![]() ![]() The larger point here is that I was thirteen when The Shadow Rising was published and was either thirteen or fourteen when I started mainlining this series. ![]() ![]() That would be a much larger conversation to refine that idea and it’s one that many other people have had - so we should go back to The Wheel of Time. They say that the Golden Age of Science Fiction is twelve, and that feels right because even now when science fiction and fantasy has permeated the “culture”, it’s the age of discovery for kids who start to have more agency in choosing exactly what they want to read and diving into all the things on their own. Sweet’s cover art, going through a really primitive semi-online catalog to find and request new books that I was so excited to read. I have strong memories of the Rush City Public Library, browsing the shelves, finding new epic fantasies to read, the comfort of Darrel K. I first discovered The Wheel of Time somewhen between the publications of The Shadow Rising and the next book, The Fires of Heaven. The Wheel of Time is what could be affectionately (or derisively) called Big Fat Fantasy. ![]() Today we’re going to talk about The Shadow Rising, the novel I’ve long considered to be my favorite in the series. Welcome back, dear readers, to The Wheel of Time Reread. ![]()
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