Book Club~Literary Legends

Previously written in Mystrish List (blogger.com)

.Revised edit. September 21, post


THE WHEEL OF TIME:
"In the beginning, the Creator made the Wheel of Time, which spins the Pattern of the Ages using the lives of men and women as its threads." -Wikipedia

The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan begins with The Eye of the World. The series was brought to my attention by a good friend of mine. There had been talk of Jordan's fading health and whether the series would be completed. On September 16, 2007, only days prior to now, Jordan passed away. His wife has made arrangements for his wishes to be fulfilled pertaining to Memory of Light, the 12th and final novel in the series.

Consuming me at the present time are the pages in the series of Stephen King's The Dark Tower. Malevolent page turner, that first book, simply entitled The Gunslinger. Book Four began my journey, as a gift. Sporadic reads here and there eventually fueled my interest to start from the beginning. As well as a peeked interest from a mutual fan, who insisted I read from book one.

In his journey for the Dark Tower, The Gunslinger will come across mystifying characters who accompany him in his travels as they are confronted by the Man in Black. If your wondering why that sounds familiar, King notes that he began the series with Tolkien (TOLL-KEEN) in mind. However, the story itself is one of legendary "Kingology".

King mentions in the forward that the series finds it's voice in the second book, The Drawing of the Three. Only 260 pages to go before I reach book two. Another six novels until I reach The Dark Tower, book seven and the final in the series. Then, I can begin The Wheel of Time and submerse myself in the mind of a modern day legend, Robert Jordan.