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Dragonmount Celebrates 7th Anniversary Online

Seven years ago today Dragonmount.com open its doors to the public. At the time we were a small site, with small ambitions. We just wanted to give people a fun place to talk about their favorite books online. Then we started growing. And growing. And growing. Now with thousands of registered members, dozens of message boards, ten Organizations, two role playing games, a comprehensive, growing fan art gallery, chapter summaries, games and more, we are still growing and still just trying to have
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Robert Jordan's blog now online

Although he denies it, Robert Jordan loves lurking on all the various message boards and websites dedicated to his series. So, in order to get him to talk back with us a bit more, we've setup a blog for him to post his thoughts and commentary to.   Although it probably won't be very often, be sure to bookmark this address or subscribe to the RSS feed so that you can be notified when RJ posts.   Also, if you run a website and want to include this content, feel free to use the RSS feed to d
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Knife of Dreams Charity Auction

Update: There apparently was a snafu of some sort on the early release. The auction and the bookstore website now say the auction will be cancelled and a new one started with delivery on October 11.   The Other Change of Hobbit, a Berkeley, CA bookstore, is auctioning a signed copy of Knife of Dreams on [ The Other Change of Hobbit website ] [ Knife of Dreams info page ] [ http://www.knifeofdreams.com/]Official' Knife of Dreams website ]
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Publisher's Weekly gives KoD a starred review

Publisher's Weekly magazine released their "starred" review of Knife of Dreams. Here it is:     In addition to our review, various other websites and fans have begun posting their reviews of book 11. With under a month to go before the book is published, expect to see more reviews on a weekly basis.   Pre-Order Knife of Dreams (and support this website!) [   More info: [ Our Knife of Dreams review ] [ ]
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Final Dragon*Con Report

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
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Robert Jordan Signing Report

Here is a report on the book signing last night at Chapter 11 Books in Atlanta courtesy of Jennifer Liang, one of the DM Admins and the lady in charge of the Knife of Dreams and The Eye of the World, and 2,000 Knife of Dreams bookmarks. We still had quite a few left after the convention and we don't want to store that many, so everyone who attended the signing got to take some of those with them.   The bookstore policy was that Jordan would sign only two books and they had to be purchased fro
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Robert Jordan's Dragon*Con 2005 Schedule

Robert Jordan will be a Guest at Dragon*Con, September 2-5, 2005 in Atlanta. The folks at Age of Legends have put together a full and exciting program so come on down and join the fun!   Here are details of Robert Jordan's schedule.   More info [ [ Dragon*Con Wheel of Time Track Schedule ] [ Age of Legends Website ] [ http://www.dragoncon.org/]Dragon*Con' 2005 Website ]
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Tor Books delays Week 4 of the KoD Internet Hunt

Tor Books sent out the following notice about Week 4 of the Knife of Dreams Internet Hunt   For more information about the KoD Internet Hunt, visit www.knifeofdreams.com.     For New Players If this is your first week playing, that's just fine. Make sure you register with the Knife of Dreams website, and follow the directions in the email provided when you sign up.   Returning Players You know the drill. Your starting point this week is the page you left off at last week. Af
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Knife of Dreams: spoiler-free review

I have copy and pasted by review below. But if you pass this link around, please link to: Introduction Well once again, here we are, waiting for the new Robert Jordan book to come out. I think it would be an understatement to say that anticipation amongst fans for Knife of Dreams is really high, and a lot of people are still grumbling after Crossroads of Twilight. Before I get into Knife of Dreams, though, I should remind you that a lot of you didn't agree with my review of Crossroad
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Knife of Dreams information

Dragonmount has, let's just say, come to receive some information concerning KNIFE OF DREAMS. Here's what we've got. 761 pages, not counting the gloassary 783 pages including the glossary 37 Chapters (Chapter 2: "The Dark One's Touch") 2 new chapter icons The opening epigram is: (Corrected, as per Robert Jordan's editors) The sweetness of victory and the bitterness of defeat are alike a knife of dreams. -- from Fog and Steel by Madoc Comadrin   Pre-Order Knife of Dreams (and s
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wotmania.com temporary downtime

