As Robert Jordan often said, "Their smiles do not touch their eyes".

After realizing what I'm missing out on currently am reading The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy which is one of those books making me cry laughing.
Hitchen's God Is Not Great is definitely worth the read for his articulate mind alone.
And I can't really say I'm finished reading The Wheel Of Time while the last book is still missing.
For all the fantasy-junkies out there: Robert Jordan.
I came across a lot of critics that his books are boring and slow paced, which is absolutely, mind bogglingly deranged to say in my opinion.
For what I know of the fantasy world one of the most interesting and best thought out universes in existence.

I paused the vid during the "read a lot of books" bit and it turns out to be a well-thumbed-through set of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.

That's pretty far from the Book of Mormon.

Ahh... here we go... from Dragonmount:

12.
The Gathering Storm
Book 12 of The Wheel of Time - Written by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson. Originally published October 27, 2009
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13.
Towers of Midnight
Book 13 of The Wheel of Time - Written by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson. Release date: Fall 2010
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14.
A Memory of Light
Book 14 of The Wheel of Time - Written by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson. Release date: Fall 2011. This book will complete The Wheel of Time series.
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I was at a book signing for GRRM within a week of Feast coming out. When Boarders gave Martin some time to read chapters, talk about his characters and work, Martin said something along the lines of Dance is practically finished, and it could be expected out within the year. So, we had a 5 year wait for Feast after Swords, and what should have been another 1 year for Dance, is turning into 4.

>> ^LarsaruS:


Hopefully he wont do a Robert Jordan on you then... Have one last book left (apparently it was so large that it would have been split into 2 or 3 books) to finish but writes a prequel instead and then dies without finishing the series...
Disease 1 - Book lovers 0

>> ^malakai:

Let's hope that doesn't happen, because if it does i'll be infinitely more annoyed than when Jordan failed to finish the Wheel of Time series...

>> ^malakai:

Here's an idea. Finish the sodding series, or at least A Dance With Dragons! Been waiting far far too long for that book, and Martin seems to have more interest in fucking about than writing.
That's not to say this series doesn't look good. JUST FINISH THE DAMN BOOKS FIRST! shakes fist


Hopefully he wont do a Robert Jordan on you then... Have one last book left (apparently it was so large that it would have been split into 2 or 3 books) to finish but writes a prequel instead and then dies without finishing the series...

Disease 1 - Book lovers 0

Yeah, the Dragonlance series is amazing. I have no patience for Lord of Rings, at least in book form, though.

In reply to this comment by Zifnab:
Well I'll give it a go. In no particular order:

1. Dragonlance Chronicles - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. This is the series that really got me hooked on reading way back in high school and I still really enjoy it today.

2. Wheel of Time - RIP Robert Jordan. Brandon Sanderson is going to complete the final book (A Memory of Light) for RJ as the novel was incomplete at the time of his death.

3. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein. Along with most of Heinlein's other work.

4. Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling.

5. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien.

Plus many more, as you can see I'm an avid reader of fantasy. I also really enjoy A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny, and some other's that I can't think of at the moment...

Well I'll give it a go. In no particular order:

1. Dragonlance Chronicles - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. This is the series that really got me hooked on reading way back in high school and I still really enjoy it today.

2. Wheel of Time - RIP Robert Jordan. Brandon Sanderson is going to complete the final book (A Memory of Light) for RJ as the novel was incomplete at the time of his death.

3. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein. Along with most of Heinlein's other work.

4. Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling.

5. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien.

Plus many more, as you can see I'm an avid reader of fantasy. I also really enjoy A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny, and some other's that I can't think of at the moment...

Right now I'm reading The Blind Watchmaker (Richard Dawkins) and the Children of Hurin (J.R.R. Tolkien).

I'm a big fan of fantasy and Sci-Fi.

Some of my favorite authors are:
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance Chronicles and The Death Gate Cycle)
Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time)
Terry Goodkind (Sword of Truth)
Robert Heinlein
Roger Zelazny (Chronicles of Amber)
J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter)
R. A. Salvatore (Drizzt Books)
George R. R. Martin (Song of Ice & Fire).

Well there are just a few

Robert Jordan is the reason I started reading fantasy, and was a childhood hero of mine. I wanted to write epic books when I grew up. I finally got the chance to meet him at a book signing in Denver (Book 8's release). Just listening to him talk about the Wheel of Time let me that much further into the world he created, and it was an honor and a privilege to have enjoyed that world.

He will be sorely missed.

"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. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose.... The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of time.
But it was a beginning."

Robert Jordan fought a valiant fight against cancer. It is a sad day, Robert Jordan will be missed. RIP

For more info visit Dragonmount.

-Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" (Appian Way, Leonardo DiCaprio's production company, is working on it)
-Card's "Ender's Game" (in pre-production now)
-The "Foundation" books by Asimov could be a really cool trilogy (or more) of movies, too
-And about a hundred fantasy titles by Piers Anthony, Raymond Feist, Robert Jordan, etc.

I read it again every time a new book comes out. I've tried to just pick it up at the start of a new book, but there are so many story threads and characters that I find I'm reading about stuff I've already forgotten. Anyway, starting from the beginning each time is still really enjoyable. I love the way Robert Jordan writes. Sad that he is sick now.

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“You know it! I have read the series about 6 times all the way through...

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“WoT reference? Nerd. ””