I’m hitting the point in Shadow Rising right now where I literally can’t put the book down and I’m actively getting angry at how slow I read. The scope getting bigger is just fascinating.
I'd say get the audio book then, but they don't read it very quickly either lol But for real tho the audio books are incredible and both narrators are basically forsaken-tier imo ;)
Joelseph Joelstar sadly I’ve never been very good with audio books. I always need something mindless to do or something very repetitive otherwise I literally just can’t pay attention to the audio. Podcast are always fine with me cause I can zone in and out no problem but I’ve always struggled with audio books. I can use audio books on jogs or walks but then fantasy books would take me months lol
Oddly enough Shadow Rising was the book that lost me, loved the first three, but I couldn't even finish Shadow. I felt like every single moment of Shadow was just drenched in misandry, meanwhile asking me the reader to still like these petty, arrogant, and egotistical women.
The Wheel of Time turns, and Authors 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.... ..so, you never know.
Just bought it as a present for my husband for our wedding anniversary. It was delivered last evening and this morning I woke up with him done with the book. Hahhahahahaah don't know how he's going to survive today at work.
I started The Wheel of TIme when I about 14, and started the Next-Book-Wait waiting for A Crown of Swords. Seeing a new book with Robert Jordan on it really hits me hard.
And just think, if it weren't for Robert Jordan we probably wouldn't have the amazing works of Brandon Sanderson either. Thank you Jordan for great influence you've had on both the fantasy world and real life. R.I.P. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@nathanj3528 Sanderson has said that Jordan's work played a massive part in him becoming a writer. Plus the acclaim from being the one to write the last 3 WoT books gave him the freedom to be as prolific as he is now.
Daniel, the fact it seemed you were on the brink of tears the first few moments of the video and showing how much wheel of time means to you has made my decision for it to be the next series I start after the first law trilogy.
Interesting. This year you motivated me to get back to WoT after 12 years of a break. -Did you know that originally, in German the WoT was released in 37 books? That was part of what made me stop reading, since I wanted to read so many other books (and couldn't buy so many books in one series)
Great stuff, as always, Sir. I have been a fan of the WoT since the early 90's and since then have read most of Mr. Jordan's work. Thank you for this, and helping me decide whether or not to pick this up. As a fan of his, and of Barbaric Fantasy (Robert E Howard being my favorite author) I will definitely be grabbing a copy of this soon. Keep up the great work.
Wheel of Time is my favorite, I'll have to check this out. Just real quick, it's Am-i-loyd-oh-sis. My mom passed suddenly from this same thing a few years ago. She'd just turned 58 a few days prior.☹
I'm really interested to see how Robert Jordan writes short form. My biggest criticism of The Wheel of Time was how unnecessarily detailed it felt sometimes.
I bought this book when it was released, based on my love for the man. But I've been anxious about starting it. I'm glad you liked it and explained why.
Best barbarian book was Druss the Legend by David Gemmel. That dude had the best revenge grudge and a wicked axe to fulfil it with over the course of him find justice for the wrongs commited to his family.
I have rekindled my passion for reading. I have read more books this summer than I did in the last few years. It was all thanks to Robert Jordan's WoT and you video introduction about it.
Having just started my third attempt at reading (or in this case, listening to) the Wheel of Time series in its entirety, I won't be able to read this book right away, but you've definitely convinced me to put on the to-read list. I don't think I've ever read an author's work in "reverse" like that, going back to their earliest book after being most familiar with their final one(s).
I really enjoyed it. I found it refreshing to read after finishing the wheel of time a couple weeks ago especially because everything happens at breakneck pace.
It is fun to read an authors early works and see how they have grown. I was born in 1962 and the of 70s pulp kind of Fantasy, such as Robert E. Howard, was my first taste of Fantasy when I was in Jr. high, and will always have a special place with me
Hey Daniel, have you read any Robin Hobb? If so, what do you think? I’m just finishing up Oathbringer and I’m gonna jump into Assassin’s Apprentice after that. Would love to hear what you think, if you’ve read any of The Realm of the Elderlings.
