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Interviews: COT Signing Report - Daniel G

Summary:

Entries

8

Date

Jan 18th, 2003

Type

Paraphrased

Location

Cambridge, MA

TourCon

Crossroads of Twilight Book Tour

Bookstore

Harvard Coop Barnes & Noble

Reporter

Daniel G.

Links

Dragonmount

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    Daniel G

    I had a tape recorder there, but for some reason, the moment RJ started talking, it stopped recording :(. It doesn't really matter anyway, because we left it at the store. This is not word for word what happened, but it's pretty close.

    COOP STAFF

    Alright, Mr. Robert Jordan will be coming in a few moments, and he'll answer some questions for 20 minutes, and then...

    Robert Jordan

    Oh, I can introduce myself.

    COOP STAFF

    Ok, well then, put your hands together for Robert Jordan! (applause)

    ROBERT JORDAN

    Alright, I'm not going to be answering questions for any bloody 20 minutes. And of course, any question I don't answer here, I'm sure to answer at the signing. But first off, its Nynaeve. (Laughter) It's Egwene. Not Eegwene, not Egweenee. Egwene. (Laughter) Cyndane, Semirhage, Aiel, (etc.)

    DANIEL G

    NOTE: If you want to find out accurate character pronunciations, read the glossary of The Eye of the World.

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    Robert Jordan

    Now, let me answer some of the most common questions. (I don't remember most of these, but...) How many more books will I have in the series? At least two. You see, at first I thought it would be a five, maybe six book series, and back then that was crazy, because you either had one book or a trilogy. Even (don't remember book name) was set up in two trilogies.

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  • 3

    Robert Jordan

    Now, who killed Asmodean. (Laughter)

    Robert Jordan

    There is enough evidence in the books to put together to find out who killed Asmodean. Think! Think! Some of you are Harvard folk! Think! Someone has found out, actually, but I will not tell you. Now I'll answer some questions.

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  • 4

    Question

    What exactly is the Bore?

    Robert Jordan

    Well, it is at... No, I shouldn't say that. It is a thinness in the Pattern that you can feel the most at Shayol Ghul. (Don't remember what else he said.)

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    Question

    Who do you base your female characters on?

    Robert Jordan

    I take some of the characteristics from my wife, and I distribute them through all of the female characters. I am, however, being very mean and I won't tell her which characteristics those are.

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    Question

    Who is Messana?

    Robert Jordan

    Who is Mesaana? Think! You have enough evidence to know that by now, I would suspect, and you certainly will have enough after reading Crossroads of Twilight.

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    Question

    How do you create the names for the characters?

    Robert Jordan

    (He said a really long answer, and I will summarize it. He basically takes names from legends and twists them, mainly King Arthur. The two characters that are based after King Arthur are Artur Hawkwing, obviously, and Rand. For example, the "sword in the stone." He says that the Wheel of Time could kind of be known as the basis of where all of the legends and myths come from. He said he tried to bury King Arthur very deeply, because if people thought that The Eye of the World was just another King Arthur book, nobody would buy it.)

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  • 8

    Daniel G

    (when he signed my book): Who is you favorite character, if you have one?

    Robert Jordan

    Well, my favorite character is whoever I am writing about for the moment, but I will tell you which characters I relate to. When I was growing up, I tried to be like Lan. Physically, and partly behavior, I was like Perrin, and behavior wise, I was like Mat. If he had a Harley, I'm sure he would ride one too (chuckles). My wife thinks that I'm "Loial to the life", but I don't see were she gets that.

    (I also heard him talk about speeding in Maine.)

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