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Status report on the Dabel Brothers and the WoT comics

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 There are two more as-of-yet unpublished issues which will complete New Spring.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
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eBook cover art for THE SHADOW RISING

Tor Books has released the cover art for the upcoming ebook release of THE SHADOW RISING, the fourth 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 ar
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4th Age Podcast

The 4th Age Podcast – Episode 64 - Knife of Dreams Recap Part 7 - Ch. 12-17

Chapters 12-17 of Knife of Dreams are the topic of discussion.   As always, during our discussions we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from the prequel New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven’t finished your first read-through, you may want to come back to these podcasts when you have, as THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.   The team once again sends thanks to editor Spencer for a job well done.
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4th Age Podcast

The 4th Age Podcast – Episode 63 - Knife of Dreams Recap Part 6 - Ch. 10-11

Chapters 10-11 of Knife of Dreams are the topic of discussion. These are more in a series of chapters devoted primarily to Mat. As always, during our discussions we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from the prequel New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven’t finished your first read-through, you may want to come back to these podcasts when you have, as THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. The team once again sends thanks to editor Spencer for a job well done. My apologies for b
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eBook cover art for THE DRAGON REBORN

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
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Storm Leader report: New York City

This is the seventeenth of our Storm Leader reports we'll be posting throughout the U.S. book tour for The first humorous moment of the evening came when we had to call our fellow Storm Leader and Tor.com contributor, Leigh, who was conspicuously absent from the event up till that point. Brandon caught on and proceeded to make light of her unexpected absence by Twittering about it from his blackberry! Suffice it to say a slightly winded Leigh arrived shortly after. After things wound down a b
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Storm Leader Teaser: Half Moon Bay

This isn't exactly one of our Storm Leader reports that we've been posting throughout the U.S. book tour for Sometimes, things got out of hand.[/b] We will have a full report with photos and possibly video for Brandon and Jason's epic Magic battle later on. An explanation of what is going on can be found here, here and here. Prior Storm Leader reports .   News Flash: Apparently feeling a need to bring some excitement to our otherwise placid pre-signing dinner in Half Moon Bay last night, Jason
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Bonus Storm Leader Report: Microsoft

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
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Storm Leader Report: San Diego

This is the sixteenth of our Storm Leader reports we'll be posting throughout the U.S. book tour for [/url]   Brandon began by telling the story of how he ended up being chosen to write the ending of The Wheel of Time. He started back in 1990, when he was 15 years old and saw a paperback of The Eye of the World on the shelf. Thinking that it was huge and had a “good page to dollar ratio†he returned to the bookstore a few days later to purchase Book One of The Wheel of Time. It was becau
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Storm Leader Report: Dallas, TX

This is the fifteenth of our Storm Leader reports we'll be posting throughout the U.S. book tour for   This was the first Wheel of Time book signing ever to occur in Texas, and the fans were certainly excited! People began arriving before 10 AM to secure their places in line. Storm Leader Claire brought a Wheel of Time trivia quiz, crossword, and word search to keep folks entertained until the signing, scheduled for 2:00. During the next few hours, over 200 fans had their books signed. In
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Live stream for the Arizona book signing

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
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Storm Leader Report: Norcross, GA

This is the fourteenth of our Storm Leader reports we'll be posting throughout the U.S. book tour for   Brandon started off by talking about how he got this job, finishing our book. If you’ve been paying attention, you already know the story, but I pulled out some quotes that I thought were entertaining. * When discussing the book store where he found The Eye of the World. “The new books are right in the front and right there was a copy of a “VERY BIG BOOK.†I like very good books.â€
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Storm Leader Report: Dayton, OH

This is the thirteenth (posted on Friday the Thirteenth!) the of our Storm Leader reports we'll be posting throughout the U.S. book tour for [/url] Fans awaiting Brandon's arrival   He recommended Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and most of the table had read it and agreed.  He said that with writers starting out, there are two basic ways they tend to go - one is to keep writing different things like he did.  The other is to work on one book, rewriting and improving it for a long time
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Storm Leader Report: Lexington, KY

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
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eBook cover for THE GREAT HUNT is released

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. [caption id=attachment_1005" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="The Great Hunt by Robert Jo
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Storm Leader Report: Boston

This is the eighth of our Storm Leader reports we'll be posting throughout the U.S. book tour for [/caption]     Other information that we gleaned from dinner included learning that Aviendha is the favorite out of the three in Rand’s “harem.†Hopefully we’ll get to see more of Pevara being awesome, but that could possibly appear in a novella on Brandon’s web page that will fill in some missing holes. But no promises! And one last interesting fact, in order to get the Illianer and Tar
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4th Age Podcast

The 4th Age Podcast – Episode 62 - The Gathering Storm - First Impressions

Virginia welcomes to this episode two of Dragonmount.com's preeminent citizens - owner and founder Jason Denzel, and Jennifer Liang, the driving force behind JordanCon and DragonCon. Our regular team of podcasters is still reading through The Gathering Storm and will be back on the air with their thoughts shortly. Recorded on October 29th, the Thursday after the release of TGS, we offer you our first impressions of the long-awaited 12th book in the main WoT series!   This episode is pretty muc
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Storm Leader Report: Washington D.C.

This is the seventh of our Storm Leader reports we'll be posting throughout the U.S. book tour for A "birthday present" for Brandon   "Who is your favorite WoT character?"     "I killed Asmodean"   There were also several young kids who asked sincere questions about the Alcatraz books, and Brandon gave hysterical answers. He said he wrote the books wanting to make glasses cool, and breaking things an asset. He also expressed his everlasting hatred of fish sticks, contrasted wit
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The Gathering Storm is #1 on the New York Times

The Gathering Storm, the twelfth book in the Wheel of Time series, debuted at the number one spot on the prestigious New York Times bestseller list. This is the fifth WoT novel to hold the spot, and the first time that author Brandon Sanderson has been there. Gathering Storm's appearance on the list ended a six or seven week reign that Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol had been holding onto.   Congratulations to Brandon Sanderson and "Team Jordan" for this outstanding effort and accomplishment. An
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Storm Leader report: Denver

This is the sixth of our Storm Leader reports we'll be posting throughout the U.S. book tour for [/url]   The food was good, but the conversation was better. Some spoilers may or may not have been discussed, as we had decided as a group beforehand that we wanted to talk about TGS at the brunch, as we knew we wouldn’t be able to do that at the signing. As it happened, the majority of us had finished the book by then (courtesy of the snowstorm canceling school and work for three days), or were
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