Hi Daniel, great video as always! I have noticed your camera sometimes tends to switch autofocus between your face and your mic. Have you tried setting the focus on your face and then turning off autofocus?
Good review as always. I'll definitely be picking this up once the ebook price drops under 10 bucks. It's too bad we'll never see the series he talked about writing once he was finished with the WoT. It was supposed to be about civilization that would have been similar to the Seanchan IIRC. That interview was from like a Waldenbooks newsletter I got just after Crown of Swords was published I think.
Infinity of Heaven, his tentative title for that series, sounded like it was going to be great. He compared its plot to James Clavell’s Shogun, which is also about a shipwrecked sailor in a strange land. That was also a great novel, and made for one of the first great TV miniseries.
Good Vid. Always hard to take an objective view at people we respect. Here’s a future episode suggestion. A tour with a little bit of commentary of your library. Fic and non-fic ( No boring business books or Halmark).
I enjoyed this book I have to say I really liked seeing Robert Jordans early writing style, plus with seeing so many modern writers influenced by Jordan it was really fun as a big Robert E Howard fan seeing the impact he had on Robert Jordans writing. You can tell reading Altaii that Jordan was a big Conan fan and he learned how to write action and war from reading Howard. In my opinion Robert E Howard is the best at writing action and violence and just behind him is Jordan and Brent Weeks
@@tomsloan-citizenjournalist9682 Robert Jordan did an amazing job with Conan but I would recommend getting The Complete Chronicles Of Conan, to see how influential Robert E Howard was on modern Fantasy and world building in my opinion is the most unappreciated fantasy contributor and should be as remembered as well as Tolkien and Jordan. You wouldn't believe how much work he put into Conan's world and the stories range from truly horrific and barbaric to adventurous but with a fiery flare. Robert E Howard had an amazing way of putting you right there with Conan and somehow Robert Jordan picked that up and applied it to his own writing.
Considering the quick explanation of wanderers and how there are parallel worlds I'm choosing to think the wheel of time and this world exist in the same universe
You should read Jordan's other (non-Conan) books! Cheyenne Raiders was...not terrible, but not great either (Michael Kramer narrates the audio book though, so that's something), but the Fallon Trilogy was actually pretty good! It was interesting hearing Jordan's voice within a real-world historical setting rather than a fantasy setting. It's not as good as WOT obviously, but the Fallon books had some good character work and Jordan's enjoyably detailed prose. I picked those up after I finished Wheel of Time because I couldn't bear to part with Jordan after spending all that time with him.
I'm about 75% through this story. I wasn't familiar with Robert Jordan at all, or he's work when I brought it so for me for what I have read, and I have to say slowly read, this book for me has been a good 50/50. I don't hate the book, and I don't think Robert Jordan is a bad author, I am just not really connecting to the characters as much as anyone else is, or as Mister Jordan wanted his readers to. But again, this is the first of his books I have brought, so I am not that familiar with his work. I'm giving this one 3 out five.
I hear many positive things about WoT from him, but I tried to read it a year ago, and thought I finished first book and started second I didn't really liked it that much. Story was good world great and culture just amazing, but I hated most of main characters. And here is my question: considering my previous experience with cycle, is it worth trying again?
The story is just being set in the first two or three books. The story and characters attain their forms from book 4 or 5 properly. It's a slow grind, the series, but it's worth it. I found the first book a bit boring. The third is one of my favourites. My two cents
@@jneumann341 Yeah. I wasn't being completely serious, Jordan is an amazing author and can do fast pace writing, but he does have a tendency to over detail sometimes.
Your review similar to others I have read. I'm going to get it because it's Robert Jordan, but I'm not really into that type of story. It may go unread for awhile since I have a large que of books.
Would you consider reading Robert Jordan's fictional foray into westerns (Cheyenne Raiders as by Jackson O'Reilly), the American Revolution (Fallon Trilogy as Reagan O'Neal) , his Conan the Destroyer film adaptation and 6-7 other original Conan books? Or do you know the historical professional context for his pseudonym works? I would say your choice runs to "purist" perhaps and mine is definitely more ASPIRING "completist"! Still in awe at your phenomenal "why you should" The Wheel of Time! Talking companion, desert folk! Also do you prefer the Darrell K Sweet for portability and most bang for yout 10 bucks per paperback or the David Grove paperback artworks? Both.
