Robert Jordan and the Wheel of Time - Writers Forum

Sephiroth · 08-30-2005, 10:46 AM

First of all what do you people think of the Wheel of Time. Personally I think its one of the best series' I've read, even though the later books do drag on a bit.
ANd what do you think of the way the critics have said that Jordan is taking over from Tolkein.
"with the wheel of time, jordan has come to dominate the world that tolkein began to reveal"
what are your thoughts, if you have any.

blademasterzzz · 08-30-2005, 10:56 PM

Looooooooooooooooooooooong, fairly boring and monotonous. Not too bad, I suppose, but it's not great fantasy.

Hurley · 08-31-2005, 01:00 PM

This is a series which has an extremely powerful start and only weakened as it progressed. I ended up purchasing the 10th book just because I already had the others, and never bothered finishing it. Too many characters, too many side plots, and too many books shattered what could have been a fantastic series.

evidently okay · 08-31-2005, 01:49 PM

I thought the books were really great at first, but as everyone else is pointing out they slow down the farther you get. I'm still planning to get the next book that comes out, but not until it's in soft cover! I don't like how it jumps to so many characters, but he's close to brilliant to be able to carry out all the side plots and stories.

Sephiroth · 08-31-2005, 06:52 PM

Apparently book 11 wraps up a lot of sub plots and gets rid of a lot minor characters.....wether or not it'll be good remains to be seen though i suppose.
Jordan may as well not have written book 10....it was completely pointless

also, yes reality is awful for young people, because of the actions of the older generations....but this not the topic for such discussion

Farror · 08-31-2005, 08:48 PM

Starrwriter, that's a ridiculous exageration. Reading any book can be construed as a form of escapism, as it's no longer your life. (This is excluding books on self-improvement etc.)

To be concerned with "fascination with fantasy fiction". Hehe... Not my idea of something worth worrying about As for the fascination with ultra-violence, that's a myth created by media. Youth violence has gone down, not up. The current generation has the lowest violent crime rate in recorded history.

Aremthis · 08-31-2005, 09:52 PM

the older ones where (1-5) 6 was Ok, but at 7 I stopped reading, however I know I should keep going on.

MiloDaePesdan · 08-31-2005, 11:09 PM

The mere length of the series has stopped me time and again from even thinking of reading them.

Does Jordan leave the endings in cliffhangers?

Farror · 09-01-2005, 02:43 PM

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/cv2.htm

Sephiroth · 10-29-2005, 12:03 PM

So has anyone read knife of dreams yet? I just finished it there, its the best book Jordan has released since Lord of Chaos, and its almost as action packed as the first three books of the series....Looking forward to the final book, which I beleive has the working title "A Memory of Light"

Talia_Brie · 10-30-2005, 07:12 PM

I'm reading it now.

Don't spoil it for me.

Kimahri · 11-01-2005, 02:56 PM

Yep I have a hundred pages left and I agree. By far it is the best since LoC. Good stuff

kimahri

Farror · 11-01-2005, 03:24 PM

It is the best of the series since the fourth book.

Rhea · 11-03-2005, 07:32 AM

I started reading the first book and I thought it was interesting, but then it dragged on and on, and I don't have the patience to read, what, 10 one thousand length books. The Wheel of Time was the first fantasy book I'd read since Narnia, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings - in that order, and I found the similarities to Orcs disturbing...then I found out, apparantly, it's very normal to have Orc-like beings in fantasy books. Which still doesn't really settle with me, but now I think I'm going off topic.

So...it started off pur-retty well, then I noticed loads of similarities with LotR, which I didn't like, and it was very draggy and long, with too many character focuses, so I stopped.

Farror · 11-03-2005, 10:48 AM

So you formed you judgement of the series after not finishing the first book? I would say that trollocs are very different from orcs. Either you didn't understand Jordan's, or Tolkien's descriptions.