Robert Jordan Dies

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My favourite author, Robert Jordan (real name James Rigney), sadly passed away on the 16th of September. He was best known for writing The Wheel Of Time series, a twelve book saga that he was completing upon his death. He suffered from a rare blood disease called amyloidosis, and had been fighting against it for over a year. He died in the presence of his family, and is survived by his wife and publisher, Harriet. He left instructions for how the book was to be finished if he passed away unexpectedly, but the decision whether to complete the books or not is up to her.

RIP.
 
I'm sorry for his family and for all his fans out there - me included - who eagerly awaits the conclusion of the series. I was aware he was severley ill, but I didn't think it was fatal.
 
Well, I am sad to hear of this man's passing.  No matter what one thinks of the Wheel of Time series and the rest of his works, he was a very prolific and skilled author.
 
I heard the news this morning.

Quite frankly, I'm devastated...I had been looking forward to re-reading books 1-10, and then reading books 11 and 12, on the release of the final volume, and have been for some time.

I can only hope that the instructions he left are clear enough that, if his wife chooses to finish and release the final book (which I hope she does), the book is as close to Jordan's wishes as possible.

Given that Jordan was the master of climatic final chapters (chapters, plural...more than one per book), I can only imagine what the last half of Book 12 would be like...I only hope he's left enough for his magnum opus to be finished.

A toast to a fine author of epic quality.

RIP
 
The Wheel of Time series were the books that gave birth to my interest in fantasy, scifi, and reading in general. I remember them being the first series that I kept reading, book after book. I think I must have been about 13 or something. I did give up somewhere around Lord of Chaos though, and moved on to other stuff.

Always meant to re-read the whole thing when it was completed, I guess I might have to wait a while though. Hopefully he was close enough to finishing it that there won't be any quality issues.

Sad to see him go, even if he is far from my favourite author, I owe him a lot.
 
According to another website which I read this morning, he completed the final book and submitted it to the publisher for editing before he died.

I have heard suspicions voiced about this guy, which I agree with:
The story should have been completed in 6 novels, maybe 8 at the most. He's been stretching it out to make more money. I suspect he's had most of the final book completed for years. At least the last 2 novels (plus the prequel novel) were completely pointless ... and the 3 before that could have been condensed into one without ruining anything. Now that he can't milk that cow anymore, we'll finally get the last book.

There is some evidence to counter the highly cynical argument above:
a. He said book 12 would be the end no matter what.
b. He said he would write a WoT encyclopedia after (but then again, that's just a continued milking of the same cow).

I am sad that he's gone, but I was getting very frustrated with the way the books were going nowhere lately. Hopefully the last book will redeem his legacy.
 
Any chance that you could either post up a link to that site, or PM it to me please?

And yes, the last books have been dragged out, especially Crossroads Of Twilight, but I felt that Knife Of Dreams managed to tie up some loose ends, and felt that everything was finally coming together, and that Tarmon Gai'don was really starting to build up.
Lan riding out under the Golden Crane banner for Malkier, for example.
 
SinisterMinisterX said:
I am sad that he's gone, but I was getting very frustrated with the way the books were going nowhere lately. Hopefully the last book will redeem his legacy.
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I too, think this is terrible tragedy but agree with the frustration over pointless books and unnecessarily drawn out plot lines. I barely remember the series because I got fed up with waiting for new volumes somewhere around the 8th book I believe. It has always been my intention to re-read the whole series upon completion of the final installment, guess I'm close to achieving that goal now. Does anyone know if his illness contributed to the amount of time it took him to release new volumes all the time? ..... or was that part of the milking SMX explained to try and drum up as much enthusiasm for new volumes as possible? If the later is the case, then as least as far as I'm concerned, it totally backfired and turned me off to the series. In any case, this is indeed sad news; he was a very accomplished author with a respected imagination.

RIP
 
Wow, he died?
Somehow I think his death was the only way of ending his famous series. The guy wouldn't stop.
The first couple of volumes of the WOT-cycle had some of the most exciting scenes I've ever read.
I think I stopped after volume 4 or 5 when I discovered George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" which turned out to be a welcome change.
 
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