The Shadow Rising
The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover humankind. In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of hideous doom. Will the White Tower itself be broken? In the Two Rivers, the Whitecloaks ride in pursuit of a man with golden eyes, and in pursuit of the Dragon Reborn. In Cantorin, among the Sea Folk, High Lady Suroth plans the return of the Seanchan armies to the mainland. In the Stone of Tear, the Lord Dragon considers his next move. It will be something no one expects, not the Black Ajah, not Tairen nobles, not Aes Sedai, not Egwene or Elayne or Nynaeve. Against the Shadow rising stands the Dragon Reborn...
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- Children of Time is incredible, I would consider it the best sci-fi novel I've ever read in a similar way to how I consider Wheel of Time the best fantasy series I've ever read.
As for books vs show, in my opinion it's way too early to tell. Both me and him agree that the first season was significantly better than Eye Of The World, but because the later books are much better than EOTW I think the show will need to increase in quality significantly to be better than those later books - I'm excited for season 2, but in season 3 they're tackling the story of The Shadow Rising, which is probably my favourite book in the series. It's an open question in my mind if they can improve quality and characterisation enough to match that bar, although either way I'm going to enjoy it. And more importantly, I think it's not as important to judge them on a season vs book basis, because the reality is the show can't really be judged fairly against a completed book series until it is itself a completed television series. Once they're both finished (aka once I'm an old granny), I expect I'll have a much clearer idea of which rendition of the story I ultimately prefer. I know I'll definitely be talking about it with my husband a lot lol.
- - I've been participating in https://www.reddit.com/r/ayearofwarandpeace since January 2nd of this year. I've stuck with it and we're very close to the end of the book. It's true that the book's long, but nearly every chapter can be read in 15 minutes or less, which is how we've been able to stretch it out.
Books that I've started but haven't finished (primarily due to W&P):
- Dune (Frank Herbert)
- Men At Arms - Discworld (Pratchett)
- The Diamond Age (Stephenson)
- Neuromancer (Gibson)
- The Shadow Rising - Wheel of Time (Jordan)
- Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas)
Books that I plan on reading in 2020:
- Little Women (Alcott)
- Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet (Evans)
- A Walk in the Woods (Bryson)
- This year has been a year of fiction for me. I haven't hit my goal yet but I've got some time still!
Annihilation (Book one of the Southern Reach trilogy) - Jeff Vandermeer
Authority (Book two of the Southern Reach trilogy) - Jeff Vandermeer
Acceptance (Book three of the Southern Reach trilogy) - Jeff Vandermeer
Artemis - Andy Weir
The Breach (Book one of the Travis Chase trilogy) - Patrick Lee
Ghost County (Book two of the Travis Chase trilogy) - Patrick Lee
Deep Sky (Book three of the Travis Chase trilogy) - Patrick Lee
Runner - Patrick Lee
Signal - Patrick Lee
Dark Matter - Blake Crouch
The Atlantis Gene - A.G. Riddle
The Eye of the World (Book one of The Wheel of Time) - Robert Jordan
The Great Hunt (Book two of The Wheel of Time) - Robert Jordan
The Dragon Reborn (Book three of The Wheel of Time) - Robert Jordan
The Shadow Rising (Book four of The Wheel of Time) - Robert Jordan
The Fires of Heaven (Book five of The Wheel of Time) - Robert Jordan
The Way of Kings (Book one of the Stormlight Archives) - Brandon Sanderson
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
I'm currently reading Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson. Book two of the The Stormlight Archives.
I'd say the biggest surprises for me would be Patrick Lee. I DEVOURED these books. The Breach, Ghost County, and Deep Sky are a trilogy. They reminded me of X-files crossed with Navy Seals but that doesn't really begin to really describe the books.
I can't believe I got through so much of The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. The first book was so-so but the story really picked up in the second book. I'm getting to the part of the overall story that people say gets tedious and boring but I haven't experienced this at all yet.
I just finished The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson a few days ago. It's definitely one of my favorite books of all-time. It may be my favorite fantasy book but I won't know until I try to re-read it. I re-read The Hobbit every year. I never seem to get sick of it. It's going to be hard to knock this off it's thrown but damn is The Way of Kings close!
This is also the first year I've ever read so many works of the same author over and over. I probably won't do it again next year. Except for maybe Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan. I found it was _usually_ harder to get into the writing once I got such a familiar feel of their style and storytelling. This didn't hold true for Sanderson and Jordan they are still blowing me away.
