Rajiv Mote
2005-09-05 21:24:12 UTC
I just got back from Dragon*Con in Atlanta where Robert Jordan was a
guest. He was scheduled to do a reading from "Embers Falling On Dry
Grass," but instead, he whipped out his full copy of Knife of Dreams,
thumbed through it, and read a different chapter. I was,
unfortunately, on a shuttle bus to the hotel at the time, but a
gentleman by name of Dennis St. John (who has something to do with
Dragonmount.com?) kindly filled me in with the details on the chapter.
SPOILERS for Knife of Dreams follow.
I became SPOILER SPACE at the age of SPOILER SPACE, on a frigid
overcast SPOILER SPACE in the SPOILER SPACE of 1975. I remember the
precise SPOILER SPACE, crouching behind a crumbling SPOILER SPACE,
peeking into the SPOILER SPACE near the frozen SPOILER SPACE. That was
a long SPOILER SPACE, but it's wrong what they say about the SPOILER
SPACE, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the SPOILER
SPACE claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been
peeking into that SPOILER SPACE for the last twenty-six years.
The chapter is from Mat's point of view, and it's a moment we've known
was coming. He has figured out Alludra's need for a bellfounder, and
has gone to discuss it with her. Indeed, Alludra wants to build metal
lofting tubes that will hurl metal balls. She may call them "dragons":
beasts that will appear to spit fire from their mouths. [I was unclear
whether she knew about the creature on the Dragon Banner, or -- more
likely -- she was naming the things after Rand, who hurls plenty of
fire on his own.] Alludra, it turns out, is a VERY pissed-off woman,
and she is directing her rage at the Seanchan by making weapons. She's
finally willing to share the secret knowledge with Mat because she has
come to the conclusion that now, she IS the Guild of Illuminators, and
their secrets are hers to do with as she will. Mat is very troubled;
he knows many people are going to die as a result of this. For the
first time, he feels the dice in his head SLOW instead of stop, and he
thinks he hears the Dark One laughing.
The Q&A sessions didn't reveal much. All questions about the Tower of
Ghenjei, the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn got RAFOed. Interestingly,
another question got RAFOed: someone asked if it was possible for a
male channeler, while asleep or dreaming, to be taken over by a past
personality. Hmm.
-- Rajiv
guest. He was scheduled to do a reading from "Embers Falling On Dry
Grass," but instead, he whipped out his full copy of Knife of Dreams,
thumbed through it, and read a different chapter. I was,
unfortunately, on a shuttle bus to the hotel at the time, but a
gentleman by name of Dennis St. John (who has something to do with
Dragonmount.com?) kindly filled me in with the details on the chapter.
SPOILERS for Knife of Dreams follow.
I became SPOILER SPACE at the age of SPOILER SPACE, on a frigid
overcast SPOILER SPACE in the SPOILER SPACE of 1975. I remember the
precise SPOILER SPACE, crouching behind a crumbling SPOILER SPACE,
peeking into the SPOILER SPACE near the frozen SPOILER SPACE. That was
a long SPOILER SPACE, but it's wrong what they say about the SPOILER
SPACE, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the SPOILER
SPACE claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been
peeking into that SPOILER SPACE for the last twenty-six years.
The chapter is from Mat's point of view, and it's a moment we've known
was coming. He has figured out Alludra's need for a bellfounder, and
has gone to discuss it with her. Indeed, Alludra wants to build metal
lofting tubes that will hurl metal balls. She may call them "dragons":
beasts that will appear to spit fire from their mouths. [I was unclear
whether she knew about the creature on the Dragon Banner, or -- more
likely -- she was naming the things after Rand, who hurls plenty of
fire on his own.] Alludra, it turns out, is a VERY pissed-off woman,
and she is directing her rage at the Seanchan by making weapons. She's
finally willing to share the secret knowledge with Mat because she has
come to the conclusion that now, she IS the Guild of Illuminators, and
their secrets are hers to do with as she will. Mat is very troubled;
he knows many people are going to die as a result of this. For the
first time, he feels the dice in his head SLOW instead of stop, and he
thinks he hears the Dark One laughing.
The Q&A sessions didn't reveal much. All questions about the Tower of
Ghenjei, the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn got RAFOed. Interestingly,
another question got RAFOed: someone asked if it was possible for a
male channeler, while asleep or dreaming, to be taken over by a past
personality. Hmm.
-- Rajiv