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KNIFE OF DREAMS prologue available now

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
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KNIFE OF DREAMS release date announced

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
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Knife of Dreams Now Available for Pre-Order

Knife of Dreams, book eleven of the Wheel of Time series has finally been added to Amazon's website. As always, Amazon's release date and page count are just their best guess. Tor has yet to release that information.   Amazon has also posted a description, which seems very detailed and specific. We're not sure yet if this is an actual description of the book, or just more guess work on Amazon's part. We're working to get confirmation and we'll update this article once we have more information
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The Wheel of Time: New Spring - Ordering Information

Dabel Brothers Production and Red Eagle Publishing are adapting Robert Jordan's short novel New Spring: The Novel to a series of six comics. The first issue of The Wheel of Time: New Spring will be on sale July 2005. Here is some information on how to order/where to buy them.   On the website for May Previews magazine from Diamond Comic.   You can also order a subscription directly from Red Eagle Publishers.   More info on:   [ Dabel Brothers Production '> [ New Spring comic ]
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Knife of Dreams On Schedule

Robert Jordan emailed us today with the following:     For months, Jordan has been saying that he would like to be finished with the Knife of Dreams manuscript by April, so that he and Tor can spend the summer giving it the full editorial treatment. This has not been done since The Lord of Chaos . Usually, they do a quick and dirty editorial process to get the book in the store for us as quickly as possible. From this, it sounds like he is right where he wants to be and we can expect t
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Charles Keegan Art Guest of Honor

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
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Robert Jordan's Next Series!

For years Robert Jordan has commented on another series of books he's been planning. We finally have something concrete. From the April 2005 issue of Locus magazine we learned the following:     Update Robert Jordan's next fantasy series, entitlted INFINITY OF HEAVEN, will (as of right now) be 6 books long. He will finish THE WHEEL OF TIME before focusing on this new world.   Dragonmount was able to talk to Robert Jordan and get some preliminary info:   DRAGONMOUNT: Is this the
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Knife of Dreams Audio Book

1/31/05: Audio Renaissance plans to release the Knife of Dreams audio book in October 2005. Hardly a surprise, but now it's semi-official. Books in Print lists two ISBNs with that date, 1-59397-765-4 as Knife of Dreams audio cassette priced at $69.95 and 1-59397-766-2 as Knife of Dreams audio cassette priced at $41.95. Our best guess is that the pricier one is actually the CD. As of this morning neither Amazon.com nor Barnes&Noble has them listed yet.   Update 3/31/05: The Knife of Dreams
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Dragon*Con Gets Sweet in 2005

Prolific fantasy artist Darrell K. Sweet will be attending Dragon*Con 2005. Sweet is best known to Wheel of Time fans as the cover artists for that expansive series of novels. Additionally, he has done covers for Piers Anthony, Isaac Asimov, Stephen Donaldson, and Robert Heinlein. He is also noted for his contributions to the Tolkien Calenders, including the entire 1982 edition.   Darrell K. Sweet was born and raised in Highland Park, NJ. A graduate in Art at Syracuse University. He also serv
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Dabel Brothers partners with Red Eagle Entertainment

Dragonmount, along with a few other fans sites, received this press release from Red Eagle Entertainment and the Dabel Brothers, the producers of the NEW SPRING graphic novel:       The most interesting part of this news is this little tidbit right here: "[Red Eagle] holds the worldwide film and television distribution rights to Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World" ... "intends to expand ... with a tightly-linked combination of quality entertainment programming coupled with a wide as
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Knife of Dreams Audio Books

Audio Renaissance plans to release the Knife of Dreams audio book in October 2005. Hardly a surprise, but now it's semi-official. Books in Print lists two ISBNs with that date, 1-59397-765-4 as Knife of Dreams audio cassette priced at $69.95 and 1-59397-766-2 as Knife of Dreams audio cassette priced at $41.95. Our best guess is that the pricier one is actually the CD. As of this morning neither Amazon.com nor Barnes&Noble has them listed yet.   Update 3/31/05: The Knife of Dreams audioboo
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New Spring Hardcover (Update)

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
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New Spring Paperback

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.   More Info: [   [  http://www.locusmag.com]Locus' Magazine Online  ]  
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Robert Jordan News in Orbit E-zine

There are some tidbits on Robert Jordan in Orbit-Ezine # 75. The first is confirmation that Book 12 will conclude the main sequence. "One question we get asked on a weekly basis is 'How long is The Wheel of Time series going to be?' Well, it appears that we might be able to shed some light on that particular issue at last. Latest information from the man himself, Mr Robert Jordan, suggests that book 12 will be the final book of The Wheel of Time." They also state that there is a ne
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Robert Jordan in Istanbul, Turkey

Robert Jordan and his wife (and editor) Harriet are in Istanbul, Turkey for the 22nd Annual TUYAP Book Fair. The event began on October 23 and ends on Octocber 31st.   Afterwards, RJ will be doing some sight-seeing in a few other countries but not doing any public appearances. When he returns, he'll be back to work immediately on Knife of Dreams   More Info On: [  [  ]
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Robert Jordan Halloween pictures

Halloween is approaching, and so I thought it would be appropriate to share with you some pictures that Robert Jordan sent us of his Halloween costume from last year.   He dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow, (the pirate played by Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean. RJ's lovely wife Harriet is in the other pictures shown here.   Take a look at the full pictures by clicking on each of the thumbnails: /Images/RJ_pirate1_sm.gif[/img]     Regarding the holiday last year, RJ s
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Dabel Brothers release more pictures from the NEW SPRING comic book

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.   More info on: [  [ New Spring comic ] [ http://www.dabelbrothers.com]Dabel' Brothers website ]  
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