Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigley Jr) has passed

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:28 pm

Author of the wheel of times 11 book anthology died on the 16th battling amaloidosis. Shame he didn't get the finish that final book. May he rest in peace.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:53 pm

Wheel of times 11 book anthology?

Tell me of this book. I've not heard of it.

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:58 am

It is a really thick fantasy series (huge books). It sort of starts off borrowing from some dune and tolkien (as most fantasy does) but that is dispelled after the first book and he just kept going with it. Very good stuff, the mages are all women as men tend to go crazy. The women characters are almost without exception very pompous and annoying though. It is filled with great writing that is very descriptive. Not much more I can say really, it definitely has a lot of oddness and hanging plot lines.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:37 pm

I might check them out some day.

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:26 pm

I would recomend them, and the Dark Tower by Stephen King was AMAZING, not a king fan or anything but wow

Panacea · Post by **Panacea** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:08 pm

Sir MyDweeb failed to mention that there were plenty of annoying male characters as well.

A good series though, and the author will be missed.

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:39 am

Panacea wrote:Sir MyDweeb failed to mention that there were plenty of annoying male characters as well. A good series though, and the author will be missed.

There are plenty of annoying character period really.