Dumai's Wells
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2016
- Last chapter of "Lord of Chaos" (Book 6 of Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan. This is probably the best chapter in the entire series. Please enjoy.
Update - This is read by Michael Kramer, one half of the best reading team for this series. The other half, Kate Reading, absolutely make this series if you are listening to the Audiobooks. 
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This is the scene I most want to see on TV.
I hope they get an R rating so we can see the full extent to the carnage at Dumais Well and the last battle. Lans battle at the gap the destruction of Andor. So many great scenes. Cant wait.
when Androl unleashed that gigantic gateway spilling lava on the enemy army is another scene I would love to see
One of the weakest among the strong scenes? I guess there is no arguing about taste.
So long as they don't have this narrator...
@@MIALanfear I am so hyped for this show. I really hope amazon doesn't let me down
50:04, that's the one you're looking for.
thank you!
The whole sequence is hair raising... one of my favorite moments actually happens earlier though, when Perrin tells the wolves that “they have caged Shadowkiller” and they respond “we come”
Man, oh man.
I remember, I felt EXACTLY the same. The fact that the wolves knew him was awe inspiring. Their short reply, given without hesitation was the absolute best.
Will you lead us young bull.
think it made me realise I loved the series the slow parts are what people say make it kinda bad sometimes. I love the slow parts in it but this one is fast and amazing
Too many good bits boss defo top tho I think
@@hunterark2000 reckon that's the best line boss but the sequence ......yer man is right jesus they better get it right in the series.
"The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule."
Gives me chills honestly
"On a day of fire and blood, a tattered banner waved above Dumai's wells, bearing the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai. On a day of fire and blood and the one power, as prophecy had suggested, the unstained tower, broken, bent knee to the forgotten sign. The first nine Aes Sedai swore fealty to the Dragon Reborn, and the world was changed forever."
What i love about WoT is the mistical aspect it has, it really reminds me of how i feel when reading silmarillion.
I love the way information moves, and teh way at the end of every book he describes the way news of that book's events spreads across the world, but also gets twisted and warped as people play "Telephone" and pass the increasingly distorted information along. I think that was one of the best things for me, in terms of immersion in the story, because that's exactly how that shit works in real life.
@@SRosenberg203gods I'm so happy others love this aspect of WoT as well. Makes this shit seem absolutely legendary, it's written with such biblical certainty and pomp.
@@flesruoYkcuFoGuoY Yeah! And it's also so fun and silly seeing the ridiculous distortions that people come up with as the tale spreads. I really like that because I study history, so it's fun to think about which accounts might have been twisted or distorted in that way through the passage of time.
My best friend is reading hte series for the first time (well, listening to the audiobooks) and he just got up to Perrin making his hammer and he texted me like "WHAT?!?!? IS PERRIN THOR!?!?" it was hilarious
"THEY WILL PAY, I AM THE LORD OF MORNING!" fucking love that part.
55:48 "Kneal and swear to the Lord Dragon. Or you will be knelt"
The comment right before gives the quote differently. Like my uncle says, it just depends on what news you read. It's not like different sources have different credibility, by say, leaving info on where to find the quote.
@@sciencewizard8805 This one is correct. The quote is from the last 2-3 pages of "Lord of Chaos"
"The unstained tower breaks and bends knee to the forgotten sign.
The seas rage, and stormclouds gather unseen.
Beyond the horizon, hidden fires swell, and serpents nestle in the bosom.
What was exalted is cast down; what was cast down is raised up.
Order burns to clear his path."
my favorite chapter in all the series. this changed Rand, changed the way I saw the story up until now. this changed everything. always remember dumai s well.
If you read the wheele of time, there will come a time it gets a little boring, and some subplots seem to last too long. But then comes dumai's wells.
This makes me realize how sad it is that Jordan didn't get to write the last battle. Sanderson is great, and doesn't really do anything poorly, but Jordan's battle sequences are unmatched.
With all his details, he would have needed a book just for the last battle itself.....And I would have read every word
@@cornbread12987 i mean, the last chapter of the last book is longer than your average book anyways so it was close!
