The Wheel Of Time

Terminator

Thats excellent

Mythago

All I can add really is forget this series! I remember back around book 6 or season the questions on the web about Jordan where generally askin "how young is he?, He's not gonna die before he finishes!?". But after book 8, 9 & DEFINITELY after 10 people have lost interest.... and he has definitely lost the plot!!

If you're new to the series stop at book 4, the series starts to trail off at this point before it eventually drops of a cliff in 10! (Although I only made it 3/4's way thru 10 because I really don't think there is a story anywhere in there)

Trebor

i would like to add that i enjoyed the books but am getting bored of the length and the endless minor characters.

read an interview with him and he said he knew how the story was going to end 15 mins after thinking of it and that not all the plot threads would be cleared up.

still going to buy the rest of them as i can't stand not knowing what happens next but i have learned my leason no more seris until they are complete.

Boro

I too was one of the RJ faithful - I loved all the books up to book 6, after that it was just a case of "keep reading, they have to imrove some time". I think i will probably wait until book 10 is released in paperback.

Meanwhile, if anyone wants chance an uncompleted series, then I highly recommend Steven Erickson. The series is titled A Tale of The Malazan Book of the Fallen. The first book is "Gardens of the Moon". There are four so far with the fifth coming later this year.

The series is absolutely excellent so far, the characters are entirely believeable, the world huge and full of amazingly detailed locations. The guy is an anthropologist and an archaelogist and he brings that level of detail to the books. He is an amazing writer, his use of language is far and above most authors currently writing. Some of the scenes he creates just have to be read to be believed (the chain of dogs, kalam vs the claw - if you have read them, i think you understand me).

I have read all the authors mentioned in this thread bar Robin Hobb and many many more besides. I consider this guy to be the best fantasy author i have ever read.

As a bonus, the series was considered too complicated for the american audience and so wasnt released in USA

Fence

Originally posted by Boro
I too was one of the RJ faithful - I loved all the books up to book 6, after that it was just a case of "keep reading, they have to imrove some time". I think i will probably wait until book 10 is released in paperback.

Me too. Used to discuse all the different plot points, what would happen to who and all that sorta stuff, but after book 9, when nothing much happened, and then book 10 when nothing hapened at all I am kinda annoyed.

I know I will continue to read the books, and I loved the first 4 or 5, but OMG will some editor please stand up to RJ and say enough is enough!

Cya
Fence

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i still haven't read book ten...

i kinda want to as well.. but I'm so afraid of the boredom

DapperGent

Seriously Mordy don't bother.

It's so depressing.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

so i've heard

i can prob skip straight to book 11 when it's out and just not bother with ten..

but I think I do hate myself enough to put myself through CoT... I'm a sick sick bastard

hostyle

hrm, good new for my wallet / credit card then. I read the first book when it came out and thought it was average - so i never bothered since ... until last month my gf found it in one of my boxes of books and was hooked. I was considering starting the series again, so I've been buying them for her, and shes on book four now. How should I break the news ? :P

Stephen Erikson has me hooked ... and Im hoping Zindell can come up with something a little less dated when the second book of The Lightstone comes out (his sci-fi was much better) ... erm, i guess thats gone a little off topic ...

Trebor

btw

i heard that Robert Jordon would like the books to be made it to a series which could explain the drawn out books as he seems to describe every thing in each locatin/scene which could be more for converting to TV than for the readers.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

ehehe, there have been rumours of a tv series or movie or anime or *bleh* whatever of twot for years, but it ain't gona happen.. at least now any time soon.


think of all the work jackson had to do with tlotr, and how much he had to cut out... and that is only 3 books! imagine how many books are in twot now and how many more are left to come.

plus with all the prophecies and clues being dropped around each book, it would take an almost complete rewrite to make it work on tv..

Trebor

I never said it was a good idea

but an interview that i read ( about 2 years ago now i think) he was asked would he like to see it made it to a film and he said no but that he would like to see it made into a HBO type series

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

hah
yeah they can get kevin sorbo to play rand :P

lucy lawless for nynaeve.. i can see it now!

Fence

nah, Lawless is too tall for Nyneave, although she can fly...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

maybe one of the aiel?

Fence

Can the Aiel fly then?

DapperGent

Whoever plays Nynaeve had better be seriously chesty. And fiesty.

I insist upon it.

Trebor

I think we might need to wait for him to finish the books first before they can be made into a series, so you never know the Aiel might learn to fly