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SEspo
  
| | #1 posted May 12, 2008 at 6:58pm (EDT) |
Has anyone heard of these books? And if so, are they even worth picking up? |
mmm40x
 
| | #2 posted May 12, 2008 at 7:10pm (EDT) |
I've heard nothing but good things. |
Nick
| | #3 posted May 12, 2008 at 7:35pm (EDT) |
You can read? |
SEspo
| | #4 posted May 12, 2008 at 7:46pm (EDT) |
Barely. |
Sartori
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| | #5 posted May 12, 2008 at 8:02pm (EDT) |
No, I've never heard of the Wheel of Time and it's 50 sequels, nor of Robert Jordan..
Honestly, I've only read the first one (and it was audio tape). I loved the audio tape, absolutely loved it. But I decided not to finish the series until it was done, since it was an ongoing project. I say was because he is now dead. |
MightySlacker
 
| #6 posted May 12, 2008 at 8:03pm (EDT)
edited May 12, 2008 at 8:07pm (EDT) |
Good series, though I've heard its been dragged out way too long. I think the last one I got through was 8, and they are on book 12 or so. My fav was #2.
Dave
EDIT: WTF? He died before finishing the series? Ain't that a dog!
Dave
2004-07-22 17:30:17 Morph Mr. Funny man, get ready to have ur life get funnier
HAS HE LEARNED ANYTHING IN A YEAR?
7-Sep-2005 11:04pm Morph keep it up mighty i will have you nailed for harassment
HELL NO! |
SaintJimmy
| | #7 posted May 12, 2008 at 8:14pm (EDT) |
The Wheel of Time is my favorite series ever, it's definitely worth reading. It's very slow paced though, so I'd avoid it if you get bored with books easily. Robert Jordan did die, but he had many notes written out just in case he did die (he had some kind of blood disease) with how he wanted the last book to end and all the details, and it's currently being finished by some author I've never heard of.
If you like The Wheel of Time, check out The Symphony of Ages by Elizabeth Haydon, it's also really good. |
Sartori
BTRs
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| | #8 posted May 12, 2008 at 8:25pm (EDT) |
MightySlacker wrote:
> Good series, though I've heard its been dragged out way too long.
> I think the last one I got through was 8, and they are on book 12
> or so. My fav was #2.
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> Dave
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> EDIT: WTF? He died before finishing the series? Ain't that a dog!
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> Dave
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Right. But supposedly, he had "written and recorded" enough information for it to be completed. I call bullcrap and I'm sure the IP holder at this point wouldn't care what was in the last book just to get das geld.
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Sartori
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| | #9 posted May 12, 2008 at 8:25pm (EDT) |
Read Sword of Truth series (Wizard's First Rule first title) by Terry Goodkind. . |
SEspo
| | #10 posted May 12, 2008 at 8:26pm (EDT) |
Ah, apparantly I'm slow to the book world.. I picked up the first book, and see that there are 12 (12 being the last one being released). Says fans of Tolkien's work so I hope to enjoy it. |
Sartori
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| | #11 posted May 12, 2008 at 8:32pm (EDT) |
Tolkein, if you are to ask me, has a pretty elementary writing style. Seems like half-way streams of conscious thought in the middle of a story, to me anyway.
Read Sword of Truth. |
SaintJimmy
| | #12 posted May 12, 2008 at 8:35pm (EDT) |
I could never stand The Lord of the Rings  I did like The Hobbit though. |
SmarmySir
| | #13 posted May 12, 2008 at 9:16pm (EDT) |
You people are insane. Absolutely crazy.
----------------------------------------------
My tee-shirt shop.
My Ebay store. |
Sartori
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| | #14 posted May 12, 2008 at 9:20pm (EDT) |
Actually. If you really want to read something ultra sweet, and by that I mean a book that should satiate your desire for something amazing and wonderful for quite some time, read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
The most fantastical and amazing journey I've taken in years. She had me on the first paragraph until the last word. |
somethingweird
| | #15 posted May 13, 2008 at 12:06am (EDT) |
Sartori wrote:
> Read Sword of Truth series (Wizard's First Rule first title) by Terry
> Goodkind. .
I just started this book. I'm only into the fourth chapter and I love it so far. I'm really looking forward to the rest of it. |
Sartori
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| | #16 posted May 13, 2008 at 12:07am (EDT) |
Just watch out, turns in to a romance novel set later. |
somethingweird
| | #17 posted May 13, 2008 at 12:09am (EDT) |
SEspo wrote:
> Has anyone heard of these books? And if so, are they even worth picking
> up?
