"Remember that Death is lighter than a feather, but that Duty is heavier than a mountain."

[bigWalt]

Many very well read fans of Robert Jordan know from hence a lot of his material comes from. I am not one of these, but still it can bring joy when I stumble upon something Jordan used prominently in the WoT books. Like the phrase above which I found attributed to Lieutenant general Masao Maruyama's Sendai motto "Remember that Death is lighter than a feather, but that Duty is heavier than a mountain." in the book Strong Men Armed The United States Marines vs. Japan by Robert Leckie. Of course the US Marines Cleaned his clock at Guadalcanal.

[Barid Bel Medar]

Hey Bolt, if you are interested in this type of thing, you may want to check out the Theoryland Database for interviews where RJ has discussed the various sources he has drawn on for the Wheel of Time.

 

http://www.theoryland.com/wheel-of-time-interview-search.php

 

Look under the tags "WoT Influences" or "WoT themes". I am sure you can find other such tags which fit what you want to look at, but there is a good place to start.

[bigWalt]

Hey Bolt, if you are interested in this type of thing, you may want to check out the Theoryland Database for interviews where RJ has discussed the various sources he has drawn on for the Wheel of Time.

 

http://www.theorylan...view-search.php

 

Look under the tags "WoT Influences" or "WoT themes". I am sure you can find other such tags which fit what you want to look at, but there is a good place to start.

Thanks for the heads up, I will be doing that. How long after the series completes do you expect those sites to still be up and around and going? My next reading will be the start of my latest(certainly not my last reread of the WoT) reread. Damn if my reading glasses didn't recently give uo the ghost and damn aint my savings depleated I swear Shaitan is out to get me before I am ready to read The Memory of Light!

[Asmodeanisdemandread]

Dragonmount will probably run for a while considering the MAJOR debates aMoL will produce for all sorts of various reasons. Theory land too

 

Personally I hope ISAMs WoT returns. Very rarely do I literally lol but ISAM brought it out

[Suttree]

Personally I hope ISAMs WoT returns. Very rarely do I literally lol but ISAM brought it out

 

+1

[batcaver]

Personally I hope ISAMs WoT returns. Very rarely do I literally lol but ISAM brought it out

 

+1

Could anyone explain what this is for a newbie like myself?

[David Selig]

Could anyone explain what this is for a newbie like myself?

They are talking about short humorous summaries of the WoT books, which are absolutely hilarious. You can read them here - http://pop.wheeloftime.org/index.php?topic=635.0

[Sightblinder'sMinder]

Hey Bolt, if you are interested in this type of thing, you may want to check out the Theoryland Database for interviews where RJ has discussed the various sources he has drawn on for the Wheel of Time.

 

http://www.theorylan...view-search.php

 

Look under the tags "WoT Influences" or "WoT themes". I am sure you can find other such tags which fit what you want to look at, but there is a good place to start.

 

Wow, that's an awesome website. Thanks for that.

 

@Bolt, I know there's a ton of philosophy in WoT, obviously... but the Imperial Japanese motto is definitely interesting. I've always liked that line, and thought it sounded Eastern, but had no idea it was so current. Reading about the guy, I notice he survived the war. Ironically, he wasn't one of the many Japanese officers to commit suicide for failing to meet his duty. Funny how that works.

[Asmodeanisdemandread]

Personally I hope ISAMs WoT returns. Very rarely do I literally lol but ISAM brought it out

 

+1

 

+1 from sutt? Life is complete. (Not sarcasm)

[batcaver]

Could anyone explain what this is for a newbie like myself?

They are talking about short humorous summaries of the WoT books, which are absolutely hilarious. You can read them here - http://pop.wheelofti...php?topic=635.0

Oh, thank you. These ARE hilarious.

 

"This move is called "Ending The Book". Use it in a climactic battle at the end of the book against a bad guy." - That's classic.

[shortkut]

Reminds me of a less funny version of the silmarillion summary *stabbity, fiery, burny death*