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0.01: The Wheel of Time FAQ: Introduction, Copyright Information, and Contents

"I of course have zero evidence for this, but since when has that stopped any of us?" -- David Wren-Hardin

"Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it?" -- Rand Al'Thor

This version of the WOTFAQ was initially published in June 2004.

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Copyright Information

The Wheel of Time FAQ (WOTFAQ) contains writing by many authors. The individual authors hold copyright to their respective contributions, as cited in the text. The Wheel of Time books, and all quotations therefrom, are Copyright 1990-2003 by Robert Jordan. The Wheel of Time chapter icons are by Matthew C. Nielsen, and are Copyright 1990-2000 by Tor Books, used with their gracious permission. Unattributed material in the WOTFAQ is Copyright 2004 by Leigh Butler, Pamela Korda and Erica Sadun. This version of the WOTFAQ is Copyright 2004 by Leigh Butler, Pamela Korda and Erica Sadun.

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Introduction to the WOTFAQ-- a Word from the FAQueen

This is the Wheel of Time Wondrous Masterpiece of Assembled Knowledge, Theories, and Discussion (a.k.a. The Frequently Asked Questions compendium). 'Tis edited and maintained by me, Leigh Butler. The FAQ is based on discussion of The Wheel of Time series on the Usenet group rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan , as well as some personal correspondence, and a few other sources on the Web. This version of the WOTFAQ contains lots of SPOILERS for all books of the Wheel of Time , up to and including Book 10, Crossroads of Twilight . If you haven't read, don't read. There are versions of the WOTFAQ from before COT (i.e. no spoilers, but some out-dated theories), which you can find links to in the Wheel of Time Index (see section 0.08).

This version of the WOTFAQ (v7.1) has been updated to include information and theories from Crossroads of Twilight . The Keywords and Sitemap indices have been deleted.

Standard Reference Format: [Book Abbreviation: Chapter Number, Chapter Name, Tor HC page number]

Credits

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Keeper of the Chronicles (FAQ Maintainer and HTML implementation): Leigh Butler (leighdb@pacbell.net).

Defender of the Dragonwall (Site Maintainer) and FAQueen Emeritus: Pam Korda (pam@linuxmafia.com).

Master of the Blades (Original Site Design): Matthew Hunter.

Mother of the FAQ (Originator of the WOTFAQ): Erica Sadun.

Advertisement-free Web space courtesy of: Rick Möen (original site); Alistair Young (UK mirrors); Maggie Brazeau and David Scotton (US mirror); and Kate Nepveu (2nd US mirror).

Beta-testers/Proofreaders: A ton of thanks go to Steven Cooper, who went above and beyond the call of duty with an exhaustive proofread of the entire FAQ. You rock, Steven... A plethora of kudos also go to my crack team of nitpickers and broken-link-finders - Evan "Skwid" Langlinais, Duncan Macdonald, Pat O'Connell, and Jennifer Winters. Also thanks to Kjell Stahl, my johnny-on-the-spot with the page refs, and to Maggie Brazeau for her help in the final stages of production.

FAQing awesome people: Richard Boyé, for taking on the hellish job of updating the Sitter section for me; Jeff Dougan, for helping me put together the oh-so-fun bonding section; Kevin Bartlett and Karl-Johan Norén, whose web pages Pam plundered mercilessly for good analyses of Asmodean's murder; Steven Cooper (again!), for his comprehensive and endlessly useful Chronology; Daniel Posey, for his Ideal Seek engine (or as I like to call it, Sanity Flotation Device); Bill Garrett and Hawk, for allowing me to make free with their hardbound property; and Pam Korda, for her continuing and fabulous assistance in maintaining the FAQ.

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Contents

Note on changes since the last version:

Items marked "NEW" are sections which are, well, new.

Items marked "UPDATED" are sections which include significant new information and/or discussion.

Items marked "REVISED" are sections which contain some minor new info or discussion, but no major changes.

Since relatively little has changed from the January 2004 version, rather than strip all the old tags marking "new", "updated", and so on, I have simply added a double tag to the articles that have changed for this version. Basically what's been updated is all in the Administrivia section and the Publishing section.

Please make sure to check out the "Welcome" page, as it contains important new information.

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