Every year in the United States there's a popular tournament in which the best college basketball teams compete for the National Championship. The tournament has become known as "March Madness".
Well, even though the Wheel of Time is not basketball (although Rand and his tall Aiel buddies would make one incredible team!) , there are several tournaments going on right now which feature The Wheel of Time.
Suvudu's Cage Match: This tournament features characters from various fantasy
Maria Simons, one of the two continuity editors and long time assistant to Robert Jordan was kind enough to sit down for an interview with one of our forum moderators earlier this week. In addition to being an incredible resource on Wheel of Time setting and character information, she also has a unique insight into working with Robert Jordan, and now Harriet McDougal and Brandon Sanderson. She will also be appearing on several panels at the upcoming JordanCon, which takes place in Atlanta, GA
I, once again, am going to attempt to address the rising amount of spam on the DM forums.
Tonight I will be locking the forums to prevent changes while I am working. The process is going to be fairly involved, and will require about an hour to complete. When the forums come back online, there will be a few small things that people will see different, but there will be a whole slew of tool that the Administrators will have to deal with spam. Some of the "behind the scenes" changes will also m
Knife of Dreams comes in at #7 on Amazon.com's Best of 2005 Editors' Top 10 Picks for Fantasy and Science Fiction. It's great to see Robert Jordan get broad recognition outside his fan base!
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Tor Books has posted the schedule for Robert Jordan's book signing tour following the release of Knife of Dreams. It runs from October 11 through November 5.
Dragonmount will, of course, be bringing you as many reports as possible of all of these events. If you plan on attending any of these book signings, please
In regards to the cities and how they are chosen: Robert Jordan does not pick where he goes. Tor Books decides on locations that he goes on tour. If your city is not
Tor Books has published the paperback copy of NEW SPRING: The Novel. At the end of the book is an excerpt from KNIFE OF DREAMS, the upcoming 11th novel in the series.
The prologue chapter is entitled "Embers Falling on Dry Grass".
Tony reports that the excerpt has some exciting materials in it:
Dragonmount has confirmed that this report is indeed true. The excerpt is 16 pages long, and yes, some shocking things do happen. If this is an indication of the rest of the book, th
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
Our first signing report from Robert Jordan's Knife of Dreams Tour. David Funke reports from the Barnes&Noble in Manhattan.
We also received this report from Byryn:
More reports to come! Please send them into
The Game of Stones is a self titled "MMORPG" (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) created by fans of the Wheel of Time. The game is free to play. You register your character and have the opportunity to accumulate weapons, powers, and gold.
Game of Stone is in a beta phase. Lots of new features will be added later. To create a character, go to the website and click on the main logo image.
The game is unaffiliated with Dragonmount, but if you look around, you'll probably
Red Eagle has announced the launch of Red Eagle Games, a video game studio intending to produce several Wheel of Time based games. Here's the press release we received:
New Publisher Red Eagle Games Announces
Plans for Wheel of Time Games
Complete Console Line-Up and MMORPG
Based on Robert Jordan’s Fantasy Series in the Works
Los Angeles, Calif.—Nov. 12, 2008— Red Eagle Games is bursting on to the digital-entertainment scene, launching its new Los Angeles based videogame pub
Article revised since original posting.
For the last several years, Dabel Brothers Publishing has been the company behind the creation of various Wheel of Time comic books. They have produced six issues which collectively tell the story of New Spring. There are two more as-of-yet unpublished issues which will complete New Spring. In addition, they have released two issues for The Eye of the World.
Over the course of these past years, there have been production halts, artist changes, and
Tor Books has released the cover art for the upcoming ebook release of THE DRAGON REBORN, the third book in the Wheel of Time series. Each month, beginning this past October, Tor will release the next book in the series in a variety of electronic formats. See below for a full list of links to the released books, as well as a schedule of the upcoming releases.
With each eBook, Tor is including brand new artwork for the "cover". A different artist has been selected for each one, giving the art
The organizers of JordanCon, the annual Wheel of Time fan convention, released this today.
