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Wheel of Time gets graphically novelized
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Dabel Brothers to produce graphic novels for entire WoT series

Seems promising. I'm curious to see how different a graphic novel feels. Jordan was long-winded, and now all of the detail will have to come through in the art. If the Wheel of Time series ever gets made into movies, I bet it gets based on the graphic novels. Ha ha. Who would want to try adapting the novels?

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I see it being longer than the Lord of the Rings movies.

I don't know what to do with the WoT series. I've read the first five or six novels twice, but I don't know if I can do it a third time to catch up and finish off the series. Well, finish as best as can be done, that is.


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Yeah, I'm waiting for the last one to have a release date before I even attempt reading the series again. Still, I do want to finish what I started reading so long ago, and even though it's not ideal, with someone else stepping in to finish the final book (however guided by exhaustive notes), I want to read it and not just hear what other people thought of how it all turned out.

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Yeah, I figure it'll take a few more years to complete the last book. I'll wait until then to reread everything.


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A few years would have been my guess, too, but according to the link: "That volume, A Memory of Light, will be completed by Brandon Sanderson, a writer chosen by Jordan’s widow and editor, Harriet McDougal, and published by Tor Books in 2009."

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I think it's a terrible idea. I just don't see the scope of those books coming through. Especially not in movie form.. urch. Me, I like the long winded approach.

The books stand well on their own--and I have read all 12 existing books.

Remember that he was working on 12 for several years before he died, and Sanderson says he's finished about 25% of it.


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Even with so much of the work done on the final book, I figured it would take a long time for the new writer to absorb it all and write the ending just right.

I like Jordan's long-windedness, too. Still, I don't think I'd go so far as too call the graphic novels a terrible idea. Movies? Probably. Even the so-called great LotR movies don't do a lot for me. If I see epic fantasy done well in movie form in my lifetime, I'll be surprised.

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I enjoyed reading the first 7, but then the next two books I read seemed to contain way too many machinations and I ran out of steam. I need to be able to follow plotlines without having to take notes and make spreadsheets.

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Could someone give the rest of us a brief synopsis of what its about, if that possible. My curiosity is piqued.

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That has got to be a joke.


I'll take a swing at it later.


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