Posted by Elderyn on December 26, 2000 at 19:49:31:
In Reply to: Jordan vs Tolkien posted by Ekirhal on December 26, 2000 at 19:20:20:
Well...you should start with Tolkien, because well, Tolkien is classic. My personal favorite book of all time is Eye of the World (WOT Book 1) but I also feel several of the WOT books could easily be summed up in a paragraph...I think they were 3,4,5, and 7, don't quote me on that. 3-4 of them are utter wastes of time. Some of them are absolute treasures, though. Perhaps he has learned some, as Winter's Heart seemed to have less dull droning, however he still faces the problem of 6 story lines to follow, 600 pages=100 pages for each line that leaves you feeling sort of empty at the end. Uhh, lots of rambling, bottom line: Read Tolkien, then read Eye of the World. Quit there unless you have a lot of free time.