Robert Jordan....

[zenravn]

jim rigney, otherwise known as robert jordan, author of the sometimes sometimes wonderful, sometimes bad, always long Wheel of Time saga, died yesterday, leaving an incomplete last novel. they say he left all major plot stuff with his family and parts may be ghost-written just so fans will know what the hell happens after 10,000 or so pages and 17

Comments

[common_as_stone]

sad. i thought of you immediately when i heard this news yesterday. i am glad, however, that i stopped reading those books years ago; if i was still emotionally invested in those characters and storyline this would make me crazy.

[zenravn]

i'm crazy. just suppressed.

[zenravn]

if george rr martin goes, then all the series that connect me all the way to my teens and early twenties will be gone.

i hope he's chillin with the saidin or that mist of madness

[vogstok]

nooooooooo that fucker!! may he burn in hell on a pile of his britannica-sized books for dying before he finished it. Dude, I played the Wheel of Time VIDEO GAME for like years hahaha.. So stupid I know, but it was really good. One of those sleeper games, like counter strike for nerds.

Re: i hope he's chillin with the saidin or that mist of madness

[zenravn]

that looked like the worst $5 game ever. but i still woulda played it.

[shanzig]

its pretty ironic that everyone i know who has been reading those books has said "he better finish before he dies."

[zenravn]

it's like we all watched "the secret" and then accidentally wished him dead. it's a pretty serious thing. the last one that came out a good while back has faded a bit with time, so i'm not quite as connected and anguished as i would be if i had just re-read the series andgotten involved with all the characters again. still sucks though.