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Chosen by the American Library Association as one of the "Best Books for Young Adults, " Part One of this novel is now in this age-appropriate edition for younger readers. When his village is attacked by Trollocs, a savage tribe of half-man, half-bests, Rand al'Thor and his friends are lucky to be alive. For Rand there is no time to celebrate. It was not the village the Trollocs were after--it was Rand.Tags
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The Eye of the World series is an old series for young adult, but it has had nothing but high acclaims. I have been strongly urged to read this series by one of my best friends and I'm glad she did.
One thing that always daunts me with books like these are the old tiny fonts. They hurt my eyes, especially when there's a lot. And there is A LOT. However, I didn't let that sway me. It took me a long time to finish this book because it just didn't hook me right away. The beginning wasn't up to the speed I like but it wasn't that slow either. It was at that iffy area. But, by the end of the book, I was attached to the characters and immediately wanted to know more.
Something I loved about this book is the style. It is so very similar to show more Tolkien's Lord of the Ring series. Being a big LotR fan, I couldn't help but love this book. The landscape, the descriptions, the characters, the writing style...all very Tolkien-esque.
The only downside of this book is the pace. I don't care for the pace. It's a little too long for my liking, but that's how it is with lots of description. All in all, I loved the book. Not a light read in the slightest but I'd recommend the series. (Albeit daunting with it's 15 books...) show less
One thing that always daunts me with books like these are the old tiny fonts. They hurt my eyes, especially when there's a lot. And there is A LOT. However, I didn't let that sway me. It took me a long time to finish this book because it just didn't hook me right away. The beginning wasn't up to the speed I like but it wasn't that slow either. It was at that iffy area. But, by the end of the book, I was attached to the characters and immediately wanted to know more.
Something I loved about this book is the style. It is so very similar to show more Tolkien's Lord of the Ring series. Being a big LotR fan, I couldn't help but love this book. The landscape, the descriptions, the characters, the writing style...all very Tolkien-esque.
The only downside of this book is the pace. I don't care for the pace. It's a little too long for my liking, but that's how it is with lots of description. All in all, I loved the book. Not a light read in the slightest but I'd recommend the series. (Albeit daunting with it's 15 books...) show less
I read this a while back and listened to the audiobook but each time I sped through each that at the end I just wasn't too impressed. But I always came back to the large amount of fans that this series has and knew I had to be missing something. So finally picked it up again and took it slowly and finally came to appreciate the world that Jordan has started to unroll. Looking forward to the second half of book one next.
Kirja aloittaa moniosaisen Ajan pyörä sarjan, sitä ei voi jättää välistä! Nuori Rand Al'Thor ajautuu mukaan maailmalle pienestä maalaiskylästään, täysin tietämättä, että hän onkin hän, jota kutsutaan uudesti syntyneeksi "lohikäärmeeksi" ja että hänen kohtalonsa on kohdata Pimeän Valtias viimeisessä taistelussa. Ensimmäisessä kirjassa on enimmäkseen vain nuoren miehen kasvua aikuisuuteen, elämänkokemuksien karttumista ja matkustamista.
A wonderful beginning to a complicated and intriguing series.
CAN I MARRY RAND??
CAN I MARRY RAND??
Återläser hela serien, såhär nästan 20 år senare .. men fortfarande lika bra!
A good start to the series
A good start to the series
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Robert Jordan was born James Oliver Rigney Jr. on October 17, 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. He received a B.S. in physics from The Citadel in 1974. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the U.S. Army and won The Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. From 1974 to 1978, he worked for the show more U.S. Civil Service as a nuclear engineer. During the 1980's, he began writing several novels for the Conan the Barbarian series that was created in the 1930's by Robert E. Howard. He also wrote under many pseudonyms, which include the historical novels The Fallon Blood (1980), The Fallon Pride (1981) and The Fallon Legacy (1982) as Reagan O'Neal; and the western Cheyenne Riders (1982) as Jackson O'Reilly. He wrote articles for periodicals for the Library Journal, Fantasy Review and Science Fiction Review as Chang Lung. He was the author of the Wheel of Time series and The Towers of Midnight. He died on September 16, 2007 following a battle with cardiac amyloidosis. Jordan was cremated and his ashes buried in the churchyard of St. James Church in Goose Creek, outside Charleston. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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The Wheel of Time, Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (indirect)
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- From the Two Rivers
- Original publication date
- 2002 (in this form) (in this form)
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- This version of "The Eye of the World" is split into 2 parts, this is 1/2 (prologue - chapter 23). It should be combined only with similarly split versions, not with volume 2 ("To the Blight") or with the single-volume versio... (show all)n ("The Eye of the World").
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