The gateway closing early was due to the dream spike being moved to the tower by Perrin. The timelines aren't synced in a lot of places, especially with Perrin's story. You can figure out when things should be happening based on other things in the world happening such as Tam leaving, the clouds breaking over Dragon mount, etc. I do believe the messenger was taken out by one of the blood knives though. As far as other uses for the power you are definitely right. Some RAFO but there're also many other ways you could use it that aren't brought up. In the reading it was showed that she put a mask off mirrors on a black ajah member to look like her. That's how Egwene was caught. One reading recommendation is the first three books of the Mistborn series by Sanderson if you'd like to try some of his stand alone work.
Previous post answered everything I planned on so recommendation;s…. These are all series - First Law, Cradle, Mistborn, Stormlight Archives…. I could make a massive list, but it’s probably better to make it small. These are all great series that I think you’d enjoy. Mistborn and Stormlight are by Brandon Sanderson. First Law really has some of the best written characters of any series. Cradle is a lot of fun that reads fast and has a lot of action.
I would recommend The Name of the Wind...but with the caveat it is unfinished trilogy that may eventually end up being finished by Sanderson at this point too 😂
I’ve read both the name of the wind and wise man’s fear. I would go out on a limb and say wise man’s fear is one of the most beautiful stories I’ve ever read, it’s so perfect! But after looking into the author and following his strange dance around the topic of his final book I have decided to let go of the idea of reading the last one lol. If it happens I’ll be delighted, if it doesn’t then I suppose I can just enjoy what I got
Great video as always. Your predictions are very good. In relation to the 'Dragon,' it is something that comes from East Asian culture. The Dragon is a symbol of ultimate power, emperors were called 'Dragon.' Jordan gained a lot of cultural insights from his time in Vietnam. Also from his extensive library of reading material. I don't think a lot of people discuss this topic much. They tend to jump to Arthurian legend or European influences. Yet Asian themes are very, very prevalent, if not more so. Especially the reincarnation aspects, the yinyang, and balance.between the forces at play, the sexes.
You know, I strangely was thinking about how the SeanChan empress model reminded me of ancient China recently. Not to say all that they do is similar of course but there are a few similarities!
That’s a great idea of using gateways and the ocean like that. An idea I had when Lews was using what he called Death Gates was to just open and close gateways to sever limbs and bodies since they cut through anything. I don’t know if you read a Song of Ice and Fire aka Game of Thrones, but it’s looking like the series is never gonna get finished so I’m not sure if I can recommend it lol! It’s not as magical as WOT, but it’s amazing. I recommend reading through Robert Jordan’s World of the Wheel of Time. It has all of the history and back stories about the Dark One and the world before the Breaking. It talks about the Forsaken before they went over the to the dark side and everything. I love Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. It’s not for everybody, but I think she has the best vampires.
I want to comment on the things you speculated about, but I'm well into the final book and am afraid I might spoil something. So instead I'll just say great video as always! As for what to read next, I recommend the Faithful and the Fallen series by John Gwynne. It's a 4 book series consisting of the books Malice, Valor, Ruin, and Wrath. There's magic, monsters, and it takes some common fantasy tropes (such as there being a chosen one) but puts a unique spin on them so it doesn't feel derivative of other fantasy stories. The setting is like a mix of Viking and Gaelic cultures. It's received a lot of praise by other youtubers. I've read the first book, Malice, and thought it was really good. I'll be continuing the series after I've finished WOT.
On the dragon banner is a dragon. It looks like a chinese dragon (whitout wings). So yes, there are (or was in the past) dragons in the WoT. I reread Mistborn after I finished my WoT reread.
If you've ever seen the 80s movie Excalibur. There is a scene near the end where Arthur and his few remaining knights ride to their last battle. The Pendragon banner they had was always Rand's banner of the dragon in my head canon.
4 month late recommendaton: Gaunt's Ghosts - Dan Abnett This is one that is VERY nerdy, because it's a book series set in Warhammer 40k. Pretty much as far out of the nerd mainstream as that is from normie mainstream :P It does start kinda slow (the first book is a collection of short stories to establish the cast) but it's BASICALLY Sharpe in space. It is VERY long, though split into trilogies that are fairly well self contained. I know Sanderson gets mentioned a lot but Starsight is a series of YA scifi, and I think they're pretty exceptional. I read the first book in a day, bc I could not put it down. Somebody else suggested Discworld. Those were my teen years. My "Harry Potter" if you will ^^ I think the first two are significantly weaker than most the rest, but many readers still rate them very highly (and they aren't bad at all, but certainly before he had solidified his style) If you only ever read one Pratchett book I'd recommend Nation. It's not Discworld, but it is the author at his best, imo.
