Customer Reviews

Wheel of Time Calendar: 2001

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Of all things to have in a Robert Jordan calendar, do we really have to have just a recap of Darrel K. Sweet's horrible and inconsistant cover art? Rand, Mat, and Perrin look different on the cover of a every book. So I guess this would be a good calendar to get if you wanted to be able to rip out all the artwork and circle the discrepancies between the major characters from book to book. Or is this a secret message from Robert Jordan that our heroes are slowly morphing into other people? <gasp>

I don't typically review calendars, but I'd like to refute a few of the negative reviews here. Yes, this calendar is filled predominantly with Darell K. Sweet's less than perfect artwork (The covers of all nine books, the alternate cover for book one, and the frontispiece for the story New Spring from the Legends anthology). However, all of this is clear just from glancing at the back cover of the calendar. However, it offers all of these images in high-quality reproductions without the text, and without the creases evident in the World of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time book. In addition, this calendar comes with a large poster containint the map of the Wheel of Time world. While not a new map, it is certainly fun having a larger version to refer to while reading. If you don't want DKS' artwork, don't buy the calendar. It's that simple, and these Amazon.com's review sections are not a proper forum for bashing an artist. I personally am enjoying having this calendar hanging on my wall.

I have only recently become a Robert Jordan fan. Within the last year I began reading these great books when my nephew saw me reading a Danielle Steele book and informed me that if I wanted to read something truly great I should read the Wheel of Time series. From the moment I picked up the first book "The Eye of the World" I was hooked. I quickly read the entire series that was available at the time. Now I have completed number nine, I couldn't even wait for it to come out in paperback. It was well worth the wait! I started getting upset when the reviews made no mention of Matt and what had happened to him but Robert Jordan didn't let us down, he filled us in quite nicely. Now all that is left to do is sit and wait patiently for number ten- or maybe not so patiently- hurry please Mr. Jordan but not to the detriment of the characters or plot. As to the calander: As soon as I saw it I wanted it. But when I viewed it online, or the pictures that were available anyway, I was dissappointed. I was hoping for some good clear pictures of the characters not the same old drawings that were on the book covers. Next year please give us something new. I still may buy it for the simple reason that I love the books but I'm not sure- how bout posting some of the pictures in the calendar that aren't book covers to help me decide, I've seen all of those and there should be at least two that weren't featured as cover art. Right?

Great! Finally! The artwork we all know and love. I have been looking forward to this calendar for some time now, thought it would be out years ago with all of the popularity. It was worth the wait. Shows much of the artwork we have seen on the covers of the books we love to read by Jordan, and the Map is a nice bonus too! A great buy for any Wheel of Time / Robert Jordan Fan!

Anyone looking for new and exciting things will be disappointed, but this calander is a great reference for the covers which help to set the mood of the novels.

Anyone who has actually read these books should be painfully aware of how truly awful the artwork actually is. It's bad enough that it gets put on the covers, but it makes me truly sad for RJ that they sold him out again for this.

Like most WoT fans, I couldn't resist the opportunity to order a WoT calendar. There really isn't anything in the calendar we haven't seen before (otherwise it would have gotten 5 stars), but it's still cool to have! If you're a WoT fan, you should have this calendar hanging on a wall in your home or office. Not much else to say!

Like most WoT fans, I couldn't resist the opportunity to order a WoT calendar. There really isn't anything in the calendar we haven't seen before (otherwise it would have gotten 5 stars), but it's still cool to have! If you're a WoT fan, you should have this calendar hanging on a wall in your home or office. Not much else to say!

I honestly don't know why someone would want this calendar; anyone who has the books could make it by ripping the covers off and pasting them together. First off, I'm not a fan of Darrell K. Sweet. Second, cover art is a bad move--half the picture (the back cover) is boring. Who wants half a picture? I say, wait for a WoT calendar with something new and interesting...don't shell out $$ for something that you could put together yourself.

This calendar is a ripoff. Why would any WoT fan bother with an expensive calendar they could make themselves by pasting the hard-back dust jackets together? If 1.) it wasn't Darrell K. Sweet's cover art AGAIN, and 2.) it was new art unavailable anywhere else, then I would buy this calendar. Otherwise, wait 'til next year.