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Robert Jordan

Born October 17, 1948(1948-10-17)
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died September 16, 2007 (aged 58)
Occupation Novelist
Genres Fantasy
Notable work(s) The Wheel of Time
Influences
For other persons named Robert Jordan, see Robert Jordan (disambiguation). Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting The Wheel of Time (abbreviated by fans to WoT) is a series of epic fantasy novels written by the late American author James Oliver Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr ( October 8 1920 &ndash February 11 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American Robert Jordan may refer to Robert Jordan (1948&ndash2007 American author of the fantasy series The Wheel of Time Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a Pseudonym adopted by an Author or their publishers to conceal their identity (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Wheel of Time (abbreviated by fans to WoT) is a series of epic fantasy novels written by the late American author James Oliver Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting He also wrote under the names Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reily. Jordan's works will be the subject of JordanCon, a three day genre convention scheduled for April 2009, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Biography

Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina. He served two tours in Vietnam (from 1968 to 1970) with the United States Army as a helicopter gunner. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with "V" and bronze oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. The Distinguished Flying Cross is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration which may be awarded for bravery acts of merit or meritorious service The Vietnam Gallantry Cross is a military decoration of South Vietnam which wasestablished in August 1950. After returning from Vietnam he attended The Citadel where he received an undergraduate degree in physics. History On December 20, 1842, the South Carolina Legislature passed an act establishing the South Carolina Military Academy with the original mission Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. After graduating he was employed by the United States Navy as a nuclear engineer. Nuclear engineering is the application of the breakdown of atomic nuclei and/or other sub-atomic physics based on the principles of Nuclear physics. He began writing in 1977. He was a history buff and enjoyed hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting. He described himself as a "High Church" Episcopalian[1] and received communion more than once a week. " High Church " relates to Ecclesiology and Liturgy in Anglican theology and practice The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. The Eucharist, also called Holy Communion or Lord's Supper and other names is a Christian Sacrament by which in a common interpretation those [2] He lived in a house built in 1797 with his wife Harriet McDougal, who works as a book editor (currently with Tor Books; she was also Jordan's editor). Tor Books is one of two Imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC based in New York City [3]

Illness

On March 23, 2006, Jordan disclosed in a statement[4] that he had been diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis, and that with treatment, his median life expectancy was four years, though he said he intended to beat the statistics. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Cardiac amyloidosis is a Medical disorder, a type of Amyloidosis, caused by deposits of an Amyloid Protein in the Heart tissue resulting In Probability theory and Statistics, a median is described as the number separating the higher half of a sample a population or a Probability distribution Life expectancy is the average number of years of life remaining at a given age He later posted on his Dragonmount blog to encourage his fans not to worry about him and that he intended to have a long and fully creative life, working for another 30 years.

He began chemotherapy treatment at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota in early April 2006. Chemotherapy, in its most general sense refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells specifically those of micro-organisms or Cancer. Mayo Clinic is a Non-profit medical practice Its headquarters the Mayo Medical School and its research facilities are in Rochester Minnesota in Rochester is a City in the US state of Minnesota and is the County seat of Olmsted County. [5] Jordan was enrolled in a study using the drug Revlimid just approved for multiple myeloma but not yet tested on primary amyloidosis. Lenalidomide (initially known as CC-5013 and marketed as Revlimid by Celgene) is a derivative of Thalidomide introduced in 2004. Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahler's disease after Otto Kahler) is a type of In Medicine, amyloidosis refers to a variety of conditions in which Amyloid Proteins are abnormally deposited in organs and/or tissues

Jordan died at approximately 2:45 p. m. EDT on September 16, 2007. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [6]

His funeral service was held Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [7]

The Wheel of Time

Main article: The Wheel of Time

Jordan published eleven books of a projected twelve total in the main sequence of the Wheel of Time series. The Wheel of Time (abbreviated by fans to WoT) is a series of epic fantasy novels written by the late American author James Oliver Reviewers and fans of the earlier books noted a slowing of the pace of events in the last few installments due to the expansion of scale of the series as a whole. [8]

Due to his health problems, Jordan did not work at full force on the final installment A Memory of Light, but blog entries confirmed that he continued work on it until his death, and he shared all of the significant plot details with his family not long before he died. A Memory of Light is the Working title for the twelfth and final book of the popular The Wheel of Time Fantasy series written [9] He maintained that in doing so the book will get published even if "the worst actually happens". [10] On December 7, 2007 Tor Books announced that Brandon Sanderson had been chosen to finish the Wheel of Time series. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Brandon Sanderson (December 1975 is an American Fantasy author. Jordan's widow chose him after reading his Mistborn series. The Mistborn, or Allomancers, are a fictional group of people from Brandon Sanderson 's Mistborn trilogy [11]

Chapter summaries for the first eleven Wheel of Time books can be found here.

