Fantasy Aficionados discussion

I love Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time world. His books can be a little too long for the content (the man certainly loved his words and descriptions), but the man was also a genius at creating not only worlds, but different cultures and magical systems, IMO.

Agreed, one thing that always bothered me about him was his massive list of characters to keep track of. I think he created one of the best environments that I enjoy immerse myself in. Glad that he saw his death coming, otherwise we could be speculating the end rather than anxiously await it.

It's sort of like being dropped into a different world altogether. But it can be annoying at the same time, indeed.

I loved the cultures he created, as I stated above, but that too can get annoying. Especially when the characters have to say all their greetings and farewells every single time we meet and say goodbye to them. It can get old.

As I've mentioned many times before, RJ was a master storyteller desperately in need of a vicious editor.

Perhaps an editor would have helped the female characters. There is only so much skirt clutching, braid tugging, tea drinking, and viscious tongue lashing towards any man but Rand that a sane woman can take!

Yes, indeed! Those women were certainly annoying! Especially Nineeve (however you spell her name). All that braid pulling made me want to take scissors to her hair.

I think that his editor was his wife. I imagine that is why he got away with most bad writing that he did.

Yes, the editor was his wife, Harriet. I think an editor without close ties to the author would have been better. All in all though I still think the series is worth the read.

It is worth the read, and I'll get back to it soon. Just had to take a breather. Apparently the next book I have to read focuses on Mat Cauthon - whoo hoo! Very cool character!

Mat is a pimp, I love all the two rivers characters. I can see why people need to take a break, I've not read the latest and I'm waiting to do the great re-read after the last book has come out. For as epic long as the series is, I think he did a decent job keeping things rolling overall. A few dry and rough patches, but that is to be expected from a series this long.

The great re-read sounds like a epic adventure - a Jordanian quest of it's own. Enjoy!

I love Matt Cauthon's character. He's one of my favorites.

And I agree. The series is definitely worth the read. It just has some annoying parts lol. And it's well worth taking a breather. I had to take a long breather from rereading the series so I could catch up for the new books by Brandon Sanderson. I'm up to The Path of Daggers and should be getting to it next month.

I'm still waiting for the release of the paperback edition of The Gathering Storm to continue this brilliant series. Especially the first four books are really great. Afterwards Jordan gets lost in his own world, describing too many details, which are irrelevant for the plot. Therefore it's sometimes hard to motivate oneself to read on, but in the end it's worth it.

Hopefully it's true that Brandon Sanderson was able to pick up the pace of the storyline.

Concerning the Gathering Storm, I agree it was sometimes hard to read on, yet I felt drawn on to see what would happen.

I can agree to this, as well. The next book I'll be reading in WoT is book 8, and I keep avoiding it instead of just reading it.

RJ gets long winded, but I've always felt the journey was worth it at the end of each book. I've not read the new ones yet, I'll wait till the end and do the great re-read again.

I just need to give myself that extra push...

I tend to wait until I feel it is time and then read the book, whatever it may be.

I've reread the first 8, then I shall be reading the 9th for the first time. Having a bit of a break though, like many others seem to do here but hope to pick up again soon! Of the Two Rivers lot, Mat's my favourite character.

Mat's one of my favorites as well, Weenie. He's such an ass you have no choice but to love him.

I haven't even started the series yet. I'm going to finish the books i've got started then i think this will be the books i'll read next. I normally only read one book at a time but Aloha sent me some e-books and i started one of them. I'll come back when i have something to say about the man his self.

Hope you enjoy, Lori! I've found that a lot of readers either really love the series or hate it.

The covers are so awesome i refuse to think what's in between the pages are not good.

I read the Eye of the World back in High School, but never read anything else by Jordan. And now, because of the praise that Sanderson gave Jordan, I decided to read them all and purchased them all in hardcover. Just wondering, if I read New Spring first, would that ruin the story or not.

I wouldn't suggest it if you haven't read The Eye of the World, but in your case I don't think that it matters.