Since the end of February, I have spent the equivalent of just over twelve straight days (just over 292 hours) listening to all 11 main series books and the prequel to Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series on audio from Audible.com. Well, truth be told, two of the books aren’t available on audio, so count another day to read them.
Couple of points.
- I hate Faile, the prissy little snob.
- Jordan needs an editor. Yes, I know, his wife Harriet edits the books, but the man is wordy and needs someone impartial to whittle it down to the good stuff.
- I love it when there is black and white, good and evil, but lots of shades of gray on the side of “good.” These books deliver in spades.
- I can’t wait for the next (and theoretically last) book.
Chopper has heard me rant and rave about the books … I have loved them and been driven absolutely crazy by them. The character development is amazing and the depth of interconnectedness is staggering. While it’s a daunting venture to start out, anyone who loves good fantasy writing would do well to dive into this series.
However … I would advise spacing the books out a bit to avoid the absolute immersion I went through. I wonder what the withdrawal until the next book will be like?
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July 30, 2006 at 8:10 pm
Heather
As I said … don’t do the whole Wheel of Time immersion thing. I am listening to another book but I still have moments of, well, loss when I am doing something like cleaning the apartment. I used to routinely listen to the Wheel of Time via my iPod while doing chores and even with another book, it isn’t the same.
How said is that?