Robert Jordan has passed away
 

I thought that this deserved a separate thread for the one about his books. It is with great sadness that at 2:45 today, the writer known to us a The Dragon has passed on. He unfortuneatley lost his fight with the Disease he fought with great courage. It was recently posted on his Message Boards.

This is very sad news indeed. All my thoughts go out to his wife Harriet and his family and friends.

For those who do not know. Robert Jordan is the author of The Wheel Of Time series of books as well as at least one Conan book and others I believe.

My brother was a huge fan. I never actually have read any of his stuff...

:( This is really sad news. He certainly accomplished much and had a full life (not too mention being lucky enough to survive not one but TWO tours in Vietnam) but it is always rough when the world loses a gifted writer and creative genius.

I followed WOT right up to Crossroads of Twilight, but as so often happens, I got sidetracked with other reading and haven't finished. I know that some prequels came out after that, but was he able to wrap everything up like he wanted, or was it lefty unfinished? I hadn't heard he was sick, either, I'm guessing the "Disease" was probably cancer?

Wow! That's gonna leave a big hole on the fantasy shelf!

*blink* i had no idea he was even sick, though i never got into his stuff, he's certainly very well known. Very sad.