Wheel of Time

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  1. BP

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  2. RonBurgundy

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    Should be good, imagined thom 20 years older
     
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    Or more
     
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  4. billdozer

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    Show update
    Air date: both Valyrian Steel and the casting agencies are confirming that Amazon want the show to air before the end of 2020.

    Season length: The casting agencies are reporting that the first season will consist of eight episodes. This seems to be tracking with other sources.

    The show airing before the end of 2020 is tight but doable: it will finish shooting in May 2020 and with only eight episodes to put through post that seems possible. For comparison, The Witcher S1 finished shooting on 30 May this year and will hit the screen this coming Friday (20 December). WoT will have more post production requirements, but it also appears to have a higher budget and more resources. It also looks like Amazon wants a six-month window between WoT and Season 1 of Lord of the Rings: The Second Age to space out their fantasy show requirements.
     
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    I am also very interested in the witcher. I played the video game and it is probably one of the top games ever. I actually never realized it was based on books but that makes a ton of sense.
     
  6. RonBurgundy

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    Books are a younger Geralt so it will likely throw people off that he’s not old and gruff
     
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  7. lewis

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    started reading the series a couple months ago, currently halfway through Lord of Chaos.

    Is there a spoiler free character list or something online? I'm afraid to google anything because I know there are spoilers everywhere (I googled one character thinking he was dead a few books back and....nooopppppeee). Thanks guys this series kicks ass.
     
  8. Cooler

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    I know the show is way off still, but joined the subreddit of wheel of time and got me all into it again. Started a reread and bought audible to start listening to the books. Halfway through book 1 and I'm all in again. Going to just read the wiki on some chapters that I know are boring and some books that I know I can skim over.

    This is going to take over my life until I finish it now.
     
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  9. Gonff

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    I’d love to do a reread but it took me a year the first time so not sure I’m willing to invest that much time again. Maybe just skip 7-10.

    Pumped for the show though.
     
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  10. The Blackfish

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    Yeah I don't think I can do a reread. It's just such a commitment and there are so many other books out there.
     
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  11. RonBurgundy

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    Yeah I’m glad I read them but I don’t think they are that “good” compared to a lot of modern writing. Fantasy has adapted and thankfully removed a lot of tropes.
     
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  12. Cooler

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    Agree to all of those points. I have a ton more Brandon Sanderson books I need to read. I'm not sure I'll be able to do the complete reread, but listening to the good chapters and doing a wiki skim of the rest has been working so far. I'm not great with audio books so I would never be able to do my first read through listening to a book. This is just something to have on while working and currently studying for a cert. Making me realize how much of it I've already forgotten.
     
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  14. VTA

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    Just started the final book of a full reread of the series, hadn't picked them up for 8-10 years so there were lots of new books to get through. Boy what a difference when Sanderson took over.
     
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    Yeah he did a great job finishing it up. Love Sanderson. People have complained that he didn’t get Mat right, but I didn’t really notice a drop off.
     
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    I loved the change, I got through those books much faster.
     
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  17. JohnLocke

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    Started a thread on the TV board. Think news on the show is about to start kicking up

     
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  19. Gonff

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    yes
     
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  21. billdozer

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    Should be cool to see the breaking of the world
     
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  23. billdozer

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    Thought I'd post it here too, even though it's already in the show thread

     
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    every hair on my arms
     
  25. Pharm

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    What book books will the show be based on as someone who hasn’t read the books
     
  26. billdozer

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    First season will probably be Book 1 and parts of 2. They're shooting for 8 seasons from 14 books.
     
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  27. JohnLocke

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    They're going to have to cut out some forsaken. Maybe blend Mesaana and Semirhage storylines. Same with Rahvin and Sammael and keep Graendal with them instead of split up. Get rid of Be'lal, Aginor, and Balthamel or just have them in one episode with the eye of the world and the stone of tear and not regulars

    Ishamael, Lanfear, Moghedien, Asmodean, and Demandred are all must haves
     
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  28. JohnLocke

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    From the trailer. Long dead corpse of an Aiel?

    [​IMG]
     
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  29. JohnLocke

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    I was thinking the same, and it will make little difference, imo.
     
  31. JohnLocke

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    Based off of the episode titles and teaser this is somebodys guess of the timeline for the season. I'll spoiler just in case

    [​IMG] [/spoilers]
     
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  32. Cooler

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    Gonna completely cut the weather bowl story right? I don’t remember much from it, but I just remember it being dumb. Maybe just cut all the middle book storylines.
     
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    I agree with the bowl of the winds but some of the most important moments happen in books 7-10. There's a lot of filler yes but there is some very impactful stuff that happens that I think you absolutely can't cut
     
  34. billdozer

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    Probably should cut out most of the Forsaken coming back as different people, some multiple times. Got very confusing.
     
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  35. JohnLocke

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    I hope they really highlight how they are people from basically a super advanced society and I hope they show glimpses of it
     
  36. billdozer

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    Not sure how much they'll do in this vs the planned prequel movies. Probably a little bit at the beginning with the bore or breaking of the world.
     
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  37. Gonff

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    Don’t see that too often
     
  38. BP

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    Weird Wonder what happened.
     
  39. Gonff

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  41. billdozer

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    Starting a reread. Should be done with Eye of the World and well into the next book before the series starts.
     
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  42. JohnLocke

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    I'm thinking about doing a casual reread of Eye of the World as the show is airing
     
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  43. JohnLocke

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    I've considered getting the graphic novel version of Eye of the World as well
     
  44. Fargin' Icehole

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    Thinking of reading The Eye Of The World to have a feel for it before the Amazon series. No desire to read all 142 books. Any reason I shouldn't do that, read only the 1st one?
     
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  45. billdozer

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    No reason, but you'll probably not want to stop with the first. The first and last set of books of the series are the best. Also, it sounds like the first season is a mix of the first and parts of the second book.
     
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  46. The Blackfish

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    Just do it
     
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  47. Gonff

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    It works well enough as a stand alone so sure, go for it. Just know the tone kind of changes as they go on. Not as obviously Tolkien inspired
     
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  48. xec

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    This needs to be the first scene imo.
     
  49. billdozer

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