Does it have the flaws of the Wheel of Time - the overlong descriptions and almost longwindedness of approach to storytelling? Granted, I'm not all the way through Eye of the World, but I'm struggling on, hoping that the Wisdom slays the damn Aes Sedai!
Honestly, no. I normally recommend to people who want to try out Terry Brooks to skip Sword and go straight into Elfstones. It is exactly what it is, post-apocalyptic LotR (with less poetry) written by a bored law student who got talked into getting it published. If it was written now it would just get put on to fanfiction.net. Now the series he wrote after the first three is very good, and I would recommend it to practically anyone. Even if you don't really like how Brooks writes it will show you the inspiration for Morrowind from the Elder Scrolls if nothing else. I would also suggest Running With the Demon and not just because my home town is the setting.
the first time I read sword I loved it. a few years later I tried to listen to the audio book and I was just bored I just couldn't get into it very far, maybe my taste's have changed but it just couldn't hook me fully. I love the shannara series but the first book in the series feels like a hard sell for me now...
Just keep in mind that it is not 3rd person limited, but 3rd person omniscient, which is very weird and not really used at all anymore in Fantasy literature. I've tried a couple time to read it and I just can't seem to get past the first third.
Few people would say it’s an easy read. Even Daniel admits Jordan can get bogged down with details and just an overall failure to move the story along. Having said that, the books are so good, why deny yourself so much joy? Take the books one at a time. Once you get hooked, it should not be a problem.
Thanks Daniel. Being a huge WoT fan I was wondering just how many seeds of it were sown within Warrior of the Altaii. I'll be nabbing a copy for my kindle. And will sit back and read the great man's humble beginnings.
You should do a video just about your channel. Like the records and metrics. Most viewed video, most commented on, etc. And any demographics of your viewership you have. That would be interesting to me anyways.
Depends on the book. With WoT, I'm doing somewhere around 50 pages an hour or 300 wpm. This is assuming no distractions or interruptions. For something more difficult like H.P. Lovecraft, it could drop down to 30-40 pages an hour. It also depends on the font sized used, but since I read everything on Kindle now, it doesn't matter what font size the publisher uses. One of the great things about a digital book.
Now you have an excuse to do something on the original Conan stories, even if it's just to see how the compare :). You could even to the comparison to Howard's contemporary Lovecraft.
It's funny to say but I hated the Robert Jordan Conan books. I didn't think he understood the character at all. In fact, I almost didn't read WoT when I realized who the author was. With that in mind I think I'll skip this book.
Maybe it's just me, but after reading the first 4 wheel of time books. Robert strikes me as the kind of man who did not have alot of guy freinds, he seems like he on one hand admires masculinity, but on the other hand resents it. I imagine that his wife was a militant feminist, and her religion of man hating(because that's what it is) seeped deep into his psyche. I also imagine that she is the type of woman who is mean, petty, arrogant, egotistical, and generally nasty. She also probably makes the common error of calling that a strong woman, and dismissing any complaints about it as men who cant handle strong women. I also imagine he never ever stood up to her about anything. Why do I think this? That is how he writes women in WOT series, and the men NEVER stand up for themselves, they just take it on the chin, and say thank you master may I have another.
Your just straight up wrong in our assessment. Let me drop a quote right here that going to be kinda spoilery. Book 6, so Mat has just arrived in Salidar to pick up Elayne, Eqwene and Nyneave. There are things he doesn't know, but suffice to say one of the characters he is "rescuing" is in fact in charge. Quote below, At almost the same instant, Nynaeve said in a threatening tone, "Mat Cauthon, you are making the biggest--" "I said listen!" He poked a finger at Elayne. "You, I'm taking back to Caemlyn, if I can keep Aviendha from killing you. If you don't want that pretty throat slit, you stay close to me and do what I say, no questions!" The finger shifted to Egwene. "Rand says he'll send you back to the Wise Ones whenever you want, and if what I've seen so far is any indication what you get up to, my advice is to take him up on it now! It seems you know how to Travel" --Egwene gave a small start--"so you can make a gateway to Caemlyn for the Band. I don't want any argument, Egwene! And you, Nynaeve! I ought to leave you here, but if you want to come, you can. Only, I'm warning you. You yank that braid at me just once, and I swear I'll warm your bottom!"
