It's a fairy tale with somewhat traditional leanings and a book series that is pretty successful at being so visual and well-described that it almost seems like a graphic novel without pictures. I think R.J. meant to entertain us by updating features of fairy stories with our super hero fantasies, and the result is a work that by its' very size pulls the more intense reader in to find deeper meaning than is really there.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant?
- 08/10/2012 09:47:49 PM
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HAHAHA!
- 08/10/2012 10:17:58 PM
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Yeah, the use of my time does matter 
- 09/10/2012 02:45:15 AM
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- 09/10/2012 02:45:15 AM
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Not sure I'd call it mindless
- 09/10/2012 02:53:00 AM
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Well, it is a bit more complex than a D&D novel
- 09/10/2012 02:55:40 AM
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- 09/10/2012 02:55:40 AM
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I'm not really a huge fiction reader to begin with
- 09/10/2012 11:25:34 PM
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I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers
- 11/10/2012 05:48:02 AM
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Re: I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers
- 12/10/2012 05:11:20 PM
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Well... it's a bit late in the game...
- 09/10/2012 02:04:16 AM
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True, but it's never too late to ask people such questions
- 09/10/2012 02:49:28 AM
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I'm not sure...
- 09/10/2012 06:03:08 AM
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Well, we may be in closer agreement then
- 09/10/2012 06:43:50 PM
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There's a reason for this...
- 09/10/2012 02:11:21 AM
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True
- 09/10/2012 02:54:12 AM
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Re: True
- 09/10/2012 06:19:42 AM
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I am now visualizing WoT as a telenovela adaptation 
- 09/10/2012 06:59:11 PM
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- 09/10/2012 06:59:11 PM
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everything about Lanfear screams TeleNovela!
- 11/10/2012 04:38:03 AM
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Por ella, soy Luisa Therin?
- 11/10/2012 05:44:32 AM
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- 11/10/2012 05:44:32 AM
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It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
- 09/10/2012 02:21:20 PM
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It also has Faulknerian allusions
- 09/10/2012 07:04:55 PM
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- 09/10/2012 07:04:55 PM
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BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury?
- 10/10/2012 08:06:18 PM
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Re: BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury?
- 10/10/2012 09:39:56 PM
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No, but I'll keep it in mind for the future when I have more money to spare
- 11/10/2012 05:49:52 AM
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It sold out fast. They might reprint it, though.
- 11/10/2012 03:45:20 PM
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Hopefully, that or it won't be more than $200 when I do have the money to spare
- 11/10/2012 05:53:20 PM
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Re: So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant?
- 11/10/2012 10:52:01 AM
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Ah, where would we be without such bright lights like you around?
- 11/10/2012 05:59:48 PM
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It will have meant.. .
- 11/10/2012 06:59:43 PM
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So...
- 11/10/2012 07:05:41 PM
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For me, yes.
- 11/10/2012 07:45:25 PM
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I'm not sure it means anything.
- 11/10/2012 08:10:45 PM
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