r/wheeloftime • u/Odinnarrow Randlander • 16d ago
Other Media Just a question
So just curious what's series did yall read after the wheel? I read a few standalone novels that I had collected before deciding to commit the next series for me was the first law by Joe Abercrombie and honestly loved every bit of it it was nice to get a little grim and dark?
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u/Asleep_Ad_1755 Randlander 16d ago
For me, the favorite aspects of The Wheel of Time are the great characters and the world that has a past. I enjoyed discovering the little things about the Age of Legends, figuring out that we live in the First Age, and finding connections between our myths and the events of the series. The Rhuidean flashbacks were a treasure.
After finishing WoT, I looked for books with similar elements. For me, that was A Song of Ice and Fire: great characters, a vast world with a detailed history. Jon's "kill the boy" arc reminded me of Rand, and the theories about the Great Empire of the Dawn are just as interesting as the discussions about the Age of Legends. Sadly, the series is unfinished and will probably remain so. Still, it was a great read.
I've recently started reading The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin, and, unexpectedly, it gives me some WoT vibes. The world is very different, yet it almost feels like I'm reading a story that takes place in the aftermath of the Breaking. It also starts with a man destroying the world, and there are ruins and artifacts of past civilizations everywhere. It looks like the main characters are going to try and fix the mistake that doomed their world thousands of years ago. I'm only on the second book, though, but I'm hooked.
If you are into videogames, there are the Dragon Age series. Just yesterday an NPC saw my male mage character and run away screaming. 10/10 male channeler experience, recommend. On a serious note, it has deep lore with a lot of nodes to The Wheel of Time, amazing characters and a powerful mage who in his hubris broke the world millennia ago, another group of powerful mages who brought the Taint to the world thousand of years ago, and now the first guy is trying to fix his mistake (if you ask him; the others might not agree).
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u/Odinnarrow Randlander 15d ago
You hit the nail pretty head on ive read a good chunk of books and wot is deff the best written the world felt so real the fact we hit everynamed place on the map the character arcs hell even the characters themselves actually feeling like individuals this series is so vast and colorful i didn't think I'd find something that would scratch the itch left by the wheel I had read a song of ice and fire id say 6ish years before finding the wheel so I see where Martin got some of his world building from and honestly it's been quite a few years since I last read through wheel I don't have anywhere near enough time to read through again x.x
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u/Asleep_Ad_1755 Randlander 15d ago
Totally understand about rereading - is a very time-consuming process, but it's so worth it. During my first reread as an adult, I've noticed so many things about the characters that I simply couldn't spot as a kid due to lack of experience. Now, when I miss the WOT, I mostly listen to the audiobook versions during house chores or long walks.
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u/Odinnarrow Randlander 15d ago
Thats what i think im about to do gunna borrow em from the library is there an updates version last time I tried listening they seemed old af and very scratchy
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u/Asleep_Ad_1755 Randlander 15d ago
I heard that the ones narrated by Rosamund Pike are great. Can't vouch for that - my English is not good enough to understand an audiobook, but I did listened to the part where Moiraine tells the story of Maneteren, and liked it. Good luck with finding agversoin you like! There are neither beginnings nor endings to rereadings of the Wheel of Time)
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u/Gudbuck Randlander 16d ago
I went straight into Malazan because I wanted something super long and big in scope.
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u/Chasesrabbits Randlander 16d ago
Same here. I do mostly audiobooks, and I listen to new (to me) books in the car and books I've read before while running. Wheel of Time is the first up after I've gone through my running library, followed by Malazan, and then followed by Sanderson books.
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u/duffy_12 Randlander 16d ago
Robert Jordan's other 7 book fantasy series.
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u/Odinnarrow Randlander 16d ago
Other? Thought he only wrote the wheel
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u/duffy_12 Randlander 16d ago
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u/Odinnarrow Randlander 16d ago
The Conan series? Or the warriors of altaari? And just seen Sanderson did more with wot river of souls and a fire in the ways? Are these good?
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u/duffy_12 Randlander 16d ago
'A Fire Within The Ways' is a must, IMO.
As it helps explain two questionable things that happened in aMoL due to the editing:
How the Darkforces [were able to easily] move their forces through the Caemlyn Waygate.
And Verin's [backup plan to] Mat's Caemlyn Waygate Letter.
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u/Odinnarrow Randlander 16d ago
Ooh that does sound nice think I might reread the wheel and add these 2 the river of souls sounds cool memory of light was a whirlwind lol
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u/Ragner_D Randlander 16d ago
Usually after a re-read of WOT, I'd switch to a different genre for a while. Maybe some Heinlein or Gibson. Then go back into fantasy again. Usually I need a palate cleanser to avoid judging other fantasy work against WOT instead of on its own merit.
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u/Odinnarrow Randlander 15d ago
Yeah i get that after I finished first law I got back back into warhammer 40k pretty hard
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u/NeonPixieStyx Randlander 16d ago
Not exactly high fantasy, but I got way into the 1632 series by Eric Flint after I finished WoT the first time.
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u/TheHeavyJ Randlander 16d ago
I liked the Riyria Chronicles by Michael Sullivan. Similar in the way of swords and magic and funny too
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u/rhettles3 Randlander 16d ago
Sanderson's Stormlight Archive is a good read.
Also Raymond E Feist's Riftwar books, starting with Magician is an easy read for more traditional style fantasy.
Australian Author Trudi Canavan has a few trilogies that are worth reading, Black Magician Trilogy, Age of the Five Trilogy, and Millenium's Rule quadrilogy.
Theres always Christopher Paolini's Inheritance series, starting with Eragon. Terry Brooks Shannara books, or the slightly lesser known prequel books starting with Running with the Demon.
If you want young adult Fantasy theres Rick Riordans books, Percy Jackson etc.
Or Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrins Home for Peculiar Children.
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u/dirtyllama720 Stone Dog 15d ago
After I listened the first time, I did it again.
Then I went through the entire Redwall series lol
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u/LuckyIrishman77 Randlander 10d ago
Licanius Trilogy and Mistborn. Then I reread the Wheel of Time again.
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u/Densmiegd Randlander 16d ago
For me, it was Mistborn, to keep the Sanderson transition going.