@@chrised07 Ive been told that this chapter is as long, if not longer than the first harry potter book.
I hadn't thought of this, but you are 100% correct. Sanderson did a great job, but Jordan could write battle sequences like no other.
Jordan supposedly had already written large parts of the final books so it wasn't all Sanderson that you were reading.
50:04 ─'Asha'man kill!'
When the Amazon Prime TV show gets to this chapter they better do it justice.
As long as they can manage to make Jousha not look like a princess Calvin Klein underwear model.
they will have to make it absolutely brutal, the separation between people fighting with their hands and ww1 or 2. perrin pukes for a reason.
They cant. There is no way they can do on screen what you already have envisioned. Keep your expectations high, but tempered.
@@ShadowKatt That's good advice. Even Amazon doesn't have the budget to match our imaginations.
@@SRosenberg203 lol. True. I swear tho...if they dont give these books the justice they deserve I will be more angry than a black veiled Aiel.
Love that scene where the second Rand gets out of the box and the shield he stills the first two women he sees.
The sense of panic, desperation, and flailing anger is amazing
He *accidentally* stills them. It was a side effect of him crushing the bonds of Spirit. He is powerful enough to accidentally sever them.
More of them deserved to be stilled. It’s a pity there wasn’t more systematic hangings.
@@Shinigasumi Yeah that's what makes it so amazing. He doesn't even know what he's doing, he just instinctively reaches out and his sheer power is such that he doesn't even have to think or know what he's doing.
Taim has some of the best lines in the whole series. He was so good in book 6
I saw his betrayal coming a long way off, but by the light, when he fought for Rand, my god, did he fight.
@@arancourt5623 The reason why I didn't see his betrayal coming was that it felt too obvious so surely he can't be bad. Welp, I was wrong.
@@adamtideman4953 think about it, this guy had everything going for him, power, followers, he was kicking aes sedai ass right before rand proclaimed himself. Now he's not only lost all of that, but he's been put under the command of the one person who took everything from him. Not many people would stand for that, let alone a false dragon
I'm only on book 3. Was Taim betraying Rand from when he first approached him, or did he turn later?
@@breezy3392 spoilers. If you don’t care, then continue reading below.
He’s revealed to be a new forsaken towards the very end of the series, however he mocks some aes sedai at the end of book 7 or 8 saying let the lord of chaos rule, a phrase only the forsaken and dark friends would know of.
*my personal opinion is he turned to the shadow the moment rand made it clear they were not equals, and was playing along to gain trust and to train new dread lords.
"Come!" the moment you know not only is Perrin badass but the pattern will move all the pieces in place to help Rand. 18:08
It's just a weave
"Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt"
Only a combat vet like Jordan could write this battle. Its too real. Too bloody. Reminds me of the battle of La Drang.
I don't know. You should read Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive. It's battle scenes are only paralleled by Jordan's. They're just so good, and actually feature real tactics, instead of "big army vs big army, come together, swing swords" like so many other fantasy stories nowadays. I mean, he is the one who finished WoT, too, so....
Without a doubt one of the greatest chapters in fiction ever.
I agree that this is the highpoint of the series, or rather its longest extended highpoint. To do it full justice, in my opinion, one needs to begin reading some chapters back, at a point a bit before Rand's abduction, then continue on through Dumai. I occasionally dig out Lord of Chaos and do just that. Taken in context, "Kneel and swear to the Dragon Reborn . . . . or you will be knelt." has to rank amongst the most memorable utterances in in fiction. My eyes almost always mist over at that point.
the first time I read that line, my skin crawled and the hair on the back of my neck went on edge, my chest got swollen, my jaw dropped, and when the aes sedai actually knelt, I was crying of happiness... yup, only the ending of return of the king (when all kneel in front of the hobbits) have had almost the same impact, almost...
SenileImbecile
Agreed, but it is topped by “Asha’man, KILL!!”
I just finished Lord of Chaos now and I felt fear when I read those words. The Asha'man encircling the Aes Sedai then "kneel..." I could feel his rage and I was scared. Outstanding chapter.
