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Originally Posted by Elsi
And we won't even discuss Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time saga.
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Is this 'Wheel of Time' saga something we might wish to look at?  I'm ready for a new author. |
I've been told that Jordan's Wheel of Time series is the epitome of fantasy series. Jordan completed 11 books out of the 12 he had planned; Brandon Sanderson (author of the Mistborn series) was selected to write the twelfth and final book in the series after Jordan's death in September 2008. There's quite a fan following, with a now-defunct usenet group and (it appears) the largest online community now hanging out at
www.dragonmount.com. There's also a lengthy article at Wikipedia.
Over at Tor.com, Leigh Butler is leading a group re-read of the first eleven books in the series in preparation for the release of
A Memory of Light, which is scheduled to be published in the fall of 2009. Butler has cautioned readers, "... posts will be rife with spoilers for the entire Wheel of Time series, up to and including the most recent installment,
Knife of Dreams. In other words, in the unlikely case that you are reading the series for the first time, you really, really want to wait till you’ve finished them all before reading these posts."
I commented that I'd really like to read the series: "But I can't locate an electronic version of this book. I'm not buying any more books in paper -- and if I *were*, I'd pick up a copy from a second-hand source and neither the publisher nor the author would see any benefit. But if you release a Kindle or Sony or MobiPocket version, then I can buy it and the author and publisher both get paid." Sadly, no one at TOR has responded, though a couple of people suggested I just get the used books and enjoy the series. I'm still holding out for electronic versions.