Frequently Asked Questions regarding The Wheel of Time

Pam Korda kor2@midway.uchicago.edu

September 1994


This FAQ covers many questions and speculations of the Net.Jordanites in rec.arts.sf.written. It contains Spoilers up to The Fires of Heaven, so don't read it if you didn't read it yet. The FAQ was originally converted to HTML by Helmut Geyer, Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de, and is maintained by The Cabal {TINC}, wot@linuxmafia.com.

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1. Administrativia

2. Useful Information (short answers)

3. Trivial Pursuits

4. It's been a long time, baby: The WoT timeline

5. Hangin' loose: Unresolved plot threads

6. Some "Sweet" cover art

7. Reader's guide to Prophecy

8. Publishing stuff

9. Index