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Live from JordanCon!

Hi there! Padra from JordanCon here! Hacking Jason's account....   So what are WoT fans to do when they’re missing out on the greatest Wheel of Time event of the year? Other than cry a bit pitifully, they can watch streaming video, follow along on Twitter, and catch up with blog posts and photos. So if you’re not able to attend JordanCon this weekend, we feel for you, we really do -- and that’s why we’re going to make it a bit easier for you by providing you with everything you need to
Guest Jason
WoT News Archive

Thinking About JordanCon?

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
Guest Kathana
4th Age Podcast

The 4th Age Podcast – Episode 67 - Kramer/Reading interview

Jason Denzel, founder and owner of dragonmount.com and Bob Klutz of encyclopaedia-wot.org interview Kate Reading and Michael Kramer, the talented voices behind all of the Wheel of Time audiobooks to date. What they have to say is fascinating.   To quote Robert Jordan from AudiofileMagazine.com: "The spoken word is the basis for all storytelling," he told us from his 1797 home in the historic district of Charleston, South Carolina. "My father and my uncles were storytellers. When we went fishin
Guest Virginia
WoT News Archive

Rand wins the suvudu cage match!

It was an intense battle up until the final seconds. Over 30,000 votes were cast by fans, but in the end, Rand al'Thor defeated Jaime Lannister and won the suvudu cage match... by less than 200 votes.   At one point on Sunday, just hours before the contest ended and fueled by a narrative write-up from George R.R. Martin on his blog, Jaime took a small lead (by about 40 votes). But a last minute rally of fans from the various Facebook and Twitter communities, was enough to push Rand forward one
Guest Jason
WoT News Archive

eBook cover art for A Crown of Swords

Tor Books has released the cover art for the upcoming ebook release of A Crown of Swords, the seventh 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 a
Guest Jason
WoT News Archive

Rand is in the FINALS of the suvudu Cage Match

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. [url="http://www.dragonmo
Guest Jason
WoT News Archive

Wheel of Time Reality Series Announced!

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
Guest Kathana
4th Age Podcast

The 4th Age Podcast – Episode 66 - 4th Anniversary Show!

The 4th Age celebrates it's Fourth Anniversary! Andrew G, Spencer and Virginia and all of here at Dragonmount would like to thank everyone for listening and participating in the fun and our love for Robert's Jordan's Wheel of Time world.   A side note : Call for EDITORS! We need help! Anyone with basic audio editing skills who wants to spend long hours in headphones in front of a computer, for absolutely no money (but our undying gratitude as well as that f our many listeners), please email us
Guest Virginia
WoT News Archive

JordanCon 2010 Schedule and More!

The second annual JordanCon convention, for fans of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series will occur next month, April 23-25, in Atlanta, GA. The organizers have released a schedule of events, along with some program highlights.   Age of Legends, LLC is pleased to announce the schedule for this year's JordanCon, the world's only Wheel of Time focused convention is now online. JordanCon will take place April 23-25 in Atlanta, GA.   Guests this year include Guest of Honor Brandon Sanderson
Guest Kathana
WoT News Archive

Interview with Maria Simons

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
Guest Kathana
WoT News Archive

March Madness

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
Guest Jason
WoT News Archive

JordanCon Registration Closing Soon

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
Guest Kathana
WoT News Archive

eBook cover art for LORD OF CHAOS

Tor Books has released the cover art for the upcoming ebook release of LORD OF CHAOS, the sixth 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 tea
Guest Jason
WoT News Archive

DM launches new beta community site

Dragonmount is excited to announce the opening of its new beta-version community site.   http://community.dragonmount.com is an experiment in mixing a light-weight forum with elements of live chat and social networking. You can use your existing Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, or Yahoo ID's (not to mention your DMail account!) to login.   This is a live beta, meaning we'll be working on things as we go. There's a place for you to leave feedback, and we'd love to hear from you.   Hope to see
Guest Jason
4th Age Podcast

The 4th Age Podcast – Episode 65 - The Lost Episode

From the depths of a newly uncovered stasis box we came across this "lost" episode, which we affectionately refer to as "The Ta'veren Date Rape Episode". A bit racier than our usual, definitely PG-13, but not nearly as shocking as it sounds! No ta'veren were harmed in the making of this episode, nor were any of their dates, real or imaginary. Unless you quail at the mention of pillow friends, you'll be okay....and hopefully, gentle readers, you won't think it deserved to stay lost! Some have cal
Guest Virginia
WoT News Archive

Red Eagle Games partners with Obsidian

Red Eagle Games, the company that currently holds the video game and movie rights to the Wheel of Time, announced this evening that they have entered into a partnership with Obsidian Entertainment with the intent of producing high-end electronic role-paying games.   Here's the full press release: RED EAGLE GAMES SELECTS OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT AS GAME DEVELOPMENT PARTNER   Noted RPG Developer to Assist Red Eagle Games in Building Video Games Based on Robert Jordan’s Fantasy Series “Th
Guest Jason
WoT News Archive

Call for web designers

Although this isn't directly related to The Wheel of Time, I wanted this call to go out as many people as possible to take advantage of the wide diversity of fan skill sets out there.   About Dragonmount.com is currently in the early stages of a major site overhaul. For nearly 12 years we have existed by using our own homebrewed HTML and design. While the site has never been unpleasant to visit (I hope!), it could use the touch of a professional designer with experience in crafting dynamic w
Guest Jason
WoT News Archive

eBook cover art for THE FIRES OF HEAVEN

Tor Books has released the cover art for the upcoming ebook release of THE FIRES OF HEAVEN, the fifth 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 a
Guest Jason
WoT News Archive

Video interview with Brandon Sanderson

A beautiful new video interview has been posted online by Mythmaker Films, a production company based in southern California.   You can view it below, or click over to this link to see it in full High Definition.   This video was created while Brandon was on tour for The Gathering Storm. One of the Storm Leader for the Los Angeles book signing event, Tess Ortbals, works with Mythmakers and took the time to gather her troops to make this awesome video. Thanks, guys!    
Guest Jason
WoT News Archive

Amazon delists all Wheel of Time books...sorta

In a strategic business move that has the whole publishing industry (not to mention the blogosphere and Twitter) on fire, Amazon.com intentionally de-listed all print and electronic books published by Macmillan, one of the country's six largest book publishers. Tor Books, who publishes The Wheel of Time in the United States, is an imprint of Macmillan, which means that all of their books (including WoT) were taken offline.   The reason for the delisting is due to an on-going feud between Amaz
Guest Jason
WoT News Archive

JordanCon Progress Report Now Online

JordanCon is the only fan run run Wheel of Time convention in the world. 2009 marked the very first one, with appearances by Brandon Sanderson, Harriet McDougal, Wilson Grooms, Tom Doherty and the rest of Team Jordan. Over 250 people attended, and more than $3,000 was raised on behalf of the Mayo Clinic. Programing included here.   We have recently passed our 100-day mark until JordanCon II: “The SeanCon Invasion.†As the staff finalizes the details, we’ve prepared a progress report
Guest Kathana
Robert Jordan's Blog

Greg is back. Also... JordanCon

All,   Many of you became very familiar with an almost-member of our family, The Armorer, USMC Colonel Greg Kitchens. Though a reserve officer, Greg felt the calling to return to active service and did that in 2008. He was subsequently deployed in support of our missions in the Middle East. I asked specifics and he gave me the old "I can tell you but..." line. When a Marine weapons instructor says that, you stop asking. I thought you all (yes I am from Charleston and I didn't say y'all),
Guest Wilson