/lit/ - Literature

Make room for the master faggots.

Robart Jordan was here, Martin is a gluttonous freak with weird sexual fetishes that cannot write and Tolkien was a grumpy old men scared of industrialization that wrote children stories.

tl;dr: RJ was here, Martin and Tolkien are fags.

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Egween smoothed her skirts and looked at Ha'Albaeraegag, who tugged at her braids.

"Men are so stubborn," said Eggwein, smoothing her skirts
"Yes, the gender-related observations of Robert Jordan are both astute and humorous," replied H'dfgh'aree5tg, smoothing her braid.
"Men are stubborn," said Eggpan, as she tugged her skirt upward toward her braids.

END OF BOK ONE OF 1000000002

What do you guys think of the Wheel of Time series? I loved it as a kid (though I was horrified by the slavery in it), and I recently reread it due to nostalgia.

Thinks I like
-The focus and attention given to women is nice. This is something that usually isn't done in fantasy, and I really enjoyed seeing the female characters play a real fucking role for once.
-The world is interesting even though there are clearly problems with it. I especially like the Seanchan (I find them deliciously grimdark).
-The series is LONG. I'm a very fast reader so I appreciated this.
Things I disliked
-The writing is not the best. It's passable but there are a few places where it turns to complete shit (see most of Path of Daggers).
-There are two many pointless subplots that will never be resolved. These bored me and wasted my time.
-NO PLOT PROGRESSION FOR 4000 BLOODY PAGES

I guess I'm excited for the conclusion of the series. whatevs

This thread need moar Fantasy.

Eight books. Eight fucking books. Eight fucking books of tirade after tirade painstakingly describing Egwene being a total cunt to Mat or the color of Elayne's dress or how confusing women were or how stupid men were, or crap about "pillow friends," with me thinking the entire time "What about the adventure? It's like he doesn't even care about it!"

Much later I realize that he actually didn't care about it, and that what I had actually read was eight books of an old man's BDSM fantasies. Fuck you, Jordan. My high school reading, all wasted.

Eight books. Eight fucking books. Eight fucking books of tirade after tirade painstakingly describing Egwene being a total cunt to Mat or the color of Elayne's dress or how confusing women were or how stupid men were, or crap about "pillow friends," with me thinking the entire time "What about the adventure? It's like he doesn't even care about it!"

Much later I realize that he actually didn't care about it, and that what I was actually read was eight books of an man's BDSM fantasies. Fuck you, Jordan. My high school reading, all wasted.

Oh hi, couldn't hear over the sound of being too dead to finish my book...