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Wheel of Time starting point - New Spring or Eye of the World? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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A couple months ago I found an anthology of the Wheel of Time.

I had watched the first 3 or so episodes of the Amazon adaptation and wasn’t super invested into the characters, but wanted to give the book series a shot.

Basically I’ve read about 7 chapters of New Spring and was wondering why literally none of this was brought up in the Amazon series until I realized that adaptation started with Eye of the World. Should I just skip New Spring and come back later? Does this even add to the new reading experience outside of a glance at Tar Vallon and the hierarchy of the Aes Sedai?

I don’t hate this book - but I already know Lan becomes Moirane’s Warder and that she meets/finds the Dragon Reborn.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'd hold off on New Spring until you're introduced to/know more about the two main characters (Siuan and Moraine). I think it's meant to be a look back on the beginnings of known characters, not an introduction to them.

Jordan apparently recommends reading the books in published order (which would slot New Spring after book 10 of the main series, but I'd say anywhere after book 5 or 6 would be fine too.