@@tomsloan-citizenjournalist9682 Oh man I appreciate all the energy you put into this response, sincerely, I can feel your passion. I also appreciate the spoiler warning, since I have been thinking about finishing out the series, just hoping they lighten up on the whole, men being second class thing, and asking me as the reader to not be turned off the female characters. While I am very happy to see these boys start to stand up for themselves. My assessment is in no way "dead ass wrong", I am 4 books in and it is positively littered with the women treated the men as second class citizens. It is nice to see 6 books in that dynamic may change, but that does not mean the 4 books of what I said didnt happen. Currently for me Rand is being constantly disrespected by Avienda and seems to think it is cute, despite her hate being the most frivolous and petty thing I've ever heard of. Ninieve and Elaine are treating Tom and Sandor like they are children and getting offended at literally fucking everything, and Faliel is treating Perryn like, well God I dont know how to describe that, but its retarded, and the guys have just been happily going along with it. That being said, I respect your passion for the story, the world, magic system, and and well, everything is amazing except all the relationships between men and women, that is just hard to read.
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did you read his Conan books?
I’m hitting the point in Shadow Rising right now where I literally can’t put the book down and I’m actively getting angry at how slow I read. The scope getting bigger is just fascinating.
enjoy! journey before destination ;) you only get to read it the first time once.
I love to think of that book as "the shaido rising"
I'd say get the audio book then, but they don't read it very quickly either lol
But for real tho the audio books are incredible and both narrators are basically forsaken-tier imo ;)
Joelseph Joelstar sadly I’ve never been very good with audio books. I always need something mindless to do or something very repetitive otherwise I literally just can’t pay attention to the audio. Podcast are always fine with me cause I can zone in and out no problem but I’ve always struggled with audio books. I can use audio books on jogs or walks but then fantasy books would take me months lol
Oddly enough Shadow Rising was the book that lost me, loved the first three, but I couldn't even finish Shadow. I felt like every single moment of Shadow was just drenched in misandry, meanwhile asking me the reader to still like these petty, arrogant, and egotistical women.
The Wheel of Time turns, and Authors 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....
..so, you never know.
Honestly the greatest foreshadowing Jordan ever did was rocking that hat.
DANIEL
I just finished Eye of the world twenty minutes ago!
I’m pumped for more!
I'm gonna start wot soon. Thanks Daniel for introducing me to wot. Can you consider doing more sci fi? It would be great
And here I thought dead men tell no tales.
Just bought it as a present for my husband for our wedding anniversary. It was delivered last evening and this morning I woke up with him done with the book. Hahhahahahaah don't know how he's going to survive today at work.
You are sadistic lol.
impressive how writing style is always evolving. never read anything by him but i’m sure curious about them. thank you for sharing honestly.
I started The Wheel of TIme when I about 14, and started the Next-Book-Wait waiting for A Crown of Swords. Seeing a new book with Robert Jordan on it really hits me hard.
And just think, if it weren't for Robert Jordan we probably wouldn't have the amazing works of Brandon Sanderson either. Thank you Jordan for great influence you've had on both the fantasy world and real life. R.I.P. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wait a second. Brandon's work is completely different from Robert Jordon, even though he had influences
@@nathanj3528 Sanderson has said that Jordan's work played a massive part in him becoming a writer. Plus the acclaim from being the one to write the last 3 WoT books gave him the freedom to be as prolific as he is now.
Nathanpix !! What you write can be completely different from what made you want to write in the first place. The impact still stands.
