Originally Posted By DAR I bring this up not because he's a well known name but because he never really got to finish his epic work the Wheel of Time. <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070917/ap_on_en_ot/obit_jordan" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200 70917/ap_on_en_ot/obit_jordan</a> The first six books in the series, ranged from great to really good. But then something happened in book seven, the series started become downright unreadable. Nothing ever happened in the subsequent novels. I stopped reading. He still had two more books left. But I do feel bad for his fans that wanted to see a conclusion to the story.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Yep, I started off strong and then gave up, too. It was just dragginggggggggg. It's bummer he couldn't have finished.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP Can I say that it's good that the wheel of time is done now, so I can stop getting it confused w/Goodkinds the sword of truth series!!
Originally Posted By smeeeko I never read his books but as a former bookseller met many of his fans.. Regardless of book 12 being complete, I think it's sad he has died. He has left behind some some good books, even if their epic nature has lost some momentum on the path to completion. 58 seems a bit young (and rather wrong) to die and I'm sure he'll be missed.
