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May 13 2007 06:45am
Anyone got some news about Robert Jordan's health state?

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May 13 2007 07:11am
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The weakness persists, an unwanted side affect of the medications. Claims that he could sleep 22 hours a day if Harriet were to allow it. She won’t. You’ll recall that we’ve both spoken cryptically of the nasty side affects of the drugs required to fight Amyloidosis. Prolonged exposure to both the Revlimid and Dexamethasone have left his skin thinned and fragile. As a result, he bruises and cuts pretty easily these days, so we passed on the opportunity to wrestle in the side yard. The cuts that are there are attended to daily by the best warder a person could wish for, Harriet. His hair is back in spades however, as is the beard. Not a gray strand on top, not one. The Lambda light chain number was up ever so slightly this month. No one, not even the Mayo, is concerned about that. Most likely this was due to the month of February being off the Revlimid and that in March they had cut the dosage by 40%. Besides, he told me he had an angel looking out for him. Really!

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The weakness persists, an unwanted side affect of the medications. Claims that he could sleep 22 hours a day if Harriet were to allow it. She won’t. You’ll recall that we’ve both spoken cryptically of the nasty side affects of the drugs required to fight Amyloidosis. Prolonged exposure to both the Revlimid and Dexamethasone have left his skin thinned and fragile. As a result, he bruises and cuts pretty easily these days, so we passed on the opportunity to wrestle in the side yard. The cuts that are there are attended to daily by the best warder a person could wish for, Harriet. His hair is back in spades however, as is the beard. Not a gray strand on top, not one. The Lambda light chain number was up ever so slightly this month. No one, not even the Mayo, is concerned about that. Most likely this was due to the month of February being off the Revlimid and that in March they had cut the dosage by 40%. Besides, he told me he had an angel looking out for him. Really!

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Thanks for the link smile.gif
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May 26 2007 04:50am
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There are 10 so far in the series.


Thanks for the correction. In that case, I have only read the first 7!


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok now I was able to vent my disappointment at all of your (y'alls?) lack of knowledge about this AMAZING series of books, let me tell you all (HEATHENS!!!) that there are 11 books in the actual series (Eye of the World, Great Hunt, Dragon Reborn, Shadow rising, Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos, Crown of swords, Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart, Crossroads of twilight, Knife of dreams). There is also 1 Prequel (New Spring) and The World of Robert Jordan's the wheel of time by him and Teresa Patterson.

These books are bloody awsome and not long whatsoever imo. Some 10000 (yes, ten thousand) pages of kickin' literature and really good plots make up for a very short read if you are up for it. Arguably the main story does get somewhat convoluted and drawn out later on in the series but these are A MUST READ (YES, MUST, MUST, MUST, READ SERIES OF BOOKS). HEATHENS!!!!!!!


Just a little question: Who wants Rand to die? Please say: "YES that lucky bastard manages to bed three peaches (Min, Aviendha and Elayne)"

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Are they worth the read?
As good as Eragon/Eldest, Harry Potter, R.A. Salvator?


Yes, better than Harry Potter by far dry.gif.... haven't read the others. I have red The Book of words, Pern, A song of ice and fire, belgariad, mallorean, tamuli, ellenium, discworld, empire, harry potter, and lots, lots more madieval fantasy and this is among THE VERY BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I agree, im only up to book 9 but this is by far the best series i have read to date.

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May 26 2007 11:38am
better than dragonlance, harry potter, eragon, and so many more series ive read, bartemious, magyk/flyte, divide, redwall, winsong,longlight, darren shan,pendragon,keys to the kingdom,sons of the dark, daughters of the moon,percy jackson, and the others ones ive forgotten ill keep adding more as i remember

btw what is the WOT game?
took me a month to read all 11, i was pretty addicted, and only in 7th grade

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better than dragonlance, harry potter, eragon, and so many more series ive read, bartemious, magyk/flyte, divide, redwall, winsong,longlight, darren shan,pendragon,keys to the kingdom,sons of the dark, daughters of the moon,percy jackson,  and the others ones ive forgotten ill keep adding more as i remember

btw what is the WOT game?
took me a month to read all 11, i was pretty addicted, and only in 7th grade


All 11 or 12? And what about the prequel and the accompaniment? Being only thirteen as you are, I'd say that is a very big accomplishment. I also started avidly reading WoT around that time in my life. If there's one piece of wisdom I can imparton you is this: young teenage years aer the best time to be reading lots of what you want. Later you'll have school subject readins taking over, then maybe college/university, then work. However, even though these are the golden years for reading in my opinion, don't overdo it and damage your eyes like I did. That's the only thing I regret biggrin.gif... that and the migraines laugh.gif.
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Jun 12 2007 06:35pm
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What is the Wheel of Time about? Mid-evil stuff?


