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Thread started 09/17/07 9:31pm

HamsterHuey

Fantasy author Jordan dies at 58

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...999578.stm

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Author Robert Jordan, whose was best known for the Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels has died of a rare blood disease aged 58.

Jordan - whose real name was James Oliver Rigney Junior - died at the Medical University of South Carolina.

His personal assistant, Maria Simons, said the disease caused the walls of his heart to thicken.

Jordan's first fantasy book, The Eye of the World, was published in 1990 and went on to sell millions of copies.

He also wrote a trilogy of historical novels set in Charleston under the pen name Reagan O'Neal in the early 1980s.

After turning his hand to the Wheel of Time series, he went on to publish 11 books and had been working on the 12th at the time of his death.

Jordan's books tell of Rand al'Thor, also known as The Dragon Reborn, who is destined to battle evil in a mythical land.

The author is survived by his wife, Harriet McDougal Rigney.
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Reply #1 posted 09/17/07 9:31pm

HamsterHuey

Oh man, I love this man's books.

Sad day.
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Reply #2 posted 09/17/07 9:37pm

HamsterHuey

My thoughts are with his wife and loved ones...

He left his great epic The Wheel Of Time greatly unfinished...

He will never be able to tell us what will happen to all those beloved characters!

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Reply #3 posted 09/18/07 4:34am

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HamsterHuey said:

My thoughts are with his wife and loved ones...

He left his great epic The Wheel Of Time greatly unfinished...

He will never be able to tell us what will happen to all those beloved characters!

bawl


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I haven't read any of his books. confused
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Reply #4 posted 09/18/07 4:51am

HamsterHuey

Have you at least hear dof him? He created a Tolkien-like world, amazing fantasy.
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Reply #5 posted 09/18/07 4:52am

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sad rose i was looking forward to reading more of his work.....
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Reply #6 posted 09/18/07 4:55am

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Reply #7 posted 09/18/07 5:15am

HamsterHuey

XxAxX said:

sad rose i was looking forward to reading more of his work.....


He was working on the last installment of The Wheel Of Time almost until the last moment. Shortly before he died he told his family all the plot details.

His last words were used telling his wife he loved her.

I am quite sad, strangely. I would always order his latest book so I could start reading immediately.
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Reply #8 posted 09/18/07 5:18am

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HamsterHuey said:

XxAxX said:

sad rose i was looking forward to reading more of his work.....


He was working on the last installment of The Wheel Of Time almost until the last moment. Shortly before he died he told his family all the plot details.

His last words were used telling his wife he loved her.

I am quite sad, strangely. I would always order his latest book so I could start reading immediately.


Maybe his family will finish it. smile
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Reply #9 posted 09/18/07 5:19am

HamsterHuey

More info here;

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ert_jordan

It also links to his own blog.
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