So Moiraine will be the second sister (we already knew about Nyaneve). Well, that puts an end to all theories about Moiraine or Nyaneve dying prior to the SG events.
Finally someone got Rand very close to my mental image of the character (too bad it's in such an unnatural/weird pose, but it would have been hard to compose the image with both Rand and the sword in a more vertical one, and I supposed it's why Whelan positionned it that way). Whelan is much better than DKS was at drawing humans, that for sure. I'm not at all a fan of the DKS covers (most of my WOT dustjackets have gone to the trashcan), but I think the effort Whelan made to keep a DKS touch to the last cover was a nice idea, respectful and all. It means a much lighter (both in colours/contrast and general mood) depiction of SG than would have been realistic in my mind, but it no doubt looks more like a WOT cover that way. That style of illustration for Fantasy won't ever be to my taste, but few ever are.
Other than the art, nice to see the "eclipse" theory confirmed for "twice dawns the day", and thus to see the end to all the crackpot theories from time travel gateways to time loops and what not. Occam's razor triumphed again.
I don't like the depiction of the SG sky, but post epiphany Rand has dispersed storms before by his mere presence, so maybe it's why the red/orange/black stormy sky is not there anymore.
If they didn't take artistic license with the timeline, the most interesting tidbit on the cover is that the day on which Rand sheds his blood at SG is supposed to dawn once for mourning and once for birth. It looks like the dawn for mourning is already passed, and after the eclipse will be the dawn for birth. If the mourning is related to Rand, well... his "death" obviously happens before he faces the DO, as quite a few different theories proposed.
Now the million dollar question: does anything/anyone awaits ahead beside the DO and if yes, who?
Finally someone got Rand very close to my mental image of the character (too bad it's in such an unnatural/weird pose, but it would have been hard to compose the image with both Rand and the sword in a more vertical one, and I supposed it's why Whelan positionned it that way). Whelan is much better than DKS was at drawing humans, that for sure. I'm not at all a fan of the DKS covers (most of my WOT dustjackets have gone to the trashcan), but I think the effort Whelan made to keep a DKS touch to the last cover was a nice idea, respectful and all. It means a much lighter (both in colours/contrast and general mood) depiction of SG than would have been realistic in my mind, but it no doubt looks more like a WOT cover that way. That style of illustration for Fantasy won't ever be to my taste, but few ever are.
Other than the art, nice to see the "eclipse" theory confirmed for "twice dawns the day", and thus to see the end to all the crackpot theories from time travel gateways to time loops and what not. Occam's razor triumphed again.
I don't like the depiction of the SG sky, but post epiphany Rand has dispersed storms before by his mere presence, so maybe it's why the red/orange/black stormy sky is not there anymore.
If they didn't take artistic license with the timeline, the most interesting tidbit on the cover is that the day on which Rand sheds his blood at SG is supposed to dawn once for mourning and once for birth. It looks like the dawn for mourning is already passed, and after the eclipse will be the dawn for birth. If the mourning is related to Rand, well... his "death" obviously happens before he faces the DO, as quite a few different theories proposed.
Now the million dollar question: does anything/anyone awaits ahead beside the DO and if yes, who?
The cover for A Memory of Light is revealed.
03/05/2012 03:52:14 PM
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Re: The cover for A Memory of Light is revealed.
03/05/2012 04:08:09 PM
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I think I like Callandor from TDR better..
03/05/2012 04:26:42 PM
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I really like it
03/05/2012 05:54:51 PM
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The sword grip is not akward or wrong
03/05/2012 06:20:54 PM
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well, for one, I didn't say it was "wrong" so don't jump down my throat.
04/05/2012 10:03:06 PM
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If you think that was jumping down your throat... seriously... *NM*
07/05/2012 01:51:45 PM
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when I initially read it, it came off that way. I apologize if I misinterpreted you. *NM*
09/05/2012 04:58:13 PM
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Its the sword thats not a sword (its a night light!)
04/05/2012 04:47:27 PM
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oh no fair enough! like i said, I just think it looks a little awkward.
04/05/2012 10:04:21 PM
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Well...
03/05/2012 06:09:51 PM
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I think it is EG and Nyn
03/05/2012 06:24:13 PM
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Pretty sure it's Mo and Nyn
03/05/2012 06:40:49 PM
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Yeah...
