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Camestros Felapton Jul 1, 2023

New blog post: Why did people read The Wheel of Time? https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2023/07/02/why-did-people-read-the-wheel-of-time/

Why did people read The Wheel of Time?

This post does not answer the question in its title. If I had true commitment to doing a bit, I’d make this a 30-post series of essays where nothing much happened and then a different blog wr…

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@CamestrosFelapton I'm a bit reluctant to link there given it seems to be competing with Twitter to be the fastest imploding social network, but there was a Reddit post earlier today posing a very similar question about Sword of Truth

https://old.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/14nx2cb/how_the_hell_did_sword_of_truth_sell_so_well_yes/

How the hell did Sword of Truth sell so well? (yes, i know this gets brought up a lot)

I know shitting on SoT probably gets old for the regulars around here, but I'm genuinely curious how this series sold 25+ million (i feel like...