@@UltimateKyuubiFox sure
Daniel, the fact it seemed you were on the brink of tears the first few moments of the video and showing how much wheel of time means to you has made my decision for it to be the next series I start after the first law trilogy.
Interesting. This year you motivated me to get back to WoT after 12 years of a break. -Did you know that originally, in German the WoT was released in 37 books? That was part of what made me stop reading, since I wanted to read so many other books (and couldn't buy so many books in one series)
Great stuff, as always, Sir. I have been a fan of the WoT since the early 90's and since then have read most of Mr. Jordan's work. Thank you for this, and helping me decide whether or not to pick this up. As a fan of his, and of Barbaric Fantasy (Robert E Howard being my favorite author) I will definitely be grabbing a copy of this soon. Keep up the great work.
Wheel of Time is my favorite, I'll have to check this out.
Just real quick, it's Am-i-loyd-oh-sis. My mom passed suddenly from this same thing a few years ago. She'd just turned 58 a few days prior.☹
I'm really interested to see how Robert Jordan writes short form. My biggest criticism of The Wheel of Time was how unnecessarily detailed it felt sometimes.
Hey! Rand walking across a floor for 30 pages is sheer art!
Rand walking across a floor for 30 pages is much more tolerable than someone chasing a certain wife for 3 bloody damn slogging books....
@@Colonel_Overkill She was really good at hiding.
The worst part about the slog. Was the lack of Fein.
I saw this at the bookstore the other day and picked it up. I don’t know how I hadn’t heard of it. I’m a few chapters in currently.
I bought this book when it was released, based on my love for the man. But I've been anxious about starting it. I'm glad you liked it and explained why.
Best barbarian book was Druss the Legend by David Gemmel. That dude had the best revenge grudge and a wicked axe to fulfil it with over the course of him find justice for the wrongs commited to his family.
Thanks for the uppload Daniel.
I have rekindled my passion for reading. I have read more books this summer than I did in the last few years. It was all thanks to Robert Jordan's WoT and you video introduction about it.
Having just started my third attempt at reading (or in this case, listening to) the Wheel of Time series in its entirety, I won't be able to read this book right away, but you've definitely convinced me to put on the to-read list. I don't think I've ever read an author's work in "reverse" like that, going back to their earliest book after being most familiar with their final one(s).
I really enjoyed it.
I found it refreshing to read after finishing the wheel of time a couple weeks ago especially because everything happens at breakneck pace.
I'm sorry I have this book on hold and I'm too scared to watch - Is this review Spoiler-filled or Spoiler-free?
It's Spoiler-free.
It is fun to read an authors early works and see how they have grown. I was born in 1962 and the of 70s pulp kind of Fantasy, such as Robert E. Howard, was my first taste of Fantasy when I was in Jr. high, and will always have a special place with me
I grew up reading the wheel of time, and while I am still very young, I can tell that Robert Jordan has effected my life in a major way.
Hey Daniel, have you read any Robin Hobb? If so, what do you think? I’m just finishing up Oathbringer and I’m gonna jump into Assassin’s Apprentice after that. Would love to hear what you think, if you’ve read any of The Realm of the Elderlings.
Hi Daniel, great video as always! I have noticed your camera sometimes tends to switch autofocus between your face and your mic. Have you tried setting the focus on your face and then turning off autofocus?
Good review as always. I'll definitely be picking this up once the ebook price drops under 10 bucks. It's too bad we'll never see the series he talked about writing once he was finished with the WoT. It was supposed to be about civilization that would have been similar to the Seanchan IIRC. That interview was from like a Waldenbooks newsletter I got just after Crown of Swords was published I think.
Infinity of Heaven, his tentative title for that series, sounded like it was going to be great. He compared its plot to James Clavell’s Shogun, which is also about a shipwrecked sailor in a strange land. That was also a great novel, and made for one of the first great TV miniseries.
I'm definitely going to read this, out of my love for Jordan and the Wheel of Time. It might be my beach read after Christmas this year ;)
you read that book fast XD
Didn’t really put it down after starting it.
@@DanielGreeneReviews same
Good Vid. Always hard to take an objective view at people we respect. Here’s a future episode suggestion. A tour with a little bit of commentary of your library. Fic and non-fic ( No boring business books or Halmark).