Don't know if you remember but in the first book there were clues that this world is our world in the far far off future. 🤔 I like the First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, the Wild Cards series by George RR Martin (and others), the Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss (though he may never finish the last book), but the two series I recommend most are the Gentlemen Bastard sequence by Scott Lynch and the Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski. As a matter of fact the Witcher before all the rest.🖖😎👍
I’ve read the gentleman bastards up to the most recent, and the king killer chronicles as well, the king killer chronicles are absolutely beautiful but I don’t think he will finish them!
Once you are done with a Memory of Light and New Spring, I highly recommend re-reading the prologues of The Eye of the World. Don't need to commit to a re-read, just the prologues. Also I think it would be fun to see a book tuber go through some of the Discworld series in this format. If you want amazing prose The Kingkiller Chronicles is good too, though unfinished and I don't think it ever will be.
Yeah I will for sure revisit the prologue of eye of the world! King killer chronicles are some of my favorite books but it looks unlikely we will see an end :(
Danng so many great moments in this book! RIP Hopper, that perrin 'its just a weave' moment was so G hahaha Still got a ways to go! I'm sure youve gotten all the recommendation haha but it would be cool to see Mistborn or anything Brando Beardo. I'm reading the first book in the Licanius Trilogy right now and really enjoying it, very bite sized wot feelz haha
I'm currently rereading the Iron Druid Chronicles. It is fantasy, completed, and a definite change of pace from Sanderson or Jordan. A friend recommended it to me and I'll do the same for you.
You made one very clever prediction! I switched to Sanderson immediately, which i wouldn't recommend, as you will be comparing. I would go for something very different, another style of world building. When fantasy perhaps Ken Liu. Or science-fiction: the expanse if you want to do another long well-liked series. Ann Leckie reads really easy. I bought transition state yesterday and already halfway. i also liked 'a desolation of peace' by Arkady Martine. I am currently listening to the three body problem books.
Hello, I really enjoy reading your weekly updates about WOT. I would love to follow you on another captivating fantasy saga, like Robin Hobb’s series (a great suggestion from one of your previous followers). If the saga is split into multiple pieces, I understand you might prefer a shorterr series. Speaking of fantasy, I highly recommend “Blood Song” by Antony Ryan, “Mistborn” by B. Sanderson, or “The First Law” by Abercrombie if you’re interested in dark heroes and plenty of humor. If you’re in the mood for science fiction, apart from “Dune” and “Foundation,” I also adored “Hyperion” by Dan Simmons.
Perrin was a beast and really showed up Egwene in that battle. She would have been screwed if Perrin hadn't handed her the answers about willpower over the One Power, despite the fact that she should have learned that better from the wise ones if she didn't have her head up Aes Sedai ass. Otherwise Hopper is the MVP of TaR and he will be sorely missed but that sets up for one of my single favorite sequences in Perrins story. Also one of you predictions is something Sanderson was given permission to take control of and really sets up some great situations/characters/magic. No surprises from me but if you want another set of reads that have a great community and wealth of discussion and theory crafting available of course the cosmere is a phenomenal choice. Not least because many of the books/series have their own contain stories and worlds with a much bigger connection if you want to go that deep. But as others have said, a diversion out to another author first couldn't hurt. Depends on what length you want really.
