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Humble Bundle: 17-Book Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time Bundle (eBooks) - 2025-04-10
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Just finished a reread of the entire series. Still holds up and it truly felt like getting together with some old, dear friends that I havent seen in a long time. Even enjoyed the books everyone bitches about, for me it was the Elayne chapters that I least enjoyed, so I skimmed the shit out of those.
The absolute finality of the ending knowing RJ has passed and there will never be a return to any of these characters hit me pretty hard and I'm still kind of in a funk one week later after finishing it. For me, there will never be any other series that will ever compare and I hope I can stick around long enough to reread it another couple times before waking from this dream.
*I was able to read them all for free through a 3 month trial of Kindle unlimited on Amazon.
The absolute finality of the ending knowing RJ has passed and there will never be a return to any of these characters hit me pretty hard and I'm still kind of in a funk one week later after finishing it. For me, there will never be any other series that will ever compare and I hope I can stick around long enough to reread it another couple times before waking from this dream.
*I was able to read them all for free through a 3 month trial of Kindle unlimited on Amazon.
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I just started a re-read of the series too after finally picking up a hardcover copy of Towers of Midnight at half price books. It was sold out everywhere when I originally read the series during covid, last one I needed for my collection.
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I’m in the middle of a reread/relisten too, anbout to hit book 6, and feel the same way as
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. It’s still painful to read Nynaeve and Elayne but whatever, there’s so much memorable stuff that rereading it is enjoyable. I started reading it when I was 13 or 14 and would start over every time a new book came out. This is my first reread since the final book came out. I don’t remember much about the last few books so that’ll be fun too.
TheBeagle
. It’s still painful to read Nynaeve and Elayne but whatever, there’s so much memorable stuff that rereading it is enjoyable. I started reading it when I was 13 or 14 and would start over every time a new book came out. This is my first reread since the final book came out. I don’t remember much about the last few books so that’ll be fun too.- 1
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It was a great fantasy world. Some of the characters sucked. Some of RJ's writing sucked too. *braid tugging intensifies*
I enjoyed the lore behind Mat and Perrin's stories more than Rands, and was utterly disapppointed that both got completely pussy whipped in the end.
I enjoyed the lore behind Mat and Perrin's stories more than Rands, and was utterly disapppointed that both got completely pussy whipped in the end.
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Oh absolutely. The series is not flawless by any means.
The main women are just horrible. Nynaeve, Elayne, Faille, most all the Aes Sedai. They all make absolutely retarded decisions constantly, then blame men. He’s also WAY too repetitive on unnecessary BS. “The men shared a glance the way men all do” “braid tugging” “sniffing” “I wish Perrin or mat were here, he understands woman, unlike me” after the hundredth time you read those sentences it’s just so damn tiresome.
There’s also the infamous middle books that just meandered and added completely pointless side stories that should have never been in.
It’s flawed enough that I don’t even recommend it to people without heavy caveats so they know what they’re getting into. I still love it overall just because of the high points, world building, etc.
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On this latest read through I enjoyed the Egwene chapters more than most of the Perrin chapters. Nynaeve gets better once her and Elayne separate. Faille during her captivity with the Shaido and Elayne gaining the Lion Throne were really the only two parts that I just couldnt stand.
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Finished Dumai’s Wells yesterday, such a great chapter. Kneel or be knelt…bitches.
Love how Rand finally starts treating the Aes Sedai like shit in Crown of Swords. Get so tired of their We-know-everything bullshit.
Love how Rand finally starts treating the Aes Sedai like shit in Crown of Swords. Get so tired of their We-know-everything bullshit.
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You motherfuckers have now made me want to reread the entire series for the first time since I finished the final 3 books. GAH.
I don't remember exactly why, but my mind still tells me that my favorite part in all of the books was Rand alone on Dragonmount struggling with who or what he was, and then coming to truly accept himself as the Dragon Reborn.
Ironic that it was in the Sanderson books, but for some reason my gut tells me that it was at least partially already written by Jordan before he passed.
