[Radone]

I quit after Winter's Heart. In the time it took Jordan to write what he's written, I've graduated from college, graduate school, post-grad training, got married, and had 2 children.
I decided to take a friend's advice and never start a series until all the books are published. It's amazing how liberating that can be. No more waiting and whining for the next book.
I applied that to Jordan after Winter's Heart. I'm not going to buy or read anymore of his books until the series is finished. And I'll only read the final books if the ending is worth all the effort.
Does anyone else feel this way, or am I simply being ogreish?

[Evil Agent]

I feel kind of similar. I loved the series when I started. But I'm getting sick of the wait. And I ONLY STARTED FOUR YEARS AGO! Some people have been at it WAY longer...

I think I might wait until it's done, and then maybe RE-READ THE WHOLE thing, cause I'm sure I've forgotten at least 50 subplots.

[Ouroboros]

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[NeverMore]

The long wait works both ways.

Yes there is a massive wait between books, but it give me a chance to completely read all the books again so I can pick up on the story lines for the next book.

Lets face it, after so long between books, it is very hard to remember who everyone is let alone what happened.

[kalnorn]

i managed to read "eye of the world" and the beginning of "great hunt", then i had to stop.

that reading took me about a year or so. Jordan really sucks.

BUT

i agree with anyone who just wants a big, quantity epic that´s just pure fantasy, that you will probably like it. then you get what you want, and can enjoy it.

but anyone who has read Tolkien, Tad Williams or Raymond Feist before (all writers that released their calssics before the mid-90´s fantasy sellout) will have another standard what can be expected of good fantasy >literature<

[ChrisW]

Funny that, I read all three of those authors before WoT and somehow my standard of what is good fantasy literature is not the same as yours. .:confused:

How can that be?

Jordan writes better fantasy than all three of those authors.

[kalnorn]

well that´s in the eye of the beholder :)

by the way, no offence intended! i am well aware that Jordan is the most polarizing author of fantasy ever.

[ChrisW]

Hrm I'll have to disagree about the polarizing bit.:)

[Eurytus]

Originally posted by Caldazar
Hrm I'll have to disagree about the polarizing bit.:)
Polarize: to break up into opposing factions or groupings

I would say that is a pretty good description of both Jordan and Goodkind. I would estimate that a look at these boards will tell you that those authors attract the most “opposing factions”.

After all just compare them to say Tolkien, Pratchet or Hobb. You see far fewer pro/anti threads in those groups.