{"id":1265,"date":"2007-09-17T08:18:55","date_gmt":"2007-09-17T13:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathodavid.malibulist.com\/blog\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2007-09-17T08:18:55","modified_gmt":"2007-09-17T13:18:55","slug":"the-wheel-of-time-has-stopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2007\/09\/17\/the-wheel-of-time-has-stopped\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wheel of Time has stopped"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am sorry to say that James Oliver Rigney, Jr. a.k.a. Robert Jordan author of the Wheel of Time series has stepped off the wheel. He succumbed to the cancer he talked about in his blog. He leaves behind is wife Harriet McDougal, various family members, and numerous friends and fans of his work.<\/p>\n

I didn’t start reading the Wheel of Time until my brother Patrick recommended it to me and I spend a summer catching up to the point of the next book. I will admit that I have not read the last one but will catch up now.<\/p>\n

My path crossed Robert Jordan’s a couple of times over the years. Some before I became a book editor and a few after. I will remember him as a pleasant chap who had infinite patience with his fans. Some of which did cross into the weird zone but he dealt with them very well too.<\/p>\n

I knew he had served a tour in Vietnam but I didn’t know all the details of it until I read through his Wiki Entry. I wish I had been able to thank him for doing that. Our Vietnam Vets really don’t get thanked enough for what they did for this country. He also worked as a nuclear engineer for the Navy. This man was no slouch in the brains department.<\/p>\n

My sympathies to Harriet and his family. He was one of the good ones.<\/p>\n

I am grateful that I did get to talk to him about his writings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am sorry to say that James Oliver Rigney, Jr. a.k.a. Robert Jordan author of the Wheel of Time series has stepped off the wheel. He succumbed to the cancer he talked about in his blog. He leaves behind is wife Harriet McDougal, various family members, and numerous friends and fans of his work. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t