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



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.

Oh man, I love this man's books.

Sad day.

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!

HamsterHuey said:

I haven't read any of his books.

Have you at least hear dof him? He created a Tolkien-like world, amazing fantasy.

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

XxAxX said:

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.

HamsterHuey said:

Maybe his family will finish it.

More info here;

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

It also links to his own blog.