Robert Jordan, author of the The Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels has died of a rare blood disease according to his assistant. Jordan’s works sold millions of copies and several made it to the bestseller lists–rare for genre fiction. He was working on the 12th entry in the series at the time of his death.
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Wow, you’re right, Jessica. And Sarah, I’m still in mourning for Octavia Butler too. I’m not sure I’ll ever get over it. She was also in her 50s. And a couple of other personal favorites — Tillie Olsen and Molly Ivins and Grace Paley.
Plus Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and David Halberstam. And Fred Saberhagen and Sidney Sheldon.
This is scaring me.
Oh no, Jessica’s right, tough year! Wow, I’m bummed, and I’m afraid to tell my husband, who has just been waiting for the next volume. I never really recovered from Octavia Butler, myself. I hope this is the last such sad author news for a while.
Kurt Vonnegut, Lloyd Alexander, Kathleen Woodiwiss, Madeleine L’Engle, Robert Jordan: All dead, all this year, and three of them extremely personal favorites. What is it, something in the water?