The Blog of Time

Does anyone else really enjoy Robert Jordan’s use of his Physics background in The Wheel of Time? On the back of every book there’s Robert Jordan’s brief biography where it talks about him recieving his degree in physics from the Citadel. He clearly has brought that background and knowledge into his stories and I love it. I’m not sure if there’s any other fantasy author I’ve read (not saying they aren’t out there) that has as deep of an understanding of science as Robert Jordan. It’s when Jordan makes physics break down that his world seems to be in most chaos. When metal becomes soft and storms appear out of nowhere it bothers us from a fundamental level as much as it bothers the people in the story. It’s Jordan’s use of real science that makes us believe in his world and get worried when things really seem amiss. I rarely describe the Wheel of Time as having “Magic” like I would describe it for Harry Potter or The Lost Years of Merlin. It’s how he twists scientific laws that make ev...

Hello and welcome to the Wheel of Time blog! There are no beginnings or endings to the Blog of Time. But this is a beginning. This blog will be dedicated to not just the Wheel of Time but all fantasy stories over the next coming months but for now with the Wheel of Time Amazon show coming up and directors/writers picked out I want to focus on my favorite story of all Time (every pun intended). I’ve been reading Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time pretty much nonstop on loop since 2001. I am at all periods either reading or listening to one of the books. Even when I am reading another book, I will take a break to read a Wheel of Time story. I’ve had to rebuy The Eye of the World at least twice from overuse and I bring a copy with me on every vacation I go on (I read the first book on the beach during my honeymoon just to say I did). With the Kindle app I have the books on my phone at all times. Whenever I have my first child I will definitely slip the name Perrin or Egwene to my wife as a na...