Thursday, March 18, 2004
Prequel to The Wheel of Time is out!!
Hey hey, after ten best-selling books in The Wheel of Time Series, Robert Jordan has finally attempted to do a few smaller books set at a time before the events in WoT, starting with 'New Spring'. For all fantasy book readers, this series is a must-read. It's like a match for TolKien's TLOTR in terms of plots and suspenses. The biggest challenge, I find in reading the series is its complexity and the names of all the characters, big or small. When I hold the first book in my hand, I was still in Form 4 or 5 in Secondary School. It was so mesmerising that I bought the next book once I've finished it. At that time, the latest book was the seventh. I guess the bad thing about a long series is that you need to wait for the next book to be released and sometimes it may take up to a year or two. By the time it's released, you'll probably have forgotten what happened before. Nowadays, with the complexity and different story plots, RJ's having a hard time trying to tie all the threads of each plot and finish off the story. He said in an interview that before he started writing the series, he already knew the beginning and the end of the story. The problem right now is how to get to there, and many readers are getting frustrated with the waiting.
One new abbreviation I've learnt out of this is the term 'RAFO' - meaning 'Read And Find Out'. RJ always give this answer to questions regarding some of the mysteries or plots shrouded in the books.
Hey hey, after ten best-selling books in The Wheel of Time Series, Robert Jordan has finally attempted to do a few smaller books set at a time before the events in WoT, starting with 'New Spring'. For all fantasy book readers, this series is a must-read. It's like a match for TolKien's TLOTR in terms of plots and suspenses. The biggest challenge, I find in reading the series is its complexity and the names of all the characters, big or small. When I hold the first book in my hand, I was still in Form 4 or 5 in Secondary School. It was so mesmerising that I bought the next book once I've finished it. At that time, the latest book was the seventh. I guess the bad thing about a long series is that you need to wait for the next book to be released and sometimes it may take up to a year or two. By the time it's released, you'll probably have forgotten what happened before. Nowadays, with the complexity and different story plots, RJ's having a hard time trying to tie all the threads of each plot and finish off the story. He said in an interview that before he started writing the series, he already knew the beginning and the end of the story. The problem right now is how to get to there, and many readers are getting frustrated with the waiting.
One new abbreviation I've learnt out of this is the term 'RAFO' - meaning 'Read And Find Out'. RJ always give this answer to questions regarding some of the mysteries or plots shrouded in the books.
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