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It has been confirmed that the rumors are just that - rumors. Terez Send a noteboard - 19/09/2010 12:43:57 AM
The report, by rew:

I talked personally to Brandon today (Sept 18) at a book signing at the Orem B&N.

I asked him 2 questions, both about “The Seven-Stripped Lass.” He “accused” me of working for DM or Theoryland, but said that I could report back to them on what he said. Sadly, I didn’t have a recording device with me, so his answers aren’t verbatim, but the words in quotations are the words that he used and the content is what I remember him saying. If there are mistakes they are probably mine, not his, as I am only human and cannot fully reproduce a spoken conversation word for word hours after the fact (despite the notes I jotted down).

1) Why did he choose to release Chapter 8?

He said it was strategic, because he knew that the Prologue would be up for sale, and chapters 1 and 2 would be up for free on Tor’s site. As well, chapters 3, 4 etc wouldn’t have worked “because they build upon each other. Chapter 1 builds on the Prologue, Chapter 2 on Chapter 1, etc.” And thus, chapter 8 was the earliest chapter that would work as a teaser without spoiling earlier things or getting in the way of the other early releases. He also confirmed that, yes, chapter 8 is the first Mat POV in the book.

2) I said something to the effect that many on the forums have challenged (I think the exact words I used were “giving him crap”) about the chronology, especially with regards to Mat. I guess it wasn’t a question as much as an interrogative lilt to my voice…

He responded by saying that he has a “detailed and precise” chronology off of which he works. He admitted however that he is not the real “chronology person” on Team Jordan, but those people assure him that “I am right on” with regards to the chronology. He then addressed a number of the concerns:
-first- Rumors: he said that rumors are just rumors. About trolloc attacks, specifically, he said that “trollocs have been attacking, or invading in various places for months” and that rumors abound in all sorts of forms about them.

With regard to the White Tower attack- I prompted this one a little, and he said that they are simply rumors which have coalesced from multiple rumors together, nothing related specifically to the real attack adding that “in the Wheel of Time rumors sometimes have a tendency to double-back on themselves” turning into truth eventually.

As for the horse riding in Caemlyn, I asked him specifically about Rand seeing Mat and Thom on horses in Caemlyn, but Mat in Chapter 8 not taking his horse into the city, and he responded by saying that Rand didn’t see Mat in this specific scene and assured me that all that would work out in the rest of the book.

He did admit that there has been one “hitch” found in TGS as per chronology that will be changed in upcoming editions. If I remember correctly he said Mat is roughly two weeks behind where he was meant to be and explained that Mat’s position in time at the end of TGS was supposed to be two weeks earlier than it was portrayed as being.
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*SPOILERS* Discussing Chapter 8 (chapter revealed by the great hunt) - 17/09/2010 07:01:34 AM 2625 Views
I noticed the timeline thing right away. - 17/09/2010 07:15:49 AM 879 Views
It has been confirmed that the rumors are just that - rumors. - 19/09/2010 12:43:57 AM 982 Views
long arse post - 17/09/2010 07:18:13 AM 1218 Views
Disagree. Mat is still off. Can't really point out why... - 17/09/2010 05:12:55 PM 749 Views
He was just slightly off. Much, much closer than TGS though. - 17/09/2010 05:19:07 PM 744 Views
That golden haired woman in the inn (Clare?) is Birgitte in disguise. Mark me. *NM* - 17/09/2010 09:51:28 AM 388 Views
Oh snap!! - 17/09/2010 10:20:07 AM 884 Views
Elayne could just be trying to hide her pregnency from Mat - 17/09/2010 10:57:22 AM 929 Views
Re: Elayne could just be trying to hide her pregnency from Mat - 17/09/2010 12:30:32 PM 818 Views
Re: Elayne could just be trying to hide her pregnency from Mat - 17/09/2010 02:32:11 PM 943 Views
Well your post is dammning the possibility of Graendal being involved with Elayne - 17/09/2010 04:43:31 PM 1285 Views
#2 ---not enough info - 17/09/2010 05:08:17 PM 820 Views
But speculation is so fun.... - 17/09/2010 06:13:19 PM 983 Views
Also, something is very wrong with this suggested timeline in your post - 17/09/2010 05:03:50 PM 915 Views
Yes and... - 17/09/2010 10:26:48 PM 940 Views
Tinkers and Rhuidean - 20/09/2010 12:38:28 AM 646 Views
AOL I-Pod... very funny *nm* *NM* - 23/09/2010 07:24:44 PM 323 Views
Seems like Verin and Moiraine are already on balance scales. - 17/09/2010 05:17:35 PM 804 Views
It's either Verin or Elayne and Moiraine, but... - 17/09/2010 05:22:06 PM 809 Views
The rumour is almost certainly just a rumour.... - 17/09/2010 07:41:48 PM 950 Views
Occam's razor suggests you're right... - 17/09/2010 09:27:48 PM 770 Views
Re: Occam's razor suggests you're right... - 17/09/2010 09:45:36 PM 835 Views
<waves hands placatingly> - 17/09/2010 10:36:20 PM 840 Views
Its way too specific for that... - 18/09/2010 04:16:31 AM 764 Views
Re: Its way too specific for that... - 19/09/2010 01:57:10 AM 1262 Views
Just a general question, some admin/mod/whoever can explain. - 18/09/2010 01:06:37 AM 778 Views
Nice chapter! - 18/09/2010 11:01:44 AM 923 Views
Wow, someone really likes using Mat's name! - 19/09/2010 11:08:02 PM 686 Views

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