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Summary: Pretty Bad Use of Your Money
Review: Let's Make this Quick. 1. Interesting information about the world that Jordan has created, but I personally think it is more fun to find out these things from the books themselves. 2. Terrible art. Bad bad bad bad. This really ruined this book for me. I could't stand how the artist portrayed almost every character and everything else he drew.That about sums it up.
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Summary: "The World of Robert Jordan's the Wheel of Time"
Review: A great book. Gives all the information you could want out of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. History, timelines, and important facts about all the nations that make up Jordan's fictional world. It even gives the calender and holidays of the many nations. Facts and info on the Aiel, the Seanchan, the Aes Sedai, and Sea Folk. Stories from before the Breaking, during the Breaking, and after. Nothing--save the books in the Wheel of Time series--beats this book.
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Summary: Giddy Up!
Review: Why does it seem as if I am getting nowhere after reading all nine of the Wheel of Time books? How long will this teasing go on? And what the hell is Jordan at forcing the reader to read page after page of pointless prose stressing the strengths of each and every woman in the books. I mean at this stage I'm just starting to turn off when groups of women get together, for crying out loud there's not one weak women in the whole thing, each and everyone of them is as cute as fuck with nothing getting by them. I understand that it is a fantasy novel but come on, he makes men look weak and stupid. Cheers that's a little steam let off. By the way the last book was the worst.
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Summary: A Good Supplement with Poor Artwork
Review: "The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time" (hereinafter "World") is a good companion book for any fan of this great series. Filled with helpful and original material, this companion book gives readers a look at the geography, society, and present & past history of this highly detailed fantasy world. This is a must read book for fans of this series. However, there are two important caveats. First, the original artwork contained in this book can be described in one word: dreadful! Hideous, terrible, yuck, ugly, and other negative adjectives are also accurate. The artwork in this book is on the level of bad fan art, except most fan art I've seen is better than what is contained in this book. When compared to the cover art of Darrell K. Sweet, which is also found in this book, its enough to make you cringe when looking at the pathetic interior illustrations of Todd Cameron Hamilton. But bad as the artwork is, and it is BAD, it does not overcome the information contained in this book. The second caveat is that "World" was published prior to the release of book 8, "A Path of Daggers". Two books have now been published (with who knows how many yet to come)since the release of "World", so there is some dating to this companion book. But there is enough original material to still make "World" a good purchase for any fan of this series.
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Summary: A wonderful guide!
Review: Already read the whole series to date? Want to learn more about the wonderfully rich world Mr. Jordan has been sharing with us? This is the book for you! Give wondrful inside on all the Forsaken, the other lands and many other wonderful things. A must for all fans of The Wheel of Time.
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Summary: Great Info, Poor Artwork
Review: The information in this book was really great. It told a lot about the countries and the people, as well as history dating back to the Age of Legends. The maps were also really neat. It was really helpful. The info was good, but the artwork was just plain awful. All of the people in those pictures are extremely different than I imagined them, and some of the banners for the countries don't even match their descriptions. The description of the sigil and banner of Arad Domon are as follows: SIGIL A silver hand grasping a silver sword by the blade, point down; the Sword and Hand. BANNER The Sword and Hand on a field of four green and three blue horizontal stripes. The picture shows a silver hand grasping a silver sword by the hilt, point up, on a field of four green and three white horizontal stripes. I also find it interesting that Loial is pictured differently on the cover of The Great Hunt that he is in this book. And Galad is supposed to be handsome, not looking like he is half mad! Now, I know that the author does not choose the illustrators, so I am not blaming Robert Jordan. I just think that whoever did choose made some bad choices. From this review, you may think that I did not like this book, but that is not so. It is well written, with a lot of information, as long as you didn't look at the pictures.
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Summary: Don't waste your money on this empty box!
Review: This has to be the worst case of reader exploitation I havecome across. This book, supposedly a guide to the WOT world simplyrehashes what has already appeared in the first 7 books and contributes precious little that is new. On the plus side, at long last we finally get to see maps of the entire World; Seanchan in slightly better detail, Shara is a largely blank slate and the Isle of the Fisherfolk is not much better. There also appears an Isle of Madmen to the south which makes me fear additional complications to come. I suppose one should be grateful for these maps, despite their paucity of detail, considering that none of the series books contains anything but the same wretched map of the immediate world and pathetic city maps. If at all the book has any new information, it lies in the biographical sketches of the Forsaken, outlining their background and motivation. But the motivations themselves frequently seem to contradict the delineation of the characters in the series, especially Asmodean, and are totally out of sync with the Aes Sedai concept. Shallow is the word that describes these sketches in fact, as also the brief histories of the Seanchan and the other peoples. Bad proof reading is compounded by some of the worst illustrations I have even seen. The artist has obviously not read the books, so blatant are the contradictions. Look at the pciture of Lanfear and tell me if this is the most beautiful woman ever! Or the caricatures (I can't call these illustrations) of Galad, Lan or Aviendha for instance and match them with their characters. And would you believe that Min, who plays such a key role in the series, is not even mentioned anywhere! Some Guide indeed. Or perhaps we should be grateful there is no illustration of Min at least. This "book" is nothing but a bare faced attemnpt by the publisher to (get) money from fans who are hooked onto the series. Do not fall for it. I think TOR and RJ owe an apology and a refund to anyone who bought this (book). I am giving it 1 star because the system does not permit anything less. END
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Summary: Very Helpful
Review: I really enjoy the Wheel of Time series . Robert Jordan has a uniqe imagination . This book is very helpful because it gives you more info on the world before Rand al`Thor was born . But you could have done better on the artwork .
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Summary: Great Information
Review: This book is very good at describing the distant past of Randland. I really enjoyed the part about the AoL. The artwork was dissapointing, though. Perrin looked like an alien, and Lan just looked downright scary! If you really wish you knew more about the WoT series, you should really check this book out - it's very helpful. There are lots of nice maps and discriptions of far-off places that are very good.
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Summary: interesting yet dissapointing
Review: (This is not a review. it is a polite letter persenally addresed to Robert Jordan. You don`t have to publish it, just let him read it)The 8th book of "wheel of time" gave many the feeling as though it was the last book. Mr. Jordan: you can`t just leave your loyal readers hanging in thine air! we are waiting for the next book, perhps that will be the final conclusion, but you can`t call "The path of daggers" the last book. Pleas: we are waiting!
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