
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im to chapter 13 i think.....arg. thought from anyone w/o being spoilerish? is it me or does a lot of the nuance seem to be lost? i mean the story is progressing very fast so im not sure sanderson has time to do lenghty dialogs and interactions.
im still holding out from buying it cause of those covers.anyone going to the signing in nyc?
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Holy! I thought this was happening later on in the month :O
I shouldn't pick it up till after my mid-term though 
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