Nah. It's among the best, but there are others in the same league. The Stand at Emonds Field, the Dragon Reborn destroying the Shadow Army in The Eye of the World, traveling through the Portal Stone in The Great Hunt, Mat taking a stroll after waking up in The Dragon Reborn, many more. The best in the Series are Verins meeting with Egwene, the second time waiting on Elaida, Rand and Moridin talking in Moridins Dream Shard. And the absolute best: the history of the Aiel.
This definitely changed how Rand did things
I remember reading this the first time. Very badass. Couldn't wait for the next book. R.J. was a fantastic author. I'm both hopeful and scared that the tv series will take too many liberties with the stories.
If tehy do the fans will shit on it.
@@forrestdorman4870 I hate it when people like you say this bull crap. A twenty-dollar bottle of hair dye will fix that. Do you not think acting skills are more important than natural hair color? Don't judge a show that is in the early stages of development, and that you barely know anything of, and clearly know nothing about film and television production. Actually do your research before you state your assumptions as fact. Good lord.
@@Jrdn357 what Forrest commented isn’t there anymore, but from the garbage coming out of Hollywood, television, streaming.... I think people have plenty of reason to be apprehensive of this show and how it will be portrayed.
*They will pay. I am the Lord of the Morning.*
IIlyena....?
@@malkieri1672 Illyena!
yeah the entirety of this scene is completely batshit insane and i love it.
This or moraine’s “step” through the door is about when everything just started going wrong for Rand
The Asha'man are absolute badasses. Pity they're led by Taim.
Would they have become so badass without his brutality pushing them, though? It's unfortunate that he was able to turn so many to the Dark One's side, but that sounds like the kind of crucible any order of warriors needs, to come out stronger on the other side.
Thats what makes em scary! Nuance man! Good storytelling
read it in the late 90’s. every once in awhile i’d think of Rand in the box feeling the different points. Well here it is.
It still gives me chill 6 years later
This was without doubt my favourite scene of the series, which marked a turning point in the story. James Rigney aka Robert Jordan was a great storyteller.
When I started reading the books in '92, I made a point of reading the appendix which gave all the correct pronunciations, and it irks me that even the official audio book reader hadn't taken the time to do the same. For example, Rhuarc is pronounced Rawk. I find it disappointing that so very few people do James the honour of pronouncing the words as he intended, such disrespect for the author and his vision.
54:02 My second favourite scene from the series, behind only Mat sparring with Galahad and Gawain.
*Galad and Gawyn
Probably the best, most iconic scene in the whole series.
dacypher22 i dunno man that part in POD where Rand thinks hes grappling with the dark one while killing the seanchan army is my favorite.
Oh yeah, I guess I can't really say "best". But Dumai's Wells is probably the most famous chapter in WoT fan communities from what I have seen. I think it is partly because of Rand's amazing escape from the chest coupled with the fact that LoC was almost entirely Aes Sedai irritating and intimidating Rand and Dumai's Wells ends with "Kneel or you will be knelt", completely changing the power dynamic between Rand and the Aes Sedai.
The scene when his mind broke while semirhage was forcing him to kill min always sticks with me.
And people were enamored with Jon Snow...light please. There are about 10 Jon Snows in this series.
Which one of them "doesn't want it?"
@@SatoruwaFeng Most of them, actually.
Going to dig out the books and start again...it's been far too long.
Lord of the rings it's Battle of helms deep
Game of thrones it's battle of the bastards
Wheel of time it's Battle of Dumais well
I really hope the series gets this right.
"A scene from the Dark One's dreams"
So awesome 10 years after first reading it.
Ah yes, the masterpiece.
I can only imagine in mind, love this scene
This is a great chapter. "Under an Oak" and "A Making" are right up there as well. I've reread those dozens of times
I enjoyed this, but you would have been better off with a single static image instead of what you used.
I love that Dumai's Wells is like the wheel of time's version of Omaha beach
No, think Vietnam. More Hamburger Hill than Normandy. The Ashaman and their portals are artillery and helicopters. The Aiel are Vietcong. (Jordan was a 'Nam vet)
The ADD-like quick image changes are a bit much imo - slow scrolls would have been better
I agree, probably the best chapter in the entire story. and so it was told....
