A Memory of Light is the planned 14th and final book of the fantasy series The Wheel of Time, written by American author Robert Jordan with Brandon Sanderson. A Memory of Light was originally expected to be published around March 2012.[2] On December 21, 2011, Sanderson announced on Twitter that "A Memory of Light—the final book in The Wheel of Time—has been finished".[3] That same day, Sanderson also announced on Twitter that revisions would take "a good six months" and that the book would probably be released in Autumn 2012.[4] Tor announced that the official release date would be January 8, 2013. [1]
[edit] Original plans for the book title
The title A Memory of Light was previously intended to cover the material in what are now books 12 to 14.[5] The original book was incomplete at the time of Jordan's death on September 16, 2007, from cardiac amyloidosis;[6] his widow Harriet McDougal and publisher Tom Doherty chose to publish the book posthumously. Tor Books announced that Brandon Sanderson had been chosen to finish writing the book.[7]
The unfinished book was split into three volumes because it was believed a single volume would be too large to print.[8] Initially it was planned that all three would be titled A Memory of Light, with distinct subtitles; eventually this plan was dropped, and the three volumes were titled The Gathering Storm (published October 27, 2009), Towers of Midnight (published November 2, 2010), and A Memory of Light.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b " "The Release Date for A Memory of Light Has Been Set". http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/02/the-release-date-for-a-memory-of-light-has-been-set".
- ^ Sanderson, Brandon. "Another Long and Rambling Post on Future Books". http://brandonsanderson.com/blog/925/Another-Long-and-Rambling-Post-on-Future-Books. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
- ^ Tweet dated December 21, 2011
- ^ Sanderson, Brandon. "Tweets Dec 19–21, 2011". brandonsanderson.com. http://brandonsanderson.com/article/98/Tweets-December-19-21-2011. Retrieved Jan 2, 2012.
- ^ a b Sanderson, Brandon (September 18, 2009). "Storm Leaders, Book 13 Title, The Gathering Storm, Prologue". http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/825/Storm-Leaders-Book-13-Title-THE-GATHERING-STORM-Prologue. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- ^ Smith, Bruce (September 17, 2007). "Robert Jordan; Wrote 'Wheel of Time' Fantasy Novels". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/17/AR2007091701760_pf.html. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
- ^ Wilcox, Brad (December 3, 2008). "Bringing Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' to a close". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/03/entertainment/et-wheel3. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
- ^ Sanderson, Brandon (2009-03). "Splitting AMOL". http://www.brandonsanderson.com/article/56/Splitting-AMOL. Retrieved April 2, 2009.
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