  1. The Eye of the World (15 January 1990)
  2. The Great Hunt (15 November 1990)
  3. The Dragon Reborn (15 October 1991)
  4. The Shadow Rising (15 September 1992)
  5. The Fires of Heaven (15 October 1993)
  6. Lord of Chaos (15 October 1994)
  7. A Crown of Swords (15 May 1996)
  8. The Path of Daggers (20 October 1998)
  9. Winter's Heart (9 November 2000)
  10. Crossroads of Twilight (7 January 2003)
  11. Knife of Dreams (11 October 2005)
  12. A Memory of Light (TBR fall 2009)

In addition to the main sequence, Robert Jordan also wrote some accessory works:

Other work

Fallon

(under the pen name Reagan O'Neal)

Conan the Barbarian

Jordan was one of several writers who have written new Conan the Barbarian stories. A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a Pseudonym adopted by an Author or their publishers to conceal their identity The Fallon Blood is a novel written by Fantasy author James Oliver Rigney Jr Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian, from the name of his homeland Cimmeria) is a Fictional character often associated with

  1. Conan the Invincible (1982)
  2. Conan the Defender (1982)
  3. Conan the Unconquered (1983)
  4. Conan the Triumphant (1983)
  5. Conan the Magnificent (1984)
  6. Conan the Destroyer (1984)
  7. Conan the Victorious (1984)

Some bibliographies also include Conan: King of Thieves; this however, was actually the working title of the second Conan movie, Conan the Destroyer, and hence Jordan's novelization. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Conan the Defender is a Fantasy novel written by Robert Jordan featuring Robert E Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Conan the Destroyer is a 1984 film directed by action/fantasy veteran Richard Fleischer ( 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Vikings Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Jordan had already been hired to do the novelization and Tor had already applied for an ISBN when the title was changed to Conan the Destroyer. [12]

They were packed into two separate volumes:

Jordan also compiled a well-known Conan Chronology. The Conan Chronicles is a collection of Fantasy novels written by Robert Jordan featuring the Sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian The Further Chronicles of Conan is a collection of Fantasy novels written by Robert Jordan featuring the Sword and sorcery hero Conan The Conan Chronicles II is a collection of Fantasy novels written by Robert Jordan featuring the Sword and sorcery hero Conan the Conan Chronologies have been prepared by a variety of people from the 1930s onward to provide a timeline into which to fit the numerous Conan the Barbarian stories by Robert

Infinity of Heaven

Jordan mentioned several times that he planned another fantasy series set in a different kind of world. He said that it would be a Shogun-esque series about a man in his 30s who is shipwrecked in an unknown culture and world. Shōgun is a 1975 novel by James Clavell. It is the first Novel (chronologically speaking in the author's Asian Saga. The books would detail his adventures there, and would have been titled Infinity of Heaven. Infinity of Heaven was a planned book series by the late Robert Jordan. [13]

He said that he would have begun writing these after finishing his work on the twelfth and final main sequence book of The Wheel of Time. The Wheel of Time (abbreviated by fans to WoT) is a series of epic fantasy novels written by the late American author James Oliver Jordan said, "Infinity of Heaven almost certainly will be written before the prequels, though I might do them between the Infinity books. " Also according to Dragonmount. com, Jordan planned to write some side-story novels, before completely abandoning his decades-long work. Jordan had particularly stressed that this series would be significantly shorter than The Wheel of Time saga (about 6 books long and essentially two trilogies).

Other works

Notes

  1. ^ Dragonmount, the Robert Jordan blog (June 1, 2007),
  2. ^ Dragonmount, the Robert Jordan blog (September 27, 2007). Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias)
  3. ^ Robert Jordan biography at Tor Books website (www.tor.com)
  4. ^ Statement from Robert Jordan about his health in Locus Magazine.
  5. ^ Important note from Robert Jordan at Tor Books website – March 25, 2006
  6. ^ Dragonmount - Jordan's death.
  7. ^ The Post and Courier
  8. ^ Cannon, Peter. CROSSROADS OF TWILIGHT (Book). Publishers Weekly; 12/23/2002, Vol. 249 Issue 51, p. 50
  9. ^ Robert Jordan's Official Blog
  10. ^ Forbes article on Jordan's illness
  11. ^ TOR Press Release
  12. ^ WOT Encyclopaedia
  13. ^ Tarvalon.net News

Further reading

"Robert Jordan", The Times, 2007-09-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians  

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Persondata
NAME Jordan, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rigney, James Oliver Jr. ; O'Neal, Reagan
SHORT DESCRIPTION American novelist
DATE OF BIRTH 17 October 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Charleston, South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH 16 September 2007
PLACE OF DEATH
Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
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