Nothing gets me hype like this chapter does. Maybe anakin taming the two force demon things in the Clone Wars animated show. But that only comes close. This is the cream of the crop. "Disperse the Shaido. Break them."
It's always puzzled me, how did taim know where to send the Ashaman? Their arrival changes the outcome drastically and their presence is unexplained in an otherwise masterful weaving of many characters and armies
Well it must have been Mesaana's plan to capture him and take him to the White Tower, right, since she was the Forsaken ensconced there. Maybe one of the other Forsaken, the one who recruited Taim (Demandred I think), tipped him off so that he would bust up her plans because they conflicted with his own plans.
He had went into the city, and heard that Rand was missing, and that a large force had just left the city. It wouldn't have taken long to work out which direction they went
@@kevynknotts9124 This. He knew Rand was missing, figured it had to be the Aes Sedai, and then probably used soldiers/dedicated and gateways to scout all along the road to Tar Valon until he found them
I'm re-reading the series and I'll be getting to this soon, I am just about half way through The Dragon Reborn
Ever wondered what it would be like to rush face first into a meat grinder?? Wonder no more. ASHA’MAN, KILL!!!
This is going to be one of the hardest chapters for any TV show based on TWOT.
I know it will be on Amazon but it is going to get an X rating just from the sheer violence. Otherwise it won't do the battle justice.
@@christopherrousseau1173 I don't know. Just take inspiration from a blender, and how that works. Just have their bodies be twisted and torn and just, burst. Tv shows like GoT and the Witcher have done gore like this. Why not WoT??
But I swear, if they cut down on the gore in any way, or decide not to show it, and just hear the screams in the background or something, riots will be started!!!
That glee about people being slaughtered...
This is my favorite battle of the series.
the wheel of time books is so GOOD
prolly one of the best chapter ive read
I wouldnt say that this scene is the high point of the series. I would, though, say that this is the moment when things got serious. Still, one of my favorite scenes in all of fantasy.
Great narration!
Disperse the Shaido... break them.
Now we just gotta hope the show os good enough to get like 9 seasons. This would be what season 4 or 5? 6th book but im sure a lot will be condensed
Don't hold your breath. The entire thing has been a steaming pile of woke shite so far.
The only thing that even remotely resembles WoT is the animated bonus content and the character names.
Ha! I just listened to Lord of Chaos last week. :-)
The Iliad has an amazing action packed fight in Assault on The Ships- never read so many pages of exhausting action packed combat in prose
Rafe Judkins cannot do this. This is perfection. I feel pity for my future self that must sit through this on screen.
For all the holycrap that is the physical struggle, here, and it being early enough that we can still believe that we might lose a beloved secondary character at least, what's really at stake here are minds and souls. Rand's gone from regular mad to PTSD, and he's already had a rocky relationship with Taim throughout this book. It feels almost like the Light won the physical battle at Dumai's Wells, it feels like a crushing defeat spiritually.
It almost feels like that trauma bled into RJ's writing hereafter, and turned the slog sloggier. No battle until Towers of Midnight comes close to Dumai's Wells in terms of desperation and horror, but the experience of getting there is almost like the narrative itself was traumatized, and tried working it out through random acts of spanking and unnecessary torture.
This is what magic should be on a battlefield, absolutely terrifying.
oh thank the light!
What they should do for the show is have all the background music and noise of battle cut out the second Demandr- I mean Taim yells out kill. Then just the meaty sounds of people exploding
the repeating pictures are cool the first time through..
Can't wait for this to play out in The Amazon series
Asha'man are so cool. i don't know why they would be, since half are mad, but so are the Aeil that would fight an Ogier. a tree brother.
i would be taken Gai'shain a thousand times first.
telling my daughter about this at the minute.finally the white tower bows to the dragon reborn
Never quite got how Gawyn got away .. Ashman behind him...aiel of both sides in front . Shit hitting the fan.. and he wobbles on his horse. Always wondered if Rand may have channeled to let him through... "Younglings we're cutting our way through.. " yeah right. Mat beat you and Glad with a staff....so you're cutting your way through the Shaido and Rand's Aiel...
