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Dragonmount celebrates 10 years online

"Ten years, Betrayer. Ten years your foul master has wracked the world!"   DM is now 10 years old! September 19, 2008 marks the 10th year anniversary of Dragonmount.com being online. While the look of the website has changed many, many times over the last decade, the spirit of community gathered here continues to be as warm and welcoming as it was in the beginning.   It has sincerely been my pleasure over the last ten years to bring all of you the best WoT coverage possible. There's someth
Guest Jason

Public Robert Jordan event tomorrow night

On the evening of September 18th, there will be an event in Charleston, SC (Robert Jordan's home town) where Michael Livingston, a Citadel professor, will give a talk on RJ and his work. Jordan's legacy Sunday, September 14, 2008 Before his death last year, Charleston author Robert Jordan had a tremendous impact on fantasy writing.   At 7 p.m. Thursday, Citadel assistant professor Michael D. Livingston will discuss "An American Tolkien: Robert Jordan and the Roots of Fantasy" at the Ch
Guest Jason

One year ago today...

One year ago today, our friend Robert Jordan passed away.   One year ago today, Wilson, the "fourth brother of three", left us devestated with the announcement.   One year ago today, the media realized just how big of an announcement that was.   One year ago today, fans across the world, both casual and dedicated, dusted off their old copies of The Eye of the World and started reading again.   One year ago today, new fans heard the news, and were inspired to try out the series.   On
Guest Jason

Brandon Sanderson Book Tour info

Brandon Sanderson will be going on book tour in October and November to promote his upcoming new novel, The Hero of Ages (Book 3 in the Mistborn trilogy).   You can read the full details of his appearance locations on his website. Here's the current summary. Please check the actual link though in case there are updates or changes. UTAH LEG Brigham Young University Bookstore Tuesday, October 14th 5:30PM Provo, UT NOTE: This is the release Party! All books here will be numbered edi
Guest Jason

Pictures of some of the collection

Greg, "The Armorer", Kitchens passed along some more photos of Robert Jordan's weapon collection. He writes: Some have suggested a book of Jim’s collection. While this is a fun idea, I am afraid it is too late. The collection has already been taken down from the walls and distributed among the heirs, other than what we are auctioning now.   Please consider posting some of these pictures on the site if you feel it appropriate and in you get the time. They are pictures I took of the collec
Guest Jason

Robert Jordan blade collection now available on eBay

The following letter is from Greg Kitchens, the "Armorer" who is facilitating the auction of Robert Jordan's weapon collection on ebay.   Robert Jordan's personal collection of blades are now available on ebay.   I have been planning these auctions for a couple of months now and have some thoughts to share.   First of all, these are the first of over 100 knives, swords, and various other weaponry owned by RJ. There are plenty more to come so it would be foolish for fans to bid these fi
Guest Jason

The 4th Age Podcast - Episode 41

Welcome to Episode 41!   Our topic this week comes to us via an email request from a listener, Sara. In this installment we are also pleased to welcome Marc to the 4th Age team. He joins Andrew and Virginia to discuss the complex and fascinating character Padan Fain, also known as Ordeith and Mordeth.   Spoiler warning - as usual on the 4th Age podcast, we discuss ALL the books in the series, so if you haven’t yet finished your first trip through Robert Jordan's fantastic Wheel of Time ser
Guest Virginia

Brandon Sanderson’s Dragon*Con Schedule Released

Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US.   Dragon*Con 2008 will be held Labor Day weekend (August 29 - September 1, 2008) in Atlanta, GA.   Fri 02:30 pm A707 Marriott Marquis Who You Callin' a Kid? Sat 11:30 am Hanover C - E Hyatt Regency Meet Brandon Sanderson Sat 05:30 pm Regency V Hyatt Regency Wheel of Time Costume
Guest Kathana

Blades

Writing as Robert Jordan, James Rigney made knowledge his stock in trade. In order to write effectively about men and non-men who fought with swords and lances, he hefted them, he swung them. He studied what life is like for a man who makes his meat and beer with a battle axe. He would hold a spear or sword and contemplate the use of it in combat. Some swords are better in small areas, whereas long swords are better suited for larger space. He'd use them to learn about things like that. Einstein
Guest Wilson

The 4th Age Podcast - Episode 40

Welcome to Episode 40!   Join Andrew and Virginia as they begin a series of discussions on some of the more minor but no less notable and fascinating characters in the Wheel of Time.   Spoiler warning - as usual on the 4th Age podcast, we discuss ALL the books in the series, so if you haven't finished your first trip through the Wheel of Time, you may want to come back to this later!   The topic for this episode is the intrepid Illianer smuggler Captain Bayle Domon and the rise and fall of
Guest Virginia

