Wheel of Time discussions - Page 11

Acalewia · 04-09-2006, 05:29 PM

Or as Tim McGraw says: "Live like you were dying"

That is terrible that he has a rare blood disease. He has achieved immotality with the Wheel of Time Series. I found the prequel at the libary the other day and now i can't remember the name of the book. It was something about spring. It takes place 20 years before Eye of the World.

Curubethion · 04-09-2006, 10:41 PM

That would be New Spring (Wow...I've memorized the names of all of his books-I even know that he wrote the Fallon Blood trilogy, which is a modern war trilogy...)
I haven't read it yet. I probably will, once I'm done with KoD.

Acalewia · 04-10-2006, 05:45 PM

wow Curub! What are you, a walking Library!?

Curubethion · 04-10-2006, 07:57 PM

Mmm...just about.

Actually, I just decided to memorize the names of the books, because they were on the back of all the softcover books, and I thought it might be cool to know all the titles. Memorizing the title New Spring was a logical leap, and then I noticed the Fallon books-although I've never read either of those.

Acalewia · 04-10-2006, 08:08 PM

A friend of mine who hasn't read WoT was telling me about New Spring. She's read it as thought it was good.

Daisy Baggins · 04-11-2006, 02:18 AM

I've read the New Spring. It's of interest as background information for the rest of the series. I'm surprised that someone who hasn't read the Wheel of Time books would like it. In my opinion, a lot of it doesn't really make sense unless you've read some of the books.

Acalewia · 04-23-2006, 08:23 PM

I started Shadow Rising thursday
I think I now know why Curub has an obsession with balefire. That's one powerful "weapon"

Curubethion · 04-26-2006, 06:27 PM

You betcha! What did you think of the opening battle?

Yay! I'm finally starting Crown of Swords! And what a sequence of events...I'm not even out of the prologue, and something's already happened!

b.banner · 04-28-2006, 02:14 PM

i'm on Shadow Rising i like the series alot so far

Curubethion · 04-30-2006, 10:24 AM

Balefire! Balefire! Balefire! Balefire! (ad infinitum

)

Can you tell I just finished Crown of Swords? The last duel was awesome...especially with Rand and the old guy in SL...

Balefire! Balefire! Balefire!...

Acalewia · 05-01-2006, 06:56 PM

lol. I am sooooo glad you can't channel, Curub.
Has anyone, Male and female, ever wished you could channel?

Pytt · 05-02-2006, 12:45 PM

Lots of times. Man, that would be so awesome! Especially gateways, so I can stop biking to school. And I mean, no one would ever try to crap me, if I could throw them around for 30 minutes, upside down!

Acalewia · 05-02-2006, 01:32 PM

I have wished several times that I could use Air on a certian coworker to keep her in her area.

Curubethion · 05-03-2006, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acalewia

lol. I am sooooo glad you can't channel, Curub.

Are you sure about that?

It would be cool if I could actually do that. Ahh, if I could weave a gateway, I'd never ever need to buy an airplane ticket! Just get someone to take lots and lots of pictures of one certain spot overseas...or I could Skim.

And then that stuff in the beginning of Shadow Rising-sweet!

(Update: I made a record-I finished Path of Daggers in two days!)

Acalewia · 05-04-2006, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curubethion

Are you sure about that?

Quote:

(Update: I made a record-I finished Path of Daggers in two days!)

That is a record! Do you speed read!?

b.banner · 05-04-2006, 07:42 PM

i am now reading Fires of Heaven.i Read The Great Hunt and Dragon Reborn in one week!shadow rising was excellent!

Curubethion · 05-04-2006, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acalewia

That is a record! Do you speed read!?

You've never heard of saidin-enhanced speedreading?

No, I just spend insane amounts of solid time just reading. My friend supplied me with Winter's Heart and Crossroads of Twilight. I want to read them both before Monday. Then I can be all set to read Knife of Dreams!!!

Pytt · 05-05-2006, 11:18 AM

Path of Daggers... There you have the most boring, and idiotic book in the whole series. I was so Frustrated at the end, when Rand screw it up like that. I can't even remember something else than Rand wanting to get Callandor so he could kick some Seanchan ass, but noooo, he goes killing his own army. And the book was 800 pages or something...

Thats a nice achivement though

Acalewia · 05-05-2006, 01:31 PM

*shakes head*
I can only read about 1 hour a day. Which is why its taking so long for me to read them. Work sucks.

Curubethion · 05-06-2006, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pytt

Path of Daggers... There you have the most boring, and idiotic book in the whole series. I was so Frustrated at the end, when Rand screw it up like that. I can't even remember something else than Rand wanting to get Callandor so he could kick some Seanchan ass, but noooo, he goes killing his own army. And the book was 800 pages or something...