He seen the situation and took the chance to leave/ escape with his team ?
Why do people talk about Mat beating Galad and Gawyn with a staff as if that proved they were weaklings, as if the staff weren't the superior weapon?
_Of course_ Mat won that fight. Hammar even confidently assures him that he'll pay for the bet when Mat wins, and immediately after he finishes with them, he pointedly tells everyone in the training grounds about how the greatest swordsman in history was beaten by a farmer with a staff.
The wonder is that Mat won in the ragged state he was at the time, but that was just ta'veren magic.
@@trielt1 He also never really fought them 2 on 1. Iirc, he knocked Galad out of the Duel with a quick blow, then focused on Gawyn and incapacitated him. Then he 1v1'd Galad. Plus they weren't taking him seriously until Gawyn was already out. People saying he beat both Galad and Gawyn at the same time therefore; 'Mat's the best fighter in the series', or 'Galad and Gawyn suck' can't analyze a fight properly. Demandred, Lan or even Rand wold make short work of Mat by the end of the series. Hell, Galad and/or Gawyn could probably beat him. People also tend to forget that a Sword has a much higher skill ceiling than a Staff, and Mat barely showed any improvement throughout the series unlike Galad and Gawyn. I mean, Gawyn went from a cocky fool who got bodied by Mat, and is much less skilled than Hammar since he is taking instruction from him, to killing Hammar in a duel a book later. Comparing Gawyn book 3 to him in book 6 is stupid.
I mean, they won't do this scene correctly in the show but at least we still have the books
The chapter.
Man... I wish Graphic Audio could or would do WoT.
If the TV-series is successful I bet TOR will try to milk WoT as much as they can.
So a Graphic Audio version is a sure thing.
They might even commission Brandon to write the two missing prequels. =D
"aiel, all sides i think. cold today, isn't it"
"never again trust for any aes'sedai"
"the lid would open soon, how many days in the broiling sun, how many nights. he had lost count."
"how often did they want to hear him scream"
"he did not even know it when he began a rasping laugh"
Is this guy the one who reads all the WOT audio books? Is there different versions?
Yes it is the same guy. Michael Kramer & Kate Reading are the couple that read the entire series. I personally think they sound much better at 1.5x speed.
Thanks! I am trying to reread the wheel of time and every time I pick it up I just can't follow through. I thought maybe listening to the audio books would help, but I also don't like audiobooks, so we'll see :)
does egwene find out about dumai's well?
Read on and find out. lol
More like how could anyone not find out about Dumai's well
@@jerlaine1638 But she actually doesn't, lmao. She's always like "What?! Rand got kidnapped?? Huh. Not gonna ask any questions about that." Even in Knife of Dreams, if I remember.
@@Jrdn357 lol true and very good point
@@jerlaine1638 she doesn't care, once she becomes amyrlin she becomes soo arrogant
One of the best, though not *THE* best chapter of the Wheel of Time. The best single Chapter is "Veins of Gold". But the best overall book has to be A Memory of Light, for the Last Battle and all the Conclusions.
I am glad it's available for anyone on YT though.
Male Sylveon
The last battle is the best!
and when logain saves the civilians and the mother says she will send her son to the black tower to be tested for the gift and logain realises she said gift and not curse and he drops his grumpiness :D
meh ive always been partial to play for your supper in the first book
I always used to get "Veins of Gold" confused with the chapter in which is was first brought up and referred to the later as "The Epiphany." That being said, the chapter in where the three girls finally bond Rand as their Warder always felt really powerful to me. Where the bond kicks in and they can physically feel all the pain that Rand is in. Pain that is so severe and been with him for so long that he almost forgets it is there. The emotional weight so crushing that his emotions were basically a solid stone but veins of gold pulsed through it whenever he looked at any of them and they knew beyond any of the pain and suffering that he truly loved the three of them.