Great job, as usual.
I purchased the book on a preorder, and I thought it was very bad. But, like you said, it was nice to see how he started as a writer.
I enjoyed this book I have to say I really liked seeing Robert Jordans early writing style, plus with seeing so many modern writers influenced by Jordan it was really fun as a big Robert E Howard fan seeing the impact he had on Robert Jordans writing. You can tell reading Altaii that Jordan was a big Conan fan and he learned how to write action and war from reading Howard. In my opinion Robert E Howard is the best at writing action and violence and just behind him is Jordan and Brent Weeks
This reminds me I still haven't read his Conan books yet that he put out in the 80's.
@@tomsloan-citizenjournalist9682 Robert Jordan did an amazing job with Conan but I would recommend getting The Complete Chronicles Of Conan, to see how influential Robert E Howard was on modern Fantasy and world building in my opinion is the most unappreciated fantasy contributor and should be as remembered as well as Tolkien and Jordan. You wouldn't believe how much work he put into Conan's world and the stories range from truly horrific and barbaric to adventurous but with a fiery flare. Robert E Howard had an amazing way of putting you right there with Conan and somehow Robert Jordan picked that up and applied it to his own writing.
Hi, I just finished the Lord of Chaos 2 weeks ago. It's awesome.
I got into Jordan because of the Conan novels. I read the Game of thrones book series because of his endorsement.
I might read this
Considering the quick explanation of wanderers and how there are parallel worlds I'm choosing to think the wheel of time and this world exist in the same universe
I'm looking to get into Wheel of Time, would you just recommend to pick it up and read it or is there some better intro I can read first?
Whoop, nevermind, you said just read Wheel of Time
You could read "A New Spring" first but I don't think it's really necessary.
Get paid next week, I cannot wait to buy it!
You should read Jordan's other (non-Conan) books! Cheyenne Raiders was...not terrible, but not great either (Michael Kramer narrates the audio book though, so that's something), but the Fallon Trilogy was actually pretty good! It was interesting hearing Jordan's voice within a real-world historical setting rather than a fantasy setting. It's not as good as WOT obviously, but the Fallon books had some good character work and Jordan's enjoyably detailed prose. I picked those up after I finished Wheel of Time because I couldn't bear to part with Jordan after spending all that time with him.
You should do a top 5-10 favorite female fantasy Authors.
Ahhhh buddy. I could tell. That was a rough one
Yay an east coast map. Also the map looks a lot like Shara.
I'm about 75% through this story. I wasn't familiar with Robert Jordan at all, or he's work when I brought it so for me for what I have read, and I have to say slowly read, this book for me has been a good 50/50. I don't hate the book, and I don't think Robert Jordan is a bad author, I am just not really connecting to the characters as much as anyone else is, or as Mister Jordan wanted his readers to.
But again, this is the first of his books I have brought, so I am not that familiar with his work. I'm giving this one 3 out five.
It's going to be tough to read about another Wulfgar... TEMPUS!!!!!
I will though. ;)
I hear many positive things about WoT from him, but I tried to read it a year ago, and thought I finished first book and started second I didn't really liked it that much. Story was good world great and culture just amazing, but I hated most of main characters. And here is my question: considering my previous experience with cycle, is it worth trying again?
The story is just being set in the first two or three books. The story and characters attain their forms from book 4 or 5 properly. It's a slow grind, the series, but it's worth it. I found the first book a bit boring. The third is one of my favourites. My two cents
Yes
Short Answer: Yes.
@@fgorn thx.
A fast-paced Jordan book?
My favorite wot book (that ive read so far )was the only fast paced one so I'm hyped
@@jneumann341 Yeah. I wasn't being completely serious, Jordan is an amazing author and can do fast pace writing, but he does have a tendency to over detail sometimes.
unheard of
Your review similar to others I have read. I'm going to get it because it's Robert Jordan, but I'm not really into that type of story. It may go unread for awhile since I have a large que of books.
