The Fireside

TOR, the US publisher of The Wheel of Time series, will be publishing the prequel novel, New Spring , which originate din the form of a short story. Both editions will be paperback, and details follow. First up (and most importantly for collectors) will be the trade paperback edition (same dimensions as a hardback, but paperback instead) which will match the other trade paperback editions, as well as the paperback of The Wheel of Time Companion . It's set to be published on August 18 . The ISBN, which is a direct link to this edition, is 9781250774361 . Secondly, New Spring will be coming out in the design style and format of the new mass-market (smaller) paperbacks. Since that these began being published in the fall of 2019, and all the titles aren't yet out, New Spring isn't "missing" in the same that it was in the trade series, which concluded in the fall of 2015. The publication date for this edition is being published June 30 , and the ISBN for it is 978125...

30 years ago today marks the publication of the first book in the massive 14-book Wheel of Time series, The Eye of the World . The series is very Tolkien-esque, but not being a ‘copy + paste’ The Lord of the Rings clone. The series does have its flaws (it should have only been 6-10 books, for starters) but it helped establish the fantasy genre (until A Song of Ice and Fire re-defined it) and was incredibly beneficial to the American publisher, TOR. I also like to think if it as the first great fantasy series, post The Lord of the Rings . Even though The Lord of the Rings is not a series, but you get my point. It also has a literary successor, by way of Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight. Sanderson is relevant here, as he connected the dots Jordan left before he passed - Jordan was unable to finish the series himself.....but it has *an* ending. Think of him as Christopher Tolkien to J.R.R. Tolkien, in this regard. I suggest looking into that series once you finish The Whe...

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. Big news day for those looking forward to Amazon's Wheel of Time series - myself included. We've got our main Two Rivers characters. I'll run through them again, and add the casting of Rosamund Pike. Rosamund Pike as Moraine: Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara: Zoe Robins as Nyanaeve al'Meara: Barney Harris as Mat Cauthon: Madeleine Madden as Egwene al'Vere: Josha Stradowski as Rand al'Thor: Seems promising! Since that I am not overly attached to the books (I own them (in paperback), I read them, and I enjoyed them) I suppose that means that I'm looking forward to the adaptation. Whereas with Amazon's Middle-earth series, I am attached (quite strongly) to Tolkien's works, so my interest in the adaptation is fairly low as of now. I am looking forward to Netflix's...

This is most unexpected, indeed! Robert Jordan's first novel is going to published. This is not connected to The Wheel of Time, and is standalone (unless the manuscript is physically too large to print as one book.) Tor.com has announced the book here: https://www.tor.com/2019/01/18/robert-jordan-warrior-of-the-altaii-coming-from-tor-books-in-2019/ You can read more about it here: https://dragonmount.com/index/featured-homepage-article/warrior-of-the-altaii/ Draw near and listen, or else time is at an end. The watering holes of the Plain are drying up, the fearsome fanghorn grow more numerous, and bad omens abound. Wulfgar, a leader of the Altaii people, must contend with twin queens, warlords, prophets and magic in hopes of protecting his people and securing their future. Elspeth, a visitor from another world, holds the answers, but first Wulfgar must learn to ask the right questions. But what if the knowledge that saves the Altaii will also destroy them? Publication ...

What follows is TOR's post about the excerpt titled A Fire Within the Ways from the upcoming Unfettered III anthology coming in March: Tor.com is excited to offer an excerpt from “A Fire Within the Ways,” a deleted novella (!!) from The Wheel of Time ,  and a fascinating look into the process of A Memory of Light , the final volume in Jordan’s epic, came together. A Note From Brandon Sanderson During the editing of every novel, you realize that certain scenes just aren’t working. There are a variety of reasons this happens, and while removing those scenes is always one of the most difficult parts of the creation process, it functions like the proverbial pruning of a tree—providing room for other scenes to grow. In the end, the book is better off. That said, I’m always looking for places to show off scenes like these. They not only expose something I find very interesting about the process, but they often have gems in them that I am eager to share. (The scene with Gaul...

[all text copyright of Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson. All rights reserved.] The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass.  What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow

What follows is Brandon Sanderson's own account of completing the Wheel of Time series. He published a series of blog posts on his site, here they are collected into one.

This was posted on the internet by Robert Jordan in 1996. Back then, that basically means that it's free...and it's circulating long enough that by now it's sure to be. This short piece explains the imprisonment of the Dark One, and the events surrounding it. Read more....

The final mass market paperback I will ever buy is coming out later this year....

It's not exactly new news, but The Wheel of Time  series is being re-released in paperback.

At long last, the cover art for the 14th and final Wheel of Time  book has been revealed....

When I first started blogging again, I gave a list of fantasy books and series to look into. Well, this post delves further into one of them - The Wheel of Time .