Nah. As much as I liked the final books of the series, Lord of Chaos and Dumai's Wells, in particular, tops anything that Sanderson authored.
We are cutting a way out of here. Just think about what that would truly entail.
I'm rereading the series for the 10th time, with my wife this time and I've come to the conclusion that Lord of Chaos is the best of all the books, by far.
Forget the healing of Logain, Siuan, and Leanna. Forget Egwene being raised to the Amyrlin Seat by the rebels. The whole sequence from Rand's abduction to the end of the book is as close to a perfect plotline as any story has ever gotten. The arrogant women wove their schemes and overplayed their hand and ended up dead, stilled, or kneeling in disgrace to the man in charge. Simply brilliant!!
It's too bad the TV series is a steaming pile of woke shite cause they'll inevitably f*ck it up just like the rest of the show.
Yep, agree about how Amazon is treating this beloved epic tale. Episode 7 so far is the best.
@@mahtinhall the Blood Snow! Epic!
I hope they don't season 8 GOT on the wheel of time.
You realize season 8 of GoT was based on unwritten source material, right? This could never happen with WoT because we have an ending and it's really good.
@@keithrichards8526 so did shannaran yet.... and the sword of truth. ....and look at solo from star wars, speaking of which, episode1
@@diablo3610 sure but the GoT season 8 comparison won't ruin it because it just can't. There are all those other reason it can suck though, like Shannara. Those are still on the table.
If WoT makes it to season 8 it will be a masterpiece by that point.
@@keithrichards8526 some books took 20 hrs to read, can't be squeezed into four 30 min + commercials episodes, and i hope they dont sheeba the cgi
Honestly I hope they don’t try to make this the next game of thrones at all. The two series have such vastly different themes and moods.
The ase sedai, can't spell don't kill me, they are like the army mixed a bit with air force. As they work with air and, water mostly. ish. The ashaman are like Marines mixed iwth Navy SEALS with iron skin. Or, that's what they project through their mind sets. SEALS whom have gone partially insane and, will only grow in power. shudders. This and, the final battle are where the men in black coats really do shine. This though, is one of my favorite moments in all of fantasy. Top three.
best fukin series man....why did it have to end :(
Oh..Stormlight is quickly closing in. :) I'm up to book 10 right now (Crossroads of Twilight). Can't wait to get to the last 3. So curious as to how Sanderson contributed to the series. He's another wizard with the pen. Amazing author.
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.
The real question is why was Brandon Sanderson permitted to butcher the last 4 books!
All that careful and meticulous unique character development over years and years and Sanderson lumped them all into the same idiotic person
@@rhuarkk2138 It's unfortunate that RJ didn't get to finish it himself, but you're delusional if you think Sanderson did a bad job. He did better than pretty much anyone else could have done. Get your ungrateful trash out of here. All of Sanderson's WoT books were better than Crossroads of Twilight at the very least, Lol.
25:00
Is this William Defoe narrating?
Abigail Slade Michael Kramer, he did all the WoT audiobooks with his wife Kate Reading. They’re amazing.
Thanks I found out shortly after asking but I appreciate you taking the time to reply, he sure sounds like Mr Dafoe in my head lol. Yes he does a excellent job and I have heard nothing but great reviews about both him and his wife. I prefer to read myself but if my eyesight goes it’s a relief to know I can still enjoy the story.
5:34 Skip Gawyn
49:57
ASHAMAN
KILL
Nice voice! Will you do other chapters?
He did the entire series
@@devinbeckley2849 This is from the audio book.
@@b.patrickbrowning2349 thats why I said he did the entire series.
@@b.patrickbrowning2349 I could be technical and say Kate did half but it was a throw away comment to begin with.
Dubai's Wells is one of the best moments in the entire Wheel of Time series. But the constantly sliding screen images gave me a migraine. It might also cause an epileptic problems.
Have you tries growing a pair?
Or maybe, just maybe, listen to it and not watch it.
Lots of options, up to and including making your own video how you see fit.
@@omnigar9611 WTF is your particular problem? I made a suggestion that might make future videos more easy on the eyes.
