A Web of Words by Heather Attrill

[VincentAsaro]

Unlike Tolkien, or even Martin now, there is almost no scholarly literature about WoT. There's a fair bit online but no books. Has anyone read Heather Attrill's "A Web of Words"? It appears to be the only published book on the market that takes a scholarly look at Jordan's work. Is it worth reading? Also: I'm only on Book 5 - does WoW contain spoilers?

 

The Amazon sample looks promising. Attrill notes Jordan's use of interlacing, a Medieval literary technique, which I noticed also. That's the sort of thing I'd like to read about.

 

If you've read this book, let me know if it's worth checking out.

Thanks! 

[mb]

Have not heard about that book before your post.

If the book has spoilers, the book's description might tell.

 

There is a "reread" series about this series; though I am not sure if those would be a scholarly look.  Those I have heard are spoiler free.

Author: Leigh Butler

5 volumes::

Volume 1: Books 1-4

Volume 2: Books 5-6

Volume 3: Books 7-9

Volume 4: Books 10-12

Volume 5: Books 13-14

[BFG]

Have not heard about that book before your post.

If the book has spoilers, the book's description might tell.

 

There is a "reread" series about this series; though I am not sure if those would be a scholarly look.  Those I have heard are spoiler free.

Author: Leigh Butler

5 volumes::

Volume 1: Books 1-4

Volume 2: Books 5-6

Volume 3: Books 7-9

Volume 4: Books 10-12

Volume 5: Books 13-14

Not quite spoiler free, she started them after KoD came out, so the entire reread series contains spoilers up to that point.

 

She's also doing a reread of the reread or something on Tor at the moment which assumes knowledge up to and including aMoL. Also not sure how scholarly they are :)

[VincentAsaro]

I disliked the Leigh Butler thing - it's written at a sophomoric level and all it does is catalog her likes/dislikes - and that's definitely not what I'm talking about. I'm going to try AWoW anyway. I'll write a review when I'm finished.