My guess is that videos about the First Law by Abercrombie or anything from Sanderson will give you the widest audience. Read the First Law books if you're into humour mixed with gore. Read Sanderson if you have space left in your brain that you want to fill with the intricate rules of complex magic systems, though his stand-alones are fun reads as long as you don't care about Cosmere connections. In my opinion these are more interesting to read, probably in this order: Robin Hobb - The realm of the Elderlings (read the first trilogy, have a year break, then the next trilogy, etc.) Steven King - The Dark Tower NK Jemisin - The fifth season But I most recommend the Three Body Problem trilogy by Cixin Liu. That's SF, but so far advanced SF, that it's almost Fantasy. The ideas in it are mind-boggling, and you will see the real world in a different light, after you read it. However, it's a bit dry and if you hated Physics in school, it may not be your thing. Some stand-alones: An absolute must-read is The Sword of Kaigen by ML Wang. Just one word: epic. Maybe this is the best follow-up to get over Wheel of Time. But then you need to get over this book... The eco-thriller The Swarm by Frank Schätzing is a gripping read, and more topical than ever. The next are not strictly SF/F, but more utopian novels in the literary sense, if you're looking for a more challenging read: Kazuo Ishiguro - Never let me go Michel Houellebecq - Atomised Both have been adapted to movies.
@@conorreads If you do check them out, and if you want to avoid spoilers, be careful with Kazuo Ishiguro's Never let me go. This book is really best appreciated with zero knowledge about its content. Well, at least not more than the initial setup.
Oh yeah it totally got lost in the craziness of everything else! I thought it was incredibly harsh, Nynaeve is what an aes Sedai should be. Random comparison but it’s like Qui Gon Gin and the rest of the Jedi in Star Wars
@@conorreads Preach! 🙌🏾 It’s the ones that are fine without it that usually deserve it. Also, I was so happy that she finally got Lan’s bond too. It only took a thousand years. 😂
@conorreads Yeah this one is technically 5 seperate sets of 3 or 4 books but the pay off really wants the whole lot. Also depends how you are with darker, heavier going series as well.
If you'd like to try a single-volume fantasy, I highly recommend Weaveworld, by Clive Barker. It's both magical and disturbing. It was published in 1987, and nominated in 1988 for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.
Yeah man this books my fave for a reason - and you're about to find out why lol. ok Recommendations - Licanius series, Robin Hobbs Fitz books, John Gwynnes Faithful and the Fallen, Dresden files if you feel like Urban fantasy - its a story about a wizard in chicago, its rad - Abercrombies First Law trilogy - Im assuming you've read Sandersons Cosmere stuff but if not, scrap all that, and get into the cosmere mate.
@@conorreads Dude... then you are in the exact same spot i was when i finished WoT for the first time - I would, after this, head straight to Sandos cosmere then. It serves 2 purposes - a) noone is ready for this to be finished when it is so this fills the hole left best because author continuity and b) the cosmere might - might - be the only thing to top WoT when it's done.
@@aldan7812 so many people have recommended it that’s it’s inevitable that I will read it. I feel I may go another direction to begin with. Just for the sake of variety!
@@conorreads That is totally fair enough - if you still feel the same way post completion then, id recommend Dresden :-) Spike from buffy reads the audios, and its amazing.
@@conorreads For many reasons: hype of 2nd movie coming out, how Robert Jordan was influenced by the world of Dune, because it was written in the 60’s (!!!) & so innovative for its time as well as it being a shorter series to read in comparison 😝 Would enjoy following you read it as I have WoT!
They may not be aware that the deep ocean has such high pressure. Goblin Slayer did that in the anime to a huge troll. It was very cool. Alternatively they could link and open a huge gate right under the trollocs and they would fall through and die. That's how the Deathgates worked just going through killed the trollocs and myrddralls. Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy is good, but old and may be hard to find. The Black Company series by Glen Cook was good and you can get all the books compiled in a couple volumes these days. I'm more of a Sci-Fi guy so most of the fantasy I've read is old. But the genre has it all over Sci-Fi in sales now so tons to choose from
I constantly wondered the same thing about dragons. Do the people know about them? Do they exist? If nothing else, you know that there’s a dragon (the actual creature) on The Dragon Banner. Not sure what the people think about that or why Aludra named her potentially fire-breathing weapons “dragons.” As to what to read next in fantasy, I think most would be happy if you delve into some Brandon Sanderson. I suggest sticking to finished series and books. I would recommend the Mistborn series (3 long books, 4 shorter books, and a few optional short stories). If you want a good one-off by Sanderson, I’d suggest Warbreaker. I myself haven’t started the Stormlight Archive yet, but I will when book 5’s publication date is revealed. My understanding is it’ll be 10 books eventually, but that book 5 is a natural break at the halfway mark.
