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Do you want to breathe new life into your hardback set of The Wheel of Time novels? If so, Juniper Books has just released a set of dust jackets that encompass all fourteen books within the main series and includes New Spring, the prequel. Juniper Books specializes in creating dust jackets that have a visual aesthetic. The Wheel of Time set shows an image of a dragon with the ancient symbol of the Aes Sedai in the background. The complete set together looks stunning and can be visually appealing on anyone’s bookshelf. If you already have all the books in the series, you can buy only the dust jackets. If you don’t have all the books and you…

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Today's featured author of the JordanCon Anthology Become Legend is Vincent E.M. Thorn, with his submission entitled "The Witch Hunter." First, can you tell us about your writing? Is this your first published work? I decided I wanted to be an author at a pretty young age, so I’m pretty excited to finally be in a position to share the fruits of that dream. My contribution to the anthology, “The Witch Hunter,” is my second published work, the first being my debut novel titled Skies of the Empire, which launched last year. Set in a land much like the wild west, “The Witch Hunter” is a coming of age story following a young girl named Harper, whos…

The Bard’s Blade (The Sorcerer’s Song #1) By Brian D. Anderson Crystal Fritz is Dragonmount's book reviewer. Read more reviews here. My favorite aspect of the fantasy genre is that it transports us from our fast-paced and hectic world, and into realms of nostalgic and fantastic beauty. I hesitate to call these worlds simpler times, but nonetheless there is a fascinating quaintness to lives that are lived before the advent of modern technologies. In The Sorcerer's Song #1 The Bard’s Blade a new trilogy by author Brian D. Anderson, we are thrust in the midst of an epic love between two young people living in the picturesque and quaint Vylari. …

Welcome back to another edition of Community Round-Up, where I show you some of the Wheel of Time or SF/F related things that have happened this past week. First off, a video made by Titos_Firedancer appealed to our Wheel of Time community. I saw it posted in most of the WoT places I follow. This video showed the user Titos_Firedancer using a weighted sword in a beautiful (and potentially deadly) dance. Naturally, the elegance displayed here made me search for similar fetes. I found another “flow dancer,” Grace Good, who dances with a dragon staff! While the first reminds me very much of how a Warder mi…

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It's two months and two days till JordanCon (but who's counting?) so I'm here to feature another author in this years anthology, Become Legend: Rosemary Williams with her submission "Urban Planning." First, can you tell us about your writing? Is this your first published work? It is! Unlike a lot of writers, I had no idea I was going to be one when I was young. The closest I came was online roleplaying when MUSHes were still a big thing. (Though as it turns out, it’s a really good way to get a solid percentage of your Million Words of Crap out of your system.) Then there I was, in my late 30s and minding my own voracious reader business, when…

Welcome back to another edition of Community Round-Up where I’ll be sharing interesting things that have happened this week in the Wheel of Time fandom and the larger sci-fi/fantasy community. First off, Madeleine Madden—who plays Egwene—updated her Instagram page with various photos of her and other cast members. Josha Stardowski—Rand—took center stage with images of him increasingly more tipsy. They made their rounds through the community and have already begun to generate memes. Why isn't the wisdom stopping this woolheaded behavior? Speaking of memes, I’d like to highlight one of the many Wheel of Time rel…

Last year, JordanCon started what I hope will be a timeless tradition: it asked members, past and present, to submit short stories for an anthology, with all proceeds going to the JordanCon charity of choice. This year, the tradition did continue with Become Legend: The JordanCon 2020 Anthology. This is a great way for writers to reach an audience of typically like-minded individuals. Leading up to JordanCon (which is April 17th through the 19th), I want to highlight some of the amazing authors who have contributed to this year’s anthology. First up is a returning author, P Andrew Floyd with his story entitled “Hipshot.” Can you start…

Happy Groundhog Day to those who celebrate! This will be a place to see some of the top news items pertaining to The Wheel of Time, as well as memes, fan art, idle speculation about the show and casting, and anything else within our sci-fi/fantasy community. February is Black History Month in the United States. To kick it off, our friend and JordanCon guest, Gerald Coleman had a fantastic summary of speculative fiction by black authors. Rather than list the well known within the genre, Gerald dives deep and gives a thoughtful list of lesser known writers. Gerald writes: You can read Gerald’s sum…

Cross is trying to get an Aiel club up and running. We're told we need 40 interested members, so I thought we would start a signup here. When we get to 40, we can have a club (I think).

January 15, 2020 marks the 30-year anniversary of the publication of The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. Although there are neither beginnings nor endings to the Wheel of Time, this date does mark the official beginning of the book franchise. After leaving a career as a nuclear engineer, Robert Jordan (a pen name for James Rigney Jr, who went by "Jim" to his friends and family) began a prolific writing career. He wrote in a variety of genres, using a different pen name for each one, eventually making a name for himself in the fantasy publishing industry primarily on the strength of his Conan novels. (Robert Jordan did not create the Conan character or wri…

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The 2020 Hugo Nomination period is now open. If you are a registered WorldCon member, you may be eligible to nominate notable written and dramatic works, as well as notable editors and other contributors in the field of science-fiction and fantasy. About the Hugos Awards The Hugos are the premier awards for science fiction & fantasy literature. Each year, awards are given in multiple categories such as Best Novel, Best Short Story, Best Series, and more. Written and dramatic works are awarded at the annual World Science Fiction Convention (“WorldCon”) by its members. Anybody can become a member whether you attend the convention or not. …

