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The World of Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" (Hardcover)

by Robert Jordan (Author), Teresa Patterson (Author) "THE WHEEL OF TIME TURNS, and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend ..." (more)
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"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again." Jordan's Wheel of Time series has uncountable fans, and those who are looking for an encyclopedic history and mythology of Rand al'Thor's world will enjoy this work, which fills in background rather than furthering the story. Also included are double-page spreads of Darrell K. Sweet's seven book jackets for the series. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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Fans of Jordan's popular "The Wheel of Time" epic fantasy series now in its seventh volume (A Crown of Swords, Tor, 1996) will benefit from this illustrated guide. It includes 70 new full-color paintings of maps, flags, characters, and objects of power. A detailed text explains plot and characters in a narrative form rather than in encyclopedic entries. Although the lack of an index may make this volume hard to use as a reference source, its completeness will serve to introduce new readers to the series. Recommended where the series is popular.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars right thing wrong time, Jun 5 2004
By Dustin Shinn (Atkinson, NH United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time (Hardcover)
Great marketing idea that has been done before on hugely successful fantasy series. Even more information to feed to the die hard fanatics of this is series of books. But the problem still remains that it is not furthering the series at all. It is in fact slowing it down, the author is rereleasing his earlier books and doing prequil books before finnishing the story at hand. I personally love this story but either Mr. Jordan is milking this for all its worth or he has a serious case of A.D.D.
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3.0 out of 5 stars An Ok History Book, Dec 27 2003
By Ronald B. Turner "my blog: http://naughtypun... (Newport, Kentucky USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time (Hardcover)
This is a nice, big illustrated coffee-table book that gives background on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time fantasy series.
It's not that bad. However, since the series is ongoing, it doesn't focus on characters or plot details, so it aint much help in clearing up questions about the series. The most revealing thing you'll get is the occasional picture of a main character. Instead, the book heavily focuses on providing a history of the fantasy world depicted in the series. In this regard, the book breaks new ground by covering the events before and after the Breaking of the World, pictures of the Seanchan creatures, and hints of what other lands (Sea Folk islands, Shara, Isle of the Madmen) are like. There is also a rather nice section on the Forsaken and Shadow creatures.

The major flaw of the book is that the history can get pretty boring at times. There's a lot of unnecessary repetition and political history. The book doesn't just focus on the political background of kingdoms such as Andor and Illian, but on the long-forgotten kingdoms that preceded them as well. This attempt to make the land more complex just falls flat. Mantheron, once hailed as a mythic empire, is shown just to be one of dozens of tiny blobs on a map. Even more annoying, while the maps show dozens of lost kingdoms, Malkier is missing in action. Malkier was supposed to have been claimed by the Blight. Yet every map in the book dating back to the Breaking of the World shows the Blight as unchanged. Unless it was a tiny dot the size of Mayene you would think a kingdom that was supposed to intrude up into the Blight would show up.

All in all, despite its flaws, the book is ok. If you're a die-hard Wheel of Time then go for it. But if you're just a casual fan, or are looking for answers to plot details about the series, then don't bother with it. At most, you can pick it up and glance at the pretty pictures while killing time in a bookstore or library.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Wheel Of Time, Dec 7 2003
This review is from: The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time (Hardcover)
Artwork has nothing to do with the book. I create all the picturs in my mind anyway. If I want to buy a book for pictures I'll buy a comic book. This book however was great. In the large elaborate world of this series a guide is almost a necessity. I know it takes from some of the intrigue of the book. But there are so many characters that directly relate to the plot that I think some of the facts covered in this book will never see print in the series. I highly recommend this to all true fans. I have read the series almost as many times as there are book in the series. Maybe even more. I am unsure. But I still like the information presented here. Artwork is never as good as the pictures in my head anyway.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good All Around
Not bad really. The pictures were awful though! The artist must have never read the books at all! If you've read or seen the Wheel of Time Roleplaying book, the pictures are much... Read more
Published on April 17 2003 by Jesse W. Fehr

4.0 out of 5 stars Good!
I don't know about you guys but I enjoyed it. Yeah, the pictures aren't Michael Whelan or Keith Parkinson quality but I think what they do lack, you make up in your imagination. Read more
Published on Mar 14 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars The Essential Reminder to a *Long* Series
For those who liked the Silmarillion best of all Tolkein's works- who really enjoy history and geography, even if it's fictional, this is an excellent work. Read more
Published on Aug 30 2002 by Jedidiah Palosaari

2.0 out of 5 stars Ultimately disappointing...
Having read all of the Wheel of Time books (so far) I,like any other fan, love to imagine the world of the books in my head and I was very excited when I heard this book existed... Read more
Published on Aug 20 2002 by Jean Felipe Teotonio

4.0 out of 5 stars Great WoT Background History
This book gives great background history for Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time Series. It has lots of information that you won't find just reading the novels. Read more
Published on April 15 2002 by Mark Hargrove

2.0 out of 5 stars This may have been a good buy when it first came out . . .
Widely reffered to on WoT (Wheel of Time) webpages, including "official" webpages, as the BBA (Book of Bad Art) this book (with the release of several more volumes of... Read more
Published on April 4 2002 by Bart Humphries

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful.
The information helped a good deal in giving a better view of the series and background on nations and cultures. Such as the Aiel. Read more
Published on Feb 21 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't judge a book by its cover artist
I have read the entire series so far, and have never been disapointed in the content of his books. He provides a rich and animated world of calibur not seen since Tolkien's... Read more
Published on Feb 20 2002 by Joshua Jenkin

2.0 out of 5 stars Good only if you want every possible piece about the WOT
My apologies to the artists who worked on this book. I feel bad for what I'm about to say about somebody's work. Read more
Published on Jan 17 2002 by Brian Benton

4.0 out of 5 stars Full of interesting information.
When i bought this book, it took me awhile to get into it, but once i started reading it more frequently, i wasnt dissapointed. Read more
Published on Jan 7 2002 by D. Pachal

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