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The Passing of Those We Do Not Know

September 16, 2007 | Category: Not The Nightly News



James Oliver Rigney, Jr, better known as Robert Jordan, died today.

I never met him.

He was a highly decorated war veteran, good ol' boy and graduate of the Citadel. He was a sailor, a nuclear engineer, a husband, and best known as a writer.

My husband got me into his books back in the day when we had time to read them. And this gentleman's books? Needed TIME.

They are, of course, known as the Wheel of Time series.

They are rollicking sagas - fiction and fantasy. Over the years, they have inspired me and made me laugh and think and exhale loudly as I turned the last page.

A man I'd never met. But I'm sad to find he's gone from the world. And my husband, a little more.

All I have is a sword, and a war I cannot win, but I can never stop fighting. - Lan, The Wheel Of Time

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Posted by: aswkin on July 17, 2008 03:59 AM


Oh, wow. I didn't know he passed. Thanks for sharing..

Posted by: Janie on September 17, 2007 08:57 PM


I've not read these. Perhaps I should,huh?

Posted by: sue on September 17, 2007 11:14 AM


Aw, man. I didn't know he was dead. Shoot. I loved those books, even if they started to get a little derivative at the end and I began to hope he changed editors. *Sigh*

R.I.P.

Posted by: rp on September 17, 2007 11:04 AM