<div>Hello everyone,</div>
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<div>My name is Chris. I'm from Montana. I just joined this list because I have tried to get into reading Eye of the World (and, eventually the rest of the WoT series) 3-4 times, and I just can't get past the first few pages. It's SO confusing because it starts right in the middle of a scene, and the characters, their history and their universe is already so established and complex. Is there a reader's guide (a "WoT Companion," so to speak) or something out there to give me the background I need to start the series, or would the WoT Wiki site be my best bet? I know Robert Jordan was planning an Encyclopedia before his death (which I just now read about, R.I.P.); that would've been perfect for me!</div>
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<div>I really want to get into--and enjoy--this series...it may sound cheesy and/or ignorant, but what first attracted me to EotW was 1) its cover (really beautiful and I could tell it was an adventure story, which I like); and 2) the thickness of the book: something about LONG novels appeals to me; I prefer sweeping saga-like stories over the short and sweet variety. Not necessarily drawn-out, slow-paced books (*ugh*), but books that really DEVELOP stories and characters. Nothing irks me more than really getting into a book and then being left at the end, hungry for what happens next!</div>
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<div>So anyway, hopefully you guys can help me out and get me hooked on Wot! *fingers crossed*</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Chris</div>