I grieve...

My deepest sympathies to you, Harriet, Wilson and the rest of the family. I appreciate you sharing your grief with us. I love the WoT series, in fact it is one of only two fantasy series that I will read. Thank you to Mr. Jordan for his great world and hours of enjoyment and pondering what will happen next...

Melissa

Thank you for all the joy, exitement, tears and laughter brought into my life.

The saga of the Dragon has been a shelter through trying times, an adventure through silent moments,

a friend when dearly needed and a place off calm in the heat off battle.

From the bottom off my heart and soul, thank you and rest in peace.

*salutes with a heron-mark blade*

Rest in peace, RJ. Your family, your work, and your fans stand as the greatest memorial a person can have.

My deepest condolences to Harriet, Wilson, and his family.

Have just read in the news. My deepest condolences to the family of RJ. He was a great writer! Rest in Peace.

My deepest respects,

Ellen

Like ripples in a pond that ever expand and increase in size and magnitude, James Rigney, your little touch has rippled to affect many thousands around the world. I wish I possessed the literary expertise to explain how much your work and your selfless struggle have inspired and affected me and by the number of people who have posted here, I'm clearly not alone.

Rest easy big guy, in the knowledge that your legacy will not fade to Legend or Myth but will live on the hearts of us all. May the Lord grant you the peace and rest you deserve. Congratulations on a life well lived.

To Harriet, Wilson and all the Rigney family. My deepest condolences.

Tony

Melbourne, Australia.

My deepest sympathies to Harriet and the rest of the family.

My wife bought me Eye of the World because the cover art was "cool." Little did I know that the words betweent the covers were even "cooler." An amazing story from an amazing man. Thank you, Robert Jordan, and God bless you.

My deepest sympathies to Harriet, Wilson, and the rest of the family.

My wife bought me Eye of the World because the cover art was "cool." Little did I know that the words betweent the covers were even "cooler." An amazing story from an amazing man. Thank you, Robert Jordan, and God bless you.

A sad day.

I am currently re-reading the whole of the WOT series for the umpteenth time and I still keep on seeing details that I missed before. Like David Gemmell before him I'll have to wait for his last book with a heavy heart.

I have to say to Harriet and family my thoughts are with you all. God bless.

You upset me with some of your twists and turns and delighted me with others.

You gave me friends to learn about and worlds to discover

You again taught me the meaning of loss and what people should truly hold dear.

Fair Winds and Following Seas Mr. Jordan rest easy, Serenity and Peace to yours.

Mr. Jordan lives on in every word he wrote.

God bless his family and close friends. May your grief be assuaged by the knowledge that he touched so very many lives so positively.

The Dragon has begun a new journey, one that we all must make some day. Godspeed R.J.

http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?&topic_id=382533 - EQ2 Fans mourn and send best wishes for the family of a great artist.

My husband told me shortly after we met and became friends, that he felt like this series had helped shape him as an adolescent, his values and outlook. On our 3'rd year of marriage I bought him the entire collection in hardcover and an audio set so he could listen to his favorite stories on his long commute to work. I bought the books because I thought our children would enjoy reading their father's favorite stories as they grew up and he could share something special with them... I began to read the books myself then. I have never been so moved by a set of characters. Felt so connected to the flaws and growth of some of the players. People can criticize the verbosity all they like, but you never doubt that the possibility of the world he painted and the characters he envisioned and what they meant to you.

I thank him for his gift, that I have something special to share with my children, and his family for sharing him with us these last hard years. I remember my mother telling me how upset she was when Lennon died.. I never understood before how an artist can move someone so much.

Thank you for everything.

Rest in peace Weaver of worlds.

I am very grieved by this sadly occurence, and I send my deepest condolences to all of RJ's Family.

Robert Jordan was one of history's greatest men. I mourn his passing.

