[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Jordan's Ordering (was Re: Re: books out of order)
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:35:54 -0500
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
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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
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