I think the publics history with a property is often just as interesting and vast as the property itself, so I'm wondering what history the members here have with the series. I started the Eye of the World at 10, in 1991, and finished the series with the release of of the final novel 22 year later. I lived near this book store, Daniel's Fine Books, and by an older gentleman, Daniel Charles Jacob. I used to tease him for having three first names. The store being near is relative, I live on a farm in the country and it was miles on bike into town. Anyway, when Eye of the World released a few months before and they had a few copies in the window. I knew the owner very well, I always did a large amount of reading and he suggested I would like it. I definitely could not afford it, and he knew that, so he got me to help him around the store for two hours. Nothing serious, just sweeping, putting away some books, the normal stuff you'd have a child do when you give them a "job". I went home with the book, and my mom promptly called to ensure I hadn't stolen it. I read that old hardcover multiple times before the release of The Great Hunt. Before breakfast. Between chores. Out in the barn reading in the hay. I truly fell in love with it. I bought every book up to Winter's Heart in that store until Daniel died at the age of 82 in the summer of 2001. I helped his wife pack up the store, she let me take any of the older books I wanted, by the end he didn't purchase new books any more, it became unofficially a used book shop in the final years, where you could special order from connections of his. He was a great guy and a mentor me for a decade. I was lucky enough to meet Jordan several times throughout the two decades I knew of him. Multiple readings and book store events, when he was healthy. Him and meeting Andre the Giant when I was 5 (because to a 5 year old, that's like a real giant) and going to prerelease chapter readings with Jordan are my most memorable experiences with celebrities. Without a doubt, it's been my favorite world to explore for over three decades now. I often just pick up whatever book I'm nostalgic for and re-read it, and have done many rereads over the years. So lets hear it? How did you discover it?