Right!? A lot of people suggest Sanderson next, I think I may venture to try a new author before inevitably coming round and reading Sanderson. Thanks for the suggestions bro will look into them for sure
I think you would like the mistborn trilogy, and it's a nice way to get into sandersons other series Foudryside is an amanzing series with magic and tecnology working with each other If you want to read something that is (in my opinion) the aiel made better read dune, it can work as a stand alone or the begining of a series
Hey my friend another great video. I' would love to see your review/opinion on the second best story I have ever read (after Wheel of Time). It's called 'The Amtrak Wars' by Patrick Tilley.
This book was really confusing to me because of Perrin's storyline being out of sync. I loved it still, but it's my least favourite of the final three.
Stormlight Archive!
The gateway closing early was due to the dream spike being moved to the tower by Perrin. The timelines aren't synced in a lot of places, especially with Perrin's story. You can figure out when things should be happening based on other things in the world happening such as Tam leaving, the clouds breaking over Dragon mount, etc.
I do believe the messenger was taken out by one of the blood knives though. As far as other uses for the power you are definitely right. Some RAFO but there're also many other ways you could use it that aren't brought up. In the reading it was showed that she put a mask off mirrors on a black ajah member to look like her. That's how Egwene was caught.
One reading recommendation is the first three books of the Mistborn series by Sanderson if you'd like to try some of his stand alone work.
Oh I thought I had figured something out there! Okay thanks for the info!
Previous post answered everything I planned on so recommendation;s….
These are all series - First Law, Cradle, Mistborn, Stormlight Archives…. I could make a massive list, but it’s probably better to make it small. These are all great series that I think you’d enjoy.
Mistborn and Stormlight are by Brandon Sanderson.
First Law really has some of the best written characters of any series.
Cradle is a lot of fun that reads fast and has a lot of action.
Awesome I’ll look into them Thankyou!
I would recommend The Name of the Wind...but with the caveat it is unfinished trilogy that may eventually end up being finished by Sanderson at this point too 😂
I’ve read both the name of the wind and wise man’s fear. I would go out on a limb and say wise man’s fear is one of the most beautiful stories I’ve ever read, it’s so perfect! But after looking into the author and following his strange dance around the topic of his final book I have decided to let go of the idea of reading the last one lol.
If it happens I’ll be delighted, if it doesn’t then I suppose I can just enjoy what I got
Glen Cook - Dread Empire is epic. It is my second favorite after Wheel of Time or even they are both 1st.
Great video as always. Your predictions are very good.
In relation to the 'Dragon,' it is something that comes from East Asian culture. The Dragon is a symbol of ultimate power, emperors were called 'Dragon.' Jordan gained a lot of cultural insights from his time in Vietnam. Also from his extensive library of reading material. I don't think a lot of people discuss this topic much. They tend to jump to Arthurian legend or European influences. Yet Asian themes are very, very prevalent, if not more so. Especially the reincarnation aspects, the yinyang, and balance.between the forces at play, the sexes.
You know, I strangely was thinking about how the SeanChan empress model reminded me of ancient China recently. Not to say all that they do is similar of course but there are a few similarities!
That’s a great idea of using gateways and the ocean like that. An idea I had when Lews was using what he called Death Gates was to just open and close gateways to sever limbs and bodies since they cut through anything.
I don’t know if you read a Song of Ice and Fire aka Game of Thrones, but it’s looking like the series is never gonna get finished so I’m not sure if I can recommend it lol! It’s not as magical as WOT, but it’s amazing. I recommend reading through Robert Jordan’s World of the Wheel of Time. It has all of the history and back stories about the Dark One and the world before the Breaking. It talks about the Forsaken before they went over the to the dark side and everything.
I love Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. It’s not for everybody, but I think she has the best vampires.
I’ll check all of those out, not sure I can jump into a series that doesn’t look like it’s gunna finish, I already am waiting on so many!
I want to comment on the things you speculated about, but I'm well into the final book and am afraid I might spoil something. So instead I'll just say great video as always!
As for what to read next, I recommend the Faithful and the Fallen series by John Gwynne. It's a 4 book series consisting of the books Malice, Valor, Ruin, and Wrath. There's magic, monsters, and it takes some common fantasy tropes (such as there being a chosen one) but puts a unique spin on them so it doesn't feel derivative of other fantasy stories. The setting is like a mix of Viking and Gaelic cultures. It's received a lot of praise by other youtubers. I've read the first book, Malice, and thought it was really good. I'll be continuing the series after I've finished WOT.