I have a Wheel of Time PC game somewhere and it was pretty fun . . . but I've never read any of the books. I know this post was pointless, but I when I started typing it, I thought you would like to know. Now I realize that you probably don't care. |
somethingweird
| | #18 posted May 13, 2008 at 12:11am (EDT) |
Sartori wrote:
> Just watch out, turns in to a romance novel set later.
Ewwwwwww. Oh well, the first chapters have been fantastic. My only problem is that I have a hard time reading series' longer than a trilogy. The Dreamtime trilogy by Stan Nichols was amazing. His Orcs trilogy was pretty good too. |
Sartori
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| | #19 posted May 13, 2008 at 12:49am (EDT) |
I mean really book 5. Book 5 is ..
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somethingweird
| | #20 posted May 13, 2008 at 12:54am (EDT) |
That's why I'm usually hesitant to read series' longer than a trilogy. I don't want to get to book 4 and not be able to continue on. However, judging by just the first couple of chapters, I'm sure book 5 could totally blow and I won't care. I'm so impressed by the writing so far and I just love the concept of The Quad. |
somethingweird
| | #21 posted May 13, 2008 at 12:55am (EDT) |
My brother has been trying to get me to start the A Song of Fire and Ice series. I started a Game of Thrones and enjoyed part of it, but I was in the middle of moving so I didn't have much time to read and I ended up losing my place and losing interest. |
Sartori
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| | #22 posted May 13, 2008 at 1:01am (EDT) |
somethingweird wrote:
> That's why I'm usually hesitant to read series' longer than a trilogy.
> I don't want to get to book 4 and not be able to continue on. However,
> judging by just the first couple of chapters, I'm sure book 5 could
> totally blow and I won't care. I'm so impressed by the writing so
> far and I just love the concept of The Quad.
No man, don't get the wrong idea. It's a great set so far. There are just problems along the way - like he absolutely has no idea how to end a book. He ends all of them (up to 5 so far) the same way - terrible. You'll get the idea after the second one.
The books themselves are great, though. Book 3 is my favorite thus far. Book 4 is okay, but starts down a path of .. something or other I can't really talk about yet. And 5 is just strange. My friend, the great advocate of the series, states that book 6 is amazing, one of his favorite books ever, much less the series. |
somethingweird
| | #23 posted May 13, 2008 at 1:19am (EDT) |
Yeah, I'm really excited to start reading it again. . . I should be reading it right now instead of posting on the net, but now I have to go to bed. Hafta work in the morn. |
Tony
| | #24 posted May 13, 2008 at 9:07pm (EDT) |
Read the first three books of the Wheel of Time, but stop there. The first three are well written and make a very good fantasy trilogy and tie up most of the plot threads. The following books drag out the story incredibly slowly, introduce over a hundred characters to keep track of, change a lot of the ideas introduced in the first three books, and barely move the plot along - kind of like the first season of "Lost".
If you like high fantasy, definitely read A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. At 53, I have read a lot of SF and fantasy and this is the best stuff I have read in years. Martin planned it to be a trilogy, didn't end it after four books, but promises the next book will end it.
I can't comment on Goodkind's Sword of Truth series, but I enjoyed The Dragonbone Chair and its sequels. |
vDub
 
| | #25 posted May 13, 2008 at 9:47pm (EDT) |
I have never read any of The Wheel of Time books, but I did play a little bit of the PC game.
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ndrake
| | #26 posted May 13, 2008 at 10:01pm (EDT) |
WOT 1-6 are all pretty much awesome. After that it blows.
The Song of Fire and Ice blows WOT out of the water. Read that first. |
somethingweird
| | #27 posted May 13, 2008 at 10:04pm (EDT) |
Every time I talk to my brother he makes me feel bad for not reading The Song of Fire and Ice. |
vDub
| | #28 posted May 13, 2008 at 10:04pm (EDT) |
I'm gonna try committing myself to read the WoT series over the summer.
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ndrake
| | #29 posted May 13, 2008 at 10:42pm (EDT) |
somethingweird wrote:
> Every time I talk to my brother he makes me feel bad for not reading
> The Song of Fire and Ice.
You should feel bad. You are a horrible person unless you start reading it NOW! |
somethingweird
| | #30 posted May 13, 2008 at 11:30pm (EDT) |
ndrake wrote:
> somethingweird wrote:
>> Every time I talk to my brother he makes me feel bad for not reading
>> The Song of Fire and Ice.
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> You should feel bad. You are a horrible person unless you start reading
> it NOW!
