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And who wants that on their conscience?
Much as I hate to perpetuate the puppy-eyes, Bioware has pretty much killed my enthusiasm for the franchise at this point.
In fact, since I also have finished the Song of Ice and Fire series, I'm at a bit of a loss for timewasting material. I've got lots of serious reading backed up in the queue, but nothing under "absorbing world to get lost in." Any suggestions? I know some of you are Wheel of Time fans. Is it worth it to read the early books even though the series was never finished?
Books 1-5 are *awesome*. And then...not so much. I can't even finish book 11.
I highly recommend the Dark Tower series from Stephen King. It sucked my soul away and I loved it.
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I second those opinions. 
Wheel of Time starts great but loses its focus. The later books desparately needed editing. Dark Tower is amazing. A series I'm into right now that looks very good is the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. I'm part way through book 2 and quite impressed; book 10 is about to be published.
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I love the Wheel of Time and definitly think it is worth the read even though I do agree with some of the comments about the later books. The series is being finished by Bandon Sanderson and based on the first the book he wrote for the series, I am hopeful we will be getting some focus and closure.
I have also read Jaqueline Carey and Lynn Flewelling and would reccomend those as well. Steven Erikson is AWESOME I've read the series multiple times.
Two others I really like are Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy and Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince/Dragon Star series.
I agree --- Lynn Flewelling has a great Trilogy with The Bone's Doll Twin, and I like the followup books (although they take place much much later!) . I second the Anne Bishop books. Very good dark fantasy.
I also recommend Kate Forsyth's Witches of Eileanan, and I absolutely love the Codex Alera books by Jim Butcher, starting with "The Furies of Calderon".