That sounds like a lot of fun I’ll look into it for sure! Thanks bro
On the dragon banner is a dragon. It looks like a chinese dragon (whitout wings). So yes, there are (or was in the past) dragons in the WoT.
I reread Mistborn after I finished my WoT reread.
So there must’ve been! That’s cool! I can imagine them and the raken battling it out if they were winged
That does not mean that there are dragons in the world, we also have dragon art, but no dragons.
@@ViriuZ7 very true, doesn’t mean they definitely don’t though!
If you've ever seen the 80s movie Excalibur. There is a scene near the end where Arthur and his few remaining knights ride to their last battle. The Pendragon banner they had was always Rand's banner of the dragon in my head canon.
You should definitely read the Broken Earth trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
Your username makes me wary…..😂
I’ll check it out for sure! Thanks
'Hopper is the greatest teacher of Telarhanriod' - A FREAKING MEN
Preach brother!
4 month late recommendaton:
Gaunt's Ghosts - Dan Abnett
This is one that is VERY nerdy, because it's a book series set in Warhammer 40k. Pretty much as far out of the nerd mainstream as that is from normie mainstream :P
It does start kinda slow (the first book is a collection of short stories to establish the cast) but it's BASICALLY Sharpe in space.
It is VERY long, though split into trilogies that are fairly well self contained.
I know Sanderson gets mentioned a lot but Starsight is a series of YA scifi, and I think they're pretty exceptional. I read the first book in a day, bc I could not put it down.
Somebody else suggested Discworld.
Those were my teen years. My "Harry Potter" if you will ^^
I think the first two are significantly weaker than most the rest, but many readers still rate them very highly (and they aren't bad at all, but certainly before he had solidified his style)
If you only ever read one Pratchett book I'd recommend Nation. It's not Discworld, but it is the author at his best, imo.
Don't know if you remember but in the first book there were clues that this world is our world in the far far off future. 🤔 I like the First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, the Wild Cards series by George RR Martin (and others), the Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss (though he may never finish the last book), but the two series I recommend most are the Gentlemen Bastard sequence by Scott Lynch and the Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski. As a matter of fact the Witcher before all the rest.🖖😎👍
I’ve read the gentleman bastards up to the most recent, and the king killer chronicles as well, the king killer chronicles are absolutely beautiful but I don’t think he will finish them!
Once you are done with a Memory of Light and New Spring, I highly recommend re-reading the prologues of The Eye of the World. Don't need to commit to a re-read, just the prologues.
Also I think it would be fun to see a book tuber go through some of the Discworld series in this format.
If you want amazing prose The Kingkiller Chronicles is good too, though unfinished and I don't think it ever will be.
Yeah I will for sure revisit the prologue of eye of the world!
King killer chronicles are some of my favorite books but it looks unlikely we will see an end :(
Danng so many great moments in this book! RIP Hopper, that perrin 'its just a weave' moment was so G hahaha
Still got a ways to go!
I'm sure youve gotten all the recommendation haha but it would be cool to see Mistborn or anything Brando Beardo. I'm reading the first book in the Licanius Trilogy right now and really enjoying it, very bite sized wot feelz haha
Yeah he crushes it in Tel’aran’rhiod!
I’ll check them out bro!
I like your way of thinking about using the traveling portals and said only rafo :)
There are so many ways to use them surely
I'm currently rereading the Iron Druid Chronicles. It is fantasy, completed, and a definite change of pace from Sanderson or Jordan. A friend recommended it to me and I'll do the same for you.
Thanks bro I’ll check it out for sure
You made one very clever prediction! I switched to Sanderson immediately, which i wouldn't recommend, as you will be comparing. I would go for something very different, another style of world building. When fantasy perhaps Ken Liu. Or science-fiction: the expanse if you want to do another long well-liked series. Ann Leckie reads really easy. I bought transition state yesterday and already halfway. i also liked 'a desolation of peace' by Arkady Martine. I am currently listening to the three body problem books.
I’ll check out all of these when I am deciding, thankyou!