Would you consider reading Robert Jordan's fictional foray into westerns (Cheyenne Raiders as by Jackson O'Reilly), the American Revolution (Fallon Trilogy as Reagan O'Neal) , his Conan the Destroyer film adaptation and 6-7 other original Conan books? Or do you know the historical professional context for his pseudonym works? I would say your choice runs to "purist" perhaps and mine is definitely more ASPIRING "completist"!
Still in awe at your phenomenal "why you should" The Wheel of Time! Talking companion, desert folk! Also do you prefer the Darrell K Sweet for portability and most bang for yout 10 bucks per paperback or the David Grove paperback artworks? Both.
There are many tWoT seedlings in his 'Fallon Blood' series, also.
Does it have the flaws of the Wheel of Time - the overlong descriptions and almost longwindedness of approach to storytelling? Granted, I'm not all the way through Eye of the World, but I'm struggling on, hoping that the Wisdom slays the damn Aes Sedai!
U should read
The Magic of Recluce for a great first person fantasy novel it's good
All the feels...
You should read the sword of shannara,it's a 70s fantasy book and I recommend it,it's good in my book
Yes. I've been asking this for a while. It's a great series!
@@jonathankoan it sure is,I'm on elfstones currently
Honestly, no. I normally recommend to people who want to try out Terry Brooks to skip Sword and go straight into Elfstones. It is exactly what it is, post-apocalyptic LotR (with less poetry) written by a bored law student who got talked into getting it published. If it was written now it would just get put on to fanfiction.net. Now the series he wrote after the first three is very good, and I would recommend it to practically anyone. Even if you don't really like how Brooks writes it will show you the inspiration for Morrowind from the Elder Scrolls if nothing else. I would also suggest Running With the Demon and not just because my home town is the setting.
the first time I read sword I loved it. a few years later I tried to listen to the audio book and I was just bored I just couldn't get into it very far, maybe my taste's have changed but it just couldn't hook me fully. I love the shannara series but the first book in the series feels like a hard sell for me now...
Just keep in mind that it is not 3rd person limited, but 3rd person omniscient, which is very weird and not really used at all anymore in Fantasy literature. I've tried a couple time to read it and I just can't seem to get past the first third.
Hm! Maybe this would be a good introduction to RJ's writing? I admit that WoT intimidates me just for the length/number of books.
WoT is a pretty easy read. I knocked out the first two books in about a month. Don't let the length intimidate you.
Few people would say it’s an easy read. Even Daniel admits Jordan can get bogged down with details and just an overall failure to move the story along. Having said that, the books are so good, why deny yourself so much joy? Take the books one at a time. Once you get hooked, it should not be a problem.
Thanks Daniel. Being a huge WoT fan I was wondering just how many seeds of it were sown within Warrior of the Altaii. I'll be nabbing a copy for my kindle. And will sit back and read the great man's humble beginnings.
Us true book nerdz go through 40 to 60 books a year so for us were gonna read it. Its just a matter of when.....also Daniel read the Cradle series
Is it barbaric fantasy or heroic/sword and sorcery fantasy?
You should do a video just about your channel. Like the records and metrics. Most viewed video, most commented on, etc. And any demographics of your viewership you have. That would be interesting to me anyways.
My reading pace is around 60 pages per hour.
What is yours? I’d like to hear that I want to compare myself to know if that’s fast or slow
Depends on the book. With WoT, I'm doing somewhere around 50 pages an hour or 300 wpm. This is assuming no distractions or interruptions. For something more difficult like H.P. Lovecraft, it could drop down to 30-40 pages an hour. It also depends on the font sized used, but since I read everything on Kindle now, it doesn't matter what font size the publisher uses. One of the great things about a digital book.
Maybe you should review Robert Jordan’s Conan the Barbarian books
i was seven when he passed. yikes 'f' in chat boys. i cant wait to get some money so i can buy he's WOT.
On the 3rd last book of wot and im genuinely sad to be near the finishing line
Can you do a review for El Camino?
Have you hard of the artimas fowl movie
Have you read The Conan Chronicles yet?
Jordan Holmes nope!