I don't remember exactly why, but my mind still tells me that my favorite part in all of the books was Rand alone on Dragonmount struggling with who or what he was, and then coming to truly accept himself as the Dragon Reborn.
Ironic that it was in the Sanderson books, but for some reason my gut tells me that it was at least partially already written by Jordan before he passed.
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It could’ve been partly written by him. There were 200 pages of outlines of scenes when he died. The only thing left that was fully written by him was the final scene.
Here’s a nice summary of that process.
Robert Jordan wrote only (est.) 15 000 words after KoD, there wasn't any outline left
For decades we've known that Robert Jordan wrote the final scene when he started working on The Eye of the World, but since the series had changed totally: Sanderson had to rewrite the whole thing. First he denied it, then he admitted a few injections, then came the small changes etc. (A Dance wi...
dragonmount.com
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Almost done with the final Jordan book, makes me sad. Mat is so well written in his final books, going to miss that.
One thing that is driving me nuts this read through that I don’t really remember thinking about too much in past reads. The agreement made with the Sea Folk is absolutely retarded and I’m surprised he wrote it. So in exchange for helping fix the weather by channeling once, something that will benefit them greatly anyways, the sea folk get the priceless weather control bowl that’s been lost to them for 2k years, shown how to link and travel, get unlimited years of aes sedai teachers/slave labor to teach them whatever they want to know, get to visit the white tower whenever they want. What the fuck kind of “deal” is that? Absolutely ridiculous he thought writing something that lopsided made any sense at all.
One thing that is driving me nuts this read through that I don’t really remember thinking about too much in past reads. The agreement made with the Sea Folk is absolutely retarded and I’m surprised he wrote it. So in exchange for helping fix the weather by channeling once, something that will benefit them greatly anyways, the sea folk get the priceless weather control bowl that’s been lost to them for 2k years, shown how to link and travel, get unlimited years of aes sedai teachers/slave labor to teach them whatever they want to know, get to visit the white tower whenever they want. What the fuck kind of “deal” is that? Absolutely ridiculous he thought writing something that lopsided made any sense at all.
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From memory - it was basically like the Sea Folk were the only channelers in the world who had the particular knowledge/skill to fix the issue, which was destroying Randland as they were getting massive crop shortages everywhere. Kind of like trump wtih the EU
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That’s correct. However they stated the bad weather was fucking them over too. That and getting their precious bowl back should’ve been good enough. Elayne should’ve read Art of the Deal.
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Okay I know people lose their shit every time I post about luxury special editions in the book thread but I’m just the messenger!
The Wheel of Time has been one of the most asked for books across bibliophiles to get the “special edition“ treatment, especially considering there isn’t a uniform hardback set. However, the Jordan Estate is known for being notoriously difficult to work with and they’ve denied requests by every publisher except one thus far.
Which brings us back to Brandon Sanderson and Dragonsteel, the only author and publisher whose been granted the rights to publish a special edition and might be the only publisher to ever be granted these rights until Jordans wife dies.
No idea when these will be ready and the full extent of what the special editions entails, but the covers will be leather apparently. Expect these to be expensive, though, so for anyone interested now would be a good time to start saving up.
The Wheel of Time has been one of the most asked for books across bibliophiles to get the “special edition“ treatment, especially considering there isn’t a uniform hardback set. However, the Jordan Estate is known for being notoriously difficult to work with and they’ve denied requests by every publisher except one thus far.
Which brings us back to Brandon Sanderson and Dragonsteel, the only author and publisher whose been granted the rights to publish a special edition and might be the only publisher to ever be granted these rights until Jordans wife dies.
No idea when these will be ready and the full extent of what the special editions entails, but the covers will be leather apparently. Expect these to be expensive, though, so for anyone interested now would be a good time to start saving up.
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Posting an update to this.
Still no official released specs but tonight they announced preorders will begin December 19th and ship out early Q1 next year.
Books are apparently already in and he briefly flashed one around without saying much.
