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...

Blood and Ashes! It’s been a week since my last post on the ten scenes I would like to see from the Eye of the World (the first book in the Wheel of Time) and now it’s time for book 2 The Great Hunt. I have heard that the first season of the show might combine the first two books so this may pertain to the first season as well. For whatever reason I have reread the second Wheel of Time book the least out of the first six books. Although I did read it in one 24 hour period once, which my eyes have yet to recover from, I have not read it as much as the third and fourth book. I’m not exactly sure why. I think it annoys me when Rand purposely tries to distance himself from Mat and Perrin. Although his reasons make sense, I don’t like the way he goes about it. The second book always struck me as more of an adventure book than the later ones. Although a lot is set up in this book for the future, it feels like it could stand as its own adventure while later books seem to be setting up for th...