Figment
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Location: Australia
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 Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:05 am Post subject: The Death of Robert Jordan... |
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I wasn't quite sure where this would go... But:
According to Slashdot:
"James Oliver Rigney Jr, author of the long-running fantasy series The Wheel
of Time and better known to millions of fans by the pen name Robert Jordan,
died on 16 Sept 2007 from cardiac amyloidosis. Jordan announced he had been
diagnosed with the disease in March 2006 and vowed to beat the odds, but
determination and gumption sometimes just aren't enough in the face of a
disease with a median survival time of just over two years. Jordan was in
the process of writing the twelfth and final book in the Wheel of Time
series, A Memory of Light, but the book was not slated for release until
2009 and is still incomplete. While there is hope that the book will still
be finished from Jordan's notes, this is devastating news to all of us who
have been reading the series since 1990."
Jordan's website, Dragonmount.com, is slow to load, but does confirm the
news, and it looks like someone has updated the wiki on his entry.
I have never read his books, but i have heard great things... And my boyfriend loves them...
It is always sad when the world of the fantastical written word departs...
Farewell, and on to your next adventure!
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