Robert Jordan Archives

Revisiting the Eye of the World

February 4, 2017August 18, 2004 by Ken Newquist

I first read Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World six years ago when I was near the top of our own world. My wife and I were hiking outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, and on a clear day, you could see the Artic Circle from the top of the ridges we were walking along. Eye … Read more

The Eye of the World Looks Down Upon a Fantastic Universe

February 11, 2017August 1, 2000 by Ken Newquist

Fantasy addicts looking for their next fix of sword and sorcery should check out Robert Jordon’s modern classic The Eye of the World. Published in 1990, the novel is the first in a saga called The Wheel of Time. It opens in the tiny village of Edmond’s Field, where stubborn shepherds raise sheep and equally … Read more