Losing Robert Jordan

[mmmmm_PIE]

Author Robert Jordan, whose "Wheel of Time" series of fantasy novels sold millions of copies, has died of a rare blood disease, his aide said Monday. He was 58.

Jordan, whose real name was James Oliver Rigney Jr., died Sunday at the Medical University of South Carolina of complications from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy, his personal assistant, Maria Simons, said. The disease attacks the body's major organs; in Jordan's case, it caused the walls of his heart to thicken.

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As you may know by know, one of the masters of modern fantasy passed away yesterday, leaving his amazingly grand life's work, the Wheel Of Time book series, only eleven twelths complete. I know there's a lot of cross overn between the WoT and LoZ fan communities, so I'm sure some of you are as suprised and greived as I am to here this.

RJ was always great to the fans; consistently answering our question, listening toour requests, blogging for our benefit and generally being a superb author. He had decades worth of stories left to tell, and his too-soon passing is a real tragedy.

The chances of WoT itself surviving are apparently fairly strong; he sontinued to work on 'A memory of Light' right up until his death, and left notes and important plot details with his family; the decision on whether or not to publish has been left primarily with his wife.

All honors to Mr. Jordan, and my deepest condolences to his family. He will be fondly remembered.

[Dark Wyrm]

Yes, he will be missed. I remember picking up the first book when I was in 5th grade.

It sucks that he won't be able to finish the story himself, I just hope that whoever writes it will have the same voice as he did.

[Lillia]

Originally Posted by Dark Wyrm

It sucks that he won't be able to finish the story himself, I just hope that whoever writes it will have the same voice as he did.

Yeah,it would be seriously annoying if whoever finshes it has a completly different style and voice to him.I first started reading his books a couple of years ago,and they were the best books i'd read for ages.They're still amongst my favourites.I was reading this interveiw with him quite a while ago when he found out he had ...a disease wasnt it?And he was talking about how he wasnt going to die before he finished the series.Anyway,he'll be remembered.

[Margar]

i tried to read wheel of time. started twice. couldn't get into it. but i know 3 people that LOVE wheel of time, and i'm sad that they've lost their favorite author.