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Wheel of Time Series Question: Magic?
I coming off of reading George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series; and heard that a wheel of time has the same make-up, with alternating chapters, and a huge worlds it takes place in. My question is: how prevalent is magic in this series? I really cant stand tons of magic where anything is possible... Where someone was about to die until, all of a sudden, the purple glowing gem, found on the dead hamster along the side of the road, enables him to be protected by a magical barrier! And defeat the forces of evil by combing the gem with his enchanted underwear... you get my point hopefully 
Ya, you should defiantly check out the series, the first is called A Game of Thrones, and its the best series I've ever read. George Martin is deemed the modern Tolkien due the the immense world he creates. And the book doesn't have a designated evil, every person has their motives for what they do and its up to the reader to empathies with them, or hate them for their choices.
There is a lot of magic, but it's not an 'anything is possible' situation - it's explained that with rare exceptions, people have to study and practice to learn anything they do with magic (in the books it's called weaving, not magic) and if they never learned to do that specific thing, they can't just miraculously acquire that skill. It's written as an actual, tangible and explainable skill, not some great and holy mystery. There are some exceptions where instinct or memories from past lives etc. fill in the gaps and provide a shortcut, but it's not common. There are also plenty of characters and chapters that have no magic at all.
Be warned, though... most WoT fans started to get impatient with the series at around book 7 or 8, the later books do seem to stretch it out a bit too long.
If Ice and Fire doesn't do the 'miracle magic' thing (a pet hate of mine also), I'll have to look into it!
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