For all you wotmaniacs who are suffering from wotmania.com withdrawl: have no fear. I spoke to Mike earlier and he wanted me to let you all know that there was a power outage in the area and so the provider's network is down. The wotmania server, along with all your theories, posts, and rants are saved. Except for Dodge's. But nobody will miss him. ;-)   Hopefully things will be back online later today for the site. In the meantime, go outside and get some fresh air. Or visit our messa
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KoD Internet Hunt Week 3 Delayed

The KNIFE OF DREAMS Internet Hunt hosted by Tor Books has been delayed until Tuesday, August 22nd due to technical reasons with their website.   On that date, at 3 PM EST, you'll need to log onto http://www.knifeofdreams.com/ to play.   For New Players If this is your first week playing, that's just fine. Make sure you register with the Knife of Dreams website, and follow the directions in the email provided when you sign up.   Returning Players You know the drill. Your starting p
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Amazon offering chapter 1 of KoD with pre-order

Amazon.com is now offering a free download of chapter 1 of KNIFE OF DREAMS if you pre-order the novel through their website.   The chapter is entitled When Last Sounds. (Thanks to Mand680 for pointing our the error in my original post)   Between the prologue being released as an eBook and now this preview of chapter 1, approximately the first 115-120 pages of the novel are available to be read now.   Note: The events which take place in chapter 1 are influenced by what happens in th
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Dabel Brothers to offer Limited Edition WoT images

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:
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Robert Jordan book signing tour Info

Tor Books has posted the schedule for Robert Jordan's book signing tour following the release of Knife of Dreams. It runs from October 11 through November 5.   Dragonmount will, of course, be bringing you as many reports as possible of all of these events. If you plan on attending any of these book signings, please   In regards to the cities and how they are chosen: Robert Jordan does not pick where he goes. Tor Books decides on locations that he goes on tour. If your city is not
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New Spring comic #2 preview

Newsarama.com has posted some images of issue #2 of the NEW SPRING comic book. Clink the link below to take a look.   If you have not yet seen the NEW SPRING comic book, you should check it out. They are nice collector pieces as well as being a well-produced comic. Subscriptions are available online via Red Eagle Publishing. Alternatively, you can check your local comic book store as they are likely to have it in stock.   Note: Some members of the DM staff are "thematic consultants" fo
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Knife of Dreams Internet Hunt kicked off

Update: On August 2nd at 3:00 PM EST (-5 GMT), Tor Books launched their Knife of Dreams Internet Hunt.     Dragonmount designed the page and artwork for week 2 (Eye of the World) and week 7 (Lord of Chaos)   For all the info, as well as the registration form, check out KnifeofDreams.com   More info: [ '> [ ] [ ]   Pre-Order Knife of Dreams (and support this site!) [
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Short review for "Embers Falling on Dry Grass"

Bob Kluttz, the webmaster over at Encyclopaedia-wot.org has posted a short review of Embers Falling on Dry Grass, the prologue to Knife of Dreams. Here's what he had to say about the eBook prologue, which is now available from Simon & Schuster Online.     Bob is also a member of the Dragonmount Staff as our Book Administrator and frequent news writer.   If you don't want to pay for the eBook prologue, have no fear! There is another option. Tor Books has published a portion of th
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New Spring Comic Extended to 8 Issues

Red Eagle Entertainment has announced that The Wheel of Time: New Spring, the comic adaptation of New Spring: The Novel, will be extended from six issues to eight. The comic is produced by Dabel Brothers Production and published by Red Eagle Entertainment. Here is the full press release.     More info on:   [ [ New Spring comic ] [ http://www.red-eagle-entertainment.com]Red' Eagle Entertainment ]
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More Reports from Robert Jordan's Comic*Con Panel Session

Robert Jordan had a solo panel session last Friday at Comic*Con in San Diego. He gave his standard preamble for about fifteen minutes then answered questions from fans for over an hour. Here are some highlights:   Book 12 will be the end. He will finish the story in one more book even if it takes 1500 pages hardcover.   The full editorial review of Knife of Dreams resulted in the addition of exactly one sentence.   Q: Will we be able to tell which one?   A: No. I’m good!   Any upd
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KoD: Embers Falling on Dry Grass now available

Simon and Schuster Online has released Embers falling on Dry Grass, the full text of the Knife of Dreams prologue. It is available for online purchase at a number of online retailers. The base price is $3.50, but some online stores are offering it for less.   A small portion of the prologue is already available for free from Tor Books. But the entire prologue (141 pages) will be available in full as part of this ebook. The prologue will, of course, also be included in the full length novel
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