Read the novels chronolically (in releasedates, not the story itself). It usually makes the most sense that way..

I heard Robert Jordan sucks... Uses imagery like "yellow, like a school bus, or my dogs pee" etc

You should try reading The Belgariad and The Malloreon.

Belgariad is composed of 5 pieces:
   1. Pawn of Prophecy (1982)
   2. Queen of Sorcery (1982)
   3. Magician's Gambit (1983)
   4. Castle of Wizardry (1984)
   5. Enchanters' End Game (1984)

Malloreon is composed of 5 pieces also (read after reading the Belgariad series)
   1. Guardians of the West (ISBN 0-345-35266-1)
   2. King of the Murgos (ISBN 0-345-35880-5)
   3. Demon Lord of Karanda (ISBN 0-345-36331-0)
   4. Sorceress of Darshiva (ISBN 0-345-36935-1)
   5. The Seeress of Kell (ISBN 0-345-37759-1)

I liked them alot. More then Lord of the Rings series i think.

Or, instead, why won't you try something completely different. I recommend DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little!

some of us tards are aware that the author of this awesomeness did not finish it before he died, therefore our enjoyment of his awesomeness must forever be unfulfilled

> Omega Man wrote:

> some of us tards are aware that the author of this awesomeness did not finish it before he died, therefore our enjoyment of his awesomeness must forever be unfulfilled

false!

sanderson is finishing them, jordan had left all of his notes and shenanigans with his wife and she is helping sanderson with the editting. rawrrrrface

my parents have a thumbeared anthology of children's literature that has an excerpt from the Hobbit where Bilbo gets the Ring the old way

should proabbly secure that, will be worth money

The Silmarillion is an excellent work X(

It wasn't intended to be for entertaining purposes like LOTR was, it was about the history of middle earth .  Which i suppose is why some people don't find it enjoyable .

also i think my nerd is showing

Oh yes, well in that case I own the new version

And Undeath, I don't disagree that the Silmarillion is a terrific story, but it's not one you can read as a story.
I bothered to read Christopher Tolkien's preface, in wich he told he had to puzzle the story together from all sorts of notes. I'm not sure wether Tolkien wanted it to be more than a history of Middle-Earth, but I think he did, cause the notes that were left behind were substantial enough to make the novel The Children of H

That has always been done MrBlonde! Manierism for example.
Or most of 16th century novels (de zogenaamde Amadisromannen).

Your gayness sickens me Blonde >=|

Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series, blows most stuff I've ever read right out of the water.
Belgariad and Mallorean (yes, I've read the whole set) are pretty poor by comparison.
Have not read the WoT, but I hear from those who have that the series drags horribly in the middle, which is not uncommon and something I've seen with a number of other series I have read.  Didn't find this the case with MbotF simply because he switches characters, locations, 'sides', and races with each book, and is packed so full of awesomeness that you almost have to re-read each book several times to pick up all the things that you didn't realise were there until 4 books later when it was referenced from another person's perspective.
Ian C Esslemont's Malazan Empire novels run parallel to the other series and highlight important events, and his first book is a prequel of sorts (in terms of when it occurs) but should only be read after book 3 of the MbotF as it does let slip some information about certain people which would spoil their appearances in the other books somewhat if you knew who they were.

I shall now stuff my rabid fanboy back into his box