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Inigo: Le' me e'splain. --- No, there is too much. Le' me sum up.

No, there is too much to sum up. Let Ken do it.

Yeah, Ken can handle this one. I can't remember what happened anymore.

OK Ken, go for it, and remember that with my limited attention span, you'll have to keep it to 50 words or less.

Ok, I get the joke now. I just went to Wikipedia and now I am thoroughly confused and intrigued.

Who has time to re-read a 12 book series, though?

Yo. Except I'm afraid if I start it before the new one's almost out, I'll finish it way too quickly. I don't think I can stretch it out for more than a few months.

OK.

Summary:
Time is cyclical, divided into Ages. Ages are poorly remembered from one to the next, generally. The current Age is coming to a close. People are able to tap into something called the Power in order to do what is essentially magic, although it's a bit deeper than that. The power is divided into a male half and a female half. At the close of the previous Age, the Dark One (read: evil personified) tainted the male half of the power. Therefore, in the current age, only women are allowed to channel the Power.

In order to fight the Dark One at the end of this age, however, a man must channel the Power. In steps our main character, carrying with him a load of friends, hangers on, etc, all who become main characters in their own right.

There's a lot of political intrigue going on, with a bunch of evil dudes of various stripes, and a bunch of good guys who may or may not be so good.

Did I miss anything, guys?

I'm going to have to read them all again before the last one comes out. They have been so spread out, the last two that came out had me a bit lost as I read them, just trying to remember what had been going on in the past.

I'll wait a little while before I start, as this is pretty much a year of reading we're talking about if I get through 1 a month.

I usually reread the previous one before I read the new one. That seems to get me caught up. However, this last time I'm going to reread the whole series. I've started from the beginning twice.

Okay, any possible excitement for me is gone:

Eye of the World Comic Book Preview

Ahh, ass-tastic artwork.

Well, it could have been Alex Toth.

looks like a video game.