A Memory of Light
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NOTE: This page no longer refers to the next volume of the Wheel of Time. For information related to this, see The Gathering Storm.
A Memory of Light was the working title for the twelfth novel of The Wheel of Time before the book was split into three volumes (see below). The novel was incomplete at the time of Robert Jordan's death and is being completed by fellow fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson. Due to the size of the novel, it is currently expected to be published in three volumes. The first volume is expected by November 2009.[1]
Scheduled for publication by Tor Books in late 2009,[2] it was intended to conclude the series, which began in 1990 with The Eye of the World. On September 16, 2007, Robert Jordan died from amyloidosis.[3] Before his death, Jordan stated "I'm getting out notes, so if the worst actually happens, someone could finish A Memory of Light and have it end the way I want it to end." The decision whether to posthumously complete the book was left to his wife Harriet and Tor Books president Tom Doherty.[2] On September 27, 2007, the following was posted on Robert Jordan's official blog in regard to the future plans for the book:
[Robert Jordan] left some pretty detailed notes on what would happen. He, Harriet, and [others], all know the endings and secrets. There are both written notes and audio recordings of Jim saying what happened.[...] How or when we’ll see A Memory of Light in published form needs to be worked out. Jim’s death is too recent and the wounds it left too raw to his family to say when the last volume will be completed. Time will provide us with the book we want, and the conclusion the series deserves. We just have to be patient.[4]
[edit] Brandon Sanderson picks up the mantle
On December 7, 2007, Tor Books announced that Brandon Sanderson has been chosen to finish writing the book.[5] In late 2008 Brandon Sanderson confirmed that the book will probably end up at between 675,000 and 700,000 words in length, making it far too long to publish in a single volume. Although initially he had hoped to publish both volumes together in November 2009 if this happened, the extra writing time required for the second volume makes it likely that the second volume would not be published until the spring of 2010, on or around the twentieth anniversary of The Eye of the World being published.[6]
In March 2009 Sanderson confirmed that he has completed 440,000 words out of a target goal of 750,000 for the combined two volumes, and indicated a formal announcement would be made at JordanCon (17-19 April 2009), where himself, Tom Doherty (the head of Tor Books) and Robert Jordan's widow and editor Harriet would be in attendance. Sanderson is currently engaged in heavy revisions of the first 400,000 words of the book, which would likely form the first volume of the book.[7] Subsequent to the author's death, Brandon Sanderson confirmed that the entire ending sequence of the book was penned by Robert Jordan prior to his death, and Sanderson sees his task as getting the readers from the prologue to the ending.[8]
[edit] Split in publication
On 25 March 2009, it was confirmed that A Memory of Light has been split into two and possibly three volumes..[9] The first volume will be called The Gathering Storm and published in November 2009, with the remaining two volumes published at one-year intervals. The attending cover art suggested that the the three books would be numbered as part of A Memory of Light rather than The Wheel of Time, although the cover design is not finalised.[10]
[edit] Notes
- ↑ http://brandonsanderson.com/blog/732/300k
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Forbes: My Author, My Life
- ↑ http://www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/?p=90
- ↑ http://www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/?p=92
- ↑ Tor and Forge Books Press Release
- ↑ Sanderson book signing at Huntingdown Beach, 01-11-08
- ↑ 13 March 2009 Blog Entry
- ↑ http://brandonsanderson.com/blog/732/300k
- ↑ Tor announces The Gathering Storm
- ↑ The American Book Centre, quoting from Tor's press release
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