Dave, I have no problem considering it part of the rest of the books. Since it's probably going to be the only prequel, I just think of it as book 0. Gerald Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of talmage@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 6:51 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Jordan's Ordering (was Re: Re: books out of order) Hi Gerald, Yes I knew they labeled it as a prequel, but I think that's because they painted themselves into a corner by identifying 'The Eye Of The World' as book 1 before going in the other direction ever occurred to Jordan. I think Terry Brooks did much the same with his Shannara series, only he broke them down in to trilogies keeping the Shannara label. This is of course only a personal opinion, but I would think any book containing characters from another, with the overall plot or concept being inline with the others, should be considered a part of the whole. In support of my perspective I submit an excerpt from the copyright passage for 'New Spring.' "The Wheel of TimeT" and "The Dragon RebornT," and the snake-wheel symbol, are trademarks of Robert Jordan. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof, in any form. Dave At 05:52 PM 3/26/2007, you wrote: >Dave, > >The reason why it's not considered part of the series by some is that it's >not numbered in the series by the publisher or the author. As I mentioned, >I've heard it referred to as a prequel book to WOT. I guess you can think >of it in terms of the Star Wars books. There's more than one series set in >that universe, and I think New Spring was intended by Jordan and Tor as a >separate series containing three books. I'd be surprised if Jordan writes >the other two now, though, because of his health. From what I've read, and >from what Lea heard when she went to one of Jordan's book signings, it >sounds like he intends to only write one more WOT book, no matter how big it >has to be to wrap things up. > >Gerald To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.