On his blog (linked below) Sanderson writes:
"As for that book . . . well, it's time for it to have a title. We've been calling it Shifting Winds up until this point, but that was never intended to be the final title. After a long round of conversations with Tor and Harriet, we settled on TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT as the title. There are various reasons for this, which I'll go into more once the book is out next year. I'm pleased, however, as this was the title I suggested. It's actually appropriate in an interesting way. Harriet was the one who came up with the name for the first of the three, and the second one gets the title I proposed. And so, we will (as I've been saying for a while) use Mr. Jordan's title for the final of the three, A MEMORY OF LIGHT."
So, what do you think of the title? And what do you think it refers to?!
"As for that book . . . well, it's time for it to have a title. We've been calling it Shifting Winds up until this point, but that was never intended to be the final title. After a long round of conversations with Tor and Harriet, we settled on TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT as the title. There are various reasons for this, which I'll go into more once the book is out next year. I'm pleased, however, as this was the title I suggested. It's actually appropriate in an interesting way. Harriet was the one who came up with the name for the first of the three, and the second one gets the title I proposed. And so, we will (as I've been saying for a while) use Mr. Jordan's title for the final of the three, A MEMORY OF LIGHT."
So, what do you think of the title? And what do you think it refers to?!
I hesitate to speculate which towers it refers to with my sleep-deprived brain, but I agree that the Seanchan fortress is the most likely. Just not sure if it stops there or could conceivably incorporate more towers into it. Thanks for the heads up!
WoT 13 title: "Towers of Midnight"
- 19/09/2009 01:04:23 AM
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Re: WoT 13 title: "Towers of Midnight"
- 19/09/2009 02:51:59 AM
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It's the place in Seanchan where the a'dam was first used.
- 19/09/2009 03:46:46 AM
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It would be nice place for Seeker Morr to torture Demandred, IMHO posing as General Galgan *NM*
- 20/09/2009 09:57:11 AM
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Yes, there seem to be quite a few towers in this series, huh? *NM*
- 20/09/2009 11:16:27 PM
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Thanks Dodge. 
- 19/09/2009 05:05:11 AM
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- 19/09/2009 05:05:11 AM
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Towers
- 19/09/2009 05:39:53 AM
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I agree. This was the 1st thing I thought of when I saw this.
- 19/09/2009 05:56:50 AM
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But RJ can change his mind right?
- 19/09/2009 01:38:54 PM
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Of course. It would be nice to know where/when the comment was made. *NM*
- 19/09/2009 01:53:35 PM
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I ask that you put spoilers in your title, whether they're in white or not. Thank you. *NM*
- 19/09/2009 07:16:20 PM
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I think AmoL is one the better titles ever to grace a fantasy novel! 
- 19/09/2009 11:46:19 AM
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- 19/09/2009 11:46:19 AM
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Typical title...
- 19/09/2009 06:03:48 PM
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I think "Dance of Lightnings" is way too reminiscent of GRMM *NM*
- 19/09/2009 08:26:12 PM
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He'd probably go with "Lance of Lightning". *NM*
- 19/09/2009 09:42:11 PM
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Well...
- 20/09/2009 11:36:03 AM
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It's a bit 'generic fantasy title'...... *NM*
- 19/09/2009 09:52:17 PM
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BLANK of [the] BLANK
- 20/09/2009 05:47:17 PM
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The Great Hunt, the Dragon Reborn, the Shadow Rising, Lord of Chaos, Winter's Heart,
- 21/09/2009 02:25:27 AM
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Towers of Midnight
- 23/03/2010 11:32:20 AM
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You responded 6 months after the post? Wow! You're pretty dedicated. *NM*
- 26/03/2010 03:16:56 AM
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