The wheel turns

thrakazog

The 14th and final Wheel of Time[^] book was finally released today. I started it before work today. I've never felt the urge to ditch work over a book before. :rolleyes:

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Chris Meech

I'll have to start that series. The logo is quite interesting. Reminds me of a Celtic knot[^] and the Triquetra[^]. My wife has made a number of stain glass patterns employing those kind of designs, hence my familiarity. :)

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Pete OHanlon

I remember starting that series years and years ago - unfortunately, Jordan dragged it on and on and on, far past the point where he should have wrapped it all off. The problem was, it always felt incredibly derivative: Rand al Thor - Paul Atreides Aes Sedai - Bene Geserit Invasion of Trollocs - hello, does Helms Deep mean anything? Band of friends off on different adventures - Hobbits And so on.

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glennPattonWork3

I have always stayed clear of starting Wheel of Time, I have learnt a lesson don't read on the way to work as you will miss your destination. I once got engrossed missed my Stop and ended up in Didcott (I was supposed to get out at Bristol!)

glennPattonWork3

Hobbits good point seen the film yet ?, from what I heard it's going to be a triolgy (?), but it's the thinest book Tolkien produced....

Pete OHanlon

glennPattonWork wrote:

seen the film yet

Yes. How would I sum it up? Avoid it at all costs. It's so slow that nothing happens for an hour, and then the pace slows down.

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glennPattonWork3

Fair enough! :(

thrakazog

I've really enjoyed the series. Book 11 was hard going. Every character you wanted to hear about was hardly mentioned. The rest were trying to find new way to make everything take forever. I thought 12 and 13 were excellent.

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Pete OHanlon

thrakazog wrote:

I thought 12 and 13 were excellent

When Jordan was dead you mean.

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thrakazog

Remember that scene in the Hobbit book where the mountain sized men made of rock were fighting for some unexplained reason and throwing skyscraper sized boulders at each other? Me either, but luckily it's in the new movie. :doh:

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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

Avoid it at all costs.

Are you referring to this[^] movie?

Tim Groven

I'll have to agree. I made it through four books and then got tired of waiting. Now I'm doing the same thing with George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire books. I'm a glutton for punishment.

Lost User

I read the first 9 or 10 books. On the last one I realized I'd just read a 1000+ page book and absolutely NOTHING happened. I decided to give up. Then the author died before it was complete. So who wrote the last one(s)?

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Marc A Brown

Yes and it's incredibly frustrating that it's not yet available for nook. I've got the first 13 on my nook and am not going to buy the last one in dead-tree format.

Pete OHanlon

That would be the mud puppy.

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Pete OHanlon

This guy[^]

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thrakazog

Well, that's one way to look at it... But I think it was more that we started to wrap up the loose ends and that involved a lot of action.

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Pete OHanlon

Like the big spoiler from Aviendha going back to Rhuidean?

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thrakazog

Caydence wrote:

George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire books

I'm in that boat too. But I don't find the Song of Ice and Fire books to be nearly as interesting so the waiting isn't difficult. At the end of each of those books I kept thinking the story was getting worse and didn't care if I read another. Then a new one would come out and I'd eventually give it another go.

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thrakazog

That is an odd choice they made. They are doing the same for the Kindle. And that's after they already released the prologue for 14 to the Kindle months back.

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