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The Wheel of Time Book One: The Eye of the World (eBook)
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- Rated 4.7 stars out of 5 overall based on 15,500+ reviews on Amazon
- "The Eye of the World, the first novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time, follows Moiraine Damodred as she arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One."
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Various Retailers has The Wheel of Time Book One: The Eye of the World (eBook) for $2.99.
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- Macmillan via Amazon (Kindle eBook)
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- Tor Books via Google Play (eBook)
- Apple Books (eBook)
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Written by CChoiVA- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- Rated 4.7 stars out of 5 overall based on 15,500+ reviews on Amazon
- "The Eye of the World, the first novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time, follows Moiraine Damodred as she arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One."
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Yeah, the TV show was a mixed bag and I can understand why a lot of fans who have read the book(s) were disappointed...but I felt it could have been worse.
But then I watched the 6 short animated episodes (that were hidden or something in the TV show episodes)...and they were so good and true to the books that it actually pushed me more to not like the TV show which deviated quite a bit by the end.
The biggest one being "pillow friends" and what that means. It's made explicitly clear (or as near as possible) in one of the middle books what that means. Yes, a sexual relationship between two women. I think it was a noblewoman and a Sea Folk woman were caught being pillow friends. The Sea Folk woman said it was because she had been away from her husband for so long...then she gets blackmailed because she doesn't want others to know because she's afraid her husband will leave her if he finds out. So yeah...
Two of the characters were pillow friends when they were younger (as stated in the books). I don't think the books ever said they continued that relationship...but the TV show tweaked/added onto that they did. So IMO, not a "woke issue" but a product of them changing characters/story for "adaptation reasons" really. It served one purpose (showing two character working closely in secret) but has the potential to cause problems down the line.
Warders and Aes Sedai relationships...it's in the book. Sometimes they even marry. Orgy stuff...hmm, not in the book?...but I could see it as something that would happen.
Diversity...so the characters in the books have a ton of diversity. But it's geographically and by countries for the most part, the TV show decided to just make all groups of people diverse (so far). I think it's actually a good "adaptation reason" and the cast diversity was a highlight of the show.
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I think you get access to all the animated shorts if you access it via the last episode...now that the series has finished airing. So you don't have to go through multiple episodes. If you can't access it, hopefully you can find them somewhere else online. Sadly they're the best content that came out of the whole season. Well, some (most?) of the episode cold openings were really good too.
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I think you get access to all the animated shorts if you access it via the last episode...now that the series has finished airing. So you don't have to go through multiple episodes. If you can't access it, hopefully you can find them somewhere else online. Sadly they're the best content that came out of the whole season. Well, some (most?) of the episode cold openings were really good too.
He had a video which I think came out after a few episodes of the WoT TV show had aired...and he gave his thoughts about the show (as well as the extent of his involvement) while talking to another author who hadn't read the books but was watching the TV show.
I might go back myself and rewatch it now that the TV show is over...or see if he has any newer videos about his thoughts on the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnbmku3
Don't blame the author for the woke nonsense that is the TV series.
Now I myself say, like some King works, this series drags a lot in the middle. So much filler
But without it idk if I would have discovered Sanderson who's works are fantastic and not boring
Thanks for cluing us in that you know zero about the development process of the final books
You can be safely ignored
It's ok. Still way better than the Seeker/SoT. Moiraine Is cast well but it's... a weird part to cast/play if they're doing the whole series. That's all I'll say
Lol good luck with that. It's always amusing to see people unfamiliar with the source material try and stick up for it anyway. It's the same story with a few minor tweaks to make it work for television. It's not exactly easy to make a season that covers 1200 years of book
What? its not even remotely the same story with just a few tweaks characters were aged up, motivations were completely changed, other characters were completely changed *Matts family, Perrin* you really really are getting defensive.
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The biggest one being "pillow friends" and what that means. It's made explicitly clear (or as near as possible) in one of the middle books what that means. Yes, a sexual relationship between two women. I think it was a noblewoman and a Sea Folk woman were caught being pillow friends. The Sea Folk woman said it was because she had been away from her husband for so long...then she gets blackmailed because she doesn't want others to know because she's afraid her husband will leave her if he finds out. So yeah...
Two of the characters were pillow friends when they were younger (as stated in the books). I don't think the books ever said they continued that relationship...but the TV show tweaked/added onto that they did. So IMO, not a "woke issue" but a product of them changing characters/story for "adaptation reasons" really. It served one purpose (showing two character working closely in secret) but has the potential to cause problems down the line.
Warders and Aes Sedai relationships...it's in the book. Sometimes they even marry. Orgy stuff...hmm, not in the book?...but I could see it as something that would happen.
Diversity...so the characters in the books have a ton of diversity. But it's geographically and by countries for the most part, the TV show decided to just make all groups of people diverse (so far). I think it's actually a good "adaptation reason" and the cast diversity was a highlight of the show.
The biggest one being "pillow friends" and what that means. It's made explicitly clear (or as near as possible) in one of the middle books what that means. Yes, a sexual relationship between two women. I think it was a noblewoman and a Sea Folk woman were caught being pillow friends. The Sea Folk woman said it was because she had been away from her husband for so long...then she gets blackmailed because she doesn't want others to know because she's afraid her husband will leave her if he finds out. So yeah...
Two of the characters were pillow friends when they were younger (as stated in the books). I don't think the books ever said they continued that relationship...but the TV show tweaked/added onto that they did. So IMO, not a "woke issue" but a product of them changing characters/story for "adaptation reasons" really. It served one purpose (showing two character working closely in secret) but has the potential to cause problems down the line.
Warders and Aes Sedai relationships...it's in the book. Sometimes they even marry. Orgy stuff...hmm, not in the book?...but I could see it as something that would happen.
Diversity...so the characters in the books have a ton of diversity. But it's geographically and by countries for the most part, the TV show decided to just make all groups of people diverse (so far). I think it's actually a good "adaptation reason" and the cast diversity was a highlight of the show.
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But some positives, the final episodes were a bit scuffed because covid hit and they had to shutdown during filming. It caused problems with filming locations, extras, and CGI. Hopefully that's something they won't have to deal with in future seasons.
Also, one of the main characters just apparently quit on them during filming. The details are murky, but he's not in the final two episodes and had to be recast for season 2. So they basically had to do rewrites to deal with that...and it shows.
So they definitely ran into some unforeseeable hurdles which could lead to the possibility that season 2 will be better.
In addition, the ending of the first book (which actually ties into this post!) sucked and the author himself said he didn't really know where the story was headed at that point. The show had to adapt...and it just kinda sucked in a different way but with no help from the aforementioned problems. Following books get better and things become a lot more clearer...maybe the show will as well in that regard.
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