The Wheel Of Time:Book 10

RandyMan

The name of the latest book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan has been announced for anybody whose interested

Crossraods of Twilight

I personally don't like the name because it's so vague but that ain't exactly going to stop me from reading it:D

WhiteWashMan

now, if only we know when its coming out...

Scruff

out November 7th but when's the series ever going to end??? :rolleyes:

i read the first 7 books and thought it was a really good series. Then i read A Song Of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin while waiting for book 8 which completely blew The Wheel of Time out of the water (and a good few other fantasy books too imo).
book 8 + 9 were a bit of a let down then.

WhiteWashMan

well i did see that, but thats when amazon have said that the paperback will be out.
i have heard june touted as the hardback release date.
oh i wish it was tomorrow coz then i could er, buy it and read it....

Terminator

Yeah I read A Song of Ice And Fire too and was similarily impressed.

WOT is still a very good read though. A real fantasy work.

The new title sucks a bit though - still not as bad as "The Phantom Menace" how I laughed when I heard about that one.

RandyMan

It's not as if you can stop reading it after 9 books,it would just feel like such a waste of time

Ya I also thought Path of Daggers was crap(it probably had something to do with Mat not being in it);)

AngryBadger

I gotta say, a lot of peoiple I've talked to have said books 8, and 9 let them down. Personally I loved them, there was so much character building. I cannae wait for book 10,

xern

I'm finishing book 7 at the moment and im looking forward to the next fue. does anyone think that the series will end?? it seems to drag on a bit some times but im not complaining its still a great series.

keep this thread going anyway. its great to see robert jordan fans out there.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i think books 8 and 9 are great books, but they're terrible as stand alone's.

what i mean is, if you are reading the entire series again, you would be willing to put up with two books full of character building and plot filling ****, but if you have to wait at least a year for the next book to come out, then you want at least a *little* bit of action.


i think CoT is a cool title, it's so vague and it could mean so many things it oughta keep the theories flyin around the net.

RandyMan

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The main theory that is whirling around the net about the tite is that it is of Celtic origin(go Irish);) Anyway the belief is that a crossroads signifies gate between worlds and the most powerful time to be at one is dawn or dusk(twilight).
So the way it's looking is that Moraine will be rescued from the Ellfinn in the next book by Thom and Mat?????:D

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yeah, that'd be cool! bout bloody time too , i've also read that there is a saying about the darkhounds about the worst place to meet them is at a crossroads at dusk.. but that's prob just cos they could come from all directions at once. *shrug*

i also want to find out about those bloody nobles at the stard of PoD... up in the borderlands. what is in store for mr al' thor mewonders.

Terminator

Just a small criticism.

Does anyone else think that the Forsaken have failed miserably to live up to expectations?

In book 1 Moraine was terrified of even one of them breaking loose. Now with all of them on the rampage they're not exactly bringing the house down.

Also they're about as scary as the villains in Scooby Doo.

RandyMan

Well I'm not too sure,okay fair enough some of them died pretty quick but I thionk their reincarnation are going to ROCK!!!!!!

Terminator

I want Lanfear back as she originally was. Her reincarnation sucks.

Also methinks that Cadsuane is really Moraine in disguise.

I would love it if that were true!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

no way

cadsuane is really old, and nowhere near as powerful as moiraine was.

Terminator

I know its a long shot. But it would be so cool if it were true.

The only niggling doubt is her indiferrence to Lan and Nyneave (if she were Moiraine she would have said/did something to them)

Nevertheless I may still be right - only time will tell

Trojan

June? hope that's true, need my next fix...

Al.

RandyMan

How many times do I have to say this!!!!!!
The release date is officially confirmed as November!!!!
Moraine is dfinately not Cadsuane because she is going to be rescued from the Eelfinn in the next book by Thoim!!Sssheeessss!

The Aes Sedai that is an enigma to me is Verin.....she has the abiltiy to lie??!!!!!:eek: This has been seen in the books so don't say she doesn't:p

Terminator

I assume your referring to Egwene's dream in which she sees Tom rescue a blue stone from a burning fire.

In that case it could simply mean that he rescues Cadsuane from a tricky situation. Which would confirm that she is in fact Moiraine.

RandyMan

You are soooo wrong,ask any wotmaniac out there!!!
Moraine is not Cadsuane:p
Because we have had Points of View from Cadsuane and she refers to Moraine as a silly girl:p
Now why would Moraine call herself a silly girl??

Terminator

To protect her own identity?

I know its a longshot but it would make a lot of sense.

Everyone thought Cadsuane was dead, right? Then she suddenly appears after Moiraine exits stage. Also Moiraine could never get Rand to do what she wanted. But as an old woman, Cadsuane has been very succesful in bullying / cadjoling Rand into her way of thinking.

Okay so she may not be Moiraine but something definitely doesn't add up with Cadsuane.

