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Baraka_Guru · 07-25-2010, 07:51 PM

You know, the more I think of it, SoT seems more appealing than WoT. If you think that SoT has better re-readability, then that's a good sign. I was leaning more towards WoT originally because it seemed to be "the best thing since LotR."

However, Wizard's First Rule has always beckoned to me, whereas The Eye of the World, or WoT in general? Nothing, really. Notta.

Maybe I'll just switch out WoT with SoT in the OP list. There's something about Jordan that makes me reluctant to get into him anyway. I don't know what it is.

Regardless, I think I'd like to tackle The Malazan Book of the Fallen first. I've heard great things about it, originality being among them (and that being a big bonus).

On a side note: I just finished the Prologue to A Storm of Swords!

On another side note: I suppose 12-plus-book cycles is rather long at any rate. I suppose for the purpose of this thread that maybe we should only cover the first 3 or 4 books of long cycles. (Or 6 if you really suggest it.) If we only do 3 books each, then we could cover both series at least as far as a "this is how it's set up" and "this is what the series is like" kind of discussion. The rest of the series anyone can just read on their own.

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Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	You know, the more I think of it, SoT seems more appealing than WoT. If you think that SoT has better re-readability, then that's a good sign. I was leaning more towards WoT originally because it seemed to be "the best thing since LotR." However, Wizard's First Rule has always beckoned to me, whereas The Eye of the World, or WoT in general? Nothing, really. Notta. Maybe I'll just switch out WoT with SoT in the OP list. There's something about Jordan that makes me reluctant to get into him anyway. I don't know what it is. Regardless, I think I'd like to tackle The Malazan Book of the Fallen first. I've heard great things about it, originality being among them (and that being a big bonus). On a side note: I just finished the Prologue to A Storm of Swords! On another side note: I suppose 12-plus-book cycles is rather long at any rate. I suppose for the purpose of this thread that maybe we should only cover the first 3 or 4 books of long cycles. (Or 6 if you really suggest it.) If we only do 3 books each, then we could cover both series at least as far as a "this is how it's set up" and "this is what the series is like" kind of discussion. The rest of the series anyone can just read on their own. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 07-25-2010 at 07:59 PM..