Kevin's Watch

I just thought RJ fans on this board who did not already know would want to be made aware of what has happened to RJ. I know I for one am hoping he gets the 30 more years he wants, and hoping he pulls through.

www.tor.com/jordan/

www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/?p=38

Thanks OsRavan, Duchess posted this in the Gen Sci-Fi forum. I was going to duplicate it here, but I see it's unnecessary.

As much as I've complained about Jordan, I still hope he finishes WoT. Would hate to have come this far for nothing...

--A

I was stunned when I first read this, as I'm near Jordan's age bracket, and it makes one aware of how easily a life-altering disease can strike at anytime.

I'm not a fan, but I recognize that Jordan has written an epic fantasy that has helped popularize the genre into the mainstream, and he's entertained millions of fans since the early nineties.

I sincerely hope he can make a full recovery.

I wish Mr. Rigney a full and speedy recovery.

But you know, there's a morbid part of my mind that's sticking its tongue out and saying, 'SEE? I told you he wouldn't live to finish it!'

More seriously put, I always feared that a tale of such enormous scope was more than a writer could finish in the productive years of one lifetime. Here's hoping and praying that I was wrong.

Variol Farseer wrote:I wish Mr. Rigney a full and speedy recovery.

But you know, there's a morbid part of my mind that's sticking its tongue out and saying, 'SEE? I told you he wouldn't live to finish it!'

More seriously put, I always feared that a tale of such enormous scope was more than a writer could finish in the productive years of one lifetime. Here's hoping and praying that I was wrong.

The rest of us are praying with you.

But I agree with you regarding tales of enormous scopes and writers being unable to complete them before their deaths. Look at Tolkien. Some of the best work he wrote was only released after his death.

Darth Revan wrote:But I agree with you regarding tales of enormous scopes and writers being unable to complete them before their deaths. Look at Tolkien. Some of the best work he wrote was only released after his death.

True. I've often wondered how much more work he could have finished if he had retired a few years earlier, spending more of his peak years writing full-time. Instead, he stayed on at Oxford till the mandatory retirement age of 67, and almost all his extra earnings went straight to Inland Revenue. Those were the days when U.K. income taxes ran as high as 95%.

Robert Jordan didn't have that to deal with, but The Wheel of Time is so much bigger than anything Tolkien attempted, he really put himself up against difficult odds to finish it without some kind of major life crisis. I don't think we'll see anyone attempt a series of that size again for quite a long time.