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“The Wheel of Time [is] rapidly becoming the definitive American fantasy saga. It is a fantasy tale seldom equaled and still less often surpassed in English.”
— Chicago Sun Times
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“A fantasy epic with incredible world-building, first-class characters, and page-turning adventure…This is an epic at its finest.”
— Barnes&Noble.com
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“This richly detailed fantasy presents fully realized, complex adventure. Recommended.
— Library Journal
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“The Eye of the World benefits from Pike’s smooth voice and dramatic, slower-paced rendering…She gently invites the listener into Jordan’s richly detailed world before powerfully amplifying the high stakes and tension.”
— BookPage (audio review)
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Through her smooth, dramatic performance, award-winning actor Rosamund Pike amplifies the new audiobook of book one in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series.
— BookPage
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His huge, ambitious Wheel of Time series helped redefine the genre.
— George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones
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Anyone who’s writing epic or secondary world fantasy knows Robert Jordan isn’t just a part of the landscape, he’s a monolith within the landscape.
— Patrick Rothfuss, author of the Kingkiller Chronicle series
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The Eye of the World was a turning point in my life. I read, I enjoyed. (Then continued on to write my larger fantasy novels.)
— Robin Hobb, author of the award-winning Realm of the Elderlings series
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Robert Jordan's work has been a formative influence and an inspiration for a generation of fantasy writers.
— Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of The Way of Shadows
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Jordan’s writing is so amazing! The characterization, the attention to detail!
— Clint McElroy, co-creator of the #1 podcast The Adventure Zone
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[Robert Jordan's] impact on the place of fantasy in the culture is colossal... He brought innumerable readers to fantasy. He became the New York Times bestseller list face of fantasy.
— Guy Gavriel Kay, author of A Brightness Long Ago
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Robert Jordan was a giant of fiction whose words helped a whole generation of fantasy writers, including myself, find our true voices. I thanked him then, but I didn’t thank him enough.
— Peter V. Brett, internationally bestselling author of The Demon Cycle series
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I don’t know anybody who’s been as formative in crafting me as a writer as [Robert Jordan], and for that I will be forever grateful.
— Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby and War Girls
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I’ve mostly never been involved in any particular fandom, the one exception of course was The Wheel of Time.
— Marie Brennan, author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent series
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I owe Robert Jordan so much. Without him, modern fantasy would be bereft of the expansive, deep worlds and the giant casts which I love so dearly. It's not often I can look at another author and say: that person paved my way. But such is exactly the case with Jordan.
— Jenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings
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You can't talk about epic fantasy without acknowledging the titanic influence Robert Jordan has had on the genre.
— Jason Denzel, author of Mystic and founder of Dragonmount.com
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Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal.
— The New York Times
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The Wheel of Time [is] rapidly becoming the definitive American fantasy saga. It is a fantasy tale seldom equaled and still less often surpassed in English.
— Chicago Sun-Times
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Hard to put down for even a moment. A fittingly epic conclusion to a fantasy series that many consider one of the best of all time.
— San Francisco Book Review
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The most ambitious American fantasy saga [may] also be the finest. Rich in detail and his plot is rich in incident. Impressive work, and highly recommended.
— Booklist
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Recalls the work of Tolkien.
— Publishers Weekly
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This richly detailed fantasy presents fully realized, complex adventure. Recommended.
— Library Journal