We are just one week away from the release of THE GATHERING STORM, book 12 of The Wheel of Time series!
Where do I get the book?
Read our previous blog post on where you can get the book.
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How do I get a signed copy?
If you would like to get a signed copy of this book, you have a few choices:
Go to a Book signing event
Order a copy from SignedPage.com
Enter this contest from Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
Order one of the collector's editions. (Available at a later date)
While it might not be THE EYE OF THE WORLD as a digital eBook for the first time. It will be available in many formats, including the Amazon Kindle format. Accompanying this eBook release will be brand new cover art, as seen here (close-up image courtesy of Irene Gallo, the art director at Tor Books. (Click the image to be taken to the Amazon Kindle version of the book. This link helps support Dragonmount)
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It's now midnight in the U.S Eastern Standard timezone, which means that we are officially declaring it GATHERING STORM day! After four years of waiting, the latest Wheel of Time novel is being released. Thank you Brandon, for working so hard on this project. And thank you, of course, to Robert Jordan, for giving us this story. Your legacy lives on strong, friend.
Here's a LIVE FEED, beginning anytime now, from the BYU bookstore midnight release party. (We'll keep this online from 9 PM ES
Well Tor.com's article on the Midnight release. Also, be sure to check back to Dragonmount as the Storm Leaders for that event will be sharing their experiences here.
Meanwhile, bloggers and media outlets everywhere have been releasing their reviews of The Gathering Storm. The response appears to be excellent overall. Here are some of the reviews we've heard about so far (we'll update this list througout the day)
Details Magazine (interview with Brandon Sanderson)
Nethspace's Rev
It's 7:00 PM, EST in the United States. Brandon and Harriet are all set to appear at the local event in Charleston, South Carolina; Robert Jordan's hometown.
Check out this live feed of the event, provided by the Storm Leader team on site. Be on the look-out for: Brandon and Harriet (of course), our very own Jennifer Liang, Melissa Craib (the founder and Amyrlin of Tarvalon.net, Bob Kluttz from Encyclopedia-wot.org, Wilson Grooms, Maria Simons, and Alan Romanczuk.
Here's the live feed
This is the first of Storm Leader reports that we'll be posting throughout the U.S. book tour for THE GATHERING STORM. At each tour location, Dragonmount and Tor Books recruited a select group of volunteer fans to help run the event, hand out promotional materials, and represent us to the fans. In return, they were given the opportunity to meet with Brandon Sanderson and (if present for their event) Robert Jordan's wife Harriet. We will have a full report with photos and possibly video for each
This is the second of our Storm Leader reports that we'll be posting throughout the U.S. book tour for THE GATHERING STORM. At each tour location, Dragonmount and Tor Books recruited a select group of volunteer fans to help run the event, hand out promotional materials, and represent us to the fans. In return, they were given the opportunity to meet with Brandon Sanderson and (if present for their event) Robert Jordan's wife Harriet. We will have a full report with photos and possibly video for
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“The Wheel of time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Aged that gave it birth comes again.â€
Saying he has never read that passage out loud before, Brandon read through a portion of the first chapter. Brandon did do a quick Q&A Section.
Q&A Section
1. What is the setup for the pr
Hi everyone,
We just heard that the Storm Leaders have setup a live feed for the Minneapolis book signing. It's already underway, but if you happen to be online for a few more hours, here you go.
Stream videos at Ustream
Look for the Storm Leader recap sometime in the next few days.
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Greetings from Da Frozen North! The signing in Minneapolis drew an impressive crowd of nearly 200 people, the first of whom, Eric, showed up at about 6:00 am after working a night shift.
Crowd
Eric and Brandon
The event opened with a reading by Brandon from the first chapter of "The Gathering Storm," which was followed by a short Q & A session. In true Wheel of Time tradi
The Storm Leaders from Denver have setup a live feed for the book signing at the Tattered Cover. It's already underway, but if you happen to be online for a few more hours, you can view it as it happens.
Live Videos by Ustream
Look for the Storm Leader recap sometime in the next few days.
Tonight Brandon is signing books at one of his favorite bookseller locations: Sam Weller's in Salt Lake City, Utah. Once again, our Storm Leaders have setup a live feed for the event.
Every once in a while, Brandon will pause his signing to take a question from the internet. If you have a question you want him to answer, the preferred method of submitting it for this event is to use Twitter. Send your questions to Webcam chat at Ustream
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The food was good, but the conversation was better. Some spoilers may or may not have been discussed, as we had decided as a group beforehand that we wanted to talk about TGS at the brunch, as we knew we wouldn’t be able to do that at the signing. As it happened, the majority of us had finished the book by then (courtesy of the snowstorm canceling school and work for three days), or were
The Gathering Storm, the twelfth book in the Wheel of Time series, debuted at the number one spot on the prestigious New York Times bestseller list. This is the fifth WoT novel to hold the spot, and the first time that author Brandon Sanderson has been there. Gathering Storm's appearance on the list ended a six or seven week reign that Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol had been holding onto.
Congratulations to Brandon Sanderson and "Team Jordan" for this outstanding effort and accomplishment. An
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A "birthday present" for Brandon
"Who is your favorite WoT character?"
"I killed Asmodean"
There were also several young kids who asked sincere questions about the Alcatraz books, and Brandon gave hysterical answers. He said he wrote the books wanting to make glasses cool, and breaking things an asset. He also expressed his everlasting hatred of fish sticks, contrasted wit
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Other information that we gleaned from dinner included learning that Aviendha is the favorite out of the three in Rand’s “harem.†Hopefully we’ll get to see more of Pevara being awesome, but that could possibly appear in a novella on Brandon’s web page that will fill in some missing holes. But no promises! And one last interesting fact, in order to get the Illianer and Tar
As The Gathering Storm hit, Tor is releasing the entire Wheel of Time[/i] series in eBook format. Each month, beginning last month (October), they will release the next book in the series. THE EYE OF THE WORLD has already released been released and is .
This month, THE GREAT HUNT will be released. Here is a sneak peak at the cover that will be released with it. The artwork is by Kekai Kotaki.
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This is the twelth of our Storm Leader reports we'll be posting throughout the U.S. book tour for The Gathering Storm, Warbreaker, readandfindout.com. I met Bradley first, of Elizabethtown and Theoryland. Then Mark from Tennessee and Dragonmount. Finally, Ben and Shannan from Cincinnati and
We proceeded as a group (Brian Delambre, Storm Leaders, Brandon and Harriet) up to the bistro attached to the bookstore for our six o’clock dinner. A group photo was taken at the dinner table which I do n
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Fans awaiting Brandon's arrival
He recommended Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and most of the table had read it and agreed. He said that with writers starting out, there are two basic ways they tend to go - one is to keep writing different things like he did. The other is to work on one book, rewriting and improving it for a long time
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Brandon started off by talking about how he got this job, finishing our book. If you’ve been paying attention, you already know the story, but I pulled out some quotes that I thought were entertaining.
* When discussing the book store where he found The Eye of the World. “The new books are right in the front and right there was a copy of a “VERY BIG BOOK.†I like very good books.â€
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The first humorous moment of the evening came when we had to call our fellow Storm Leader and Tor.com contributor, Leigh, who was conspicuously absent from the event up till that point. Brandon caught on and proceeded to make light of her unexpected absence by Twittering about it from his blackberry! Suffice it to say a slightly winded Leigh arrived shortly after.
After things wound down a b
