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Q: What is/was Garen's Wall? Will it play a role?
A: Garen's Wall is a split between tectonic plates. It is a great cliff that stretches across hundreds of miles. As to whether it plays a part, read and find out! Maybe it do and maybe it don't.
Q: My question has 3 parts. First off, the scope of your work outstrips many of todays other authors, and has spoiled me! 1. Do you recommend any other authors, and who? Are you planning any tours in Canada? When is LOC avail in Canada?
A: 1. Ray Feist, Janny Wurts, C. S. Friedman, Robert Holdstock, Tad Williams Barry Hughart the problem is that there are a lot of people I like, and these are just the first names that come to mind. Ray Feist is cool. 2. I'll be in Toronto at the end of October and beginning of November. 3. By the end of the month.
Q: My question has a few parts. When Perrin left the Two Rivers, did he tell people who he was going to see? Did Rands Father come? Does he know about Rand being The Dragon Reborn?
A: 1. Read And Find Out. 2. No, Rand's father did not come. 3. Read And Find Out!
Q: Since Rand was shielded and couldn't form any Wards on his dreams could Egwene have spied out that he was in trouble while in Tel aran' rhiod?
A: Ah. Yes, she could have. The problem is, when you've learned that something is impossible, you have a tendency to stop trying it. She just didn't try to spy during the period in question.
Q: This obviously requires huge amounts of plotting and info outlining. Did you have any pertinent WOT info lost during Hurricane Hugo? (And did your house suffer at all?)
A: Yes, my house suffered during Hurricane Hugo, and no, I didn't have any significant information loss.
Q: Your societies seem to all place women in a very influential role. Any particular reason why you created so many matriarchies? Also, do you already have a solution for Rand's love triangle?
A: 1. 3000 years ago, the world was destroyed by men: specifically men, and for all of that time, every society has been afraid of any man who can channel. The result has to be greater power and influence for women. 2. Yes.
Q: From Rand's Rhuidean vision: If the Sharom is the D.O.'s prison, why would it be floating in on place above a city and not in some transcendent plain? Didn't Rand see it there? Also, did Mierin try to create the bore?
A: But it isn't. The Sharom and the Collam Daan are a university/research center. Or were. In part, yes. Not alone.
Q: Is Rand's world an atheistic world, based on only human "powers" - there seems to be a "devil" but nothing on the flip side .
A: What would you say the Creator is? The Light?
Q: How do you keep up with all of the plotlines, prophecies, etc.?
A: With difficulty.
Q: Do you use story boards, flow charts, etc. or just the FAQs?
A: No, I don't use story boards, etc. I just do outlines in the sense of synopses of what I intend to write.
Q: Is the Hawkwing era and/or the Seanchan based on any actual historical era and do you plan on including some more historical data about the Age of Legends and maybe a separate series?
A: The first part of your question: no. It's based on several combined.The second part: Only insofar as it affects the story in the "here and now." In a separate series: no.
Q: Why weren't Compulsion and Illusion mentioned in the previous books before LOC and is there any specific character in the series that you have taken a liking to?
A: Compulsion and Illusion: They weren't mentioned primarily because it wasn't necessary. Actually Compulsion has been mentioned a number of times, and I think Illusion has been mentioned in passing at least once or twice. It just wasn't necessary to deal with them in depth. The answer to the rest of the question: All of them. (Sorry.) I like all of them. Whoever I'm writing -- that's the one I like.
Q: Did you think the series would be come this popular?
A: No. I hoped, but I never thought.
Q: Did you think you were going to write only the first book without sequels? If you wife is all the female characters are you all the male ones?
A: No, I knew from the start that I was writing something that would be multiple books. I just never knew how many, exactly. The last question: Probably, God help me. Never thought of it that way, though.
Q: Are Min's visions absolute foretellings or probabilities?
A: Her visions are absolute foretellings. The problem is, she doesn't always know what they mean. The only changes from that are two visions she's had which indicated the possibility of the future forking, an "either/or." And that's the only time she's ever had anything like that.
Q: Just curious. Do you know how many words you've typed into this series, some authors have it in the Epilogue.
A: My answer is not closer than plus-or-minus 100,000 words or so, give or take a million.
Q: We have been speculating regarding Demandred's current doings and his possible location/appearance. Care to comment?
A: Well, no.
Q: Will we be getting more glimpses into the DO prison as we go?
A: The prison: maybe.
Q: I was wondering about Artur hawkwing. I notice parallels to the King Arthur legends in particular. But what other stories inspired this?
A: Too many to go into -- truly too many.
Q: Will we ever know the specifics of Logain's escape, or rather, are they signficant at all?
A: Read And Find Out. Sorry about that!