RandyMan

Look at the words----Cadsuanes' point of view
Meaning the stuff that Jordan has her say in her own head TO HERSELF!!!! Why would she tell herself that Moraine is a silly little girl if she was or was in cahoots with her???It don't make sense!!??:p

Will Rand be dead at the very end of the series?????

Terminator

Yeah you're right :rolleyes:

But if I had written it that's the the way I'd have done it

RandyMan

And that's why you are not aloud to call yourself Robert Jordan:D

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

heh, why the hell not it ain't his real name, so we have as much claim to it as he does.


Robert 'Mordeth' Jordan.

Terminator

Just call me Lan

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

have any of you played the WOt game?
if so, what did you think of it?.. i got the warez version (havn't seen the retail available ANYWHERE), but it keeps crashing at level 4, so I could never play it much.

is it good?

(i know this should be in th egames board, but we have a good wot discussion goin here, don't want to ruin it :P )

Terminator

Haven't played it - wasn't impressed with the jacket box.

Seriously thinking about Balder's Gate, a top-down SF game, for PS2 though - graphics and gameplay look really decent.

RandyMan

I don't have the dlightest idea what you are talking about:p

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

the wot game for the PC.. www.wheeloftime.com

tis fairly cool, the controls might be a bit confusing for some people but you get used to them easily enough.

looks alright too

RandyMan

Nah,let's get back to theories and stuff:cool:

Terminator

Okay, so now that Rand has cleansed the source (is that the right word - its been so long since I read Winters Heart ) does this mean that they'll all be sane and Rand will stop gibbering to himself?

RandyMan

NO!!

There was an interview with Jordan a while back and he said that since the cleansing of Saidin there would be no further progressions in insanity levels, however the Ash'a'man aswell as Rand would not see a decline in the levels of their insanity.
If you were half nuts before the cleansing,then you are half nuts now!! :mad:

Rand will keep gibbering to himself in my opinion until the Last Battle!! I think after that the Lews Therin inside of him will be dead:eek: But have you noticed the supposed third voice in his head,and I ain't talking about Alanna:paranoid: :rolleyes: :speechless:

I am the master of this!!!:chinese:

Terminator

If what you say is true then that's cool. I kinda like ol' Lews Therin's mumblings. Lord knows, if you took them out the books would be a lot slimmer

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i don't think that rand is insane in the conventional sense

he's just under alot of pressure and very stressed, plus he has the voice of a 3000 year old dead man in his head, which is enough to drive anyone a *little* crazy.

i think he just can't deal with what is going on
that's why he is going to take a break.., remember the prophecy.. with rand being dead, but not really dead....

logain for dragon reborn! rah rah rah!

Kensai

Originally posted by RandyMan

I am the master of this!!!:chinese:

Negative.

RandyMan

Positive:P

Terminator

/ brushes aside woolbrained sheepherding wilders

There is only one lord of chaos :cool:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

and *I* shall rule

:P

RandyMan

The conversation seems to have......changed??:rolleyes:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

nah it hasn't

it's as relevant and wonderful as ever

Terminator

/ lifts mug of Two Rivers Ale in the air

Yes I agree, charmin compny n'all

RandyMan

So who is going to die in Book 10??

Terminator

Can't see anyone kicking the bucket in this instalment. I just hope he brings back Moraine, preferably at the beginning of the book

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I dunno.. she could come back in a different body like Cyndane did.

oooh, so exciting think perrin will have anything to do with it? he has a certain fascination with the tower of .. er.. ghenji or something innit?

RandyMan

I've got a funny feeling that Mat will have something to do with it!
And obviously Thom will be involved in her rescue!

Terminator

as far as I can remember both Perrin and Mat have their hands full at the mo - so looks like its Thom. What was Thom up to when last we heard from him?

purpleWurple

I haven't read any of the series after Book 7..... I wonder if I start re-reading them.... will I be finished book 9 just in time for book 10 to come out.

Anyone done a full reread from the start recently?

What's a reasonable time to allow for all 9?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

depends on how fast you read

with wheel of time whenever i start reading them again, i tend to forget about everything else, and do 1 book evey 1, 2 days.


and i haven't a clue what thom was up to last.. didn't we lose him after the seanchan attack at falme?... he left with elayne and nynaeve....

oh ,and stop reading this bloody thread if you have't read book 8 and 9.
heavcen knows what kind of spoilers you've read already

Terminator

If we don't know what Thom's been up to I guess we'll all have to go back and read some more

RandyMan

Let me think......ow!! that hurt...what has Thom been up to????
Oh I remember now he went to Ebou Dara with Mat and then....... what the hell did he do then...did he go with Elyane or did he stay with mat???? Yup I'm pretty sure he is still in bou Dara with Mat!! So it is plausible that since they are still together that both of them will have something to do with Moraines rescue:D