In a 1991 interview with Starlog magazine, he identified a central theme of the series as, "the struggle between the forces of good and evil. Jordan's worldbuilding is detailed and engrossing. From there, though, the story heads off on paths all its own. Led by a wise sorceress and an enigmatic warrior, they must figure out why the lord of evil, the Dark One, is hunting them. A group of simple villagers is targeted by evil trollocs and Nazgul-like "Fades." They must flee their home and set off into the wide world. He even wrote the finale to the Wheel of Time series after the death of Robert Jordan.Īt first glance, the Wheel of Time has many similarities to The Lord of the Rings. Intrigued by the cover, he picked it up, little knowing it would follow him for the rest of his life. Like me, he was in middle school when he first saw the book in his local comics shop. In his introduction to the 30th anniversary edition of The Eye of the World, Brandon Sanderson recounts a similar story. Beside him rode a straight-backed woman on a white horse holding a wizard's staff. The cover showed an imposing knight with two swords astride a large black horse. As I sifted through the battered paperbacks, my hand landed on The Eye of the World, the first book in the Wheel of Time series. I used to sit on the floor and dig through that treasure trove to find a new world to jump into.
Each shelf had two rows of fat fantasy novels jammed into it. The fantasy section was in a little wooden cube with two shelves on either side. I first encountered Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series in the used bookstore at the end of my street. It has taken a while, but I'm finally diving back into the books I adored as a teenager. I've been meaning to reread the series ever since the last book came out in 2013. Maybe you are as well? With a TV adaptation currently airing on Amazon Prime, Wheel of Time is in the spotlight again. I'm rereading the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.
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