Robert Jordan, Rest In Peace

About 7 or 8 months ago, I started reading "The Wheel of Time" fantasy series by Robert Jordan: an immense series that consists of over 3.5 million words, probably one of the grandest and greatest sci-fi/fantasy series ever written. Unfortunately, of those 3.5 million words, the last 500,000 went to the grave with their author, Robert Jordan, on September 16, 2007. Robert Jordan died of primary amyloidosis and cardiomyopathy.

Fortunately, Mr. Jordan knew of his impending passing, and got as much of the details of the final epic confrontation between good and evil jotted down to pass on to another author to finish his work. I think it impossible to leave one of the greatest stories ever told unfinished, so I think that Book 12 (and maybe Book 13, depending on the length of what is left to be written) will be completed.

Anyway, my condolences to Mr. Jordan's family and his other readers out there.