-Gold gilding on 3 sides (Unknown if standard paint or actual gold leaf, I suspect just cheap gold paint)
-Gold colored sewn satin bookmark to match
-[Rumored] Smith-Sewn binding
-[Rumored] Acid Free paper
-[Rumored] 20 year production run (meaning they hope to produce these books for 20 years with the same exact materials and specs, so theoretically you could purchase Book 1 nearly 20 years from now straight from the publisher).
-[Rumored] Aiming for a minimum of releasing 1 book a year
-[Rumored] Faux/Vegan leather
-[Rumored] $150ish price point for Book 1
-[Rumored] Working in association with TOR Publishing and/or using TOR’s own printers
We’ll know more on the 19th so take everything with a grain of salt, but basically sounds like “low-end” kickstarter esq special editions with fake leather, the standard gold page gilding, but with smith-sewn binding and acid free paper so they last. I suspect no special paper outside of the lowest quality acid-free paper they can find and I highly doubt the printing type will be anything special (no Letterpress, no offset printing, ect).
Basically, a uniform (fake) leather bound book but with Smith-sewn binding and acid-free paper so they hold up over time and survive repeated readings at a somewhat reasonable and affordable price range.
Book 1 is a big boy too. I think they look nice for what they are but I still need to see final specs and price point.
11:10 - 13:30 for the book if the time stamp doesn’t work.
Still no official released specs but tonight they announced preorders will begin December 19th and ship out early Q1 next year.
Books are apparently already in and he briefly flashed one around without saying much.
-Gold gilding on 3 sides (Unknown if standard paint or actual gold leaf, I suspect just cheap gold paint)
-Gold colored sewn satin bookmark to match
-[Rumored] Smith-Sewn binding
-[Rumored] Acid Free paper
-[Rumored] 20 year production run (meaning they hope to produce these books for 20 years with the same exact materials and specs, so theoretically you could purchase Book 1 nearly 20 years from now straight from the publisher).
-[Rumored] Aiming for a minimum of releasing 1 book a year
-[Rumored] Faux/Vegan leather
-[Rumored] $150ish price point for Book 1
-[Rumored] Working in association with TOR Publishing and/or using TOR’s own printers
We’ll know more on the 19th so take everything with a grain of salt, but basically sounds like “low-end” kickstarter esq special editions with fake leather, the standard gold page gilding, but with smith-sewn binding and acid free paper so they last. I suspect no special paper outside of the lowest quality acid-free paper they can find and I highly doubt the printing type will be anything special (no Letterpress, no offset printing, ect).
Basically, a uniform (fake) leather bound book but with Smith-sewn binding and acid-free paper so they hold up over time and survive repeated readings at a somewhat reasonable and affordable price range.
Book 1 is a big boy too. I think they look nice for what they are but I still need to see final specs and price point.
11:10 - 13:30 for the book if the time stamp doesn’t work.
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Having mostly paperbacks (though all the same edition at least) of all of those books except the last three that I got in hardcover, I find those books shown above pretty damn nice-looking but $150 per book (at the very least, I expect prices will go up over time due to "materials") is a big investment for a series where you can expect at least 14 books, possibly 15 if they also make New Spring too. There's also a non-negligible possibility that they never finish it because the company goes under or the rights are sold to someone else and suddenly you're there with your $1000 invested in a collection of books that never gets finished.
At the rate the world is going down the drain, you can expect paper to become a rare commodity within 20 years when the H1-B masses suddenly discover the power of wiping and you end up with no trees left anywhere due to the 840% spike in demand for toilet paper.
While the price would have been enormous, I think they should probably have gone for a complete collection right out of the gate, at least you know what you're getting when you fork the cash out.
At the rate the world is going down the drain, you can expect paper to become a rare commodity within 20 years when the H1-B masses suddenly discover the power of wiping and you end up with no trees left anywhere due to the 840% spike in demand for toilet paper.
While the price would have been enormous, I think they should probably have gone for a complete collection right out of the gate, at least you know what you're getting when you fork the cash out.
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