@@DanielGreeneReviews Do it *NOW* hehe
Now you have an excuse to do something on the original Conan stories, even if it's just to see how the compare :). You could even to the comparison to Howard's contemporary Lovecraft.
Other first person stories with slow pace... Must he always trash on kingkiller?
Daniel trashes kingkiller chronicles in this vid?
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It's funny to say but I hated the Robert Jordan Conan books. I didn't think he understood the character at all. In fact, I almost didn't read WoT when I realized who the author was.
With that in mind I think I'll skip this book.
Daniel greene do you play video games?
Was this book already edited by his wife?
Tai'shar Rigney
*Sword and sorcery.
Did you say barbaric fantasy??? SOLD!
nice
Everywhere I go I see his face. I just really miss him :(
Daniel when r u gona start the demon cycle
Aww how sad. I enjoyed first PoV books.
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gonna buy Conan instead
Maybe it's just me, but after reading the first 4 wheel of time books. Robert strikes me as the kind of man who did not have alot of guy freinds, he seems like he on one hand admires masculinity, but on the other hand resents it. I imagine that his wife was a militant feminist, and her religion of man hating(because that's what it is) seeped deep into his psyche. I also imagine that she is the type of woman who is mean, petty, arrogant, egotistical, and generally nasty. She also probably makes the common error of calling that a strong woman, and dismissing any complaints about it as men who cant handle strong women. I also imagine he never ever stood up to her about anything. Why do I think this? That is how he writes women in WOT series, and the men NEVER stand up for themselves, they just take it on the chin, and say thank you master may I have another.
Your just straight up wrong in our assessment. Let me drop a quote right here that going to be kinda spoilery.
Book 6, so Mat has just arrived in Salidar to pick up Elayne, Eqwene and Nyneave. There are things he doesn't know, but suffice to say one of the characters he is "rescuing" is in fact in charge. Quote below,
At almost the same instant, Nynaeve said in a threatening tone, "Mat Cauthon, you are making the biggest--" "I said listen!" He poked a finger at Elayne. "You, I'm taking back to Caemlyn, if I can keep Aviendha from killing you. If you don't want that pretty throat slit, you stay close to me and do what I say, no questions!" The finger shifted to Egwene. "Rand says he'll send you back to the Wise Ones whenever you want, and if what I've seen so far is any indication what you get up to, my advice is to take him up on it now! It seems you know how to Travel" --Egwene gave a small start--"so you can make a gateway to Caemlyn for the Band. I don't want any argument, Egwene! And you, Nynaeve! I ought to leave you here, but if you want to come, you can. Only, I'm warning you. You yank that braid at me just once, and I swear I'll warm your bottom!"
@@tomsloan-citizenjournalist9682 Oh man I appreciate all the energy you put into this response, sincerely, I can feel your passion. I also appreciate the spoiler warning, since I have been thinking about finishing out the series, just hoping they lighten up on the whole, men being second class thing, and asking me as the reader to not be turned off the female characters. While I am very happy to see these boys start to stand up for themselves. My assessment is in no way "dead ass wrong", I am 4 books in and it is positively littered with the women treated the men as second class citizens. It is nice to see 6 books in that dynamic may change, but that does not mean the 4 books of what I said didnt happen. Currently for me Rand is being constantly disrespected by Avienda and seems to think it is cute, despite her hate being the most frivolous and petty thing I've ever heard of. Ninieve and Elaine are treating Tom and Sandor like they are children and getting offended at literally fucking everything, and Faliel is treating Perryn like, well God I dont know how to describe that, but its retarded, and the guys have just been happily going along with it. That being said, I respect your passion for the story, the world, magic system, and and well, everything is amazing except all the relationships between men and women, that is just hard to read.
@@gibbjonathan22 I'm cool with that.
yea yea, we all know you think Jordan is God. Glad Sanderson finished WOT, his writing was way better and finally GOT ON WITH IT.
I hate first-person POV!
Again, the auto-focus on your camera is distracting.
Mayo Clinic is a bit of an unfortunate name. Mayo is not good for your heart.