Recent content by Jaedan Edhel

Sandman was my introduction to Neil Gaimon, and I thought it was excellent. Encouraged by that, I tried 'Books of Magic' and they remain one of my favourites to this day - way better than Harry Potter (although please note that I don't dislike HP)!! Stardust ranks amongst my favourite films. And...

Tuon for being sheer evil - Mat isn't my favourite character by any stretch, but I think he deserved better than her! I was really hoping something terrible was going to happen to the whole Seanchan race and the damane and 'property' could go free. Faile - again Perrin deserved much better. But...

My apologies - I don't have a great internet signal and sometimes I don't notice when my page 'jumps'. I didn't see the top bit. (I also wondered why you didn't seem to have a first age... this explains it :o )

Confession: I felt EotW was such a close copy of LotR that I just thought 'meh' and didn't intend to read the rest of the series until a friend I trusted recommended me to carry on. But there are dozens of little things in there, a few off the top of my head: 'Galad' (well, 'Calad', but the C...

I teared up a few times, but I don't think I actually cried much. However, I do have a little story to tell - I can't afford new books anymore - they've become far too expensive - and so it was a real treat for me to decide that I was going to pre-order the brand new HARDBACK copy of 'Memory of...

IMHO, the cyclic nature of the Ages is nicely expressed, with references like Lenn (as pointed out by Leira) and his daughter (Sally Ride - Salya). But I thought it was pretty established that the WoT books happen in the Third Age: "The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass ... &c. ... In...

Cadsuane is my favourite, closely followed by Logain... Third and fourth used to be Nynaeve and Lan, but during this re-read, I've started noticing another character who looks like pinching third place... it's a bit weird; I don't usually change my mind like that. I think next comes Tam and...

Tuon. As an individual character, my least favourite would have to be her, but I hated the whole Seanchan nation, and kept hoping something truly terrible would happen to the lot of them (except the damane and those held as 'property'). I was really sorry when it didn't. Mind you, considering...

I didn't like a lot of the relationships. I did feel neatly pairing up nearly everyone - and some with horribly inappropriate partners - was on the ridiculous side. A few pairings as the novels went on, I didn't mind - one or two romances I even liked; it happens. But didn't anyone have anything...

Hi again - And thanks to those who have been so welcoming as I dip my toes in the White Tower. It is an overwhelming site, but I'm starting to post comments here and there. I have a question - are there any limitations on reviving old threads, or re-introducing topics? I read a lot, but I'm...

Thank you all so much for the wonderful welcomes; I'm glad I've finally taken the plunge! To answer some questions: Cahalan Sothron - I worked on Square-rigged ships; mostly films and tourism; I'm afraid I wasn't in the Navy. But it was an awesome experience. My favourite Doctor is David...

I've only just started at TarValon.net, but I noticed your hail from NW England. I thought I'd reply since I live just across the way... in Manchester :) In fact, I'm hoping to be in Preston next Saturday, meeting with the Tolkien Society!

So I am jumping in, at last. I've read the membership manual and some of the other material (I LOVE the library!) I'm not very used to forums, and I've put off posting because I do feel a little overwhelmed by the sheer size of TarValon.net! So any help would be appreciated. I was going to join...