Mistress alDebaw - Member Share Posted February 21, 2007 O.k. about 32 posters and 26 are in the 18-34 year old category. I say we have some very smart young people. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tithen - Member Share Posted February 22, 2007 I'm on my first reread and i'm 17. Started reading two years ago... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Telcar - Member Share Posted February 22, 2007 I'm 16 now and I'll be 17 in october. started reading a year ago and on my 1. re-read (currently on FoH :D ) awesome series. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Abaddon - Guests Share Posted February 22, 2007 Started when i was 14, im 16 now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thorum - Member Share Posted February 23, 2007 I read tEotW-prologue when I was 17, but found it so boring I didn't read on till I was 19. Now I've just finished the second read; I'm 21. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Safia al-Maaz - Member Share Posted February 23, 2007 I'm trying to convert my sister to the WoT cult ;) She's 13. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FelixA9 - Member Share Posted February 25, 2007 39. In my defense I started the series in the 90s when it was only five or six books. Usually I read sci-fi for the most part but this series has me hooked. I've also read the Eddings books that someone mentioned earlier. The thing that pissed me off about the Belgariad/Mallorean is that in the first paragraph of the first book you are already told that nothing will happen to Garion. I tend to think they're written more to a grade school level much like the Harry Potter books though so oh-well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garrett76 - Member Share Posted February 25, 2007 30 now, started the books about 6 years ago. After RJ Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series and Stephen R. Donaldson's "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" trilogies. If you ever wanted a hero you could hate you can find it there. I read Eddings when I was younger and after reading Bellgariad and Mallorean I picked up Elenium......made it about 100 pages in and thought why did I just spend money on the same exact story again. :evil: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Forge - Member Share Posted February 25, 2007 I'll be 30 in a few weeks. I will read just about anything that you put in front of me. My favorites are Fantasy and History, unfortunatly about the only thing I get to read right now is Pathophysiology, Medical/Legal Ethics, and Quality Improvement in healthcare. Suprisingly enough not one person has been able to channel in any of those books, very dissapointing. Forge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest fox-lionheart - Guests Share Posted February 25, 2007 I don't mean to get too personal or offend anyone but I was curious. How old is the average WoT reader. My wife has made some comments about how I read this type of books and how I have reread the series several times. I have been reading the series almost since the day it was first published. I've always been a big Conan fan and when I saw RJ's name on something different I thought I'd give it a try. By the way' date=' I'll turn 42 this fall. I sincerely hope I'm not the oldest person reading this so help me out and let me know how old you are.[/quote'] I am currently 23, but I believe I started reading the books when I was 18 or so. I haven't gotten past The Shadow Rising though because I end up getting lost and confused, but I am about to re-read Eye of the World and I am so excited about it haha. Love Always & Blessed Be, Fox Lionheart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beckon - Member Share Posted February 25, 2007 I was hmmm 19 or 20 when I started, which I think was around the time of book 7 coming out. I'm 32 now and in the process of rereading them for the 4th or 5th time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ciete - Member Share Posted March 11, 2007 Picked up EotW in detention Senior year in High school (1994...long story :lol: ). Now 30, and I cannot wait for this to be over....oh the re-reads I have done... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
momrobare - Member Share Posted March 12, 2007 HI I turned 50 in January! My brother turned me on to Fantasy with the Piers Antony Xanth novels...though I had read Madeleine L'engle's books and The Wizard of Oz books when I was quite young! I was a huge devourer of SCIENCE FICTION...but hadn't really read a LOT of fantasy...of course back in the day there really wasn't a lot of fantasy! :) So Xanth and the Terry Pratchett books opened up a whole new world for me when I was in my teens! (Gosh has it been that long?) Now I devour everything by Terry Goodkind, PA, RJ, TP and a multitude of others! :) I don't mean to get too personal or offend anyone but I was curious. How old is the average WoT reader. My wife has made some comments about how I read this type of books and how I have reread the series several times. I have been reading the series almost since the day it was first published. I've always been a big Conan fan and when I saw RJ's name on something different I thought I'd give it a try. By the way' date=' I'll turn 42 this fall. I sincerely hope I'm not the oldest person reading this so help me out and let me know how old you are.[/quote'] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ninkharsag - Member Share Posted March 14, 2007 I started reading the books in the early 90. I think I was a freshman in highschool. I am now 30. I must say i am an impatient person, and the wait between books is killer. I have spent a lot of years waiting already, and I can't wait to be done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jackalyn - Member Share Posted March 14, 2007 I first read TDR when i was 12 or so. But did't really get into it until iwas 15. I'm currently 19. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phlpr23 - Member Share Posted March 14, 2007 I started around 14, I needed something bad to read because I had already read virtually every other good fictional series. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richglennon - Member Share Posted March 15, 2007 36. I started reading them when I was 21 in my cell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Viezael - Member Share Posted March 15, 2007 I started reading WoT when I was 13 and now I'm 21...this series has heavily influenced over 1/3 of my life. Wow...hope I like the ending. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amethea - Member Share Posted March 15, 2007 28. I've only recently been drawn in to the world of the Wheel, but I'm enjoying it so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vikingdriver - Member Share Posted March 15, 2007 I'm 45 and I just started reading WoT last year. I finished KoD 'round December and am on my second re-read and just started LoC though I am finding it harder to read that particular book for the second time. Tolkien is a great author as I've seen some of you mention who else your into. I recently read a quick book by David Weber called We Few and learned that it was book three of a three part series. Weber turned out to be a pretty good author. not the beast mind you but worthy of another read or two. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
General Tam - Member Share Posted March 20, 2007 I first read TEOTW whe I was 12 and am currently reading through for the second time and am on Crossroads of Twilight. I am 17 now. Tolkien is an amazing author and i like Terry Goodkind. I also like J.K. Rowling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caramoore - Member Share Posted March 21, 2007 Started reading the EoTW in 91 and I'll be 38 in June... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mightisright - Member Share Posted March 21, 2007 13 then. 24 now. What really stinks is that I have a hard time picking up a new book until i'm finished with the last one (or series). WoT killed reading for me.......it was worth it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
missinginstereo - Member Share Posted March 21, 2007 17 then, 21 now. Damn near took me a whole year to finish the series, stupid life kept getting in the way. Although, without my life i expect ida just read non stop and ended up with some sweet bedsores Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jairen - Member Share Posted March 21, 2007 Started reading EotW when I was 17 back in 1990. Now I'm 34 and waiting, oh so patiently, wishing and praying that RJ makes a full recovery. It would be nice if he could finish MoL after that :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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