Today is Robert Jordan's brithday! Happy Birthday to the Creator of this world we all know and love.
Here's to many more celebrations of life and good health!
Happy Birthday, RJ!
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
Today is Brandon Sanderson's birthday. He's 33, today. (Such a young guy!) What a year he has had! Be sure to drop by his website and wish him a Happy Birthday.
Or..um.. rather, a "Happy Koloss Head Munching Day", as he likes to refer to it.
After many months of working with many people we are proud to present Robert Jordan with this collection of Get Well Wishes.
Get Well Robert Jordan
I would like to appologize for the timing of this project, we had some very unexpected delays but I hope that the collection was worth the wait.
A personal thanks to the designers and contributers to this project. It's been a pleasure working with you and I hope we can do so again.
Mr. Jordan, we the community of Dragonmount wish
I am going to be attempting to put together an online "Get Well" Talent display for all members of Dragonmount. Anyone is welcome to participate, talented in your opinion or not, it's the thought that counts.
The idea is to create a webpage (several to be exact) that is dedicated to telling and showing RJ how much his world means to us and that we wish him well in his treatment and recovery periods.
If you write poetry feel free to submit something.
If you make graphics feel free to
The Game of Stones website has finally, after 2 years of development and testing, launched its official 1.0 gaming environment. Check out their website and take part in playing this free browser-based Wheel of Time MMORPG.
While you're there, check out one of the Dragonmount "clans". If you can't find one, then start one and let everyone know about it by replying to this news article.
Enjoy
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First off, why are you reading this when you could be reading your new copy of ToM?
Second, thanks for reading this!
Third, this post will be updated on occasion as more TGs send me their reports. For now, you get to read my report (jemron) of the Event! Be warned: IT IS LONG! Like Loial, I don’t know the meaning of the word “brief.”
Fourth, I’m still a bit bleary-eyed from the release party, and it was a day and a half ago. Some of the details are crisp in my mind, and some are
A few months back I made some changes in an attempt to eliminate spammers and for a while it seemed to work.
They're now back with a vengeance.
For this reason, we've enacted a new technical policy. Posting links on the forum has been disabled for anyone with less than 15 posts. This is something that should happen automatically and won't require any changes on behalf of the users. Once you've posted 15 times or more, you will gain the ability to post links.
Like all technical change
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
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
The Dabel Brothers have posted a link to view a Flash trailer for their upcoming NEW SPRING graphic novel. Head over to their website and click the link to launch the window.
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All week we have been reporting tweeting that there would be a total of SIX major announcements related to The Wheel of Time this week.
The first of these news items was the article we posted about Brandon and Harriet's U.S. book tour. Be sure to check that out if you would like to come meet them in person.
Now here are the remaining FIVE announcements as announced at DragonCon this evening. We will post more details about each over the next few days and/or weeks.
CHAPTER ONE
Every now and then some non-Wheel of Time news comes along that we feel is worthy of sharing with everyone. In this case, Tor Books has released the first-ever sneak peek at THE WAY OF KINGS, the first novel in Brandon Sanderson's ambitious and powerful STORMLIGHT ARCHIVES series. This is the first of ten projected novels.
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If you've been following [url=http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog">Brandon's blog or
Here is a world with historical depths to rival Tolkien, a deep an
Robert Jordan sent a copy of his tour schedule directly to a few fan websites. All of these dates are confirmed. The only one up in the air is the signing in Anchorage, Alaska. That will happen next June (yes, June 2006) during the fishing season. Hey, it's RJ. What do you expect?
Click below for the tour schedule
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[ Robert Jordan 2005 Tour Schedule ]
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 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
Okay, I've been playing with this for a little while, testing and retesting.
I've brought the FAQ down for the next 20 minutes or so. When it comes back up, it will actually work!
All of the content of the FAQ will still be there when it returns, but some stuff, such as page views, may be gone.
Updates when it returns.
[update: The FAQ is back up, and should now be working. Thanks for your patience.]
Very often we receive news that somebody is interested in creating a fan-based Wheel of Time game. One group is getting organized about it and has some documentation and forums set up. They are actively seeking developers and artists. If you're interested in learning more, follow the link below.
Note: this game is not yet created, and won't be for a while. There isn't anything to see yet. But the more programmers, modelers, artists, testers, and fans who voice their support at the link
The Dabel Brothers have released two teaser preview images for their upcoming EYE OF THE WORLD comic book. One image shows Lews Therin Telamon surrounded by the Forsaken as they appeared in the Age of Legends. The second image shows Rand surrounded by the same Forsaken as they appear in the modern ("Third") Age.
Click each image to see it in full size.
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The artwork was done by Mik
Dabel Brothers Publishing has given us an exclusive first look at some of the upcoming Eye of the World graphic novel covers.
These images were created by fan-favorite artists Seamas Gallagher and Jeremy Salbia.
The first few Eye of the World issues are available to purchase from our online store. We will be adding more issues for order as they becomes available.
Click on each image to see a larger version.
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"A storm is coming."
We're less than a month away from the world-wide release of THE GATHERING STORM. Here's a summary of (we think) everything you need to know to get ready for it.
The Basics
First and foremost, THE GATHERING STORM ("TGS") will be released on Tuesday, October 27th. Please note that this is one week earlier than the original announced release date. You can pre-order it from Amazon.com and support Dragonmount.
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Our main info page for the Gathering Storm is
Encyclopaedia WoT, the preeminent reference site for the Wheel of Timeâ„¢, is now updated for Knife of Dreams.
UPDATE: The Characters and Geography sections are now complete.
Stop by for a visit! And please let us know if you find anything amiss. There's no way we can get everything right the first time. The more correcting and tuning we do, the better the site will be for everyone!
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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
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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Tor Books has released the cover art for the upcoming ebook release of Winter's Heart, the ninth 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 te