This is meant to be more of a question on how we can move forward (or if we can't) and find common ground between Christians and non-Christians - specifically Christians that believe in original sin. So recently, through conversations with my father, I've come to the realization that his belief in original sin puts him at direct odds with any belief system that doesn't believe in original sin. We touched on politics, economics, social norms, and some other things, but where we kept getting hung up was the tension between his belief that everyone is flawed and imperfect (therefore the world is flawed and imperfect which I find a ludicrous assumption) and my be…

Just out of curiousity, really. Since turning 18 (now 46), I've perpetually grown my hair out for around 6-8 years and then cut shaved it off for one reason or another (sometimes sooner than that at points). I've had it so long I had to flick my hair to the side to sit down, otherwise I'd have sat on my hair. The last time I shaved it off was 21 March, 2012. I'd had it long, down about to my waist. I tried letting it lock up on its own into dreadlocks (big mistake!) by constantly wearing a knit cap (this was during that whole #OccupyWallSt thing, and I was part of a local occupation of a park in my state's capitol, with the blessing of the mayor and the police chief which…

So, right, I have issues where I can't read lengthy books because my eyes get strained pretty easily so I'm now doing a lot of my reading through Audible and it's a real game changer! So, one series of books that I would really love to get narrated would be RJ's Conan books. People have said a lot of positive things about RJ's writing for the series and I'm really keen to give it the old crack. Does anyone know how we can ask Mrs Harriet McDougal to make this a thing?

Greetings, does anyone know if they have the complete WoT audio books to listen to anywhere on the web? I have tried YouTube but it would see Eye of the World is complete but all the books after that are incomplete. Thanks!

Hey guys, It's been awhile since I've shared anything new. I recently made this leather wrapped editon of New Spring and A Crown of Swords. I plan on doing the whole series, but I wanted to see feedback from the official WoT site. I have these book and other books that I've done on my Instagram @fantasy_craft_co I look forward to the feedback.

Amazon Prime's @WoTonPrime Twitter account announced today that actors have been cast for The Wheel of Time TV show. Alvaro Morte as Logain. Hammed Animashaun as Loial. Alexandre Willaume as Thom Merrilin. Johann Myers as Padan Fain. ALVARO MORTE (Logain) Originally from Andalucía, Spain, Álvaro graduated from the Superior School of Dramatic Arts of Córdoba and ECAM (Madrid Film School) with a Bachelor of Dramatic Arts. After finishing his studies in Spain, UTA's Actor Training Department awarded him a scholarship to research interpretation techniques at the University of Tampere (Finland), where he worked as an assistant prof…

Dragonmount has some amazing members! We'd like to honor those who have used The Wheel of Time as inspiration, or have contributed to the fandom, or who simply want to share their Wheel of Time story with others who love the series as much as they do. Today we are highlighting member @Lian Crescent who has worked tirelessly through the month of October to produce some amazing Wheel of Time artwork. During the Inktober Challenge (a daily drawing prompt for each day in October) Lian referenced something from The Wheel of Time! I had the opportunity to chat with Lian about his amazing artwork. Day 10 - Pattern 1. Tell …

We should probably have a thread for this. I finished it yesterday. It’s fine. Not as good as Wheel of Time, but you can see Jordan playing with some of the ideas he’d later develop more fully in that series. It’s definitely a throwback to the fantasy of the late 70s when it was written, so some aspects feel quite dated now. I wouldn’t consider it essential reading if you’re a WoT fan, but it’s not a bad book, especially if you enjoy sword and sorcery, Conan the Barbarian style stories. Anyone else read read it Yet?

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I feel like it is my civic duty, ya know, to be useful in some way to an Aes Sedai as her Warder. I mean, there are Shadowspawn around, and I think I've even spotted some... shh!.... *whispers* darkfriends around! You can't be too careful. I think I would make a good match for a Blue or a Brown (check my profile/About Me section to see why I say this). Whites and Greys need not apply, we just wouldn't match up well. Maybe a liberated post-Black Tower Red-- LOL, I kid on that one! Yellows... *yawn* Greens... too aggro, although often into some nicely kinky shi-- oops, sorry, nevermind! ? Anyhow, if there are any Blues or Browns looking for a Ward…

Spoilers for all of the Harry Potter franchise. Mostly Fantastic Beasts. So a couple days ago, I was thinking about the Elder wand and its story. I remembered that you don't have to kill the owner of the wand to become the new master for example Dumbledore doesn't kill Grindelwald. Then I thought about the end of Fantastic Beasts and how Newt "defeats" Grindelwald using on of the beasts, meaning Newt should've been the new master of the Elder Wand.

It’s an ending for our friends at Ta’veren Tees. After serving the Wheel of Time fandom for eight years, they are getting ready to close shop for good. Until then, their remaining merchandise is 10% off! Get your Wheel of Time merchandise while you can. To read more about the changes you can check out Ta’veren Tees announcement here. View full news item

Wheel of Time podcasts have been popping up everywhere and one of my favorites is The White Tower: A Wheel of Time Podcast. The ladies of this podcast, Jenn Cobb and Jess Schutz, combine spoiler-free synopses of each chapter with real fan discussion and a large dose of humor. This past week I had a chance to interview the ladies to learn more about them and their approach to The Wheel of Time and podcasting. You can join Jenn and Jess on Wednesdays at 8 am central at The White Tower: A Wheel of Time Podcast. You should also follow them on Twitter and if you like what you hear you can support them at Patreon. View full news item