03/05/2012 07:55:32 PM
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Egwene is a distinct possibility...
03/05/2012 11:37:48 PM
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She is
04/05/2012 12:15:21 AM
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I don't know...
04/05/2012 12:25:53 AM
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Re: I don't know...
04/05/2012 02:47:02 AM
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"You expect me to wise up?" "No, Egwene, I expect you to DIE!"
11/05/2012 01:36:09 AM
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What books have you been reading?
11/05/2012 01:57:31 AM
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Egwene made many things "clear;" I dug up all the ToM quotes for a post near this time last year
11/05/2012 01:12:05 PM
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The other quotes you requested, as promised.
13/05/2012 03:29:41 AM
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You misinterpreting quotes is hardly worth requoting...
13/05/2012 11:36:21 AM
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Agreed
13/05/2012 03:39:12 PM
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Exactly...
13/05/2012 05:53:17 PM
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Never said she was evil, just wrong. Horribly and tragically wrong.
14/05/2012 02:34:27 AM
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Principle protagonists can still experience epic falls.
14/05/2012 02:21:42 AM
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For the most part, very little interpretation was required.
14/05/2012 01:58:26 AM
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Re: For the most part, very little interpretation was required.
14/05/2012 03:51:31 AM
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Re: I think it is EG and Nyn
03/05/2012 07:38:36 PM
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I could be wrong, but I believe Rand used Calandor as a sword in the Stone.
03/05/2012 08:06:45 PM
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I vote for Nynaeve and Moiraine too
03/05/2012 09:05:58 PM
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Re: I vote for Nynaeve and Moiraine too
03/05/2012 11:28:42 PM
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Idea
04/05/2012 10:11:05 AM
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Re: Idea
04/05/2012 12:09:17 PM
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This would explain the hidden hand
04/05/2012 08:54:00 PM
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Re: I vote for Nynaeve and Moiraine too
04/05/2012 02:49:51 PM
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Re: I vote for Nynaeve and Moiraine too
04/05/2012 07:42:12 PM
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Re: I vote for Nynaeve and Moiraine too
07/05/2012 08:02:26 PM
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I actually found the champion/politician split between parallels very convincing.
11/05/2012 01:35:34 PM
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Re: I actually found the champion/politician split between parallels very convincing.
11/05/2012 04:06:50 PM
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Egwenes problem is her knack for seeing the error of her ways without ever LEARNING it.
13/05/2012 04:57:27 AM
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The Seanchan assassin...
13/05/2012 11:47:53 AM
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You do realize she drew her own (false but firm) conclusions based on a dearth of data. Again.
14/05/2012 02:08:26 AM
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Re: You do realize she drew her own (false but firm) conclusions based on a dearth of data. Again.
14/05/2012 04:08:11 AM
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Re: You do realize she drew her own (false but firm) conclusions based on a dearth of data. Again.
21/05/2012 01:59:15 AM
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looks a little 'naughty pirate novel' but is pretty fricken awesome! *NM*
03/05/2012 06:50:42 PM
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Re: The cover for A Memory of Light is revealed.
03/05/2012 07:25:37 PM
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I does not look like Nynaeve and Moiraine
03/05/2012 11:39:01 PM
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Nynaeve has cut her braid and has her hair shoulder length in TOM....
03/05/2012 11:44:50 PM
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Re: Nynaeve has cut her braid and has her hair shoulder length in TOM....
03/05/2012 11:51:02 PM
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nynaeve with no braid?.... are we sure its not egwene? or did no one tell him the hairstyles? *NM*
08/05/2012 06:48:49 PM
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Nyn cut her braid off. *NM*
08/05/2012 06:55:02 PM
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I thought it was burned off during her test for Aes Sedaihood. *NM*
08/05/2012 07:25:51 PM
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Right, my mistake. Then she cut her hair to make it straight again. *NM*
08/05/2012 08:54:33 PM
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Regarding the identities of the women on the back:
09/05/2012 08:52:47 PM
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What the hell is on the ground close to the bottom edge of the picture? *NM*
10/05/2012 05:55:07 AM
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It's Michael Whelan's signature. I looked it up and found it in a different book cover *NM*
11/05/2012 07:05:22 AM
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That looks pretty cool, better than most of the other WoT covers
26/06/2012 07:37:29 AM
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