Hello,
I really enjoy reading your weekly updates about WOT. I would love to follow you on another captivating fantasy saga, like Robin Hobb’s series (a great suggestion from one of your previous followers). If the saga is split into multiple pieces, I understand you might prefer a shorterr series. Speaking of fantasy, I highly recommend “Blood Song” by Antony Ryan, “Mistborn” by B. Sanderson, or “The First Law” by Abercrombie if you’re interested in dark heroes and plenty of humor. If you’re in the mood for science fiction, apart from “Dune” and “Foundation,” I also adored “Hyperion” by Dan Simmons.
Thanks buddy! I’ll look through all of these to see what takes my fancy.
Thanks for taking the time to send me some favorites!
Perrin was a beast and really showed up Egwene in that battle. She would have been screwed if Perrin hadn't handed her the answers about willpower over the One Power, despite the fact that she should have learned that better from the wise ones if she didn't have her head up Aes Sedai ass.
Otherwise Hopper is the MVP of TaR and he will be sorely missed but that sets up for one of my single favorite sequences in Perrins story.
Also one of you predictions is something Sanderson was given permission to take control of and really sets up some great situations/characters/magic.
No surprises from me but if you want another set of reads that have a great community and wealth of discussion and theory crafting available of course the cosmere is a phenomenal choice. Not least because many of the books/series have their own contain stories and worlds with a much bigger connection if you want to go that deep. But as others have said, a diversion out to another author first couldn't hurt. Depends on what length you want really.
Yeah negating balefire and all the other weaves was such a boss move
@conorreads But it was a massive flex as well. Him saying just a weave and seeing Egwenes mind explode.
My guess is that videos about the First Law by Abercrombie or anything from Sanderson will give you the widest audience. Read the First Law books if you're into humour mixed with gore. Read Sanderson if you have space left in your brain that you want to fill with the intricate rules of complex magic systems, though his stand-alones are fun reads as long as you don't care about Cosmere connections.
In my opinion these are more interesting to read, probably in this order:
Robin Hobb - The realm of the Elderlings (read the first trilogy, have a year break, then the next trilogy, etc.)
Steven King - The Dark Tower
NK Jemisin - The fifth season
But I most recommend the Three Body Problem trilogy by Cixin Liu. That's SF, but so far advanced SF, that it's almost Fantasy. The ideas in it are mind-boggling, and you will see the real world in a different light, after you read it. However, it's a bit dry and if you hated Physics in school, it may not be your thing.
Some stand-alones:
An absolute must-read is The Sword of Kaigen by ML Wang. Just one word: epic. Maybe this is the best follow-up to get over Wheel of Time. But then you need to get over this book...
The eco-thriller The Swarm by Frank Schätzing is a gripping read, and more topical than ever.
The next are not strictly SF/F, but more utopian novels in the literary sense, if you're looking for a more challenging read:
Kazuo Ishiguro - Never let me go
Michel Houellebecq - Atomised
Both have been adapted to movies.
Wow, thanks for taking the time to recommend all of these, I’ll definitely check them all out when deciding and keep them on my to be read list!
@@conorreads If you do check them out, and if you want to avoid spoilers, be careful with Kazuo Ishiguro's Never let me go. This book is really best appreciated with zero knowledge about its content. Well, at least not more than the initial setup.
@@1m1s I’ll be careful
I forgot you read Nynaeve’s trial already. I’d love to hear your thoughts on those scenes with the sitters and stuff.
Oh yeah it totally got lost in the craziness of everything else!
I thought it was incredibly harsh, Nynaeve is what an aes Sedai should be. Random comparison but it’s like Qui Gon Gin and the rest of the Jedi in Star Wars
@@conorreads Preach! 🙌🏾
It’s the ones that are fine without it that usually deserve it.
Also, I was so happy that she finally got Lan’s bond too. It only took a thousand years. 😂
@@LeahB31 the way she demanded it was perfect
Have you ever read Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings?
I haven’t! I’ll take a look at it
@@conorreads It is a long an brutal series if you want to take the full 5 sets together (which if you are going to read you definitely should)
@@raea29 not sure I can do another super long series again immediately
@conorreads Yeah this one is technically 5 seperate sets of 3 or 4 books but the pay off really wants the whole lot. Also depends how you are with darker, heavier going series as well.
