Timewaster's Guide Archive

You're right on that Miyabi, one rotation goes through all ages. But the implication is that there an an awful lot of ages and that each is maybe several thousand years, meaning that a full iteration includes ages that we have no knowledge of at all.  (maybe even an age that includes WWI, WWII, etc.)

If you are referring to when a non-renewed registration expires then I think that is 70 years after the demise of the last copyholder under the treaty.  But I was being half-way facetious.  There was an author who did books about Middle Earth in the 80's dunno how long Tolkien was deceased, but I know it was not 70 years, although he would have fallen under the old standard, so maybe you are right.  Maybe people's sensibilities won't accept any Wheel related works until Tor is defunct for 70 years. ;P

(PS didn't want to suggest the other more gruesome reality)

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Douglas make a good point there.  I've wondered if Rigney intended to suggest that this was the last circuit of the wheel, that maybe some events have gotten so far out of hand that the cycle of ages will not repeat at the end of this iteration.  Things like certain of the archetypes being yanked out of Telarienrhiod (sp?), are some indicators.  Where it goes now is not entirely up to Rigney though.  New eyes and a new hand may introduce a new direction that none of us expect and that is still valid and satisfying for the reader.
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Hey Miyabi liked your signature banner so I stole it as an homage.  Hope it doesn't bug, my version is different.


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After listening to the pod-cast I'm even more concerned about certain persons being possession of sharp pointy objects such as steak knives.  Also I hope Howard realizes he'll have to actually produce 607 more pod-casts AND create time travel in order to avoid destroying reality...

Thanks silk.  I wasn't trying to hijack the list, I just didn't realize that the one on the first post was as current as it was.  By the time I did I had already posted.

I'm assuming I missed receiving the Apr. 1st distribution so the next one is on the 15th?

Well I sort of half agree with Books about where Rand was going by book 11.  Thing is he didn't start that way and I always felt he was getting that way the way real people tend to flatten out when they become obsessed or isolated.  Rand is both.  But rand was never really my favorite character.  I prefer and coincidentally identify with the large fellow with the dog attachment.

But Mat is quickly becomming the center of the story, if Books 10 and 11 are any indication.

To avoid getting the thread off track (and locked) I thought I'd add a prompt.

How about an environment where not only is hyper-orthodox Islam the dominant faith--Magic, Djinn and Angels are all very accessible (if rare).  All of this is set against a background of modern technology and physics.  In other words both science and mysticism are practical ways of achieving a goal and characters are forced to navigate the ethical and feasibility pitfalls of both systems simultaneously in everyday life.