WoT Book 11: Knife of Dreams

Xath

Moder-gator
Knife of Dreams will be released in exactly one week's time. Any thoughts? Speculations? I found book 10 to be entirely dissappointing. Jordan had built up so many plots in book 9, and I though they would come to fruition in book 10, but they didn't. In fact, nothing really happened in book 10. The main characters barely got 2 chapters each.

But I have hope for book 11. A lot of people say that they havn't liked any of the books since book 6, and book 6 was the last one to be thoroughly proof-read and fully edited and re-edited. Well Jordan's taken the hint, and they've gone back to the old way of editing for book 11. Hopefully it will be a good one.
 

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JoeGKushner

First Post
I'll wait for the series to be finished before I read any more. I'm a little tired of the delays authors like him and Martin seem to have in common.
 


drothgery

First Post
Flexor the Mighty! said:
Jeez how many books in this series? :eek:

Jordan seems pretty insistant that it's going to be twelve main sequence books, which is to say one more after Knife of Dreams, and he's under contract for two more prequels.
 


shaylon

First Post
Well I have to agree with you that book 10 is the suxx. I am trudging through it in anticipation of the 11th book but it is hard.

I have hopes that book 11 will be more like the first 6 or 7 books. The last 3 have been terrible. I want to finish the series because I have invested so much time and enjoyed the first few immensely, but if 11 is bad I may not wait around for the final installment. If this is the final installment.

I recenly bought the prequel novel but have not read that yet. Hoping it is decent. I like Moiraine (sp?) as a character and was a bit sad to see her go.

In book 11 I think that Perrin and Nynaeve will develop an intimate relationship and Lan will slaughter the both of them. That way I never have to read about either of those boring characters again. Oh, and Faile will be overcome with grief and commit suicide. That will get rid of her as well. At least I still have my dreams.

Since I haven't finished 10 I can't say what I think will happen in 11 but I hope it is better. I want to see more Rand, Mat, and Egwene. Those are the characters I like. Elayne is cool as a secondary character but Perrin and Nynaeve I can do without. I used to like Perrin but he has done nothing for me since the Great Hunt.

-Shay
 

Xath

Moder-gator
Even if book 11 sucks, I'll still have to finish the series. I've invested too much time into it not to.

Here's my anticipation of what will happen:

Perrin, on his way to rescue Faile, is heading straight towards the area where he encountered Slayer in the wolf dream. Which also happened to be right near a tower that suspiciously looked like the tower of the Ael'Finn. So my supposition is that he'll run into Thom Merrilin, and they'll all go to the tower where they'll find Moraine. (Remember the Ael'finn were very insistant about bringing no instruments of music). Then there will be some sort of hodge-podge woman debate between Moraine and Nyneave about Lan.
 

shaylon

First Post
Xath said:
Perrin, on his way to rescue Faile, is heading straight towards the area where he encountered Slayer in the wolf dream.

::Groan:: I am only halfway through the 10th book, and he has been looking for her for like 2 books or something now. He doesn't find her by the end of book 10? Ugh.

...and they'll all go to the tower where they'll find Moraine. (Remember the Ael'finn were very insistant about bringing no instruments of music). Then there will be some sort of hodge-podge woman debate between Moraine and Nyneave about Lan.

I hope they do find Moiraine. That would be pretty cool. Maybe she can take Nynaeve out! Sure, healing weaves will be set back into the stone age again but I think the sacrifice will be worth it.

Any thoughts on Rand, Xath?

-Shay
 

GoodKingJayIII

First Post
I'm sort of hoping the entire planet goes up in a fiery supernova. I'm determined to finish this series (i.e., line Jordan's pockets with undeserved money), but I just want him to put it to bed. Don't even get me started on the sequel thing...
 

Rackhir

Explorer
I've read the previous books, but next to nothing happened in #9 and nothing at all happened in #10 (Oopps Should have made that a spoiler!). I'll just have a coffee at the book store and read through it there. I'm not spending any more money on Jordan novels.
 

drothgery

First Post
Rackhir said:
I've read the previous books, but next to nothing happened in #9

I'm not going to argue that nothing happened in Crossroads of Twilight, but don't you think
cleansing the taint
was something?

Of course, I think A Crown of Swords and Winter's Heart are quite a bit better than Lord of Chaos, even if The Path of Daggers was just bad and Crossroads of Twilight was dull.
 

Rackhir

Explorer
drothgery said:
I'm not going to argue that nothing happened in Crossroads of Twilight, but don't you think
cleansing the taint
was something?

That was the one event of significance that occured in the book. It also only took like a chapter maybe two at the very end of the novel. I consider that next to nothing in a book the size of Winter's Heart.
 
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shaylon

First Post
Kaodi said:
A New Spring reminded me of what it was like to enjoy the Wheel of Time.

Good to hear. I have that in paperback and plan to start reading that after I get through "Knife".

-Shay
 

Xath

Moder-gator
shaylon said:
Any thoughts on Rand, Xath?

Nothing other than that he'll die at the end of book 12. And leave lots of children behind. Cripes! Which of his girlfriends isn't pregnant?!

Also, I think he's part of a Shaaran prophecy, but who knows if Jordan will ever get to that?

I'm interested to see what happens to Matt and the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
 


Starman

Adventurer
Eosin the Red said:
I think Rand is going to die in this book. No, seriously.... That is my prediction.

Hmmm, I don't think he'll die until The Last Battle, but he will almost certainly lose his hand in this next book.

shaylon said:
I hope they do find Moiraine. That would be pretty cool.

It's going to happen at some point. One of Min's visions was that Rand would not succeed without the aid of a woman who died and came back or some such. That would be Moiraine.
 

Eosin the Red

First Post
Starman said:
Hmmm, I don't think he'll die until The Last Battle, but he will almost certainly lose his hand in this next book.

Could be, but I also think it is possible for him to **really die and still be present at the Last Battle... It gives him a more messianic theme. It might also infuse a little blood into the series and recapture tens of thousands of readers.

** Pretty much given that folks will think him dead at some point in the book.
 

Dagger75

Epic Commoner
So why Perrin chasing Faile again. I quite at like book 4 or 5 when she was captured. They have been apart longer than they have been together. Its time to move on Perrin get some other girl and be free.
 

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