Hocknose, on 22 February 2012 - 11:35 AM, said:
I have been reading fantasy books for about 15 years now and one series that I've never read but always meant to was the Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan. I've always avoided spoilers of this series as I've known I would read it one day. With the news that the final book is due to be released in about a year I though it would be the perfect time to start.
What would you guys say I have in store for me? How does it shape compared to Erikson, GRRM, Bakker et al
Most would say that those guys fall in the postmodern category. I like to think of RJ as being the pinnacle of traditional contemporary fantasy, and Tolkien as being the genesis of it, but that's just me. Well, me and millions of other people. But don't worry about those guys. Some of them like Goodkind and Eddings. Anyway, the the problem with WoT, such as it is, is that it went on for 20 years and outlived its era. It's still awesome, though, in so many ways that I've never seen in any contemporary literature. Malazan has a lot of those elements, but (sometimes deliberately) lacks a few of them.
What you should expect: something that is not what it seems on the surface. That is the best summary I can give of WoT.
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I was considering reading the re-read notes on TOR after every chapter...is that worth doing or will it spoil things?
That would spoil everything, from the Prologue. She assumes you've already read it. You can always ask questions here, though. I'll subscribe to the thread.
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