Any Wheel of Time fans awake out there?

[glen]

I got a couple fo questions about the first book.
I am reading it now.
Send me an AIM at rdawkin994 if you don't mind me asking a couple of questions.
Thanks!

 

[Howard]

Afraid of exposing your ignorance on the forums?

 

[Luagsch]

thought you're talking about the old pc-game by epic...

EDIT englush or somesing

 

[The Sauce]

I can answer your questions without you even telling me:

Yes, Wheel of Time is as unoriginal, cookie-cutter, formula-fantasy-novel, LOTR ripoff without one original concept as you think it is. No, the sequels in the series are not much better. Yes, they are popular anyway and they keep getting made anyway. Why? Nobody knows....it's a mystery. Probably people who just don't know what good fantasy is keep buying them. And lastly, yes, I did trudge through the first three anyway because I just couldn't believe they could get all that hype without being better than they were.

PS - That's just my opinion.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Snatchface
I can answer your questions without you even telling me:

Yes, Wheel of Time is as unoriginal, cookie-cutter, formula-fantasy-novel, LOTR ripoff without one original concept as you think it is. No, the sequels in the series are not much better. Yes, they are popular anyway and they keep getting made anyway. Why? Nobody knows....it's a mystery. Probably people who just don't know what good fantasy is keep buying them.

hahahaha

i think the only reason people keep reading the series is because they forget how bad the previous one was and then realize that they have already invested so much time in reading the series that they can't stop.


btw, i read the first 6 books and stopped. it's been 6 yrs since i read one of these.

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: Snatchface
I can answer your questions without you even telling me:

Yes, Wheel of Time is as unoriginal, cookie-cutter, formula-fantasy-novel, LOTR ripoff without one original concept as you think it is. No, the sequels in the series are not much better. Yes, they are popular anyway and they keep getting made anyway. Why? Nobody knows....it's a mystery. Probably people who just don't know what good fantasy is keep buying them. And lastly, yes, I did trudge through the first three anyway because I just couldn't believe they could get all that hype without being better than they were.

PS - That's just my opinion.

I don't think they're that bad. Though each book does get progressively worse the farther along in the series you get.

But I can read just about anything and not be overly critical about it. I figure if it's entertaining enough, then it's worth reading.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Snatchface
I can answer your questions without you even telling me:

Yes, Wheel of Time is as unoriginal, cookie-cutter, formula-fantasy-novel, LOTR ripoff without one original concept as you think it is. No, the sequels in the series are not much better. Yes, they are popular anyway and they keep getting made anyway. Why? Nobody knows....it's a mystery. Probably people who just don't know what good fantasy is keep buying them. And lastly, yes, I did trudge through the first three anyway because I just couldn't believe they could get all that hype without being better than they were.

PS - That's just my opinion.

Actually the first couple of books were pretty good "B" novels, setting up an interesting world and only semi-cardboard characters. I'd rate them higher than Brooks or Goodkind, and I made it to the fifth I think before the quality dropped too far for me to keep reading.

Some much better books to read IMHO: (compilations with Amazon prices and [ number of books included ] )
Steven Brust - The Book of Jhereg - $11 [3]
C J Cherryh - The Morgaine Saga - $8 [3]
Elizabeth Moon - The Deed of Paksenarrion - $13 [3]
Roger Zelazny - The Great Book of Amber : The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10 - $17 [10]

and also
L.E. Modesitt, Jr - The Magic of Recluce (and the pile of sequels, best read in publication order)

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Snatchface
I can answer your questions without you even telling me:

Yes, Wheel of Time is as unoriginal, cookie-cutter, formula-fantasy-novel, LOTR ripoff without one original concept as you think it is. No, the sequels in the series are not much better. Yes, they are popular anyway and they keep getting made anyway. Why? Nobody knows....it's a mystery. Probably people who just don't know what good fantasy is keep buying them. And lastly, yes, I did trudge through the first three anyway because I just couldn't believe they could get all that hype without being better than they were.

PS - That's just my opinion.

Actually the first couple of books were pretty good "B" novels, setting up an interesting world and only semi-cardboard characters. I'd rate them higher than Brooks or Goodkind, and I made it to the fifth I think before the quality dropped too far for me to keep reading.

Some much better books to read IMHO: (compilations with Amazon prices and [ number of books included ] )
Steven Brust - The Book of Jhereg - $11 [3]
C J Cherryh - The Morgaine Saga - $8 [3]
Elizabeth Moon - The Deed of Paksenarrion - $13 [3]
Roger Zelazny - The Great Book of Amber : The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10 - $17 [10]

and also
L.E. Modesitt, Jr - The Magic of Recluce (and the pile of sequels, best read in publication order)

oh man after book 5 it just stunk. i have the last one that i have been trying to finish for awhile. i just get get into it.

wonder how many darn books he is going to drag it out in. its already blows.

 

[fatalbert]

well I am guessing we are in for 13 books total, the first few books I thought were pretty good, he has done a decent job in setting up the world, but the books do keep getting progressively worse, in the last book absolutely nothing happened, the plot wasn't advanced at all, he seems to be stretching to get to 13 books

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: fatalbert
well I am guessing we are in for 13 books total, the first few books I thought were pretty good, he has done a decent job in setting up the world, but the books do keep getting progressively worse, in the last book absolutely nothing happened, the plot wasn't advanced at all, he seems to be stretching to get to 13 books

Yeah, some of the later books just aren't very exciting and don't seem to go anywhere. Maybe if some of those books were condensed somewhat into one larger book, it might be a little better. It's become a job to finish reading the entire series rather than an enjoyable way to pass the time.

 

[fatalbert]

Yeah, some of the later books just aren't very exciting and don't seem to go anywhere. Maybe if some of those books were condensed somewhat into one larger book, it might be a little better. It's become a job to finish reading the entire series rather than an enjoyable way to pass the time.

that sums it up fairly well

 

[The Sauce]

Any Wheel of Time fans awake out there?

Not after reading the book :Q

 

[illusion88]

I never finished the series. I will once it fvcking ends. I was on the seventh book and realised that they are all the same except a different setting. I will start it over once its done though.

I liked Terry Goodkinds books better. Sword of Truth was a good series, minus Soul of Fire... that book licked giant monkey balls.

 

[Anubis]

Pm GltchNy. hes read them all

 

[LordMorpheus]

stop reading now.

The last 5 books each cover 2-3 days, with mostly inane trap-walking-intos pulled off by the female characters while the male characters whine about duty, both sexs complaining about the other sex, and nothing ever happens.

first few books were good. But then the series died.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Spoooon

Originally posted by: fatalbert
well I am guessing we are in for 13 books total, the first few books I thought were pretty good, he has done a decent job in setting up the world, but the books do keep getting progressively worse, in the last book absolutely nothing happened, the plot wasn't advanced at all, he seems to be stretching to get to 13 books

Yeah, some of the later books just aren't very exciting and don't seem to go anywhere. Maybe if some of those books were condensed somewhat into one larger book, it might be a little better. It's become a job to finish reading the entire series rather than an enjoyable way to pass the time.

that is JUST how i feel. its a chore to read them!