Who Else Is Waiting For The Last Book in The Wheel of Time Series?

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When will Book 12 be published? What do we know about it?

UPDATE: In an article on Forbes.com, Tom Doherty, president of Tor Books, said he expects that Robert Jordan will, "submit the final book in 2008 for publication in 2009." That's still two years away and many things can happen between now and then so don't put this in your calendar in ink just yet.

Robert Jordan is busy writing Book 12 as you read this. His direct quote is, "I guarantee that Book 12 will be published shortly after I finish writing it." He is also absolutely certain that this will be the final book of the series, no matter how long, because there are no more stopping points that would allow him to write two or more coherent books. Because this will easily be the longest book of the series it will probably not be published until 2009. He does have a tenative title, A Memory of Light.

Last update: 2006-12-05 10:16
Author: Bob Kluttz

Will it be in two volumes?

That seems like a viable idea to us, but here's what Robert Jordan has to say, "There will be one more book. If it's 1500+ pages, comes with it's own luggage cart and Tor has to invent a new binding process, there will be one more book." We think that's clear!

- Taken from his site. Hot damn. I thought that shyt was coming out this year :dry:

[k-mom]

i think i love you....


i just read the first book last week... i found it on my bookshelf but fantasy was never my thing...

after i read it i knew i had to read the others... untill i found out there was 11 of them...:laugh:

[T-MURDA]

i think i love you....
i just read the first book last week... i found it on my bookshelf but fantasy was never my thing...
after i read it i knew i had to read the others... untill i found out there was 11 of them...:laugh: I love you too baby :hug: Did you read them all yet? Anyway, got some bad news...

Author Robert Jordan Dies at 58 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070917/ap_on_en_ot/obit_jordan)

By BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press Writer
36 minutes ago



CHARLESTON, S.C. - Author Robert Jordan, whose "Wheel of Time" series of fantasy novels sold millions of copies, died Sunday of a rare blood disease. He was 58.

Jordan, whose real name was James Oliver Rigney Jr., was born and lived in this southern city most of his life. He died at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston of complications from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy, his personal assistant, Maria Simons, said Monday. The blood disease caused the walls of Rigney's heart to thicken.

He wrote a trilogy of historical novels set in Charleston under the pen name Reagan O'Neal in the early 1980s. Then he turned his attention to fantasy and the first volume in his Wheel of Time epic, "The Eye of the World," was published in 1990 under the name Robert Jordan.

Jordan's books tells of Rand al'Thor, who is destined to become the champion who will battle ultimate evil in a mythical land.

Book 11, "Knife of Dreams," came out in 2005; there was also a prequel, "New Spring: The Novel," in 2004. The other titles in the series include "The Great Hunt," "Lord of Chaos" and "The Path of Daggers." Jordan was working on a 12th volume at the time of his death, Simons said.

"The younger devotees of the series, who seem to be legion, have a habit of dutifully rereading the complete gospel before each addition. ... (Jordan) creates a universe simple enough to master and then challenges the characters to do the same in meticulously choreographed battles against chaos and dissolution."

In a 2004 online chat on the USA Today Web site, Jordan said he hoped to finish the main "Wheel" series in two more books. "It's not an absolute promise, but I'm very much hoping for it and I think I can do it," he wrote.

Most of the books made The New York Times list of best sellers.

In an interview with The Associated Press in 2003, Jordan discussed having a best seller. The first time it happens "you go out in the middle of the floor and you do a little dance. Then you go someplace booze is being served and buy a drink for everybody in the house.

"You have to have talent to some extent — I certainly hope I have talent — but you have to have luck as well," Jordan said. "Once you get that first shot, that will get you noticed for the rest of your books and that will give the rest of your books a better chance."

He said in the interview that his Southern background came through in his work, even though it is set in a fantasy world.

"What I write is certainly not set in South Carolina, but I have had a number of reviewers comment on the fact that I write with a distinctly Southern voice," he said.

"It goes beyond more than simply where the story is set. I believe it is something we take in in the air and the water. It's a matter of word choices — of the rhythms of sentences and the rhythm of speech in particular."

A graduate of The Citadel, South Carolina's state military college, Rigney worked as a nuclear engineer at the old Charleston Naval Shipyard before taking up writing full time in 1977. He served two tours of duty with the Army in Vietnam. He was decorated several times, including winning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star.

He is survived by his wife, Harriet McDougal Rigney.

Funeral arrangements had not been finalized on Monday, Simons said

Ah man :sad: I was anticipating this book badly. It was the last of the series :thumbsdow

Ain't this some ****?

At one point he was my favorite author. Then he started bogging the series down with extra Aes Sedai plots that ran pretty opposite of the direction the book originally started in. I don't know how far you are in the series but you'll notice it too if you pay attention.

What will they do now? Have someone else review his notes and end it for him? They've done that before with other authors. This really ****ing sucks. Anyway, this just gives me an extra push to finish writing every book I plan on writing as fast as possible. 58 is old but it ain't that old. Damn. He died too young :(

[Tic-Tok]

i think i love you....


I love you too baby :hug:

:weirdo::weirdo::weirdo::weirdo::weirdo::weirdo::weirdo::weirdo:

loves u both though(no homo T-M)...group hug..:hug:

[k-mom]

aw hell, i read the second one i believe, and loved it.... i want to read the others :yes:

[T-MURDA]

I didn't even know he had a pen name. I've been thinking of a pen name myself...

[k-mom]

I didn't even know he had a pen name. I've been thinking of a pen name myself...
i didn't even read that part, his pen name sounds so legit.