Yes, I did much the same, designating it as book 'A' of the series in my collection. When 'New Spring' was released, I was a bit annoyed that he had started going in that direction after leaving us hanging with so many loose ends in book 10. When 'Knife of Dreams' was released, I wasn't aware Bookshare was trying to get all the NY Times top 10 to do in house so I bought it, even though I don't usually like doing hard covers, and the day I was ready to submit it Bookshare released the in-house copy. I guess I'll know better this next time. Every time they announce a release date for a new book in the series, I go back and read all the earlier books so I'll remember fresh where he left off and what loose ends still need attention. At least when he released 'New Spring' it was quick and easy.
Dave At 07:35 PM 3/26/2007, you wrote:
Dave, I have no problem considering it part of the rest of the books. Since it's probably going to be the only prequel, I just think of it as book 0. Gerald Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of talmage@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 6:51 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Jordan's Ordering (was Re: Re: books out of order) Hi Gerald, Yes I knew they labeled it as a prequel, but I think that's because they painted themselves into a corner by identifying 'The Eye Of The World' as book 1 before going in the other direction ever occurred to Jordan. I think Terry Brooks did much the same with his Shannara series, only he broke them down in to trilogies keeping the Shannara label. This is of course only a personal opinion, but I would think any book containing characters from another, with the overall plot or concept being inline with the others, should be considered a part of the whole. In support of my perspective I submit an excerpt from the copyright passage for 'New Spring.' "The Wheel of TimeT" and "The Dragon RebornT," and the snake-wheel symbol, are trademarks of Robert Jordan. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof, in any form. Dave At 05:52 PM 3/26/2007, you wrote: >Dave, > >The reason why it's not considered part of the series by some is that it's >not numbered in the series by the publisher or the author. As I mentioned, >I've heard it referred to as a prequel book to WOT. I guess you can think >of it in terms of the Star Wars books. There's more than one series set in >that universe, and I think New Spring was intended by Jordan and Tor as a >separate series containing three books. I'd be surprised if Jordan writes >the other two now, though, because of his health. From what I've read, and >from what Lea heard when she went to one of Jordan's book signings, it >sounds like he intends to only write one more WOT book, no matter how big it >has to be to wrap things up. > >Gerald To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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