“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose…. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of time.
But it was a beginning.”
I was saddened today to learn of the passing of Robert Jordan, one of the giants of modern fantasy literature with his Wheel of Time series. I can remember first hearing about the WoT series. I was a Junior in college sitting in a Sociology class. My mind strayed from the lecture for a few moments, and as I glanced down the row there was a guy reading a book. I leaned over to inquire what he was reading, and it was Robert Jordan. He said it was good and I wasn’t reading anything at that time, so I figured I’d give it a shot. That summer I spent a lot of my free time reading up through book six, the most current at the time.
I will miss seeing what Jordan would have done in the future with this series and others. I do hope that someone who was close to him will continue his work, using his outlines and notes, and finish this grand epic in his honor. You can find the official announcement on his blog at Dragonmount.com.
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September 18th, 2007 at 4:58 pm - Edit
Damn that is sad news. He was not my favorite writer but was extremely talented.
I finished one of his books earlier this year and even though it started out slow it became a wonderful tale at the books end.
He will be missed for sure.
September 19th, 2007 at 6:45 am - Edit
I was very sad to read that he past away. I was reading his blog for the past year and he made it clear that if he didn’t beat his illness that someone, wife or family would finsih the last book. So I’ll take his word for it and hope that it does his memory justice. So sad.