On May 11, 2004, at 7:11 PM, Howard Brazee wrote: > >> I haven't read a word of the Wheel of Time - but this discussion is >> making >> me curious to watch the train wreck. > > I read the first one, thought it was OK, and then found out that the > whole > concept of the Wheel of Time is that no matter what you do, the next > time > someone bigger and badder will come along and the world will need > saving > again. > > Why bother? Yes, if you follow his whole wheel mythology to its logical end, yes, but I'll just be grateful to see this cycle end. I thought the third one, The Dragon Reborn, was the best. It was unlike any of the others: Tightly plotted, fast paced and well written.