But we'll see what the future holds soon, I suspect.
On the audiovisual front? That deal fell through again, and the rights should revert to Harriet shortly (by the end of 2012, IRRC).
I'm one of those who believe WOT has close to zero potential for an adaptation (even as an anime series, it would be too massive for the Japanese producers to handle.. we're looking at at least 10 series of 20 episodes... won't happen). To adapt it, you'd have to seriously trim it down, to the point all that would remain is the "epic" backbone of the series, tortured to fit the medium and its constraints beside, and that epic backbone has not much to offer that isn't generic. It's a bit like expecting someone is going to commit to a full adaptation of Malazan for TV or cinema...
In the end, WOT is a Fantasy soap relying massively on the tropes of the genre (multiplied quid pro quos, mysteries, character moments, side plots etc. set on a more epic background/central core), and I don't think any network is going to put on the air a Fantasy soap any time soon.
So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant?
- 08/10/2012 09:47:49 PM
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HAHAHA!
- 08/10/2012 10:17:58 PM
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Yeah, the use of my time does matter 
- 09/10/2012 02:45:15 AM
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- 09/10/2012 02:45:15 AM
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Not sure I'd call it mindless
- 09/10/2012 02:53:00 AM
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Well, it is a bit more complex than a D&D novel
- 09/10/2012 02:55:40 AM
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- 09/10/2012 02:55:40 AM
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I'm not really a huge fiction reader to begin with
- 09/10/2012 11:25:34 PM
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I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers
- 11/10/2012 05:48:02 AM
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Re: I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers
- 12/10/2012 05:11:20 PM
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Well... it's a bit late in the game...
- 09/10/2012 02:04:16 AM
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True, but it's never too late to ask people such questions
- 09/10/2012 02:49:28 AM
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I'm not sure...
- 09/10/2012 06:03:08 AM
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Well, we may be in closer agreement then
- 09/10/2012 06:43:50 PM
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There's a reason for this...
- 09/10/2012 02:11:21 AM
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True
- 09/10/2012 02:54:12 AM
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Re: True
- 09/10/2012 06:19:42 AM
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I am now visualizing WoT as a telenovela adaptation 
- 09/10/2012 06:59:11 PM
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- 09/10/2012 06:59:11 PM
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everything about Lanfear screams TeleNovela!
- 11/10/2012 04:38:03 AM
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Por ella, soy Luisa Therin?
- 11/10/2012 05:44:32 AM
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- 11/10/2012 05:44:32 AM
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It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
- 09/10/2012 02:21:20 PM
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It also has Faulknerian allusions
- 09/10/2012 07:04:55 PM
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- 09/10/2012 07:04:55 PM
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BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury?
- 10/10/2012 08:06:18 PM
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Re: BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury?
- 10/10/2012 09:39:56 PM
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No, but I'll keep it in mind for the future when I have more money to spare
- 11/10/2012 05:49:52 AM
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It sold out fast. They might reprint it, though.
- 11/10/2012 03:45:20 PM
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Hopefully, that or it won't be more than $200 when I do have the money to spare
- 11/10/2012 05:53:20 PM
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Re: So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant?
- 11/10/2012 10:52:01 AM
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Ah, where would we be without such bright lights like you around?
- 11/10/2012 05:59:48 PM
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It will have meant.. .
- 11/10/2012 06:59:43 PM
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So...
- 11/10/2012 07:05:41 PM
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For me, yes.
- 11/10/2012 07:45:25 PM
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