Embarrassing Problem

#41 Andorion

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 4,516
Joined: 30-July 11
Interests:All things Malazan, sundry sci-fi and fantasy, history, Iron Maiden

Posted 24 July 2014 - 04:34 PM

The consensus of opinion seems to be to hold off New SPring for some time, I don't know.... I like prequels in general.... on the other hand, I don't actually have New Spring, whereas my brother has the main series itself...... which is my main bonus.. I don't need to buy the books. All I spend is time... which temporarily I have.

This post has been edited by Andorion: 24 July 2014 - 04:35 PM

#42 End of Disc One

House Knight

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 1,865
Joined: 30-January 06

Posted 24 July 2014 - 06:40 PM

New Spring provides some pretty big spoilers for the first handful of books.

#43 TheRetiredBridgeburner

House Knight

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 1,516
Joined: 28-March 13
Location:Deepest Darkest Yorkshire

Posted 24 July 2014 - 07:47 PM

QuickTidal, on 18 July 2014 - 02:15 PM, said:

To chime in, I boarded the WOT bandwagon late in the game (I think all the books except the last two were out at the time), and I read them all successively.

I enjoyed the first few, slogged mostly through the middle ones, and enjoyed MOST of how Sanderson ended it.

But after I did so, I looked at the collection of books on my shelf and decided to sell it as I'd never ever read it again, and that I'd largely wasted my time.

So, YMMV, but I'm a little conflicted I'd spent so much money on a series that I only enjoyed about 6 books of.

Carbon copy of what I did - right down to selling the books after finishing!

I think the suggestion to Wiki-read the slowest of the slow books is a good one, and may help you through the Wastelands of Twilight at least. For all the bad press it (mostly rightly) receives it definitely has plenty of good points - at least with Wiki-reads you'll be able to trim the fat (there's a lot of it....)

- Wyrd bið ful aræd -

#44 acesn8s

Soletaken

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 2,122
Joined: 09-October 07
Location:Northampton, PA USA
Interests:Reading, video games, role playing games, Fountain Pens, journals...

Posted 24 July 2014 - 08:30 PM

http://encyclopaedia-wot.org/

A nice reference site for all things Wheel of Time. Summaries of all chapters. An excellent resource for anyone re-reading the series or wanted to get back into the series.

“The others followed, and found themselves in a small, stuffy basement, which would have been damp, smelly, close, and dark, were it not, in fact, well-lit, which prevented it from being dark.”
― Steven Brust, The Phoenix Guards

#45 worry

Master of the Deck

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 14,578
Joined: 24-February 10
Location:the buried west

Posted 24 July 2014 - 08:33 PM

Isn't New Spring the novella about them fixing up a mattress? I mean the title says it all, really. You can skip it.

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

#46 Tiste Simeon

Faith, Heavy Metal & Bacon

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 11,982
Joined: 08-October 04
Location:T'North

Posted 24 July 2014 - 09:06 PM

upworthywort, on 24 July 2014 - 08:33 PM, said:

Isn't New Spring the novella about them fixing up a mattress? I mean the title says it all, really. You can skip it.

One might even say you can bounce over it?

A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.

#47 Coco with marshmallows

DIIIIIIIIIIVVVEEEEE

Group: LHTEC
Posts: 2,115
Joined: 26-October 05

Posted 24 July 2014 - 10:43 PM

Tisteon Simeonus, on 24 July 2014 - 09:06 PM, said:

upworthywort, on 24 July 2014 - 08:33 PM, said:

Isn't New Spring the novella about them fixing up a mattress? I mean the title says it all, really. You can skip it.

One might even say you can bounce over it?

Or read it in one go on a duvet day?

meh. Link was dead :(

#48 Andorion

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 4,516
Joined: 30-July 11
Interests:All things Malazan, sundry sci-fi and fantasy, history, Iron Maiden

Posted 25 July 2014 - 02:23 AM

acesn8s, on 24 July 2014 - 08:30 PM, said:

Thanks a lot. The 1st chapter in New Spring is called the Hook? Really? Are you sure it isn't about fishing in the spring or something?

But thanks a lot. That site looked helpful. Its impossible to get through large-scale series without some help. i practically lived on these forum boards when reading MBotF for the 1st time.