false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639992m/202129.jpg 242793 11 "The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again." Jordan's Wheel of Time series has uncountable fans, and those who are looking for an encyclopedic history and mythology of Rand al'Thor's world will enjoy this work, which fills in background rather than furthering the story. Also included are double-page spreads of Darrell K. Sweet's seven book jackets for the series. 180835 1997 The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time total:941|5:219|4:253|3:321|2:121|1:27| 941 3339 1223 37 4 1 false false Mon May 05 14:37:41 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 14:38:15 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Sep 13 10:53:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 17:43:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Nov 23 08:43:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 08:45:38 -0800 2008 Once 3 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 03:53:58 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 19:42:25 -0800 2009
A word of warning: the artwork is mediocre at best and downright poor...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Oct 28 05:11:14 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 05:29:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 12 16:50:45 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 16:51:57 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 22 18:15:13 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 12:23:47 -0700 2007
As with most authors that I've tried but failed to stick with, Jordan is very skilled at world-building. He has very creatively worked out whole cultures, complete with millenia of histories, and a system of magic.

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This is very good though at bringing together backstory and history in one place.

It does give some new information on places such as Seanchan and even Shara.

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Oh. And much better art...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 19 14:55:49 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 14:57:10 -0700 2008 ]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 22 14:41:24 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 23 10:18:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 02 09:23:59 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 09:25:28 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=202129