[Cauthon]

For anyone who follows this series can I ask what your expectations of what will occur in this book are?

Also any idea of the release date? I looked around and could only find an approx estimate of it being released in mid-late 2002.

[cassandra]

The publishers are hoping everyone will forget how colossally bad the last book was. I mean, I don't expect Jordan to be anything but a mildly amusing distraction, but *ungh*. Book Nine was a waste of trees. I think HE's getting sick of the series already.
And yeah, I'm going to buy the next one. In hardcover. Cuz then they'll match. And it takes alot to make me give up on an author. It took me till book 10 or 11 to give up on Piers Anthony and his horrible Xanth series. http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif
But while we're waiting for our next installment of Why Rand Is Completely Useless, try a good author. http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif Guy Gavriel Kay can do dovetailed storylines heaps better than Jordan. Try some Bradbury. I'm reading his new book, Death Is a Lonely Business. It's so good it makes me doubt my being. Tad Williams has some excellent books for all ages and tastes. Explore!

[Duke_Sandre]

I think Book 10 will definately include something on the Tower, and Jordan may lay that plot to rest when Egwene will(in my opinion)win the Tower

It was disappointing when Jordan gave us hardly any info on the Rebels in the last book.I think he was building up the suspension by leaving that out of the last book.

So here's hoping lets have the Tower thread finished in the next book.

[Zsinj16]

I haven't read any of the WOT books myself, yet, but I've heard a lot about them, including that there's this main bad guy in it that is called the Dark One. I've also heard about the Dark One's soldiers called the Trollocs, which are kind of Minataur-like, I think. Also, I've heard lots about the main hero called Rand Al Thor, and that he becomes a reincarnation of The Dragon. I wonder how many books it will take until Rand confronts the Dark One.
What I'm wondering here is why a lot of people here seem to hate this series. It looks like a good series to me, being so long running, and each book being huge. I've never read it, therefore I don't know what people hate so much about it? Could someone tell me?

[Metosblat]

Not everyone hates it. I think it's great. It's just getting a bit drawn out.

[Asha'man]

Alot of people dont like it for no other reason than they wanna sound deep. The series is great, if not one of the best i have read, the only thing you can do is read it. Read the first book, Eye of the World
and if you dont like it, dont read anymore, but at least read half. I dont think youll be disapointed if you can appreciate all of the little things jorden has to offer. One of my favorite aspects is how all three of the male main characters have difficulties with women and they all think the others are good with women. (if that made sense.)

[Gooch]

I stopped reading WoT at about book 4 or 5 I think. DOn't get me wrong, I really liked a lot that Jordan had to offer. There were very good elements there. But, for me, many parts of each book became long and drawn out, with too much minute (sp?) details, and I just couldn't bear to read through them anymore.

[Cannon Fodder]

Most of the flak directed at Wheel of Time is because of length and the way in which the whole series has become so drawn out. It started out so well and then kind of lost the way, the story slowing to a snails pace bogged down with numerous subplots and heaps and heaps of extra characters. The last four books would have been better of they had been trimmed down to about two.

[Rupert Avery]

This post is starting to sound a bit too familar like many other Jorden posts but to answer the question I would like to see Perrin a bit more and I think a really big battle is coming up in the next book between Rand and all the other Asha'man.I think the last few Foresaken and the Dark One will not be delt with until book 11.

[Bardos]

Jordan is a fun read. And I would recomend to read it just to have the experience. Personaly, I liked some parts, and had great laughs at others (see when that archer woman -can't rember her name now- was shooting arrows all around Nynaeve in the circus! LOL! Btw, Nynaeve is perfect in the circus!!! http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/biggrin.gif)
Jordan has his drawbacks though... If you read LotR, from book 1, you'll know that Jordy has taken many thing from Tolkien. If you liked LotR you might get angre also (/might/). Many of his characters have the same character traits -e.g., all the women have the same egoistic character, all the men think it their resposebility to protect women, even if they don't want them to (!!). And, generaly, he has some sterotypes of people.
About the seconadry characters, I personaly like he has many (and I like he writes from their POVs also). These characters, sometimes, are the ones with the real personality and the different character traits.
About the book 1, one thing (except character traits etc) hit me bad/strange (about the plot): Three boys come from a village, all three are chosen by destiny (tave'ren, or something); two girls some from the same village, both have the rare gift of weaving the Power, both miraculasly lived ('cause when the Power first appears to a woman, and she has not the required training, it is supposed it's 70% chance to die! Moiraine said its 3 in 4 who die...)
So, it's all too coincidental for me.
I have bought 7 books and read up to book 5 (for now); the best, IMHO, are 2 and 3 (especialy 3). The first is too copy, too childish, too few POVs (!!) to like it.