Now I feel worse. |
vDub
| | #31 posted May 13, 2008 at 11:55pm (EDT) |
I've never heard of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series until now. 
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somethingweird
| | #32 posted May 14, 2008 at 9:41am (EDT) |
vDub wrote:
> I've never heard of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series until now.
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My brother is borderline obsessed with the series. He has told me all about it and it really does sound amazing. I read the first half of the first book and it was excellent. I just ended up packing the book away during my first move. Then I left it behind during my second move. About six months went by and I pretty much forgot everything that I read and was just too lazy to start over. |
vDub
| | #33 posted May 14, 2008 at 11:16am (EDT) |
I've been trying to find some new stuff to read that isn't Star Wars or Terry Brooks, so it'll be just another thing to add to my list. 
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somethingweird
| | #34 posted May 14, 2008 at 11:19am (EDT) |
I would really suggest The Dreamtime trilogy. I read the last book in 3 days. It was really good. The Covenant Rising is the first book, followed by The Righteous Blade, then finally The Diamond Isle. |
Broccoli
| #35 posted May 14, 2008 at 11:40am (EDT)
edited May 15, 2008 at 11:39pm (EDT) |
ndrake wrote:
> WOT 1-6 are all pretty much awesome. After that it blows.
>
> The Song of Fire and Ice blows WOT out of the water. Read that first.
I've read the WOT series twice so far... I'm in the same boat as you. Book 7 totally sucks. Book 8 is marginally better. Winter's Heart is pretty good though..
Robert Jordan did die yes, but as some have said already he wrote a bunch of stuff about how he wanted the last book to end. Some other fantasy author named Brandon Sanderson is writing/putting the last book together. He actually just started writing it in March I think, so it will be out in 2009. if you start the series now, by the time you read through the 11 books there are, #12 should just be coming out.
It's a lot of reading to do though.
I'd also recommend the Sword of Truth series. I've read that series completely too (what's out anyway).... and it's similar to WOT in a lot of aspects. I find Zedd a little too paternalistic/preachy at parts, but it's a good series for those who enjoyed the WoT series.
Also check out the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I haven't finished it yet, but it's pretty crazy. Nothing says lovin like SLOW MUTIES! |
veln
BTRs
| | #36 posted May 14, 2008 at 11:48am (EDT) |
WoT is great like someone mentioned before till about the 6th book, maybe a little longer then that. There are some good parts in later ones, but mostly due to the tie ins things left unanswered from earlier books. I was a die hard reader of the series until more recently when i could finish the 11th book cause it couldn't really pull me in. I am still excited about the last one though, Me and a friend of mine used to talk for hours about the series, and we had a theory long ago on how it would end, so it will be cool to see how wrong we were.
On the other hand if you are looking for another really good story Sword of Truth is great. The first 4 books are awesome, 5 6 and 7 kinda seem forced. and then the rest are amazing. Its a really good fantasy read, and now they are doing a ABC tv series based on the first book, so we will see how that goes. Also Terry goodkind says he plans to do something else that takes place after the series so...
They are both great authors though, Jordan has an insane ability to create a believable world, his attention to detail, over all and the minor details, this is where i think people compare him to tolkein, how much he goes into little details. But maybe i am wrong lol i have never particularly liked reading any of tolkein except The Hobbit. Jordan has some really good character complexity, and entwined stories, WoT is almost like 5 or so stories all being told at once, which is what makes some of the books so good, unfortunately i think this gets a little out of control. Terry goodkind on the other hand is great with the emotion of the charecters, i think he conveys how the characters react and feel very well, and their individual personalities. He also does amazing things with the villains, doing a great job of making you hate a villain, or see their insanity.
Anyway either way they are both great authors
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vDub
| | #37 posted May 14, 2008 at 11:49am (EDT) |
Anyone read the Green Rider trilogy by Kristen Britain?
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somethingweird
| #38 posted May 14, 2008 at 12:23pm (EDT)
edited May 14, 2008 at 12:51pm (EDT) |
Broccoli wrote:
> I find the wizard
should be in spoilers, since you don't know that he's a wizard right away. If I hadn't just read that part in the book right before I read this post, I'd be emailing you a picture of my balls right now. |
vDub
| | #39 posted May 14, 2008 at 12:46pm (EDT) |
you aren't helping any by quoting his name, Kyle.
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somethingweird
| | #40 posted May 14, 2008 at 12:51pm (EDT) |
vDub wrote:
> you aren't helping any by quoting his name, Kyle.
>
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Hehe, oops. Fixed. |
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