tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post8371016939394682310..comments2024-01-14T15:52:43.644-05:00Comments on The Thirteenth Depository - A Wheel of Time Blog: The Dragon Reborn Read-Through #2 - Looking back on books 1-2-3 and at back and forth at Rand al'ThorDominichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610557134981958201noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-17722938416365431232014-06-28T10:39:54.417-04:002014-06-28T10:39:54.417-04:00Dominic, your observations are learned and enjoyab...Dominic, your observations are learned and enjoyable to read. The one about THE GREAT HUNT being completed before THE EYE OF THE WORLD stayed with me. When I met Harriet years later I asked her if this was true. She said no, the books were published in the order Jim wrote them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-51989338252491230752012-06-18T15:54:13.748-04:002012-06-18T15:54:13.748-04:00Good discussion. I'd never known or thought a...Good discussion. I'd never known or thought about the first three books in this light before though I found TGH to be the better of the three. It took me 8 months to read EoTW, a month to read TGH and 5 days to read TDR. TGH had me so stoked that I didn't realize the weakness of TDR until I was done. Though I still love them all. <br /><br />Agreed that TSR was when the story really got good though I would rank LoC, TSR and TFoH as the best three in the series (until book 12 and 13) in that order. TFoH only ranks the 3rd because of the painful 100 to 150 pages the women spend with Lucas' Circus. Lots of character building and Intro to Birgitte (sp?), even on re-reads my reading slows to a crawl during this period because its so dull with the women just getting on each others nerves the whole time.Manetherenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136085597386765947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-60690388799294979592009-06-11T15:26:41.522-04:002009-06-11T15:26:41.522-04:00Just wanted to say nice work Dom....a good read as...Just wanted to say nice work Dom....a good read as usual. Sometimes I question whether or not the connections you make are indeed intended by RJ, or rather simple coincidence. Either way you present a good argument for, and I'm willing to roll with that. Keep it up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242276373044122008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-4531199770751103122009-06-11T09:49:50.645-04:002009-06-11T09:49:50.645-04:00I had not made the connection between Tam (& h...I had not made the connection between Tam (& his fever rambling) and what later becomes the mad voice of LTT. I find that interesting especially within the context of the ongoing debate of whether LTT's voice is actually really in Rand's head or Rand's need to siphon off his crazy/emotions as outlined in this theory here (http://linuxmafia.com/jordan/2_nondark/2.1_taveren/2.1.6_lews.html ). I would be interested to know what your thoughts on LTT's voice are though you may be saving this for later. <br /><br />The fourth book in the series also marks for me "when things got really good". I found the first half of The Eye of the World semi painful to get thru the first time around but can appreciate it on rereads for nostalgic reasons.<br /><br />Anyways, I find all these essays fascinating/insightful . Keep up all the good work!Animeeyezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14095069277131157678noreply@blogger.com