Yeah, it is very much an average evil series of books wink.gif.

It is a medieval fantasy fiction series of about 13 books (including prequels) which have yet to be finished and will ultimately (hopefully) culminate into one of the best fictional epics ever written (well, hopefully being the operative word).

Try reading it. Especially if you're into diablo2 and magic/battles etc...


I heard two more prequels will come:
about tam finding rand
about events that lead up to winternight in book 1 (moiraine and lan)

can this be confirmed?

btw I got name: Moiraine in d2
so proud ^^

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Jun 13 2007 02:12pm
im on book 6 right now... absolutely fantastic series tongue.gif
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What is the Wheel of Time about? Mid-evil stuff?


Yeah, it is very much an average evil series of books wink.gif.

It is a medieval fantasy fiction series of about 13 books (including prequels) which have yet to be finished and will ultimately (hopefully) culminate into one of the best fictional epics ever written (well, hopefully being the operative word).

Try reading it. Especially if you're into diablo2 and magic/battles etc...


I heard two more prequels will come:
about tam finding rand
about events that lead up to winternight in book 1 (moiraine and lan)

can this be confirmed?
btw I got name: Moiraine in d2
so proud ^^


Heh lucker smile.gif (about the name biggrin.gif).

And yeah, A New Spring is about Moiraine's and Lan's stories and how they got together. I also heard that there'll be other prequels, but Jordan is focusing all his efforts on completing the saga I think smile.gif.

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Jun 14 2007 08:06pm
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIBBBBBBBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BOOOOOOOOOOOOKS

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROBERT JORDAN IS THE FUCKING WORST AUTHOR EVER TO WALK THE EARTH.

yea ok so two girls are walking down the street and they meet these 10 or so thugs and they take them out and go have a cup of tea ok yea thats when I put down the books because I couldnt believe that I was reading that shit, hopefully nobody saw me or they will think I have absolutely no taste in literature.

So every fucking character in the book is the most beatifull girl hes ever set eyes upon, or the most handsome man she has ever seen, every fucking one of them, except for this one old laidy with a wart on her nose who appeared in a dream. So yea nobody dies, like absolutely nobody, except for like people who dont have names and stuff, you know how it is, the guy beside me took an arrow in the face etc... nobody in the books know how to die, I would love to just jump in and machine gun them all down all the characters are fucking retarded, even perrin turned out to be such a dissapointment. Oh yea speaking of wolf-man the stupid author has absolutely no creativity, this must be like the 15 author ive read who has a character communicate with wolves. And I dont know what robert jordan has with fucking worshiping women either.

Take a look at this review http://www.amazon.com/Crossroads-Twilight-Wheel-Time-Book/dp/B000FFJRI6/ref=sr_1_14/104-5371303-9117564?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181872122&sr=8-14
this book has a record low review on amazon with half a star and 2.5 THOUSAND reviews, unbelievable, congratulations robert your wrote the worst books ever.

I cannot believe how you guys are overrating this books, robert, robby, after the first 3 books absolutely nothing is happening in the series, NOTHING they just walk, but then they walk slower and slower, and then suddenly he writes a book where they are just talking the whole way through about the color of horse shit. A more appropriate name would have been The Waste Of Time. Please read the reviews in that link, they are utterly amazing.'

Anybody who says these disgustaing ink slops on horse shit is better than the novel masters and world lords of literature like Tolkien and Rowling are shamefull to everybody who has ever read a book in their life.

Damn, I really barely expressed myself in this post, I leave my comments about the Waste Of Time all over the internet, and I barely got started today, but if you want more feel free to ask how much these books suck.

