History Trivia / TheWheelOfTime

** Darrell Sweet, who produced the cover art for the US editions, passed away before completing the artwork for A Memory of Light. Michael Whelan was hired to create the final cover but chose to start the cover from scratch rather than try to finish Sweet's design.

** Similarly, at one point Taim/Demandred was supposed to have been Asmodean's killer, before Robert Jordan changed th ekiller's identity to [[spoiler:Graendal]].

** "Finnland" for the land of the Aelfinn and Eelfinn.

* PromotedFanboy: Brandon Sanderson, who now gets to complete the series.
* ShrugOfGod: Jordan's stock answer to many things was 'RAFO' - Read And Find Out. Also the official stance toward the conclusion of the series--WordOfGod is firm that anything that happens after the final page is strictly up to the reader.

** Robert Jordan initially planned to write at least two more prequels (one about Tam, and a second about Moiraine and Lan), as well as a sequel trilogy following Mat and Perrin several years down the line (collectively, fans tend to refer to these as "the outriggers"). Unfortunately, AuthorExistenceFailure hit before Jordan produced much material on any of them, and it looks like they'll probably never get written at this point.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Nowadays, ''The Wheel of Time'' is considered by many to be a horrendously cliched example of how all fantasy books are too long, with series that go on seemingly without end and yet little happens in them. When the first volume was published, in 1991, most fantasy novels were actually quite short, and/or tended to be trilogies or quintets at the very longest. However, he inspired so many other writers to [[{{Padding}} pad out their volumes]] and stretch their stories over ten or twelve volumes that by the 2000's he tended to get lumped in with those he inspired, often cited as the UrExample, but rarely acknowledged as the man who started the trend.

* AuthorExistenceFailure:
** Jordan died after book 11, Creator/BrandonSanderson took up the mantle.

** While Brandon Sanderson did a fine job indeed some differences are glaring.
*** The big one is that while Creator/RobertJordan was a veteran and graduate of the Citadel (a military college), Creator/BrandonSanderson has problems with battles and combat in general. In A Memory of Light, the forces of the Light make glaring mistakes that aren't explainable by the corruption of the high command. The forces holding a pass are mostly cavalry, while the forces fighting a rearguard action (in a forest!) are mostly ranged (with artillery!). The forces for an assault on (and subsequent defense of) the enemy main base are, a good part of them at least, irregulars without real equipment and supply. Also, an often used tactic for cavalry assaults is to rip the ground apart before they hit, as to make sure the horses stumble (in an assault!).
*** Another is usage of military organisational units. One commander thinks how good it is that she has two whole banners of crossbowmen, which would be any number from 100 to 1000 (at the most), in an army numbering tens of thousands, fighting an enemy with one or two hundred thousand soldiers...

* AshcanCopy: On February 9th, 2015 (at 1:30 AM!), ''Winter Dragon'', a 30-minute adaptation of the introductory chapter of ''The Eye Of The World'' appeared on [[Creator/{{Fox}} FXX]]. What keeps it from being just another OneEpisodeWonder are the circumstances of its production. [[https://twitter.com/Sedavision According to the director's tweets]], [[ChristmasRushed filming began on January 20th and post-production was completed on February 4th]]. The TV rights to the ''Wheel of Time'' series were set to revert from Red Eagle Entertainment (who has held them since 2004) to The Bandersnatch Group (which is owned by the Robert Jordan estate) on February 11th. Needless to say, [[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2015/02/wheel-of-time-pilot-harriet-statement Jordan's widow was not pleased]]. Lawsuits are currently flying. The lawsuits have been resolved, and Harriet has announced that a television adaptation is in the works.

* {{Jossed}}: The theory ([[http://web.archive.org/web/20031210122826/steelypips.org/wotfaq/1_dark/1.1_forsaken1/1.1.5_taimandred.html with plenty of arguments]]) that Demandred is masquerading as Taim ("[[FanNickname Taimandred]]"). Even the two pieces of evidence in ''Winter's Heart'' that contradicted this were not wholly believed until Jordan finally settled the matter personally. Some still believe he [[RetCon changed it]] out of spite.

** Jordan died after book 11, BrandonSanderson took up the mantle.
** While BrandonSanderson did a fine job indeed some differences are glaring.
*** The big one is that while Creator/RobertJordan was a veteran and graduate of the Citadel (a military college), BrandonSanderson has problems with battles and combat in general. In A Memory of Light, the forces of the Light make glaring mistakes that aren't explainable by the corruption of the high command. The forces holding a pass are mostly cavalry, while the forces fighting a rearguard action (in a forest!) are mostly ranged (with artillery!). The forces for an assault on (and subsequent defense of) the enemy main base are, a good part of them at least, irregulars without real equipment and supply. Also, an often used tactic for cavalry assaults is to rip the ground apart before they hit, as to make sure the horses stumble (in an assault!).