Universal Pictures announces Wheel of Time movie

Variety has published a report announcing that Universal Picures has acquired the rights to the Wheel of Time series and intends to create a big-budget live action film. Here are the details below:   Universal spinning "Wheel of Time"   Studio nabs film rights to Robert Jordan book By SAM THIELMAN   Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to the late Robert Jordan's bestselling "The Wheel of Time" novel series in a seven-figure deal.   Adaptations of the fantasy tomes will beg
Guest Jason

1994 Interview with Robert Jordan published for the first time

The LORD OF CHAOS. In the interview, RJ gives many of his trademark responses (like how he's known the end of the series since before he wrote the first book). But nonetheless, the interview is insightful, well conducted, and more than a little heart-breaking when you think of Jim's all too early passing.   You can listen to the interview at the Reality Break podcast website.    
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2009 Wheel of Time calendars now available

Tor Books has announced the release of the 2009 Wheel of Time calendar. The calendar contains WoT inspired images created by fans of the series. [/url]   Shortly before he died, Robert Jordan put a call out to fans to submit original pieces of artwork. From those submissions, he personally chose the winners to appear in the calendar.   Here is the official press release from Tor: ROBERT JORDAN’S WHEEL OF TIME© 2009 CALENDAR – IS NOW AVAILABLE! July 2008: Tor Books is proud to
Guest Jason

EYE OF THE WORLD comic book preview

The Dabel Brothers have released two teaser preview images for their upcoming EYE OF THE WORLD comic book. One image shows Lews Therin Telamon surrounded by the Forsaken as they appeared in the Age of Legends. The second image shows Rand surrounded by the same Forsaken as they appear in the modern ("Third") Age.   Click each image to see it in full size. [img'>http://www.dragonmount.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/lews_and_co6-197x300.jpg[/img]     The artwork was done by Mik
Guest Jason

Amyloidosis linked to Herbicides?

[Harriet asked us to post the following excerpt from the El Paso Times]   From the El Paso Times, 07/03/2008   VA DENIES HYPERTENSION CLAIMS LINKED TO HERBICIDES by Chris Roberts Copyright 2008   "...[Veterans Affairs Secretary] James Peake agreed to allow AL amyloidosis... as a service-connected illness related to herbicide exposure, Brown [Mark Brown, director of VA's Environmental Agents Service]said.   "...AL amyloidosis was added to the list [of service-connected illnesses] be
Guest Harriet

4th Age Podcast - Call for Volunteer Editor(s)

As I am sure you have noticed there have been many big gaps in time and delays in the release of the podcast. We are in dire need of either one person with a lot of time to devote to editing, or several people to share the workload. This is a volunteer position, like all 4th Age team positions.   For those of you who have audio editing skills and the spare time, you can send in a audio sample to podcast@dragonmount.com. For those who can’t send the file via email, you can upload it to a file
Guest Virginia

Dabel Brothers to produce graphic novels for entire WoT series

The Dabel Brothers are now in production on creating graphic novels for the entire Wheel of Time series. They will begin with A Memory of Light. Here is the press release:   DABEL BROTHERS TO ADAPT ROBERT JORDAN’S BESTSELLING WHEEL OF TIME SERIES IN COMIC BOOK FORMAT   NEW YORK, NY – July 1, 2008 – Dabel Brothers Publishing announced today that they will adapt Robert Jordan’s bestselling Wheel of Time series, which has sold more than 14 million copies in North America alone, in
Guest Jason

JordanCon to be Promoted at Sci Fi Summer This Weekend

Representatives from JordanCon will be at Sci Fi Summer, popular media convention held in Marrietta, Georgia. Sci Fi Summer bills itself as “The official start of summer sci fi s.e. fandomâ€. It will be held at the Crown Plaza Atlanta-Marietta from June 6-8. Sci Fi Summer membership is $30 at the door.   JordanCon is the first Wheel of Time fan convention. It will be held April 17th-19th at the Alpharetta Embassy Suites in Alpharetta, GA. Pre-registration is $50 until August 18th.   Jordan
Guest Kathana

Robert Jordan's Citadel memorial dedication

Family, friends and fans of fantasy gathered at The Citadel on Tuesday 8 April 2008 to dedicate a permanent memorial to my brother/cousin, James Oliver Rigney, Jr. This was a celebration of Jim’s life and his work. I would be lying were I to tell you I was looking forward to the event. We had assembled only a few weeks earlier at the Citadel to induct Jim into the South Carolina Author’s Hall of Fame. That evening had propelled me back to the awful moments in September when we lost Jim.
Guest Wilson

Registration for JordanCon Open

Pre-registration for JordanCon is now open. JordanCon is the first convention dedicated to exploring Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series and his rich, literary legacy. It will be held April 17-19, 2009 at the Alpharetta Embassy Suites in Alpharetta, Georgia. Our Guest of Honor is Harriet MacDougal, Robert Jordan’s wife and editor. Our Fan Guest of Honor is Wilson Grooms, Jordan’s cousin and frequent contributor to his blog on Dragonmount.   Convention member is currently priced a
Guest Kathana