Comment by CSMastermind
2 days ago
I read the Wheel of Time just before the TV show came out.
The community around WoT was easily the kindest, most welcoming, helpful that I've found around any book series (maybe any work of fiction).
Sad to see they didn't get the TV series they deserved.
Same, I was finishing my first read through as the show cane out. So disappointed… Lots of really major changes for very little reason.
In the last episode of S2 Loial gets stabbed with the ruby hilted dagger, which is typically extremely lethal.
Another great community and series are the cosmere books by Brandon Sanderson, who finished the last few WoT after Robert Jordan passed away. Mistborn and The Stormlight Archives are both amazing. Also, 9000 pages and over 3 million words for all of the cosmere books, so you will be reading for a bit!
I was disappointed when Amazon canceled their plans to bring the first Culture novel, Consider Phlebas, to TV. After seeing the page-to-screen translation of Wheel of Time I think that it was just as well.
Now there's a series of novels I'd love to see on the screen. Assuming, of course that someone could do it justice. Not easy, given the scope.
The CGI for the orbital being scuttled would be expensive I imagine, but very, very cool.
Yeah, I’m really glad the Culture series will not be tarnished by amazon as well for now.
Honestly I’d want a studio dedicated taking these long, beautiful series and making long, beautiful TV adaptions true to the books. Probably wouldn’t make enough money though.