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Final Wheel of Time

I am half way through a re-read of book 13; going to pick this up today. Can't wait.

Finished my reread on 13 last night almost don't want to start this one at work.

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I'm going to have to dig up all my wheel of time books.
1]To see where I stopped at.
2]To re-read to refresh my memory.

Though if I recall, I got bored with some of them, because the story line dragged/bogged down. But i do want to finish off the series. How well does the replacement writer do?
I have read a few Casca books, written after Sadler's Death, and they stunk. which is funny because supposedly the series had been ghost written after the 10th or so book.

I did get hooked on the Sword of Truth book series though. supposedly there is a new one out in that series as well.

I also want to re-read L. Ron Hubbard's series Mission Earth. I have the complete set of hardcovers. It was a fun read.
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Yes some of the middle books in the series did get a bit slow and tedious but they did serve a purpose.

Sanderson did an excellent job picking up after Jordan passed away. Some people of course complained but I have read the series many times and other than a slight difference in style it was excellent.

Never read Casca.

Sword of Truth series was excellent is on my regular reread list.

Mission Earth is also a series that I reread every couple of years.
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Casca was a men's adventure series from the 70's and 80's. It was about "the" Roman soldier who drove his spear into the side of Christ. Christ "cursed" him, and he wondered the Earth from that time until now.
What I enjoyed about the series is that Sadler would put Casca into a few historical events. Of course the history isn't ironclad, but it did bring an interesting look at that event.
Kinda like Peirs Anthony's book Steppe. Anthony wanted to proof a point that sci-fi can be written that can entertain and educate. Steppe was his attempt and educating people about Attila the Hun.
»www.goodreads.com/book/show/957282.Steppe

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Thrust naked and helpless at the moment of his death into a world he thinks is hell, a Turkish warrior chieftain discovers that this world, which is a strange recreation of his own, is inhabited by a race of humans known as Galactics.

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My favorite is "Fires of Heaven", where Mat figures out his gift.

I hope that a Game of Thrones style treatment is done for this book series.
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Totally slipped my mind. Much thanks for the reminder. Ya I agree Sanderson was a good thing to happen to the series.

Why the hell is the ebook release date a couple months away? Thats nuts, give the people what they want, how they want it, or they'll find it someplace else.

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I watched the Midnight opening party online last night. There were quite a few people there wow.

Also I got a tweet back from @torbooks to confirm the paperback version of AMoL will be released January 2014. So I guess Tarmon Gai'don (The Last Battle) won't happen for some people for at least another year. Though the eBook version should be out April 9, 2013.
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Ordered mine a few days ago, I'll have to wait a week or two for it to be delivered.
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Got mine yesterday, doing a full reread though...and about to finish book 7, only 6 more to reread then the last battle. I do like Sanderson and I'm glad he's done with this and can get back to The Way of Kings series...looking forward to more from that world.

Nia

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Ordered mine last week through Amazon and it was here yesterday. I love Amazon for that kind of thing.

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Wow what an ending; very satisfying.

There are a few elements where I'm wondering if it came from Robert Jordan or Sanderson

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Is this a good series to get into? My new job has A LOT of downtime, sometimes in classified areas, which means I can't bring electronics. I'm looking for a good series to get into.

I enjoyed Game of Thrones, do you all recommend this?
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Of course we recommend it, we've been waiting 20 years for this to end. I still have about 2 weeks more before I get mine.
I'll try to make it last more than 3 days though. Learned my lesson already.
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Very good series to get into. Be ready for it to slow down through the middle as a lot of story and character development happens but it picks up big time towards the end and the last book is great.

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I got mine Monday but have only had time to read the prologue. I agree with the consensus...Sanderson has done a great job with the books since RJ died.

I didn't re-read anything and am having the story and characters come back to me in bits and pieces when I read. It's kind of fun. In the beginning they talked about 'cutting up crows' and for an instant I was sure they were talking about the Night's Watch... .

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Finished it and think it is a great finale to the series. Fast paced, great battle sequences, and I think they tied up every story thread. Very satisfying.
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To me, this series had much in common with the Sword of Truth series, in that it started great, then faltered as the author tried to ride the train for as long as people would pay him for more books, then finally ended well. In Jordan's case he actually died before he finished it. The story told in fourteen novels could have been better told in seven or eight. That said, I still enjoyed the way it ended.
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