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What is your opinion on the Wheel of Time?
#261 Guest_Caldazar_*
Posted 03 February 2004 - 08:47 PM
Martin has actually named a character after Jordan in homage to the man. "Jordayne of the Tor".
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#262 Guest_Fool_*
Posted 06 February 2004 - 08:33 AM
Yeah but she hurt her back in a car accident or something.
Also her books are to good to risk her even if its for a good cause like killing jordan and goodkind.
Also her books are to good to risk her even if its for a good cause like killing jordan and goodkind.
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Posted 27 February 2004 - 07:05 AM
I read "New Spring" last night. It's a better piece than "Crossroads of Twilight"...Although that's not actually saying much..
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There was a young girl from Madras,
Who had a remarkable ass,
Not peachlike and pink,
As you might like to think,
It was brown, had long ears, and ate grass.
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There was a young girl from Madras,
Who had a remarkable ass,
Not peachlike and pink,
As you might like to think,
It was brown, had long ears, and ate grass.
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If some one maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction. … So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants. Bertrand Russell
#264 Guest_Reave the Just_*
Posted 04 February 2004 - 07:35 AM
never read it but know enough to know I hate it
(cue being shot down in flames by outraged WOT fans
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When in Rome, do the Jerk
(cue being shot down in flames by outraged WOT fans
)When in Rome, do the Jerk
#265 Guest_Dark Daze_*
Posted 21 February 2004 - 04:26 PM
Unless you read the WOT books straight through or reread, it's difficult to keep track of the names from book to book. It doesn't matter. You can still get the gist of the story. Most of the secondary stories are just background.
I couldn't keep track of different armies and their "distinguishing" characteristics. Everything for me is Aeil and not Aeil (and the Seanche I guess.) And as for the Aes Sedai, I pretty much ignore/forget Jordan's character descriptions.
For anyone concerned with who killed Asmodian. Who cares??? (RJ mentioned it in the interview.)
I couldn't keep track of different armies and their "distinguishing" characteristics. Everything for me is Aeil and not Aeil (and the Seanche I guess.) And as for the Aes Sedai, I pretty much ignore/forget Jordan's character descriptions.
For anyone concerned with who killed Asmodian. Who cares??? (RJ mentioned it in the interview.)
#266 Guest_Fool_*
Posted 23 February 2004 - 05:15 AM
Does anyone here believe that the dark one will triumph? That any of the good main characters will die? How many died uptil now?
Of course that wouldnt matter if we could look forward to great scenes and action but how many of those have we got the last couple of books? Think its gonna get better?
Of course that wouldnt matter if we could look forward to great scenes and action but how many of those have we got the last couple of books? Think its gonna get better?
#267 Guest_Caldazar_*
Posted 07 February 2004 - 11:06 PM
For all the negativity in this thread the poll is pretty even.
#268 Guest_Fool_*
Posted 05 February 2004 - 05:09 AM
I thought book 1-4 were decent if you skipped all the bad chapters (mainly from the women's and villain's point of view). Book 5 and 6 were readable (albeit not very good) if you did that. And after that if you skipped all the bad chapters, there wasnt anything left to read.
Still i dont like him, just as i dont like anyone who ripps off tolkien so blatantly.
Still i dont like him, just as i dont like anyone who ripps off tolkien so blatantly.
#269 Guest_allwilldie_*
Posted 03 February 2004 - 01:24 PM
Completely and utterly impossible to say.
#270 Guest_Rallick Nom_*
Posted 14 February 2004 - 09:28 AM
LOL
Even better. Your addicition should be broken by the force of how terrible it is!
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Even better. Your addicition should be broken by the force of how terrible it is!
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Rallick Recommends: "Children of the Grave" by Black Sabbath or White Zombie(The original is a classic, and White Zombie just m/ it)
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Talk to your kids about Led Zeppelin. You have more power than you know.
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#271 Guest_Pale Remnants_*
Posted 03 February 2004 - 12:26 PM
You know,i have never read this series. I feel like a blind Man discussing the Rainbow...in this case one of many grey hues.
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Posted 07 February 2004 - 08:24 AM
Hmmm never thought of that, although I practise it (I havn't read any more fiest either 
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People like to moan don't they?
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#273 Guest_LooseCannon_*
Posted 28 February 2004 - 05:49 AM
New Spring takes place before the events of the other books so it doesn't really add much to the series. With that said it was still enjoyable (for me) to read.
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Posted 08 February 2004 - 02:58 AM
Thats probably because very few people who like the series see the point in defending it against people who just hate it. So they just vote and ignore what others think.
Have you ever tried to convince someone of something, when they believe the complete opposite, nearly impossible!
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Have you ever tried to convince someone of something, when they believe the complete opposite, nearly impossible!
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To be is to do - Plato
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#275 Guest_drelldragon_*
Posted 17 July 2005 - 07:20 PM
To Dark Daze;
You're right. It is a bit twilight-zoney around here. " Real " hostility ? sheesh !
Shame.
Waste of good footwork.
Goodbye Daisy !
To Dazer :
Boring.
On an other note adressed to nobody in particular. Tolstoy wrote War and Peace to have Fun. Dickens wrote... er ' Oliver Twist ' in order to have Fun. The mighty Erikson wrote ' Midnight Tides ' to have Fun....er writing it. Do I actually need to say this ?
If I do. I need to be outta here.
Goodbye everybody ! ( I Think. )
P.S . Don't call me ' Pumpkin. " < grin >
You're right. It is a bit twilight-zoney around here. " Real " hostility ? sheesh !
Shame.
Waste of good footwork.
Goodbye Daisy !
To Dazer :
Boring.
On an other note adressed to nobody in particular. Tolstoy wrote War and Peace to have Fun. Dickens wrote... er ' Oliver Twist ' in order to have Fun. The mighty Erikson wrote ' Midnight Tides ' to have Fun....er writing it. Do I actually need to say this ?
If I do. I need to be outta here.
Goodbye everybody ! ( I Think. )
P.S . Don't call me ' Pumpkin. " < grin >
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Posted 03 February 2004 - 12:36 PM
Like it.
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#277 Guest_longshot_*
Posted 21 February 2004 - 02:13 AM
I can reread only certain books and they have to be pretty flash to justify the second glance.having said that...i've reread the first Wot many times and yet found the rest left me quite cold..haven't got past nos. 6. probably don't intend to either
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#278 Guest_Rallick Nom_*
Posted 06 February 2004 - 04:49 PM
Michael Crighton is around 6'9, so he might have a shot. But he doesn't really write fantasy...
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Posted 06 February 2004 - 08:00 AM
I'd bet on Mary Gentle. I've met her, and I know she can use a sword.
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"So you're a racecar in the red?
Well, I'm a mushroom cloud layin' mother****er! Mother****er!"
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If some one maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction. … So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants. Bertrand Russell
#280 Guest_Niko III_*
Posted 18 February 2004 - 02:39 PM
Haven't read "New Spring", or, as Jordan and his publishers call it, "Conning Even More Money", but it's probably as Bloodeye puts it: 'above average' for a fantasy novel.
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"- all these Dark Lords intent on creating wastelands packed with enslaved victims... for what?"