Edit and yea about robbys health issues yea hes definitely gona die way before this series ever crosses the half way line, way way way before.

Please read this interview excerpt from the direction this series is headed in the future:
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Q: Mr. Jordan, you've come in for a lot a criticism that your current book does not advance on the major development that concluded the last installment. How do answer your critics?

RJ: Yes, well, we all know that book 47, The Dragon Relieved, contained a major plot twist -

Q: You mean Rand urinating?

RJ: That's right. But as an author, you can never just build directly onto a moment of such consequence. I have a duty to the reader to provide full context for how a significant event like this one impacts the world as a whole. Every move that the Dragon Reborn makes has the ability to affect every other character, and in turn, each character's response to the Dragon Reborn's every action is crucial for a full understanding of how his leadership is perceived.

Q: Still, a lot of people have pointed out that you could have achieved the same result with a more succinct prologue rather than dedicating an entire novel to such a short span of time. Do you agree?

RJ: Certainly not. Perhaps if it had been a shorter piss I may have been able to accommodate such an approach but that would not have been realistic. I must stay true to the world that I have created and Rand did drink a lot of spiced wine -

Q: That was back in book 44 if I'm not mistaken?

RJ: Um . . . book 43 is where most of the actual imbibing that resulted in this urination took place. Book 44 was dedicated to the uncomfortable feeling that ensued.

Q: Ah, yes, I'm terribly sorry.

RJ: Perfectly understandable. That was almost 3000 pages ago and much has happened in between so I will forgive your indiscretion . . . once.

Q: Yes, well, um . . . you really believe the 17 second time frame was essential then?

RJ: Absolutely. When you drink that much liquid in such a short period of time anything less would be unacceptable. And let's not forget that those 17 seconds do not stand by themselves either. The thoughts, feelings, and emotions of the other characters during that 17-second pee are incredibly crucial to the future progression of the story. There are over 1900 major characters that I must account for including 900 soldiers, 500 Aed Sedai, 300 Ash'aman, 100 village councilors, 48 farmers, 37 blacksmiths, 18 millers, 10 brewers, 4 tanners, and a cobbler. I'm actually amazed that I was able to resolve the entire timeframe in just one book. Although, to be fair, if I had to level any criticism against myself it would be the fact that only one cobbler has been elevated to the status of a major character. There are a lot of people walking great distances in The Wheel of Time and it's not entirely accurate to have only one cobbler servicing their footwear.

Q: Footwear which incidentally is described in more detail in a WOT companion book entitled "Fashions of the Wheel" which is published by TOR's Pointless division and is now available for purchase.

RJ: That's right. My readers are ever hungry for more details. A lot of descriptions of boots, soles, laces (that sort of thing) that I deemed essential to the main story were removed at the insistence of my publishers. Apparently they would not have been able to print some of the novels as one volume given the current printing/binding technology and thus the companion book was born. I must say that it is a thrilling read, though, and I urge all of my fans to purchase it. It's filled with information that you will not want to miss.

Q: Mr. Jordan, back to your earlier comment. I don't believe I've ever heard you offer any self criticism before so as we wrap up, I would like to thank you on behalf of our audience for your honesty.

RJ: I said if I had to pick something. It's not specifically a criticism -

Q: But you said -

RJ: I know what I said! It's just a note really; a minor observation. Expect it to be rectified in later volumes.

Q: Well, there you have it ladies and gentlemen. You heard it hear first - Mr. Jordan will be introducing more cobblers into his massively pop . . . um . . . well, massive Wheel of Time saga. I know I can't wait. It should be very interesting. Thank you for your time, Mr. Jordan. Would you like to offer any hints on the upcoming installment to your devoted readers before we say goodbye?

RJ: No. Read and find out.

Q: I couldn't help but notice (since it comprised 48 chapters) that Elayne drank an awful lot of tea herself in book 37. Might we see that plot line picked up again soon with a similarly exciting outcome as The Dragon Relieved?

RJ: RAFO.

Q: Yes, well, perhaps that will be expanded upon in a midquel (a term copyrighted by Mr. Jordan to include a book written that takes place between two already completed and supposedly sequential books in a series). I can't thank you enough for you time. Good day.


This post was edited by Kulith on Jun 14 2007 08:09pm
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