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Isengar Tussle
Written between 1999 and 2000
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I found the two books I read in this series to be extremely boring and tediuos. Does he have to describe what every character is wearing, every time they enter a scene? I mean, he dedicated at least 1 or 2 paragraphs to describe what they are wearing and what it all means......TomB said:
Killer Joe
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By BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press Writer
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Author Robert Jordan, whose "Wheel of Time" series of
fantasy novels sold millions of copies, died Sunday of a rare blood disease.
He was 58.
Jordan, whose real name was James Oliver Rigney Jr., was born and lived in
this southern city most of his life. He died at the Medical University of
South Carolina in Charleston of complications from primary amyloidosis with
cardiomyopathy, his personal assistant, Maria Simons, said Monday. The blood
disease caused the walls of Rigney's heart to thicken.
He wrote a trilogy of historical novels set in Charleston under the pen name
Reagan O'Neal in the early 1980s. Then he turned his attention to fantasy
and the first volume in his Wheel of Time epic, "The Eye of the World," was
published in 1990 under the name Robert Jordan.
Jordan's books tells of Rand al'Thor, who is destined to become the champion
who will battle ultimate evil in a mythical land.
Book 11, "Knife of Dreams," came out in 2005; there was also a prequel, "New
Spring: The Novel," in 2004. The other titles in the series include "The
Great Hunt," "Lord of Chaos" and "The Path of Daggers." Jordan was working
on a 12th volume at the time of his death, Simons said.
"The younger devotees of the series, who seem to be legion, have a habit of
dutifully rereading the complete gospel before each addition. ... (Jordan)
creates a universe simple enough to master and then challenges the
characters to do the same in meticulously choreographed battles against
chaos and dissolution."
In a 2004 online chat on the USA Today Web site, Jordan said he hoped to
finish the main "Wheel" series in two more books. "It's not an absolute
promise, but I'm very much hoping for it and I think I can do it," he wrote.
Most of the books made The New York Times list of best sellers.
In an interview with The Associated Press in 2003, Jordan discussed having a
best seller. The first time it happens "you go out in the middle of the
floor and you do a little dance. Then you go someplace booze is being served
and buy a drink for everybody in the house.
"You have to have talent to some extent - I certainly hope I have talent -
but you have to have luck as well," Jordan said. "Once you get that first
shot, that will get you noticed for the rest of your books and that will
give the rest of your books a better chance."
He said in the interview that his Southern background came through in his
work, even though it is set in a fantasy world.
"What I write is certainly not set in South Carolina, but I have had a
number of reviewers comment on the fact that I write with a distinctly
Southern voice," he said.
"It goes beyond more than simply where the story is set. I believe it is
something we take in in the air and the water. It's a matter of word
choices - of the rhythms of sentences and the rhythm of speech in
particular."
A graduate of The Citadel, South Carolina's state military college, Rigney
worked as a nuclear engineer at the old Charleston Naval Shipyard before
taking up writing full time in 1977. He served two tours of duty with the
Army in Vietnam. He was decorated several times, including winning the
Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star.
He is survived by his wife, Harriet McDougal Rigney.
Funeral arrangements had not been finalized on Monday, Simons said.
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Author Robert Jordan, whose "Wheel of Time" series of
fantasy novels sold millions of copies, died Sunday of a rare blood disease.
He was 58.
Jordan, whose real name was James Oliver Rigney Jr., was born and lived in
this southern city most of his life. He died at the Medical University of
South Carolina in Charleston of complications from primary amyloidosis with
cardiomyopathy, his personal assistant, Maria Simons, said Monday. The blood
disease caused the walls of Rigney's heart to thicken.
He wrote a trilogy of historical novels set in Charleston under the pen name
Reagan O'Neal in the early 1980s. Then he turned his attention to fantasy
and the first volume in his Wheel of Time epic, "The Eye of the World," was
published in 1990 under the name Robert Jordan.
Jordan's books tells of Rand al'Thor, who is destined to become the champion
who will battle ultimate evil in a mythical land.
Book 11, "Knife of Dreams," came out in 2005; there was also a prequel, "New
Spring: The Novel," in 2004. The other titles in the series include "The
Great Hunt," "Lord of Chaos" and "The Path of Daggers." Jordan was working
on a 12th volume at the time of his death, Simons said.
"The younger devotees of the series, who seem to be legion, have a habit of
dutifully rereading the complete gospel before each addition. ... (Jordan)
creates a universe simple enough to master and then challenges the
characters to do the same in meticulously choreographed battles against
chaos and dissolution."
In a 2004 online chat on the USA Today Web site, Jordan said he hoped to
finish the main "Wheel" series in two more books. "It's not an absolute
promise, but I'm very much hoping for it and I think I can do it," he wrote.
Most of the books made The New York Times list of best sellers.
In an interview with The Associated Press in 2003, Jordan discussed having a
best seller. The first time it happens "you go out in the middle of the
floor and you do a little dance. Then you go someplace booze is being served
and buy a drink for everybody in the house.
"You have to have talent to some extent - I certainly hope I have talent -
but you have to have luck as well," Jordan said. "Once you get that first
shot, that will get you noticed for the rest of your books and that will
give the rest of your books a better chance."
He said in the interview that his Southern background came through in his
work, even though it is set in a fantasy world.
"What I write is certainly not set in South Carolina, but I have had a
number of reviewers comment on the fact that I write with a distinctly
Southern voice," he said.
"It goes beyond more than simply where the story is set. I believe it is
something we take in in the air and the water. It's a matter of word
choices - of the rhythms of sentences and the rhythm of speech in
particular."
A graduate of The Citadel, South Carolina's state military college, Rigney
worked as a nuclear engineer at the old Charleston Naval Shipyard before
taking up writing full time in 1977. He served two tours of duty with the
Army in Vietnam. He was decorated several times, including winning the
Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star.
He is survived by his wife, Harriet McDougal Rigney.
Funeral arrangements had not been finalized on Monday, Simons said.
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EricBess
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Wow...We used to joke around about him dying before he finished up at the rate he was going, but that was because of his habit of saying "I'm going to finish it up in two more books" after just about every release... I personally gave up on reading the series a while back (after book 8, I think it was), but regardless, he will be missed.