Tar Valon Or Bust

Preeti and Jenn cannot believe they're officially finished with THE GREAT HUNT. They dig into the folklore of the Wild Hunt, Nynaeve's absolute star turn in these chapters, the shocking twist on who blows the Horn, and what they did an WOW, DID NOT remember.

Find out more about the Wild Hunt

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Preeti and Jenn are back! And are SUPER uncomfortable with some of Robert Jordan's plot device choices. But we also love these adorable teens and their back-and-forth, Preeti has some Big Ba'alzamon Feelings, and we talk about the recent Moiraine teaser from WOTonPrime, so it's a mixed bag.

Teaser of Moiraine in action

Q&A with Rafe Judkins

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Preeti and Jenn disagree about their reading experience of The Great Hunt, have dagger feelings, get excited about returning characters, want to know what's up with Loial, and are both impressed with and frustrated by Rand.

The dagger reveal from WoTonPrime

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Preeti and Jenn get excited about some tweets and dive into chapters 19-26 of The Great Hunt, with extra attention paid to suspense-building writing tricks, Nynaeve's character redemption, and lots of "UGH SELENE."

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Shout out from WOT on Prime!!

Scoop: Amer Chadha-Patel’s Role Revealed!

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Preeti and Jenn dive into Chapters 11-18 of The Great Hunt, discuss the recent concept art reveal from WOTonPrime, and talk about the new POV rules, Nynaeve's character assassination, and exactly how bad-ass Egwene is.

This concept art tho!

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This week Preeti and Jenn dig into the Prologue through Chapter 10 of The Great Hunt -- like, REALLY dig in -- and talk about how much they hate Liandrin, new POV rules, some annoying narrative choices, and more.

Also, Jenn does know about the White Walkers in Game of Thrones, whoops, but feels like her point still stands, JUST SAYING.

QUIZ: Wheel of Time Sword Form or Kama Sutra Sex Act?

For next time, we'll be reading Chapters 11-18, because wow so much to talk about!

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A very special bonus episode! Jenn and musician Bryan Dunn nerd out over folk music, Rand as flute prodigy, Thom's guitar, and dive deep into the musical representation in The Eye of the World.

Thom’s mustachiod guitar! https://mobile.twitter.com/WOTonPrime/status/1341805779678982149

Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee // Dengue Fever

BryanDunnMusic.net

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In this double-length episode (sorry not sorry), Preeti and Jenn basically freak out about the last chapters of The Eye of the World, in which SO MUCH HAPPENS.

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This week Jenn and Preeti dig into chapters 31-40 of The Eye of the World (their favorite excerpt so far!) discussing world building, tension, and of course, ogiers versus ents.

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Preeti and Jenn nerd out about swords, dig into context, and get stressed out about so many things in Chapters 21 - 30 of Eye of the World.

Crafting the Blade - WOTonPrime

All About Swords: S.L. Huang, V.E. Schwab, Yoon Ha Lee, Suzanne Walker, and Setsu Uzumé Talk Weaponry [Tor.com]

The Wheel of Time Companion, shout-out to Loyalty Bookstore

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