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There are neither beginnings or endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning. Wheel of Time is coming. And I am going to say, right now, with 100% confidence, it’s going to be the greatest TV Fantasy show we’ve ever seen. It is going to blow everything else that we loved and loathed completely out of the water. The reason is simple — Robert Jordan’s wife, Harriet, is well known to be extremely protective of her late husband’s legacy. There is absolutely no way she is going to let anyone drag it through the mud, play with it without actually reading the source material, add random changes for no good reason, or any other haphazard things that have happened to some of our beloved series in the past. Plenty to Look Forward To First, some good news. After the 2015 Winter Dragon fiasco (which reigns up there with The Star Wars Holiday Special for cringeworthy-ness) we finally have a real Wheel of Time series coming out. The bad news: All production for pretty much…everything on the planet is shut down right now due to the global pandemic. But while we are waiting for the show to go on, there are still things to talk about. The casting has started and they’ve made some great choices so far. While eagerly anticipating further announcements, I started thinking about the characters in the series. Well, not all of them, Wheel of Time is notorious for the sheer number of named characters in the book (there are 2,782 named folks to be exact). Beyond the main char…
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Joseph Harris
Joseph Harris is a writer, performance poet and fantasy bookwyrm. Ph.D student in Education at Michigan State University. Knows the difference between Wyverns and Dragons. My wheelhouse is urban & high fantasy, but I'm starting…
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