Robert Jordan is dead.

I think its tragic anytime an author doesn't have an opportunity to complete his life's work. Even if his series degraded over the years into a convoluted mess the last 4 books his contribution to the popularity and mainstreaming of the genre was significant.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

At least this year will bring a much happier death to the Sword of Truth series which almost mimics the degradation of Robert Jordan's work. Sometimes I wonder if the publishers had a hand on the pace of the series as why would they want a guaranteed cash cow to end too soon. He was churning books out once a year the first 6 books and then it was a couple years and the last two a half a decade. I will say as bad as the writing was near the end it doesn't compare to the hideous artwork on the covers. Those need to be given to the Shadow haha

There's nowhere I can't reach.

No one here is really disrespecting the man himself. But anyone who has read his series and the biggest fan of him will know the series itself was in serious decline and quality. His death from what I read sounded very painful physically and a mental level that he was unable to physically write anything for more than a hour a day towards the end. He just is a modern example of what is wrong with the entertainment industry in general with the milking of our dollars. I have many great memories of his earlier books and was the catalyst for my interest in the genre itself. I hope someone will finish his last book and likely now guaranteed with its release to sell more with him dead now than if he was still alive.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.