"Grow a pair"? How about you go fuck yourself ;)
ASHA'MAN!!!
*KILL*
I'm sorry Mr. Kramer but you sound so slow when you're not 3x reading speed.
Oh dude I don’t judge you for choosing to do 3x but man Kramer is literally one of the best (like top 5 narrator easily) and you’re missing out on so much emotion and undertone when you speed it up.
@@alanrice6077 3x is absurd, and I'm sure you miss a massive amount of the story just from all the small moments of distraction where you miss words. But at like 1.25x-1.5x a lot of the emotional tonality is definitely maintained, and you can cut a good 8-12 hours off of the listening time with those minor speed ups.
FillTheVoid yeah 1.5x doesn’t sound too crazy I was just saying that 3x is way to fast to experience the emotion in his voice.
I love the 1x NGL. don't ever speed up or slow down. aret is art and this is how they want it to be heard.
If you listen just to gather information yeah. But I find the pauses and slower pace allow images to form in my mind beyond what is said and makes the world come alive.
The visuals in this vid become boring. Someone should have done more.
A'sha'man'.."Kill"..!!✨💥💥💥💥💥💥💫💥💥💥💥💥💥💥.. silence'✨
SAVE THIS COMMENT. I must be alive when the TV series gets to the Battle of Dumai's Wells. It will be the biggest thing in cinematic history (by then I'm guessing a lot of marvel shows and movies may have come out. But this battle will Trump whatever shows before it). Outstanding chapter.
Oh man. This is the first time that I heard something from the audiobooks. I suppose it's not Mr. Kramers fault, I guess it's industry standart to use different voices for different characters. But Loial and ALL women are just horrible, ridiculously bad. I gotta say, anybody saying that the audiobooks are good just lost a ton of respect in my eyes. If he is among the best readers of this series, then I extrapolate that audio books are just unbearable in general?
The way the WoT audiobooks work is that he does them with Kate Reading, who I believe is his wife. She narrates the female POV chapters, and he does the male ones. If you find this particularly awful, then maybe you won't enjoy audiobooks, because the two of them did a great job for the most part, in my opinion. Roy Dotrice did a decent job with the early Game of Thrones books, but by the 4th and the 5th he can't remember which voice he uses for which character and the quality seriously declines. The GoT ancillary stuff is better; Harry Lloyd did a great job narrating the three Dunk and Egg books in a compilation, and I like the guy they have, Simon Vance, who narrated Fire and Blood and will probably be doing the ancillary GoT stuff going forward.
The quality of audiobooks 100% depends on the quality of the narrator, so listen to samples before you buy anything. There have been lots of book that I loved, but couldn't listen to the audiobook of because the narrator was awful.
You are making a snap judgement. When you listen to them for a decent amount of time your perception of the voices changes and it stops bothering you when Michael does female voices, or Kate does male voices.
I honestly felt the exact same as you when I first tried audiobooks. But I wanted to be able to keep "reading" while at work, or commuting, so I pushed through and got used to it. Then I really realized the magic of audiobooks, which lies in the emotional impact. Something about it being spoken outloud with emotional tonality makes any emotional or powerful scene hit much much harder than when reading. It's like a whole new way to experience a series. I think you are really missing out by not giving audiobooks a better shot.
Oh, and you lost my respect by making snap judgements about things without giving them a true open minded try, then judging other people out of that close minded ignorance. Good day.
@@Negentropy369 Yeah, other audio books are bad, too. I heard the readers of WoT are great, but alas...
I'm very sad that I hurt you so deeply. I hope I haven't crippled your tender heart. Take solace in the fact that I'll miss out on these things that are objectively (of course!) better than books. *eyeroll*
@Danilo 357 Why can't people just enjoy things when others don't?
Why is my opinion so menacing? Granted, loosing respect for the people who say the WoT audiobooks is going a bit far. It's more like crass disillusion. I always thought the WoT audiobooks were great, maybe they would even be enjoyable for me who doesn't like audiobooks. But no, they're especially annoying to listen to.
Now, what is so bad about that? Does your peace of mind depend on my approval?