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Nowadays, ''Series/TheWheelOfTime'' is considered by many to be a horrendously cliched example of how all fantasy books are too long, with series that go on seemingly without end and yet little happens in them. When the first volume was published, in 1991, most fantasy novels were actually quite short, and/or tended to be trilogies or quintets at the very longest. However, he inspired so many other writers to [[{{Padding}} pad out their volumes]] and stretch their stories over ten or twelve volumes that by the 2000's he tended to get lumped in with those he inspired, often cited as the UrExample, but rarely acknowledged as the man who started the trend.

*** The big one is that while RobertJordan was a veteran and graduate of the Citadel (a military college), BrandonSanderson has problems with battles and combat in general. In A Memory of Light, the forces of the Light make glaring mistakes that aren't explainable by the corruption of the high command. The forces holding a pass are mostly cavalry, while the forces fighting a rearguard action (in a forest!) are mostly ranged (with artillery!). The forces for an assault on (and subsequent defense of) the enemy main base are, a good part of them at least, irregulars without real equipment and supply. Also, an often used tactic for cavalry assaults is to rip the ground apart before they hit, as to make sure the horses stumble (in an assault!).

*** The big one is that while RobertJordan was a veteran and graduate of the Citadel, BrandonSanderson has problems with battles and combat in general. In A Memory of Light, the forces of the Light make glaring mistakes that aren't explainable by the corruption of the high command. The forces holding a pass are mostly cavalry, while the forces fighting a rearguard action (in a forest!) are mostly ranged (with artillery!). The forces for an assault on (and subsequent defense of) the enemy main base are, a good part of them at least, irregulars without real equipment and supply. Also, an often used tactic for cavalry assaults is to rip the ground apart before they hit, as to make sure the horses stumble (in an assault!).

* AshcanCopy: On February 9th, 2015 (at 1:30 AM!), ''Winter Dragon'', a 30-minute adaptation of the introductory chapter of ''The Eye Of The World'' appeared on [[Creator/{{Fox}} FXX]]. What keeps it from being just another OneEpisodeWonder are the circumstances of its production. [[https://twitter.com/Sedavision According to the director's tweets]], [[ChristmasRushed filming began on January 20th and post-production was completed on February 4th]]. The TV rights to the ''Wheel of Time'' series were set to revert from Red Eagle Entertainment (who has held them since 2004) to The Bandersnatch Group (which is owned by the Robert Jordan estate) on February 11th. Needless to say, [[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2015/02/wheel-of-time-pilot-harriet-statement Jordan's widow was not pleased]]. Lawsuits are currently flying.

*** The big one is that while RobertJordan was a veteran and graduate of the Citadel, BrandonSanderson has problems with battles and combat in general. In A Memory of Light, the forces of the Light make glaring mistakes that aren't explainable by the corruption of the high command. The forces holding a pass are mostly cavalry, while the forces fighting a rearguard action (in a forest!) are mostly ranged (with artillery!). The forces for an assault on (and subsequent defense of) the enemy main base are, a good part of them at least, irregulars without real equipment and supply. Also, a often used tactic for cavalry assaults is to rip the ground apart before they hit, as to make sure the horses stumble (in an assault!).

* Supplementary links: (Spoilers Galore!)
** [[http://wotfaq.dragonmount.com/ The Wheel of Time FAQ]]
** [[http://www.encyclopaedia-wot.org/ Encyclopedia WoT]]
** [[http://pop.wheeloftime.org/index.php?topic=635.0 ISAM's mock summaries]] (An AbridgedSeries parody, up to Book 10)
** [[http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/A_beginning Wheel Of Time Wiki]]
** [[http://www.tor.com/features/series/wot-reread The Wheel of Time Reread]] with BigNameFan Leigh Butler, former curator of aforementioned WoT FAQ. Treat as you would any {{Recap}} section.

** While BrandonSanderson did a fine job indeed some differences are glaring

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Jordan died after book 11, BrandonSanderson took up the mantle.

* TropeNamer For:
** LegendFadesToMyth
** SilkHidingSteel

*** The big one is that while RobertJordan was a veteran and graduate of the Citadel, BrandonSanderson has problems with battles and combat in general. In A Memory of Light, the forces of the light make glaring mistakes that aren't explainable by the corruption of the high command. The forces holding a pass are mostly cavalry, while the forces fighting a rearguard action (in a forest!) are mostly ranged (with artillery!). The forces for an assault on the enemy main base are, a good part of them at least, irregulars without real equipment and supply. Also, a often used tactic for cavalry assaults is to rip the ground apart before they hit, as to make sure the horses stumble (in an assault!).
*** Another is usage of military organisational units. One commander thinks how good it is that she has two whole banners of crossbowmen, which would be any number from 100 to 1000 (at the most), in an army numbering tens of thousands...

** [[http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=386600 ISAM's mock summaries]] (An AbridgedSeries parody, up to Book 10)