Last August, Variety reported that Universal Pictures and Red Eagle Entertainment had acquired the rights to THE EYE OF THE WORLD and intended to adapt it into a major motion picture. At the time, there was been a pretty intense fan reaction to this news: both excited and hesitant. In order to find out what was really going on, and in order to a clear idea of where things were going, we sat down with Rick Selvage from Red Eagle and asked him some questions that were on everyone's mind.
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The Dabel Brothers, aka DB Pro, have released several new pictures from the New Spring comic book. Before today, most these pictures were only available as sneak peeks at conventions and within their development teams.
The first comic book is set to be released in January, 2005.
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The December 2004 issue of Locus Magazine lists forthcoming books through September 2005. The Tor mass market paperback of New Spring: The Novel is listed for June 2005. The Orbit edition went on sale December 2 and is readily available. Tor typically releases Jordan mass market paperbacks a couple of months before the next hardback, so this continues to bode well for a Fall 2005 appearance for Knife of Dreams.
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Tor Books, the US publisher for Robert Jordan's novels, has announced that KNIFE OF DREAMS will be released on October 11, 2005.
Technically that date is subject to change, but it's pretty likely that October 11th is the date we'll all be reading the next WoT novel.
Tor has plans to send Robert Jordan on a national US tour, starting on that day. The list of cities and stores he's visiting has not been announced. When Tor releases them, we'll publish them here.
As of this news art
Forbes.com has published an article on their website which profiles Robert Jordan, his illness, and the outstanding support that his fans have shown. Several WoT fan sites are mentioned, including Dragonmount.
The article is filled with some great insight, and includes a discussion of the fate of the final Wheel of Time novel, A Memory of Light.
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Personal thoughts:
This article is the first time that Robert Jordan has publicly said that he's open to the possibility of having someb
Not really sure how this slipped past us, but Hunter Wentworth has been diligently raising for his Robert Jordan documentary. With only three days left on his deadline, he's within several hundred dollars of his goal. Let's see if we can get him over the top.
Robert Jordan Documentary on Fundable.com
Brandon Sanderson is featured in a new 20-minute video interview from this past weekend's Bookexpo America convention.
View it here. Thanks to Jay for sending this along.
With less than two weeks to go before The Gathering Storm arrives (on Oct 27th), we'd like to point out a couple of different ways that you could acquire the book.
If you will be attending one of the book signing events...
Please consider buying the book from the bookstore where the event is taking place. Even if the event is later in the tour and you want to get the book beforehand, go ahead and make the purchase whenever you like and keep your receipt. Several stores are using those rece
Charles Keegan, the award winning artist of the Young Adult editions of the Wheel of Time novels has been selected as this year's Art Guest of Honor for Trinoc*coN. Charles has won the Best In Show Award from the World Fantasy Convention, held in 2000 and the Judges Choice Award for the 1998 WorldCon. He also been nominated for the Chelsey Award.
Trinoc*coN is an annual speculative fiction conference held in Durham, North Carolina. They support the exploration of the science fields, their
Brandon Sanderson will be doing a book signing in Phoenix, Arizona this evening (November 16th). Here is the live video stream for the event, provided by the local Storm Leaders. If you're around, come by and watch, and chat with fellow Wheel of Time fans. Brandon has also taken questions submitted online at previous events like this. Join the live chat to see if he'll do it this time as well.
Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV
Bowker's Books in Print now lists a Tor trade paperback edition of New Spring: The Novel due out in January 2005. ISBN: 0-7653-1467-3. List price $9.95. However, no other databases including Amazon and Barnes&Noble list this new edition so we're not sure if it's for real or not. We'll keep you posted as we learn more.
Update: Michael has it right. The book itself is exactly the same and the dustjacket is the same except for the addition of judiciously placed stickers. If you were waitin
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
News from . Winter's Heart is available in unabridged format from audible.com, however A Crown of Swords and The Path of Daggers are only available in abridged format read by Mark Rolston.
The orginal unabridged versions of A Crown of Swords and The Path of Daggers published by Books on Tape occasionally show up on the secondary market but they are uncommon and expensive. We'll update you whenever we learn more!
Update: Thanks for catching that, Tom! The abridged versions of A Crown of
For those of you who missed it, the first annual JordanCon convention kicked off last weekend to a huge success. Be sure to check out our coverage of the event, which will likely contain a YouTube video or two in the very near future.
Attending the convention were Harriet, Brandon Sanderson, Tom Doherty (the president of Tor Books), and various other people involved closely with the MEMORY OF LIGHT project. A lot of information was shared with people attending the convention, and we'd like
We've gotten some information from Red Eagle, the company behind the New Spring comics. and Alias about their partnership to produce new Graphic novel and comic content, including some new stuff based off the the Wheel of Time.
Red Eagle Entertainment, LLC and Alias Enterprises, LLC announced today that they have entered into a far-reaching business relationship to develop, produce and publish new comic books and graphic novels for global markets based on Red Eagle-managed properties
Brandon Sanderson will be going on book tour in October and November to promote his upcoming new novel, The Hero of Ages (Book 3 in the Mistborn trilogy).
You can read the full details of his appearance locations on his website. Here's the current summary. Please check the actual link though in case there are updates or changes.
UTAH LEG
Brigham Young University Bookstore
Tuesday, October 14th 5:30PM
Provo, UT
NOTE: This is the release Party! All books here will be numbered edi
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
We're pleased to bring you an unexpected BONUS Storm Leader report from Seattle, Washington, the home of computer giant Microsoft. Brian T. Hill, a Microsoft employee and big fan of Brandon's, was kind enough to send us this report only hours after the event. Thanks, Brian! Consider yourself an honorary Storm Leader. We'll get you and your son a t-shirt.
Report by Brian T. Hill
I’m not really a Storm Leader, but I kind of played the part today. Sanderson said I should go ahead and
Dabel Brothers Productions, the company who produced the NEW SPRING comic, are now offering limited edition WHEEL OF TIME prints featuring scenes from the series.
Their first print shows the scene from THE FIRES OF HEAVEN where Mat fights Couladin.
The price is $150 US. Framing options are available. This item is the first in a series. More prints with different artwork will be made available in the near future.
Here is the full press release:
A lot of fans have been wondering about this, so we thought we'd let you all know that the Dabel brothers have announced that the first of the final three issues of NEW SPRING have begun shipping. Here's a portion of the email that went out to subscribers:
In addition to these final issues of NEW SPRING, the Dabel Brothers have begun production of an adaptation of THE EYE OF THE WORLD. Issue #0 ("Dragonmount") is now available. You can order it from our online store.
Issue #1 should b
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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Audio Renaissance, the publisher of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time audiobooks, is planning to release the unabridged version of A CROWN OF SWORDS at the end of this month.
This is welcome news to many fans because for quite a while there has not been a way to get a copy of the unabridged version of this audiobook. This new version is read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading, who have read the rest of the series unabridged. Michael and Kate are the husband-and-wife actors who were personally ap
The Citadel, the military university that Robert Jordan attened, will be honoring him on April 8th with a permanent display in their library. The event is open to friends, family, and local fans. Here are some details:
You are invited to a special event at The Citadel honoring Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigney, Jr., Citadel class of 1974, Honorary Doctor of Literature 1999). The dedication of a permanent exhibition of photographs, artifacts, and mementos of his life and career will take p
Brandon Sanderson's The Hero of Ages novel debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at number 21! This is his first time making the list.
Congratulations, Brandon!
(Now are you ready to go #1 when A MEMORY OF LIGHT comes out???)
