Blanca
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Post by Blanca on Jun 29, 2006 2:54:17 GMT
Has anyone read the wheel of time series? I've just recently started. My friend told me about them. Into the first hundred pages, it seem interesting. Does anyone have any thoughts on the series?
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Makazo
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Post by Makazo on Jun 30, 2006 2:35:37 GMT
don't even go there! i tried reading the series, went 9 books into it.... AND NOTHING HAPPENS. i'm sorry but after 9 books there should be some sort of progress.
but still there are lots of people who love the books. but be warned read them at your own risk.
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Post by Blanca on Jul 1, 2006 1:42:50 GMT
Thanks for the heads up.
My friend told me he just skipped it all and went to like, the last book where the real action happens
I do enjoy the first one so far though.
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Post by Keros Daemonheart on Aug 10, 2006 16:59:28 GMT
Personally I started reading the series when they were on book 6, of course starting with the first one. There are... dry spells... in the action but I honestly have to say they are my favorite series I have ever read. The amazing thing about WoT is when you re-read them. In book one you will come across a character named Min (I won't spoil anything for you here). There are some... things... she does that mean absolutely nothing and you will forget about them. However after you have read up to book 8 or so, if you ever decide to re-read the series then you will be amazed at how many thing there are that you didn't even think about that ties in to the big picture in ways that will blow your mind. Personally I re-read the entire series (or at least hit and miss browse them again) every time a new book is released (which is about every two years). I am STILL finding things in the early books that blows my mind now that I have read the rest of them.
But like I said, it does have dry spells in the action. A good example is the book Crossroads of Twilight. It really made me mad. The whole book spans maybe a day or two and just shows what everyone was doing during a big event from the previous book. The main character doesn't even appear except for maybe two pages in the entire book. It was bad...really bad... but the most recent book made up for it by far imho.
Just my two cents on it ;-)
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Post by Zoltan on Aug 11, 2006 11:18:53 GMT
And here I am enjoying the more political and diplomatic scenes in fantasy books. George R.R. Martin does a fine job at combining combat and politics, but I always find myself struggling through the lengthy combat descriptions onto Tyrion or someone who's involved in the GAME OF THRONES, where people are dropped in far more exciting ways :-D
Robin Hobb does the perfect thing for me with Fitz in the Farseer Trilogy (by d-far the best fantasy I ever read); She makes the combat scenes a blur, Fitz unable to recall it fully because of adrenaline (or is it the Wit making him more beast than man?). Sometimes, however, there's a description of specific things he DOES remember... And those are shocking and disgusting and gorram cool! Incredibly well-written series. Sorry to turn this Wheel of Time thing to something else. I rest my bones, I mean case.
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Post by Keros Daemonheart on Aug 15, 2006 12:32:45 GMT
... I bumped the Geroge R.R. Martin thread just figured I would bump this too. While so far Wheel of Time is still my favorite, Game of Thrones is definitely an excellent read and I would reccomend it as well...of course at this time I am just shy of halfway through it, but by tomorrow I shall have it read and be trying to get to the book store for the next couple books.
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