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Personal life. Robert Jordan was a history buff and enjoyed hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool, and pipe-collecting. He described himself as a "High church" Episcopalian [7] and received communion more than once a week. [8] Politically, he described himself as a " libertarian monarchist ". [9]
Dec 28, 2021 · Jordan had to have his knee reconstructed, and nearly died from a postsurgical blood clot. He used a cane for the rest of his life. His first novel was sold twice and published once. Because his recovery time from this injury was so extensive, Jordan started writing to pass the time.
Dec 16, 2022 · In his new book Origins of the Wheel of Time, historian Michael Livingston explores the real-world myths and legends that Robert Jordan used to construct his epic fantasy series The Wheel of...
Apr 24, 2012 · Robert Jordan was an engineer by training, and he really liked a clean typescript. He had begun by writing by hand on yellow legal pads, and when he switched to a typewriter he called his work "typing" rather than "writing."
- A Deleted Chapter from A Memory of Light
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- Sanderson Has Talked to Amazon About “The Soul of The Wheel of Time”
- Will Brandan Sanderson Appear in The Wheel of Time Show?
The Wheel of Time series ended in 2013, but that doesn’t mean fans have read everything. Sanderson reveals that there was an unreleased chapter from towards the start of A Memory of Light, the fourteenth and final book in the series, and the third that he wrote after Jordan’s death. It focused on protagonist Rand al’Thor getting engaged and involve...
When writing the final three books in The Wheel of Time series, Sanderson worked off notes provided by Robert Jordan before his death, and he was careful to honor them. “I don’t think there are any scraps or fragments [left],” he said. “Everything that Jim wrote, I put in the book in some way.” That said, some of the notes contradicted each other, ...
Sanderson also discussed Amazon’s Wheel of Time show, which is being overseen by Rafe Judkins. Encouragingly, Sanderson has talked about the series with Judkins, which should appease fans worried the show will stray too far from the books.
Sticking with the series, will Sanderson pop up somewhere? “I didn’t ask them about having a cameo,” the author said. “If I do a cameo, I should do it when they get to the material I wrote. That’s more appropriate.” The Wheel of Time series is very long. It’ll be a while before Amazon reaches Sanderson’s books, and by then, it’s possible changes ma...
Originally planned as a six-book series with the publication of The Eye of the World in 1990, The Wheel of Time came to span 14 volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and three companion books. Jordan died in 2007 while working on what was planned to be the twelfth and final volume in the series.
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Dec 3, 2008 · When bestselling author Robert Jordan died last year from a rare blood disease, fans of his popular series, “The Wheel of Time,” braced themselves for the possibility that his 12-book fantasy...