Thats a nice achivement though

Agreed. (Psst, don't be a spoiler!

) However, I think that was an intended effect. Robert Jordan was framing war not as a glorious happening, but as a nasty job and a horror. Dumai's Wells was a prime example.

As for the part with Callandor, it just goes to show how Rand is limited sometimes, and how his actions had bad consequences. It may have been disappointing to you, but it was a big blow to Rand as well.

04-09-2006, 05:29 PM	#201
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	Or as Tim McGraw says: "Live like you were dying" That is terrible that he has a rare blood disease. He has achieved immotality with the Wheel of Time Series. I found the prequel at the libary the other day and now i can't remember the name of the book. It was something about spring. It takes place 20 years before Eye of the World. __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

04-09-2006, 10:41 PM	#202
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	That would be New Spring (Wow...I've memorized the names of all of his books-I even know that he wrote the Fallon Blood trilogy, which is a modern war trilogy...) I haven't read it yet. I probably will, once I'm done with KoD. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

04-10-2006, 05:45 PM	#203
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	wow Curub! What are you, a walking Library!? __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

04-10-2006, 07:57 PM	#204
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Mmm...just about. Actually, I just decided to memorize the names of the books, because they were on the back of all the softcover books, and I thought it might be cool to know all the titles. Memorizing the title New Spring was a logical leap, and then I noticed the Fallon books-although I've never read either of those. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

04-10-2006, 08:08 PM	#205
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	A friend of mine who hasn't read WoT was telling me about New Spring. She's read it as thought it was good. __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

04-11-2006, 02:18 AM	#206
Daisy Baggins Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 26	I've read the New Spring. It's of interest as background information for the rest of the series. I'm surprised that someone who hasn't read the Wheel of Time books would like it. In my opinion, a lot of it doesn't really make sense unless you've read some of the books.

04-23-2006, 08:23 PM	#207
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	I started Shadow Rising thursday I think I now know why Curub has an obsession with balefire. That's one powerful "weapon" __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

04-26-2006, 06:27 PM	#208
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	You betcha! What did you think of the opening battle? Yay! I'm finally starting Crown of Swords! And what a sequence of events...I'm not even out of the prologue, and something's already happened! __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

04-28-2006, 02:14 PM	#209
b.banner Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Trying to keep a hold on my temper so I don't turn into a big green guy. Posts: 572	i'm on Shadow Rising i like the series alot so far __________________ "We are going to tickle some Aes Sedai under the chin, rescue a mule, and put a snip-nosed girl on the Lion Throne. Oh, yes. That's Aviendha. Don't look at her cross-wise or she'll try to cut your throat and probably slit her own by mistake."-Mat Cauthon from Wheel of Time "Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry...."-Dr. Bruce Banner HULK BATMAN THE FLASH

04-30-2006, 10:24 AM	#210
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Balefire!!! Balefire! Balefire! Balefire! Balefire! (ad infinitum ) Can you tell I just finished Crown of Swords? The last duel was awesome...especially with Rand and the old guy in SL... Balefire! Balefire! Balefire!... __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

05-01-2006, 06:56 PM	#211
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	lol. I am sooooo glad you can't channel, Curub. Has anyone, Male and female, ever wished you could channel? __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

05-02-2006, 12:45 PM	#212
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	Lots of times. Man, that would be so awesome! Especially gateways, so I can stop biking to school. And I mean, no one would ever try to crap me, if I could throw them around for 30 minutes, upside down! __________________ Don't Panic!

05-02-2006, 01:32 PM	#213
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	I have wished several times that I could use Air on a certian coworker to keep her in her area. __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

05-04-2006, 07:42 PM	#216
b.banner Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Trying to keep a hold on my temper so I don't turn into a big green guy. Posts: 572	i am now reading Fires of Heaven.i Read The Great Hunt and Dragon Reborn in one week!shadow rising was excellent! __________________ "We are going to tickle some Aes Sedai under the chin, rescue a mule, and put a snip-nosed girl on the Lion Throne. Oh, yes. That's Aviendha. Don't look at her cross-wise or she'll try to cut your throat and probably slit her own by mistake."-Mat Cauthon from Wheel of Time "Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry...."-Dr. Bruce Banner HULK BATMAN THE FLASH

05-05-2006, 11:18 AM	#218
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	Path of Daggers... There you have the most boring, and idiotic book in the whole series. I was so Frustrated at the end, when Rand screw it up like that. I can't even remember something else than Rand wanting to get Callandor so he could kick some Seanchan ass, but noooo, he goes killing his own army. And the book was 800 pages or something... Thats a nice achivement though __________________ Don't Panic!

05-05-2006, 01:31 PM	#219
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	shakes head I can only read about 1 hour a day. Which is why its taking so long for me to read them. Work sucks. __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

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