The Tale Remains Untold

[fredericks]

According to George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan has died. I'm sure I speak for a lot of fans when I say "well, shit".

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[anogete.livejournal.com]

I have the first five novels in that series, and now I'm torn as to whether I should read them or not. I got them used about a year ago, but I haven't even opened them up yet. I'm sure one day I will read them, and then I'll be all sad when I get to the last novel and realize it is unfinished.

Perhaps they could half-ass it like Frank Herbert's son did with the Dune series. He finished out the last novel using his father's notes. He also wrote several prequel novels in the process.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

The first four-five books are stunningly amazing works of fantasy. The world that Jordan creates is wonderfully in-depth, and after a bit of a slow start you get drawn in easily. After that it all goes to pot. I'm thinking it was his illness that led to the exhausting detail and the sudden surge in new characters, but it is all distracting. You can walk away from the first couple of books happy, but reading the rest - even with the lack of resolution because of the author's passing - is frustrating to the max. I'd say read 'em.

I hope they don't go the pick up route. Knowing how things work, though, and how very popular Jordan's books were (I'm pretty sure the later ones hit the NYT Bestseller List almost immediately after being released) I'm thinking they'll half-ass a couple.