Pre-registration for JordanCon, the annual convention for fans of the late Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time closes April 3. Guests this year include Guest of Honor Brandon Sanderson, co-author of The Gathering Storm, the most recent Wheel of Time novel; David Wong, author of John Dies at the End and editor of Cracked.com; and Jana G. Oliver, author of the award winning T
Tor/ Forge Books and www.DRAGONMOUNT.com have come together to host an exclusive new event that will be run by Dragonmount. This event will be a reality show much like the extremely successful Survivor television show, and even has a Grand Prize of $50 000.00!
The show will run for a 40 day period, starting July 1st until August 9th. It will be run entirely online, and you will be required to have a webcam and a microphone for the show. We will be dividing the contestants up into two teams a
Mike Mackert, the founder of the massive WHEEL OF TIME fan site His announcement included his reasoning for the shut-down, which is largely personal in nature.
wotmania has been online for over a decade, almost exactly as long as Dragonmount. Below, is an open letter to Mike:
AN OPEN LETTER TO MIKE MACKERT:
Dear Mike,
I was worried right from the beginning. While we talk often enough via email and instant messenger, its only on rare occasions that we actually talk by phone;
Tarmon Gai'don may have arrived early. As we Jaime Lannister[/b] from A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Now, from a narrative stand-point, we all know there's no possible way Rand would lose such a match. It's laughable. But this contest is determined strictly by popular vote. So...
GO VOTE NOW.
It's free to do so.
No registration required.
Tell your friends. Let's send a message to the world of genre fiction that Rand al'Thor is our champion.
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Brandon Sanderson, the author chosen to complete the final novel in The Wheel of Time series, is currently re-reading the entire series before embarking on his journey into A MEMORY OF LIGHT. As he writes, he's sharing some of his thoughts and observations with fans via his blog. We'll post these excerpts as he writes them.
Be sure to read his introduction first.
These are some MORE of his throughts on THE DRAGON REBORN
I've mentioned that it's sometimes hard for me to remember
Simon&Schuster Online will release the Knife of Dreams prologue entitled "Embers Falling on Dry Grass" as an eBook on July 22.
The eBook list price is $3.50. The supported formats will be Adobe Reader, Microsoft Readers, eReader (Palm), and MobiPocket. The eBook prologue will also contain bonus material not found anywhere else. The Simon&Schuster Online website has links for pre-ordering through various online eBook retailers but they are not active yet.
Here is the pertinent i
MIKE S. MILLER, ROBERT JORDAN LAUNCH NEW LITHO LINE
Press Release
World renowned fantasy author and popular fantasy/comic book artist make beautiful images together!
Robert Jordan, #1 New York Times best selling author, and one of the most widely regarded fantasy writers of all time strikes a deal with comic book and fantasy artist Mike S. Miller to produce a line of lithographs based off of his best-selling beloved fantasy series, The Wheel of Timeâ„¢.
"I am very much looking fo
In order to provide visitors an up to date and easier-to-use online store, we have updated our bookstore on Dragonmount. This change will happen in multiple phases. The first part is already done: you can now visit our Online Store and easily browse any WoT product available on Amazon.com, as well as some other things you might enjoy.
The next phase after this will be updating our store with a fresh line of t-shirts, hats, mugs, etc.
The final phase is.. well... you'll find out. :)
The second annual JordanCon is this weekend! You can watch me freak out in real time on the @Dragonmount Twitter feed!
Here's more information from the lovely Padra, JordanCon's publicist:
Have you ever wondered exactly how Thom Merrilin performed all those juggling tricks? Or speculated on what a sword fight between blademasters would have looked like? Have you spent a lot of time contemplating the tiganza (admit it, you have)? Or maybe you’ve just been dying for the inside scoop
It was six years ago today that Dragonmount.com opened up to the public. Although it wasn't exactly pretty back then, the website grew very quickly. We've made it this far, and have done pretty well for the most part. Recently we were described as "the site that launched a thousand ships."
One of our birthday traditions is to open up the DM Birthday board, where you can go share your memories of DM. Even if you're new to the site, swing by and tell us how you're experience has been. In ad
Robert Jordan, the New York Times #1 best-selling author of "The Wheel of Time", passed away on Sunday September 16th at 2:45 PM EST.
His passing was announced by his cousin Wilson on his official blog, hosted here on Dragonmount.
Click here to read the original notice of his passing.
Robert Jordan's wife Harriet has written a letter to all of his fans. You may read it here and reply to her using the comments section.
Funeral services for Robert Jordan were held on Wednesday,
