In reply to muttley_109: Yea i know the character, i think he's in the middle books...possibly the later couple as well. He's not really a character I've paid much attention to (as yes he is a bastard) and does also enjoy a good flaying.
So jealous of your friend! both for the being part of it and also awesome scenery. Nearly applied for a storyboard artist job for it but had only just started reading the books.
@ Nick- I would agree that book 3 is slow, although i still enjoyed it they are probably my least favorite of the series. I really enjoyed 4 and 5 if you can cope with the story being told geographically rather than chronologically.
I have never read any of the wheel of time- big series to try to get into. although i have heard that Brendan Sanderson did a good job with it, and i rate him as a writer.