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Post by Marv on May 30, 2019 21:48:16 GMT
Gonna try and pick that series back up after the weekend. Kinda feeling the void of fantasy in my life.
Wish me luck.
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Post by jon snow loves sansa on May 31, 2019 17:48:01 GMT
good luck  i looked it up they say its a lot like LOTR |
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jun 1, 2019 2:42:50 GMT
I really want to get into that series, but the number of volumes (not to mention page counts) seems a bit daunting.
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Post by Morgana on Jun 1, 2019 10:24:13 GMT
I really want to get into that series, but the number of volumes (not to mention page counts) seems a bit daunting. Fantasy writers need to take a lesson from Tolkein - keep it short(er) and sweet.
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Post by Morgana on Jun 1, 2019 10:24:38 GMT
Gonna try and pick that series back up after the weekend. Kinda feeling the void of fantasy in my life. Wish me luck. Tell me a little about the series please.
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Post by Marv on Jun 4, 2019 13:16:25 GMT
Gonna try and pick that series back up after the weekend. Kinda feeling the void of fantasy in my life. Wish me luck. Tell me a little about the series please. Sorry I was out of town for a few days... Wheel of Time is a fantasy series...I guess high fantasy I’ve heard it called. Plenty of magic and creatures and things like that. Deals with the reincarnation of an extremely powerful mage and his battle with the good and evil within the magic he wields. There’s a huge cast of characters and plenty of other plot lines. The first novel feels a ton like the first lord of the rings where a group of somewhat small town people all have to flee their village and spend most of the novel traveling to some destination while being perused by forces of evil. It branches away from the LOTR feel a lot after the first novel. Really kinda becomes its own thing. |
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Post by sdm3 on Jun 8, 2019 4:39:12 GMT
The series completely grinds to a halt in the middle, as the writer becomes obsessed with describing items of clothing in excruciating detail. It also becomes increasingly hard to distinguish between the female characters as they’re written almost exactly the same, with nary a unique voice to be found.
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Post by shinnickneth on Jun 9, 2019 9:54:02 GMT
Gonna try and pick that series back up after the weekend. Kinda feeling the void of fantasy in my life. Wish me luck. I've never read them but I hear good things about the series. Maybe I'll start them up. 
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Post by Morgana on Jun 9, 2019 10:44:40 GMT
Tell me a little about the series please. Sorry I was out of town for a few days... Wheel of Time is a fantasy series...I guess high fantasy I’ve heard it called. Plenty of magic and creatures and things like that. Deals with the reincarnation of an extremely powerful mage and his battle with the good and evil within the magic he wields. There’s a huge cast of characters and plenty of other plot lines. The first novel feels a ton like the first lord of the rings where a group of somewhat small town people all have to flee their village and spend most of the novel traveling to some destination while being perused by forces of evil. It branches away from the LOTR feel a lot after the first novel. Really kinda becomes its own thing. Veers off in a good way or a bad way?
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Post by Marv on Jun 9, 2019 13:51:41 GMT
Sorry I was out of town for a few days... Wheel of Time is a fantasy series...I guess high fantasy I’ve heard it called. Plenty of magic and creatures and things like that. Deals with the reincarnation of an extremely powerful mage and his battle with the good and evil within the magic he wields. There’s a huge cast of characters and plenty of other plot lines. The first novel feels a ton like the first lord of the rings where a group of somewhat small town people all have to flee their village and spend most of the novel traveling to some destination while being perused by forces of evil. It branches away from the LOTR feel a lot after the first novel. Really kinda becomes its own thing. Veers off in a good way or a bad way? Branches off into its own thing. Feels less like LOTR and more like it’s own universe. It’s a good thing. |
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Post by Marv on Nov 12, 2021 3:32:35 GMT
The series completely grinds to a halt in the middle, as the writer becomes obsessed with describing items of clothing in excruciating detail. It also becomes increasingly hard to distinguish between the female characters as they’re written almost exactly the same, with nary a unique voice to be found. I read the 7th and 8th books of the series this year….and boy is Jordan descriptive lol. I honestly have zoned out so many times when he’s introducing person after person after person. These meetings in tents to discuss strategy and battle plans and whatnot that usually just devolve into people acting pissy and childish, are so thick with distracting and tedious detail. It’s like trying to see the forest but you’re focused on every piece of bark for minutes at a time. Sigh…and to leave Mats cliffhanger story from book 7 completely out of book 8? What the fck? I’ve read I’m around the ‘slog’ where the Wheel gets stuck in the mud, so to speak. There are silver linings and cool moments brought down by so much seemingly irrelevant detail. But I hear it gets better. |
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Post by sdm3 on Nov 12, 2021 6:58:32 GMT
The series completely grinds to a halt in the middle, as the writer becomes obsessed with describing items of clothing in excruciating detail. It also becomes increasingly hard to distinguish between the female characters as they’re written almost exactly the same, with nary a unique voice to be found. I read the 7th and 8th books of the series this year….and boy is Jordan descriptive lol. I honestly have zoned out so many times when he’s introducing person after person after person. These meetings in tents to discuss strategy and battle plans and whatnot that usually just devolve into people acting pissy and childish, are so thick with distracting and tedious detail. It’s like trying to see the forest but you’re focused on every piece of bark for minutes at a time. Sigh…and to leave Mats cliffhanger story from book 7 completely out of book 8? What the fck? I’ve read I’m around the ‘slog’ where the Wheel gets stuck in the mud, so to speak. There are silver linings and cool moments brought down by so much seemingly irrelevant detail. But I hear it gets better. Funny that you quoted me now because I'm actually rereading the series to give it another chance with the show about to come out. I'm enjoying it a lot more this time around, though to be fair I'm on book 4 which is unanimously considered among the best. We'll see how I feel when I get to those dreaded 7th and 8th books and beyond.
