05-05-2003, 04:01 PM | #241 |
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To answer your question, there's actually a famous poet (I don't remember her name) whose work mostly revolves around Eskimo eroticism...
But yeah, I've read some reviews of the books to come (especially Book 10) and apparently, they don't exactly get more fast-paced. Sometimes I find that there's just way too much irrelevant, extraneous material and prosaic pretentiousness to fight through... would I still understand some of the stuff in Books 8 through 10 if I haven't touched WoT for over a year? Or does Jordan just keep adding characters and unrelated twists?
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05-05-2003, 08:31 PM | #242 |
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hmm well lets see. that i remember he doesnt add any more important charecters, although as you will remember he has a flow of lesser ones.
if you dont remember much of it then you might want to check out wotmania.com they have lots of info and an extensive theory post! but if your too lazy to do that then you might not want to bother after all they are just books right?
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05-06-2003, 06:45 PM | #244 |
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IMHO
haha maybe i overuse that term...
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05-06-2003, 10:42 PM | #245 |
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There are a few things you missed maybe. I can't remember specifically but I think around now Mazrim Taim becomes important (I am struggling not to reveal anything too much) And now instead of a lot of the action centering around Mat, Rand, and Perrin there is a lot more attention given to Egwene and most recently Elayne. Masema is back and the Aes Sedai still collectively suffer from PMS. I think that's about it.
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and now a question why were the Forsaken not stilled and executed instead of being locked up... im only starting Lord of Chaos now and Nynaeve was talking about how if any one found out who Moghedien was she would be stilled and executed right away so why not still her and execute her while they had the chance?
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05-09-2003, 10:52 AM | #247 |
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i forget exactly why but I think it might be that their ties to the Dark Lord meant they could be regenerated because they are still "part of the pattern". This becomes important in the later books. The Dark Lord has reembodied many of his Forsaken by the end of book 10. The only ones incapable of being brought back are those killed by balefire, or who have severed their ties with the Dark Lord.
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05-09-2003, 06:51 PM | #248 |
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Ya I read the connan books, well at least one of them
[sarcasm] thank you for the very helpful answers to my questions[/sarcasm]
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What's really making me wonder is when they'll get rid of that one jerk who muddles around in the Wolf Dream. You know, the one who Perrin used to have duels with. He sort of dropped out and his role has been replaced by the gholam. The one who's face looks like Lan's. Quote:
As for why Nynaeve and Egwene didn't punish Moghedien, they wanted knowledge from her. Many of Egwene's discoveries later on were actually secrets learned from Moghedien. If the other Aes Sedai had known about Moghedien, they would have tried and executed her at once. Last edited by Lief Erikson : 05-11-2003 at 11:14 AM. |
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05-11-2003, 07:06 PM | #251 |
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I thought Winter's Heart was excellent. To me, it was up there with the books from earlier in the series. It was just a book where a lot went on and not too much of it was boring. Book 10 though is nothing but a big HUGE setup. Nothing actually happens, but it gives the sensation that in book 11 so many things are set to spring all at once.
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I expect they won't.
But let's look on the bright side . . .
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05-13-2003, 09:23 AM | #254 |
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There were always a few chapters that would go faster than the others anyway. There were so many characters to get their own chapters. But I was always happy when I was reading and I saw the little dice on the opening of the chapter page or the picture of a wolf. Reading about everybody else got boring after a while. Mat and Perrin never got too boring.
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To me, Rand was the one who never got boring. The Two Rivers things with Perrin weren't quite so deeply interesting to me, even during the Trolloc invasion, because the sphere of influence was small. With Rand, the sphere of influence is always broad.
Elayne and Egwene's plot threads are much more interesting at this point of the story. Recent events in Perrin's plot strand are causing it to get more interesting also- heck, everything's interesting now! . I don't remember getting bored any time during this most recent book, Crossroads of Twilight. The end had a very interesting twist. I'm still waiting to find out what Tuon does next, as well .
I think the plot thread that was most boring to me of all was the one where Elayne and Nynaeve were trying to get the Bowl of Winds. The stuff with Valan Luca is barely ever very interesting to me. It'd be interesting to see the Tinkers come back, though. I want to find out what winds up happening with Aram. |
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It's been so long, but I had a theory about the Tinkers and their Song. I wrote it down somewhere on a WoT board, I just have to find it.
I forgot to mention him before, but I always like when Fain randomly pops into the story. He's such an evil little guy that always seems to compromise things and make everything more difficult for Rand and Co.
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05-20-2003, 05:24 PM | #257 |
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Can I quote myself? WHAT does IMHO mean?
That's interesting, Lief! I think the exact opposite as you.
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IMHO : In My Humble Opinion
I shouldn't read spoilers like that.lol I like how they go on like they do, cos it's awesome having this big series that just keeps going on and on and on. . . mainly cos my mom doesne't want me reading huge books anymore cos it bugs her for some weird ass reason
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Those are my second favorite books (besides LOTR).
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