Parmandur
Book-Friend
I can see that: however, most I know who tried either bounced off Eye of the World hard or went the distance.I liked the first book, but that wasn't enough to keep going. He, like Martin, needed an editor very badly. I stopped in book 4 or 5, as TO ME, it seemed nothing was happening at all. To me it was just the same scenes/story over and over. That said, I remember almost nothing from the books, so who knows, I could be wrong....
My point being, liking his prose wasn't enough for me, and for a lot of people that quit about where I did in the story.