Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Forum

@tkroll:

The book is pretty good and impossible to put down. Sanderson is pretty good but different than Jordan. For the most part I couldn’t tell which parts of the book Jordan wrote and which parts were Sanderson’s. There were a few places I just wanted to shout “No” and more than a few I had to read again just because so much was happening.  When you get to it you will enjoy it.

I just finished The Gathering Storm. This book is outstanding. You were right. I highly recommend this book and I can’t wait for the next two books.

Tor Books has announced that October 26, 2010 will be the release date for Towers of Midnight, the penultimate 13th novel in the Wheel of Time series.

In addition, here’s the dust jacket description of the book’s plot. Spoilers!
The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight.

The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age.

Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in Tel’aran’rhiod and find a way–at long last–to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever.

Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The creatures beyond the stone gateways–the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn–have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other men’s lives. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost.

This penultimate novel of Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling series–the second of three based on materials he left behind when he died in 2007–brings dramatic and compelling developments to many threads in the Pattern. The end draws near.

Dovie’andi se tovya sagain. It’s time to toss the dice.

(Note: The U.S. book cover shown here is a temporary mock-up. It is NOT the final version of the cover.)

@Bardoly:

A side question:  Does anyone know if Mr. Sanderson is planning to finish out the 3-book prequel series to “The Wheel of Time”?  Mr. Jordan only wrote the first book, “A New Spring” before he passed on, but I know that he was planning for it to be a 3-book series finishing up right before “The Eye of the World” starts.

Your question is answered here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBxIK993KaU&feature=related

@Bardoly:

A side question:  Does anyone know if Mr. Sanderson is planning to finish out the 3-book prequel series to “The Wheel of Time”?  Mr. Jordan only wrote the first book, “A New Spring” before he passed on, but I know that he was planning for it to be a 3-book series finishing up right before “The Eye of the World” starts.

Okay your question is answered here:

http://www.dragonmount.com/News/?p=615

Towers of Midnight Cover Revealed:

Read about it here:

http://www.dragonmount.com/News/

Sweeetttt!!!

THat cover suggest the book will deal with some of my favorite plot lines that I have wanted to see tied up for some time!
Thanks for sharing that Brain!

@Bardoly:

Well, I found my copy of “We Few”, and I’ve already finished it.  It was pretty good, although it was shorter than the first 3 books, and while Mr. Ringo has said that there will be more books in this series, at least this book had a decent conclusion.  Yes, there are a couple of things to wrap up, but this book did finish okay, so that you won’t be on-the-edge-of-your-seat waiting for the next book.

I have heard that Mr. Ringo writes Sci Fi with mature themes. Is this true?

I dont read too much fantasy, but I like alot of science fiction.

Enders Game and Enders Shadow along with their sequels is probably my favorite series.

I am currently enjoying Issac Azimov’s Foundation series.

Due out August 31st.

Here is a world with historical depths to rival Tolkien, a deep and compelling cast of characters to rival Jordan, and a complex and involving story with all the head-spinning twists and surprises the young fantasy master has become known for. Sanderson’s unique gifts for imaginative landscapes and distinctive systems of magic and technology have never been more apparent. The Way of Kings is an ambitious and immersive first novel in a series that could ultimately redefine the fantasy landscape.

I guess you still haven’t read Gathering Storm yet? Great book!

@Bardoly:

@Brain:

I guess you still haven’t read Gathering Storm yet? Great book!

Yeah, I’m still holding off for a little while, because first I’m planning on re-reaing the entire series from “The Eye of the World”, so that will take me a while.  I may even try to plan it so that I will finish “The Gathering Storm” right as “The Towers of Midnight” comes out.  That would be great.

So for now, I’m just reading a little of this and a little of that.

I’ve just finished reading, “The Redemption of Althalus” by David Eddings.  While I really enjoyed his Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium, and Tamuli book series, this stand alone novel was not up to his usual standards.

After I read a couple of the Percy Jackson books, I’m planning on reading David Eddings, “The Dreamers” 4-book series, and I hope that it is as good as the others that I mentioned.

Have you read any Raymond Feist?