Requiem for Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series died yesterday, September 16. I wish this was just a rumor, but unfortunately it is true. He had been suffering from Amyloidosis for a while and has seemed to be in great spirits even through it all. He had been posting updates to his blog: DragonMount.

The big question is, what happens to the rest of the Wheel of Time. As fans of WoT may know, RJ was working on the final book in the series. It seems he made provisions on how the book was to be finished if he lost the fight before finishing the book.

Here's a post from one of the fan sites on the answer to that question:
http://www.wotmania.com/wotmessageboard2showmessage.asp?MessageID=68400

RJ was a great author and he and his incredible work will be missed.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.