The Wheel Keeps Turning
Sad to learn that the author, Robert Jordan, passed away yesterday. For more details on his passing you can read this article. My condolences are extended to his family. May God bless them as they mourn.
Robert Jordan is best known for his Wheel of Time series. I have read all of the series except for the last book, Knife of Dreams. Now I feel motivated to finally pull this book off my shelf and read it. Greedily, I want the series to be picked up by another author. A few years ago he had been preparing another author to continue the series. Hopefully, they can bring the books to a satisfying ending.
September 18th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
i just wanna beat LB in this entry hehe…
hughughug!
SA: lol! So surprised he did not chup!
September 18th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
I think I saw that book somewhere b4…
SA: There are alot of them. 11 in the series and one in a prequel.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
rollin… rollin… errr… I forgot the rest of the song!
SA: Keep them doggies rollin’…
September 18th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Haven’t heard of him lor… mebbe i dun read as much books lor
SA: He is a big fantasy writer. So if you like Lord of the Rings or Conan this is your kind of story.
September 18th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
I’m still finishing my Johhn Grisham book
SA: I’ve never read him. One of these days I should.
September 18th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Well, we still have George R. R. Martin. Heh.
SA: Yes there is. Another author who writes long series. Though some of my friends do not like him as his sex scenes are explicit. I love how he writes of the heraldry and food. Terry Goodkind is still around to if he figures out what to do with his story.
May be time for me to write fantasy. Screen play first.
September 18th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
my deepest condolences for the author’s family.
Maybe i shall head on to the bookshops this weekend and check his books out =D
SA: A lot of women enjoy his stories. He has some very strong female characters and I find that I become attached to them.
September 18th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
nope. i don read fantasy so i duno him. i just started reading anyway. hmm..
SA: Did you like Lord of the Rings movie? If you did then perhaps you should try some fantasy. I would suggest starting with Michael Moorcock’s Elric series or any Edgar Rice Burroughs.
September 19th, 2007 at 12:25 am
my boyfriend was just telling me this over baskin & robbins last night. He was quite sad about it. I’ve never read Jordan’s novels before. I’ve only ever read Pratchett so far in fantasy. But condolences to Jordan’s family.
SA: I’m sad and disappointed. I wanted to see the story completed by Jordan. You might want to try Jordan out. He has some strong likeable characters, male and female alike.
Nice to see you come by also.
September 19th, 2007 at 12:40 am
We are all like that: When an author passed away, we start reading his book. When a singer passed away, we start listening to his songs. I wonder why?
Joanne
SA: Well in this case I have read another dozen of his books. I seek completion. So do you like to read Joanne?
September 19th, 2007 at 1:07 am
Oh, I hardly read nowadays…. In fact, I only read my school books…. and enough headache. Still my fav till date is Da Vinci Code and angels & demons
SA: Brown’s books are real good too. I liked Deception Point the best. Check it out.
September 19th, 2007 at 6:10 am
Aw jeez, that’s right. I should have comment with merely “Proud Mary keeps on burnin’”.
CCR for the win.
SA: “Big wheel keep on turnin’”.
September 19th, 2007 at 11:05 am
R.I.P. Robert Jordan…
September 19th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
I could never get into Robert Jordan but its sad to hear of his death because he was such a prolific fantasy writer. I hope you haven’t done this tag.
SA: He did write quite a bit. Forgot to mention that he was the official Howard family approved author of Conan too.
I have not done that tag and been patiently waiting for someone to tag me. Thanks!