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| Topic Started: 11 Dec 2007, 07:11 (1,295 Views) | |
| Kevin Thomas Riley | 6 Dec 2009, 18:12 Post #61 |
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Well, there's either those covers (I googled the name) or an edition with some indistinct rings (wheels?) that all books have, with only slight variations in colour. Very boring I think.
It's not too hard to read a paperback that is so thick? |
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| Jedikatie | 6 Dec 2009, 18:20 Post #62 |
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Well, the paperbacks in those sets that I have consist of (the pages are for the actual story, it doesn't include the glossary at the end of the book): The Eye of the World - 814 pages The Great Hunt - 681 pages The Dragon Reborn - 675 pages The Shadow Rising - 981 pages The Fires of Heaven - 964 pages Fires of Heaven - 987 pages Honestly, it's been awhile since I've read the first few books, so I don't recall how difficult it was to read them in paperback. Though they're about the same length as some of George R. R. Martin's books, and I did read those in paperback a few years ago and didn't have a lot of difficulty. |
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| Kevin Thomas Riley | 6 Dec 2009, 18:43 Post #63 |
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Well, my Martin books are about the same length as each of Jordan's, so adding three books (The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt and The Dragon Reborn) into a single volume will, I think, be a real doorstopper, even if it's all in paperback. |
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| Jedikatie | 6 Dec 2009, 18:44 Post #64 |
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Mine are three separate paperbacks in a box set, they're not combined into one giant paperback. |
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| Kevin Thomas Riley | 6 Dec 2009, 18:50 Post #65 |
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Oh, maybe I've misunderstood it then. Does it look like this? I just assumed it was one mega volume... :confused: |
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| Jedikatie | 6 Dec 2009, 19:00 Post #66 |
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Mine's a different box set, from the mid 90's (just a rather boring purple box with a stone or something between Robert Jordan's name and "The Wheel of Time" on the side). But I'm sure that the one you're looking at is three books in a little box to hold them, same as mine. ETA: You might want to pick up the prequel novel, New Spring, first and read that before the series itself. It basically covers the events immediately before the start of the series. Or you can wait, and read it between books 9 & 10 (when it originally came out). Edited by Jedikatie, 6 Dec 2009, 19:02.
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| Kevin Thomas Riley | 6 Dec 2009, 19:10 Post #67 |
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A prequel, huh? It doesn't spoil anything from the later novels? ETA: My Swedish retailer says: "This volume is the first of three prequels to the 'Wheel of Time' series." Three prequels? What will happen with that now that Jordan's dead? Edited by Kevin Thomas Riley, 6 Dec 2009, 19:18.
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| Jedikatie | 6 Dec 2009, 19:32 Post #68 |
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^ The other two probably aren't going to be written. This is what it says at the WoT encyclopedia on the subject:
As for your question, basically New Spring takes place in the Aiel War, some 20 years prior to the story. Some of the stuff that happens in it is referred to in the other books, but this book is more of an expansion of what they mention, rather than ruining the other books. It gives you more of a background of some of the characters who are important in the series itself. You can skip it if you want--after all, he didn't write it until around books 9 and 10, so it's not like you can't follow the rest of the series if you don't read this first. |
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| Kevin Thomas Riley | 6 Dec 2009, 19:44 Post #69 |
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Ah, thanks! :) I might as well pick it up if I'm getting the first set. |
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| Jedikatie | 15 Dec 2009, 20:42 Post #70 |
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Cool, looks like Brandon's making progress again on the next book in the series (Towers of Midnight). After being stuck at around 70% for about a month and half (while out on the road doing all the book signings), it's up to about 78% done now, according to his site (with the caveat, of course, that sometimes it goes past 100% because he uses an estimate of about how many words equals 10% of the book to divide up each book when he starts writing it, which may or may not be accurate when he gets to the end). Here's hoping he manages to get done in the next two weeks to a month, so that we can hopefully get the next book next November or so... *fingers crossed* |
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| Jedikatie | 20 Dec 2009, 17:18 Post #71 |
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Well, I did start rereading this series today while on the road going to my family's Christmas party. Though I've only read the prologue and the first chapter of The Eye of the World so far. |
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| Kevin Thomas Riley | 20 Dec 2009, 17:20 Post #72 |
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I might start with the prequel once things settle down during my Christmas/New Year holiday. |
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| Jedikatie | 20 Dec 2009, 17:33 Post #73 |
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^ I would have started with that one, except it's not going to be out on my Kindle until next November... :( |
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| Jedikatie | 23 Dec 2009, 08:42 Post #74 |
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I've only reread the first few chapters of The Eye of the World, but I can honestly say that I'd forgotten just how innocent and naive that Rand, Mat, Perrin and even Egwene and Nynaeve were at the start of this series (though Nynaeve would probably smack me with her stick if she was real and saw me calling her 'naive", LOL). Little do they know that they are all going to be very much a part of the Breaking of the World at this point in time... (I'm trying to make the story last, mostly because they're only releasing one novel a month on the Kindle, so I don't want to go tearing through the three books that are out right now, else I'm going to be stuck waiting at some point for the next book, and I'd like to put that off as long as possible.) ETA: And I'd entirely forgot about Moiraine telling Egwene that she could possibly go as high as the Amyrlin Seat with her natural ability for channeling... Edited by Jedikatie, 23 Dec 2009, 16:36.
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| Jedikatie | 6 Jan 2010, 20:52 Post #75 |
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E-book cover art for The Shadow Rising It's Mat, even if he does appear to be wearing something that looks a lot like a Civil War coat... not sure why we can't see his scar, though, since he's supposed to have just been cut down from the Tree of Life... |
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| Kevin Thomas Riley | 14 Jan 2010, 17:37 Post #76 |
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Since Brandon Sanderson is the one finishing The Wheel of Time I thought I'd post this here: Mistborn Movie News Apparently there's going to be a movie made of his Mistborn novels. |
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| Jedikatie | 6 Feb 2010, 09:29 Post #77 |
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I rather like this ebook cover for the fifth book in the series: new ebook cover for The Fires of Heaven It's a lovely picture of Moiraine... Pity they're going to charge more for it as an ebook than what the first four books cost, because I won't buy it til the price goes down again. |
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| Jedikatie | 2 Mar 2010, 21:47 Post #78 |
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I think you might like this ebook cover for Lord of Chaos, Rigil... Nice one of the Aiel and the Asha'men. |
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| Jedikatie | 8 Apr 2010, 19:45 Post #79 |
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Ebook cover for A Crown of Swords It's Nynaeve being rescued by Lan, when she was drowning, in case you're wondering... |
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| Jedikatie | 29 Apr 2010, 20:19 Post #80 |
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They've got up over at Dragonmount.com an early look at the cover for the next novel, Towers of Midnight. This is still Darryl Sweet's work (because it's the actual book, not the ebook version). You can see it (or at least part of it, though they slapped 'cover not final' over top of the important bit) here: Towers of Midnight cover: early preview From what you can see, it appears to be of Mat & the two who are going with him to rescue Moiraine... |
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