If you'd like to try a single-volume fantasy, I highly recommend Weaveworld, by Clive Barker. It's both magical and disturbing. It was published in 1987, and nominated in 1988 for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.
I’ll definitely check it out
Yeah man this books my fave for a reason - and you're about to find out why lol. ok Recommendations - Licanius series, Robin Hobbs Fitz books, John Gwynnes Faithful and the Fallen, Dresden files if you feel like Urban fantasy - its a story about a wizard in chicago, its rad - Abercrombies First Law trilogy - Im assuming you've read Sandersons Cosmere stuff but if not, scrap all that, and get into the cosmere mate.
I’ll check all of these out, I’ve not actually read any Sanderson!
@@conorreads Dude... then you are in the exact same spot i was when i finished WoT for the first time - I would, after this, head straight to Sandos cosmere then. It serves 2 purposes - a) noone is ready for this to be finished when it is so this fills the hole left best because author continuity and b) the cosmere might - might - be the only thing to top WoT when it's done.
@@aldan7812 so many people have recommended it that’s it’s inevitable that I will read it. I feel I may go another direction to begin with. Just for the sake of variety!
@@conorreads That is totally fair enough - if you still feel the same way post completion then, id recommend Dresden :-) Spike from buffy reads the audios, and its amazing.
@@aldan7812 wow buddy the vampire is not something I’ve thought about in forever, what a show!
I’m about to finish WoT and my next series to read will be Dune!
Why did you choose dune bro?
@@conorreads For many reasons: hype of 2nd movie coming out, how Robert Jordan was influenced by the world of Dune, because it was written in the 60’s (!!!) & so innovative for its time as well as it being a shorter series to read in comparison 😝 Would enjoy following you read it as I have WoT!
@@sharp7467 I’m sure I’ll get round to Dune at some point! I haven’t watched the movie yet
They may not be aware that the deep ocean has such high pressure. Goblin Slayer did that in the anime to a huge troll. It was very cool. Alternatively they could link and open a huge gate right under the trollocs and they would fall through and die. That's how the Deathgates worked just going through killed the trollocs and myrddralls. Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy is good, but old and may be hard to find. The Black Company series by Glen Cook was good and you can get all the books compiled in a couple volumes these days. I'm more of a Sci-Fi guy so most of the fantasy I've read is old. But the genre has it all over Sci-Fi in sales now so tons to choose from
Yeah very true.
Okay I’ll look into those for sure
I constantly wondered the same thing about dragons. Do the people know about them? Do they exist? If nothing else, you know that there’s a dragon (the actual creature) on The Dragon Banner. Not sure what the people think about that or why Aludra named her potentially fire-breathing weapons “dragons.”
As to what to read next in fantasy, I think most would be happy if you delve into some Brandon Sanderson. I suggest sticking to finished series and books. I would recommend the Mistborn series (3 long books, 4 shorter books, and a few optional short stories). If you want a good one-off by Sanderson, I’d suggest Warbreaker.
I myself haven’t started the Stormlight Archive yet, but I will when book 5’s publication date is revealed. My understanding is it’ll be 10 books eventually, but that book 5 is a natural break at the halfway mark.
Right!?
A lot of people suggest Sanderson next, I think I may venture to try a new author before inevitably coming round and reading Sanderson. Thanks for the suggestions bro will look into them for sure
Btw, no rush or anything, but there is a special shout out for you in the most recent video….
@@conorreads Was a bit behind in my watch queue, so thanks for the heads-up. Just watched it and commented.
@@mcina001 your good bro!
I think you would like the mistborn trilogy, and it's a nice way to get into sandersons other series
Foudryside is an amanzing series with magic and tecnology working with each other
If you want to read something that is (in my opinion) the aiel made better read dune, it can work as a stand alone or the begining of a series
Thankyou I’ll check those out!
Hey my friend another great video. I' would love to see your review/opinion on the second best story I have ever read (after Wheel of Time). It's called 'The Amtrak Wars' by Patrick Tilley.
I’ll check it out for sure!
Hmmmmmmm gateways/oceans................ RAFO lol.
Interesting!
This book was really confusing to me because of Perrin's storyline being out of sync. I loved it still, but it's my least favourite of the final three.
Yeah his storyline is way out of sync, confusing