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Post by Marv on Nov 12, 2021 9:55:22 GMT
I read the 7th and 8th books of the series this year….and boy is Jordan descriptive lol. I honestly have zoned out so many times when he’s introducing person after person after person. These meetings in tents to discuss strategy and battle plans and whatnot that usually just devolve into people acting pissy and childish, are so thick with distracting and tedious detail. It’s like trying to see the forest but you’re focused on every piece of bark for minutes at a time. Sigh…and to leave Mats cliffhanger story from book 7 completely out of book 8? What the fck? I’ve read I’m around the ‘slog’ where the Wheel gets stuck in the mud, so to speak. There are silver linings and cool moments brought down by so much seemingly irrelevant detail. But I hear it gets better. Funny that you quoted me now because I'm actually rereading the series to give it another chance with the show about to come out. I'm enjoying it a lot more this time around, though to be fair I'm on book 4 which is unanimously considered among the best. We'll see how I feel when I get to those dreaded 7th and 8th books and beyond. I took a breather from the series again and am currently reading some Michael Crichton. It’s an incredible breath of fresh air. |
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Post by shinnickneth on Nov 23, 2021 16:39:22 GMT
Funny that you quoted me now because I'm actually rereading the series to give it another chance with the show about to come out. I'm enjoying it a lot more this time around, though to be fair I'm on book 4 which is unanimously considered among the best. We'll see how I feel when I get to those dreaded 7th and 8th books and beyond. Are you liking the show?
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Post by Marv on Nov 23, 2021 23:25:31 GMT
Funny that you quoted me now because I'm actually rereading the series to give it another chance with the show about to come out. I'm enjoying it a lot more this time around, though to be fair I'm on book 4 which is unanimously considered among the best. We'll see how I feel when I get to those dreaded 7th and 8th books and beyond. Are you liking the show? I am enjoying the show a lot. The changes all feel warranted and welcome, and some things, like the savagery of the trollocs, never came through on paper as well as they are in these episodes so far.
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Post by sdm3 on Jan 16, 2023 15:51:24 GMT
I read the 7th and 8th books of the series this year….and boy is Jordan descriptive lol. I honestly have zoned out so many times when he’s introducing person after person after person. These meetings in tents to discuss strategy and battle plans and whatnot that usually just devolve into people acting pissy and childish, are so thick with distracting and tedious detail. It’s like trying to see the forest but you’re focused on every piece of bark for minutes at a time. Sigh…and to leave Mats cliffhanger story from book 7 completely out of book 8? What the fck? I’ve read I’m around the ‘slog’ where the Wheel gets stuck in the mud, so to speak. There are silver linings and cool moments brought down by so much seemingly irrelevant detail. But I hear it gets better. Funny that you quoted me now because I'm actually rereading the series to give it another chance with the show about to come out. I'm enjoying it a lot more this time around, though to be fair I'm on book 4 which is unanimously considered among the best. We'll see how I feel when I get to those dreaded 7th and 8th books and beyond. To update you Marv I've been on book 7 for about a year - so take from that what you will. |
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Post by Marv on Jan 16, 2023 17:13:56 GMT
Funny that you quoted me now because I'm actually rereading the series to give it another chance with the show about to come out. I'm enjoying it a lot more this time around, though to be fair I'm on book 4 which is unanimously considered among the best. We'll see how I feel when I get to those dreaded 7th and 8th books and beyond. To update you Marv I've been on book 7 for about a year - so take from that what you will. I can’t remember where I stopped. Either after book 8 or 9. Every time I dip into other fantasy series they fly and it usually feels like a slog coming back to ajordan unfortunately. |
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Post by jon snow loves sansa on Feb 4, 2023 21:15:52 GMT
I fell asleep watching episode one -never went back to finish the series .
May give it another try, don't know.
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i looked it up they say its a lot like LOTR
