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ComicCon: First Report

A Wheel of Time, Diomedes, has posted a great article on wotmania.com about his experience with meeting Robert Jordan at ComicCon 2005. Click the link below to meet it.   Looks like RJ is now saying that we'll be sweating by the end of Knife of Dreams   More info [ '> [ http://www.wotmania.com/]Wotmania' website ]
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Tor Announces the Knife of Dreams Internet Hunt

Here is the press release from Tor:     Dragonmount.com is creating the web pages for weeks two (The Eye of the World) and seven (Lord of Chaos). There is a complete list of participating sites on the Knife of Dreams website.   Update: Publisher's Weekly, one of the large trade magazines in the industry, has published an article in this week's issue about this Internet Hunt. It features our artwork for the "Eye of the World" week we'll be doing. The artwork was done by Sarah Eller
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ComicCon: New Spring Now Available

The 2005 ComicCon convention is in full swing today, and Robert Jordan is expected to start making appearances tomorrow. In the meantime, Red Eagle Entertainment has announced the official release of the NEW SPRING graphic novel. Here's the full press release.     As more stories come out of San Diego, we'll post them here, so keep checking back.   More info on:   [ [ Dabel Brothers Production ] [ New Spring comic ] [ Red Eagle Entertainment ]   To purchase New Spring:
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The Wheel of Time: New Spring - On Sale in July!

Issue #1 of The Wheel of Time: New Spring is scheduled to go on sale the third week of July. The comic is produced by Dabel Brothers Production and published by Red Eagle Entertainment. The following issues will come out on a monthly basis, Issue #2 in August and Issue #3 in September. Robert Jordan has worked closely with the producers and artists so this comic should be true to his vision!   Here is some information on how to order/where to buy them. On the website for May Previews magazine
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Embers Falling on Dry Grass - On Sale July 22

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
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Robert Jordan's Schedule at Comic*Con

As part of the Red Eagle Entertainment and Dabel Brothers Production promotion of the New Spring comic, Robert Jordan will be one of the Guests of Honor at Comic*Con 2005 in San Diego, July 14-17. Comic-Con has started posting the schedule. Here is the blurb for Thursday's panel session with Robert Jordan.     And his Friday session.         More info on:   [ [ Dabel Brothers Production ] [ New Spring comic ] [ http://www.red-eagle-entertainment.com]Red' Eagle Enterta
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WoT Recap now available

If you are like most fans, you probably don't remember every tiny detail of the Wheel of Time series. For that reason, we've published a downloadable document that should bring you up to speed with where everyone is at in the story.   It's designed to remind you of where the story left off at as of the end of Crossroads of Twilight. The document is a PDF file and should print up nicely for you, in case you want to have it handy when reading Knife of Dreams.   When Crossroads of Twilight c
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Robert Jordan completes KoD

We received word today that Robert Jordan has finished writing and editing Knife of Dreams. Straight from RJ:     Before you get too exited though, don't expect this news to move the publication date up. Most likely Tor Books will read it over and make editorial checks. It will also give them a chance to maximize the publicity surrounding the new novel.   Up next for RJ....     Get ready follks. If you're in the US, you'll have several chances to meet Robert Jordan and spend
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Knife of Dreams US book cover!

Tor Books released an official press release today concerning KNIFE OF DREAMS, the 11th book in the Wheel of Time series.   Additionally, they sent us the cover art for the book. Without any further rambling, here it is: /Books/Knife_of_Dreams/Images/kod_us_hc_med.jpg" alt="Knife of Dreams" border="1" />   If you want to really see the details of the characters, here is a higher resolution "crop" of the artwork. Click the image below to see it even larger.   Robert Jordan's K
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Simon and Schuster Online plans for KoD prologue eBook

Simon & Schuster Online is planning to release the KNIFE OF DREAMS prologue entitled "Embers Falling on Dry Grass" as an eBook. A date for the release has not been set, but the estimate is currently late June to early July of this year.   The eBook is currently set to be priced at US $3.50. Supported formats will be Adobe Reader, Microsoft Readers, eReader (Palm), and MobiPocket   The eBook prologue will also contain bonus material not found anywhere else. What this is hasn't been d
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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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