I’m gonna try for a third time to read the Wheel of Time series by the late Robert Jordan.
Lan is all "hard planes and angles" as we hear very often
I have tried twice in the past, making it the first time through part of the 4th book and the second time through the 6th one; there are currently 11 books I believe with the last “book” being finished posthumously by his wife and another author which will be split into 3 separate books (my friend Robert tells me). Also, I read a rumor that there is a movie for the first book, Eye of the World, possibly being filmed for release in 2011.
I enjoy the books, but thus far when I hit the 4th through the 6th one things seem to bog down–all the main characters get split up into like 5 different groups, and each group gets a few chapters at a time, so it might be that you get left waiting to know what happens with the group you are most interested in for a good chunk of a book before they are finally revisited. I also got the feeling that the author was having a hard time knowing where everyone is supposed to be going–characters end up doing very little but it takes a long time for them to do it, which is frustrating.
On the positive side, many of the characters are fun and Jordan adds novel ideas to Tolkien’s genre, especially in regard to the magic system and the enemies. One of the main good guys isn’t really magical but has tremendous luck consistently (totally taken from X-Men’s Longshot no doubt), which is a great non-magical ability to use in a story.
We’ll see how many I make it through this time. If you have read the series, your thoughts on them are appreciated.
Devin! You have no idea what kind of memories you are bringing back for me! I was obsessed with these books in high school. LOL!