Well, I will confess that I'm only freakish when it's near time for a new book. After I have the thing read, I'm over it for a year or two until it's approximately time for a new one. It's kind of funny because I didn't enjoy it at all when I first started reading--I just bought it because my obsession of the moment (an online game) was very loosely based on the series. I remember the feeling of profound relief when I finally got to the end of Eye of the World. It grew on me around book three or four. I've reread it twice, I think, and I highly recommend that.. it was actually a lot better the second time through. I'm also disappointed with the last book or two, although I noticed in the last reread that the second-to-last one was a LOT better than I remembered it.. I hope that happens again. I haven't actually bought New Spring either, though I read the short story published in Legends and found it quite nice. To tell the truth, I'm so out of the loop when it's not around booktime that I didn't even know that the new book form was different from that, though I saw it in a store the other day. I'm fickle, I guess. I don't even read fantasy much, except for this series. I have been thinking lately about finding a new one, though--but this time, by golly, I'm going to find one that's finished!
Re:
Date: 2004-02-07 11:42 pm (UTC)