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I'm Spinning The Wheel of Time Spoilers Dare you tread The Path of Spoilers

#541 caladanbrood

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Posted 11 November 2008 - 04:18 PM

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on Nov 7 2008, 08:48 AM, said:

I finally got around to starting book 11, about halfway through. I have to say, I'm enjoying it in spite of myself. RJ finally decided it was time to advance things at a reasonable rate, and many of the things I don't like about his characters are toned down. One of the best books of the series.

There's no doubt, it's a significant improvement from the few before it :thumbsup:

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Posted 11 November 2008 - 04:25 PM

book 5 was the best. when matt kept trying to run away from that battle and ended up forming the band of the red hand.. now that was pure awesome in a can!!

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Posted 11 November 2008 - 07:26 PM

Werthead, on Nov 10 2008, 12:00 PM, said:

Confirmation that Red Eagle are total wankers:

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DM: In one of his last blog posts, Jim made a negative comment about Red Eagle Entertainment that fueled a lot of speculation about Red Eagle Entertainment and your intentions with respect to THE WHEEL OF TIME. How will you convince Jim’s fans to trust you and give their full support to Red Eagle Entertainment’s WHEEL OF TIME projects?

REE: Let us first say that nothing Jim ever said did anything to diminish our great respect for him, his creative energy, and his vision for THE WHEEL OF TIME.

No, you idiots, he wasn't asking if you were going to 'forgive' Robert Jordan for what he said, he wanted to know how you were going to win back the fans' trust and faith after apparently screwing over the author and insulting him. Insulting him again after he's passed away is not the best way of doing this.

Well, I was inpsired to rant about this.

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 06:35 AM

Ken, Adam,

Nice Posts! It is such a shame that these tools are still involved with WoT. I'm not sure how thins came about, but I hope it wasn't a $ grab after RJ's death. Doubt the project will go ahead anyway, but definitely not pleased to see REE involved.

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 02:53 PM

Paran, on Nov 11 2008, 11:35 PM, said:

Thanks.
Check out this response:

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Anonymous said...

I think all of the 12, 14 year olds that frequent this blog and other "fan sites" deserve each other!
I hope that you all stay home with Neth in his room and stay away from any movie.

Classless?? mmmmmm........

Please promise.

how cowardly and childish

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Posted 17 July 2009 - 03:23 PM

Well, getting toward the end of book 5 finally. I really like this one. There was a lot of dicking around at the start but the battle at carhien (spelling?) is shaping up to be pretty rad.

I'm also really digging the Nynaeve / Elayne / Thom / Julin / Prophet story thread now that they've joined the menagerie and aren't fucking around yelling "men!" and "women!" at each other anymore

and (putting this spoilermode here cause its pretty major)

Spoiler

I mean - you knew it was going to happen eventually but what a great way for it to finally happen.

I wonder if he touched her source....heh heh heh

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 01:04 PM

I was a total fanboy of WOT 'til i got to, i think, book 9. Gave up at that point and decided to wait until the whole thing is finished.

2 years between books was just too long to wait and book 9 (i think) really dragged.

when its all finished off, in about 30 years time, I'll do a re-read and finish the series off.

@cerveza: yeah that battle at cairhien is pretty cool. tarmon gai'don should be awesome.

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 01:10 PM

Raatchi, on Jul 21 2009, 02:04 PM, said:

2 years between books was just too long to wait

GRRM fans are laughing at your impatience.

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 03:07 PM

Also, it will be finished in 3 years. BS is working like a dog, but I'm sure he wants to go ahead and get this over with so he can fully concentrate on his own stuff (not that he's rushing...I don't think he is, anyway).

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 04:33 PM

Illuyankas, on Jul 21 2009, 08:10 AM, said:

Raatchi, on Jul 21 2009, 02:04 PM, said:

2 years between books was just too long to wait

GRRM fans are laughing at your impatience.

Heck, Donaldson fans are/have been waiting 3 years each for 4 books.

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Posted 22 July 2009 - 05:14 AM

Salt-Man Z, on Jul 21 2009, 09:33 AM, said:

Illuyankas, on Jul 21 2009, 08:10 AM, said:

Raatchi, on Jul 21 2009, 02:04 PM, said:

2 years between books was just too long to wait

GRRM fans are laughing at your impatience.

Heck, Donaldson fans are/have been waiting 3 years each for 4 books.

So worth it though.

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#552 Raatchi

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Posted 22 July 2009 - 08:10 AM

bloody hell! really 3 years between books? i am way way too impatient for that.

but with robert jordan, iirc, he was also writing Conan books while still on with WoT. I kept thinking will you stop fucking around and get on with it.

At least with Erikson you only (erm..."only") have to wait about a year.

much more reasonable.

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Posted 22 July 2009 - 08:15 AM

Raatchi, on Jul 22 2009, 10:10 AM, said:

I hope you said 'only' with lots of irony on top.
One book a year, of that quality and size, is more than amazing and basically written at break neck speed.

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Posted 22 July 2009 - 01:27 PM

Which makes them all the more impressive.

All hail Erikson!

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Posted 22 July 2009 - 04:48 PM

oh yeah.

The carhienin battle totally paid off. Mat is getting to be a half-decent character finally.

Also liking the slight craziness that Rand is starting to display while talking to the Taieren and Cairhiennin lords. I can tell he's gonna unleash all kinds of hurt on the forsaken here pretty soon.

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Posted 23 July 2009 - 06:26 AM

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but with robert jordan, iirc, he was also writing Conan books while still on with WoT. I kept thinking will you stop fucking around and get on with it.

The Conan books were written in the early 80's when the movie came out. They were rereleased in the 90's along with his "Fallon" trilogy and his western book, to cash in on the popularity of WoT. The only other books RJ worked on during his writing of WoT was the New Spring story for Legends, the expanded version of that story and the Guide to WoT.

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Posted 24 July 2009 - 02:11 AM

Yup, the Battle of Cairhien kicked ass. And I love Rand's craziness. It's one of my favorite things about WoT. And also, it's the reason RJ started writing WoT - the scenario that a regular guy gets tapped on the shoulder, told he's the savior of the world, and will probably die in the end. What would REALLY happen? Well, the dude would go nuts of course.

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Posted 30 July 2009 - 04:53 PM

First review of The Gathering Storm.

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Posted 30 July 2009 - 05:01 PM

Werthead, on Jul 30 2009, 05:53 PM, said:

First review of The Gathering Storm.

That's very exciting. I think I may be anticipating this book even more than DoD.

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