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Hopefully, that or it won't be more than $200 when I do have the money to spare Larry Send a noteboard - 11/10/2012 05:53:20 PM
For many of us, the series was able to "sneak up" on us because we found ourselves falling in by degrees. I had a friend in college who relentlessly promoted the books to me (there were 4 out at the time). I read the first, thought it was a bad Tolkien ripoff, and was told to try the second one. After the second book, I said, "Yeah, it's okay." It was really the third book that started to entertain me, and I thought the fourth was fantastic. Then the fifth came out just as I finished the fourth, and it was even better, so I got enthusiastic. When Lord of Chaos came out, I said, "these books are great" and started recommending them to people.

Then things slowed down, and I found myself stuck reading a series going nowhere because I wanted to know how it ended, and because the theories were running around like wildfire on message boards (thank you, wotmania).

I did a re-read of WoT in 2002 because I had forgotten a lot of events and characters, and it was a move that I regretted. All of the flaws I had glossed over by TDR came back. I saw just how bad the first book was (Hell, the same scene repeated itself word for word and not even the editors caught it). I did like TGH better on the second read, oddly, but I found myself wondering why I let myself get drawn in in the first place.



Ironically, it wasn't until I started posting at wotmania in late 2000 that I started to think about just how many flaws the series had in its writing and characterizations. I stopped reading it right after WH came out and it wasn't until 2006 (I think) that I read CoT and 2009 for KoD (the Sanderson ones I read in part because I got review copies 1-2 weeks ahead of release). It's just something that doesn't seem to hold up well to the amount of consideration it's received from some quarters. But I am curious enough about the ending that I will read it sometime after its release. I just don't expect to receive a review copy this time (it wouldn't surprise me if none are sent this time due to it being a big-name finale).
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant? - 08/10/2012 09:47:49 PM 1902 Views
Years of enjoyment. What else do you expect from fiction? - 08/10/2012 10:17:30 PM 895 Views
I expect a lot from fiction, to be honest - 09/10/2012 02:43:59 AM 921 Views
HAHAHA! - 08/10/2012 10:17:58 PM 960 Views
Yeah, the use of my time does matter - 09/10/2012 02:45:15 AM 878 Views
Not sure I'd call it mindless - 09/10/2012 02:53:00 AM 859 Views
Well, it is a bit more complex than a D&D novel - 09/10/2012 02:55:40 AM 855 Views
I'm not really a huge fiction reader to begin with - 09/10/2012 11:25:34 PM 749 Views
I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers - 11/10/2012 05:48:02 AM 840 Views
Re: I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers - 12/10/2012 05:11:20 PM 782 Views
I like the TV series ... It's gritty - 13/10/2012 11:44:06 PM 740 Views
Well... it's a bit late in the game... - 09/10/2012 02:04:16 AM 954 Views
True, but it's never too late to ask people such questions - 09/10/2012 02:49:28 AM 762 Views
I'm not sure... - 09/10/2012 06:03:08 AM 777 Views
Well, we may be in closer agreement then - 09/10/2012 06:43:50 PM 810 Views
Re: Well, we may be in closer agreement then - 09/10/2012 11:08:49 PM 884 Views
Re: Well, we may be in closer agreement then - 11/10/2012 06:14:27 AM 690 Views
Re: I'm not sure... - 11/10/2012 06:15:26 PM 743 Views
There's a reason for this... - 09/10/2012 02:11:21 AM 860 Views
True - 09/10/2012 02:54:12 AM 892 Views
Re: True - 09/10/2012 06:19:42 AM 771 Views
I am now visualizing WoT as a telenovela adaptation - 09/10/2012 06:59:11 PM 738 Views
everything about Lanfear screams TeleNovela! - 11/10/2012 04:38:03 AM 686 Views
Por ella, soy Luisa Therin? - 11/10/2012 05:44:32 AM 767 Views
All of the names would have to be longer and more pompous - 11/10/2012 03:54:30 PM 640 Views
Not in this particular telenovela adaptation - 11/10/2012 05:48:06 PM 980 Views
It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. - 09/10/2012 02:21:20 PM 827 Views
It also has Faulknerian allusions - 09/10/2012 07:04:55 PM 814 Views
BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury? - 10/10/2012 08:06:18 PM 1039 Views
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 652 Views
It sold out fast. They might reprint it, though. - 11/10/2012 03:45:20 PM 646 Views
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 844 Views
Re: So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant? - 11/10/2012 10:52:01 AM 750 Views
It will have meant.. . - 11/10/2012 06:59:43 PM 732 Views
So... - 11/10/2012 07:05:41 PM 793 Views
For me, yes. - 11/10/2012 07:45:25 PM 660 Views
I would think for most the money spent wasn't too bad - 11/10/2012 08:07:49 PM 930 Views
I got my money's worth, oh yes. - 12/10/2012 07:59:58 PM 711 Views
I'm not sure it means anything. - 11/10/2012 08:10:45 PM 861 Views
I'm not sure there is too much meaning - 15/10/2012 05:57:57 PM 747 Views

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