The first novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®. I guess it is the scope, the epicness of it all, I like the world, and the fact that there was this Age of Legends, I love the Rhand/Lewis Therin thing, I like the magic system, I like the Forsaken as bad-guys, I like Taveren and the fact that everything is connected and intertwined, I like Matt, Lan and Nynaeve after she stops tugging her braid. I find it hard to describe why I fell in love with this series, now close to 20 years ago. It has been part of my live for so long, that it will be strange when the last book finally will be released in 2013.

Like in any story, you fall in love with some characters more than others. Mr. Jordan is careful to give equal time to all his main characters and to develop their storylines fully. But I feel like the main story is getting sidelined... Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He served two tours in Vietnam (from 1968 to 1970) with the United States Army as a helicopter gunner. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with "V" and bronze oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. After returning from Vietnam he attended The Citadel where he received an undergraduate degree in physics. After graduating he was employed by the United States Navy as a nuclear engineer. He began writing in 1977. He was a history buff and enjoyed hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting. September update: finished series, was about 3/4 way through book 11 when I heard that Robert Jordan has passed away. Very sad, I suppose everyone leaves with things left undone but it seems particularly sad that RJ didn't get a chance to personally finish telling this story to all his many readers. I read that he left notes and outlines with his family so I guess it'll be up to them now. Okay, this is where I've invented the term Peril Loop -- a continuous series of bad events that happen to the main character in a story -- and Peril Loop Fatigue — how the reader feels when too many improbable bad events happen to the main character one after another in a continuous barrage of peril. Book 4 is where I almost stopped reading these series several times. Enough is enough!!!!

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When will this end?! I love long books...but this is too much! And things are getting muddled. The story is getting lost in the details... Who are these people?!! Aside from Book 4, this was the worst of the bunch -- too long; too many unnecessary plot points while the main plot points are left unresolved. I couldn't wait for this one to end. Some interesting bits, but overall a disappointment. Peril Loop Fatigue. Peril Loop Fatigue. Peril Loop Fatigue. After reading the first book, I felt committed to continuing. I was still enjoying the story. And for the first time, I noticed just how much "The Game of Thrones" and "Harry Potter" 'took' from this fantasy. The parallels were numerous and kept coming. I feel like "The Wheel of Time" is the true original. It is both deeper and wider than either of these other fantasy series. So far I'm very happy with this series and it's made for a fun summer read - something to sink your teeth into so to speak... Yes, Jordan gets a little repetitive sometimes and I probably wouldn't have started this if I'd realized that the series isn't completely written yet (frustrated enough as I am with ASoIaF) but otherwise there are some great characters, ideas and twists and turns (for those into fantasy of course). I hate the awful 'van art' style covers - some of the worse I've seen. I hate the bloody White Cloaks, a lot of the endless Perrin/Faile story, Nynaeve tugging her braid for the umpteenth time, the

I love how detailed the world developed in this fantasy is. Everything seems motivated by deep time events. You get a sense of how customs and people changed based on historical events. This is far better than "The Game of Thrones." Robert Jordan must have a library-worth of notes... Unfortunately, I don't. WITH THE WHEEL OF TIME, JORDAN HAS COME TO DOMINATE THE WORLD THAT TOLKIEN BEGAN TO REVEAL' New York TimesHe described himself as a "High Church" Episcopalian and received communion more than once a week. He lived with his wife Harriet McDougal, who works as a book editor (currently with Tor Books; she was also Jordan's editor) in a house built in 1797. Condition: new. Translation by Davis T. Firenze, Palazzo Pitti - Limonaia del Giardino di Boboli, 24 giugno - 24 settembre 2013. English Text. Montecatini Terme, 2013; bound, pp. 160, ill., col. plates, cm 24x29. The solo exhibition "Marco Bagnoli. Araba Fenice" at the Limonaia in Florence's Boboli Garden is accompanied by the publication of the volume "Marco Bagnoli. The Wheel of Time", edited by the artist himself along with Sergio Risaliti and Antonella Nicola. The large-format volume has an elegant cover and is all in color, printed on special papers and hardbound. The book presents three cycles of works realized in recent years, partially through elaboration of earlier works: - Ema Kham Sum: 8 plates based on photographs Attilio Maranzano took of Bagnoli's works, with a text written by the artist (fine art prints on cotton paper with autographed text); - Sette dormienti in sette pose sedute: 7 plates created through the superimposition of three layers of semi-transparent printed and drawn-on paper; - Parole Donnée: 24 plates based on photographs taken by Bagnoli during his travels in Tibet, as well as other photographers' photos of the artists' works, with signed drawings and interventions by the artist (fine art prints on cotton paper with autographed text) Other photographs testify to the complexity and intensity of Marco Bagnoli's artistic journey. In addition to images of his works, the book also includes some of Marco Bagnoli's poems, as well as essays by Cristina Acidini, Sergio Risaliti, Fulvio Salvadori and Doris van Drathen. Completing the volume is a wealth of additional information on the compositions of individual works, artistic and musical collaborations on installations and texts from diverse traditions (Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Tibetan) that inspired Marco Bagnoli's creative process. Very interesting world, very well defined, with many nuances. I liked the characters. It was a bit long-winded, but enjoyable.

With a sturdy case printed with an impressive wood-finish effect, there is no better way for fans to present the entire Wheel of Time collection. The case contains all fifteen books in this monumental series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson - the perfect collector's item for any dedicated fan.On March 23, 2006, Jordan disclosed in a statement that he had been diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis, and that with treatment, his median life expectancy was four years, though he said he intended to beat the statistics. He later posted on his Dragonmount blog to encourage his fans not to worry about him and that he intended to have a long and fully creative life.