My, this could get addictive. I hope you guys realize that I'll be going silent this weekend, for the duration of the tour. But I'll try to get in another post or two before then. No promises, however.
First off, apologies to everyone if I misspell your screen name. It seems that may turn out to be a bad habit I can't break. Spellcheck is no help at all, of course.
For Deadsy, the last book I completed was Walter Mosley's Cinnamon Kiss. I just started Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys. And I'm a
Well, here I am again. I've compiled a long list of questions from various places, and I'll try to answer as many as I can before the tour begins. I won't be taking them in any specific order.
First off, for JBumG, my apologies for misspelling your name.
For DomA, I can't be sure that the logical patterns you see in the election of Amyrlins are the same that I used in making the list, but there are logical patterns to them. If Harriet adds to the Encyclopedia who was a strong Amy
First off, to all of you have said thank you, in so many ways, for writing these books, you're welcome. And also thank you. You have given me what every writer wants, a readership that is truly involved and interested. Thank you, very much.
Some of you have expressed worry over my lurking and a fear that I might take offense at some of the posts. I don't. Not even at the trolls. Please feel free to keep on saying whatever you have been saying. I am not the thought police.
For
It seems to me that you've put up a lot of comments given the few days that has been possible. I think I'll address a few of them.
I see that someone -- anonymous -- uses the audio book pronunciations for a guide. In the very beginning, the actors doing the reading got in touch with me about pronunciations, but they stopped halfway through reading The Eye of the World, and I haven't heard from them since. So I wouldn't go too much by what they use.
kcf asks whether I can get Tor to inclu
At Robert Jordan's request, we have turned on comments for his official blog.
A few weeks ago we activated RJ's blog, which allows him to share his thoughts with his fans. The blog is hosted here on Dragonmount, but is being syndicated by other WoT websites. You can read it on this website, on one of the other sites running it, or use your own RSS reader.
As of now, comments are enabled so you can reply to his posts. Yes, he will probably read them. So be nice!
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I see a number of posts about that, and I find them a little surprising. Anybody out there ever read about the internal workings of the Third Reich or the reasons why the Nazis made some of their major, and often disastrous decisions? It was a zoo. A madhouse! Just for an example, even in the last days, they were sidelining trains carrying desperately needed supplies to the front in order to use the engines to transport more people to the death camps! And yet they came within a whisker or two of
I just finished with a post to this blog, but I thought I'd make this separate, especially since I told Jason to go ahead and let you post comments to the blog. Not that I'll be answering your comments necessarily, but we may enter into a dialogue upon occasion.
No, I'm not going to reveal what the "gasp" moment is. I certainly won't be putting any spoilers here. But I have read the reviews, both spoiler and non-spoiler. For those who have read the book and believe you have identified the "g
For Marigan at Wotmania, and anyone else who might be wondering, not only do I not have cancer at present, I have never had cancer. Never. That was one of those rumors that float around without a shred of truth to them, thank God. I understand that I have been dead or near dead several times according to the rumors. I was run down by a bus once, so I recall hearing. Not true.
For the poster at Dragonmount who thinks I'm "whipped," boy do you have the wrong end of the stick. The smelly end, i
I noticed in browsing the other day that someone wondered whether my cold was part of my "cancer." I want to quash that one before it turns into a rumor. I do not have cancer. I did have a cold that had me sick as a dog for three days, but not cancer. I've been undergoing a thorough checkup since finishing Knife of Dreams, with every sort of test you can imagine, and believe me, if there was any suspicion of such a thing, I would know.
This should be confirmation that I do lurk upo
Seven years ago today Dragonmount.com open its doors to the public. At the time we were a small site, with small ambitions. We just wanted to give people a fun place to talk about their favorite books online. Then we started growing. And growing. And growing. Now with thousands of registered members, dozens of message boards, ten Organizations, two role playing games, a comprehensive, growing fan art gallery, chapter summaries, games and more, we are still growing and still just trying to have
Hi, guys. Jason at Dragonmount set this up for me so I can talk to you directly now and then without having to ask him to make a post for me. I won't be posting often, and certainly not regularly. Just when I have something to say. That's it for now. An announcement to WATCH THIS SPACE. I am trying to fight off a nasty cold while dreading the early morning drive tomorrow to Winston-Salem for SEBA, the Southeastern Booksellers Association convention, so I will sign off now to try to get a little
Although he denies it, Robert Jordan loves lurking on all the various message boards and websites dedicated to his series. So, in order to get him to talk back with us a bit more, we've setup a blog for him to post his thoughts and commentary to.
Although it probably won't be very often, be sure to bookmark this address or subscribe to the RSS feed so that you can be notified when RJ posts.
Also, if you run a website and want to include this content, feel free to use the RSS feed to d
Booklist has posted their review of Knife of Dreams. Here's the full review:
So far KoD has been receiving very strong reviews from both the media and fans. As more early reviews roll in, we'll post them here.
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Publisher's Weekly magazine released their "starred" review of Knife of Dreams. Here it is:
In addition to our review, various other websites and fans have begun posting their reviews of book 11. With under a month to go before the book is published, expect to see more reviews on a weekly basis.
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Update: There apparently was a snafu of some sort on the early release. The auction and the bookstore website now say the auction will be cancelled and a new one started with delivery on October 11.
The Other Change of Hobbit, a Berkeley, CA bookstore, is auctioning a signed copy of Knife of Dreams on
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Robert Jordan was the Guest of Honor for Dragon*Con 2005, which was recently held in Atlanta, Georgia. For the last five years I have had the honor of serving as the Director of Wheel of Time programming at this convention. Though Robert Jordan was a guest of the convention in 1996, this is the first time he has attended while I’ve been associated with it. We also had cover artist Darrell K. Sweet, Teresa Patterson, co-author of the Guide, and Les and Ernst Dabel, producers of the New Spring gra
Here is a report on the book signing last night at Chapter 11 Books in Atlanta courtesy of Jennifer Liang, one of the DM Admins and the lady in charge of the Knife of Dreams and The Eye of the World, and 2,000 Knife of Dreams bookmarks. We still had quite a few left after the convention and we don't want to store that many, so everyone who attended the signing got to take some of those with them.
The bookstore policy was that Jordan would sign only two books and they had to be purchased fro
Tor Books released to us today the artwork that will be found on the back of the Knife of Dreams book cover. Here it is:
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Robert Jordan will be signing books at Chapter 11 Books on Peachtree Battle in Atlanta, Wednesday, September 7 at 6:30 PM. More details to come!
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Robert Jordan is a Guest at Dragon*Con in Atlanta this weekend and it sounds like a great time! Here is an overview of the action from Jennifer Liang.
Much more to come!
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Robert Jordan will be a Guest at Dragon*Con, September 2-5, 2005 in Atlanta. The folks at Age of Legends have put together a full and exciting program so come on down and join the fun!
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Tor Books sent out the following notice about Week 4 of the Knife of Dreams Internet Hunt
For more information about the KoD Internet Hunt, visit www.knifeofdreams.com.
For New Players
If this is your first week playing, that's just fine. Make sure you register with the Knife of Dreams website, and follow the directions in the email provided when you sign up.
Returning Players
You know the drill. Your starting point this week is the page you left off at last week. Af
I have copy and pasted by review below. But if you pass this link around, please link to:
Introduction
Well once again, here we are, waiting for the new Robert Jordan book to come out. I think it would be an understatement to say that anticipation amongst fans for Knife of Dreams is really high, and a lot of people are still grumbling after Crossroads of Twilight. Before I get into Knife of Dreams, though, I should remind you that a lot of you didn't agree with my review of Crossroad