His storytelling strengthened the bonds of friendships and family. The effect he has had on our lives has been tremendous. He will be sorely missed.

my deepest condolences

May the light shine upon his soul for eternity!

This event was not wholly unexpected, but still, it is not easy to accept. I did not know Robert Jordan personally, and death does not hold the same meaning to me as it does to many, so I cannot say that I am exactly saddened, but there is a certain emptiness in my heart left by his passing.

To his family, I express my deepest condolances and my sympathy. I wish I could say more, but that is really all that I have to give. He fought well against impossible odds, much as his characters did, but now he is surely welcomed into the arms of a loving God.

Most of all, however, as a student of literature, an ameture writer, and an avid reader of his works, I greive for the loss his death represents to the literary community. Robert Jordan was a writer unlike any other today. I have read many, many works in the short span of my life thus far and will read many more in the future, but I do not expect that any will ever change my decision to say that Robert Jordan was the greatest writer of the twentieth century. Stylistically speaking, there are none who can compare to the masterful spinning of words, the prefected rhythm of his sentences and the deep, powerful imagery he evoked. In this day and age, there are none who come anywhere close to the level of skill he possessed and to lose that is a great blow to the literature world. He was truly an artists of the written word.

But more than just style and prose, Robert Jordan represented a great eye for the world. His stories were filled with paralells, important thematic elements and deeper meanings from which all the world can benefit. As is the true mark of a great storyteller, he saw the world for what it was and told it well. In the world, he saw the deepest darkness, crimes and horrors which rise against the common man, the "noble" and even the individual, but he also saw great heroism, potential and the worthiness of our existance that so many these days forget is there.

The Wheel of Time was truly the Great Epic of the modern day. With his eye for truth and his prowess for storytelling, he wrote a wonderful tale that showed the world for what it was and still was able to touch the individual on a very personal level. Like Beowulf, Homer's Illiad and Odyssey, Spenser's Fairy Queen, and Hugo's Les Miserables, Robert Jordan touched the lives of many and has earned his immortality - for all men must die, but to be remembered is to live endlessly. Immortality is not measured by the length of one's life, but by what one does with the time God gives him and Jordan has left a legacy worthy of eternity.

That the Wheel of Time is left incomplete is saddening, but the time is come for each of us, as individuals, to finish his work. Though the end which Jordan may have intended is now lost to us, let us not forget that through his works, he possed a question for us; a deep, personal question which, by its very nature, is different for every one of us. This is our time to answer that question for ourselves.

Robert Jordan has left us the question. Let our future be its answer.

May the work he has done never be forgotten. May Robert Jordan live forever.

Reynold James Dalton

Goodbye old friend

I will miss you...but I know that I will see you again...

My deepest and sincerest sympathies to RJ's family - May God give you peace in this sad time. Your with me in your thoughts and prayers

Dear Robert Jordan,

A hastily composed posting can never capture what it has been like to live in your worlds, to run with your wolves, to dance with your spears, to flow with your forms, to laugh with your laughter, to love with your love, nor to bathe in the Light you brought to us all.

May the Light illumine you and the last embrace of the Mother welcome you home.

You will be forever missed.

My sympathies to his loved ones. His writing has inspired me for many years now and will continue to.

"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose... The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning."

I suppose for a lot of us, it feels as if that wind has settled and the Wheel has stopped.

This feels just like you were a close friend in real life.

I have been reading your books since high school and it is so sad to see such a great story teller who has given me hours on hours on days on days of imaginitive entertainment.

My thoughts, condolences, and prayers.

Irreplaceable...I read about his passing while at work and had a hard time keeping it together for the rest of the day. I didn't expect the loss to affect me so strongly- but it did. And I didn't even meet him. I can't imagine the sorrow for those who loved and knew him best. My thoughts are with you. He is Irreplaceable.

I am still in shock that the Master Storyteller has passed on. But I know that my shock and disbelief pale in comparison to that of RJ's family. I am deeply sorry for your loss and I know that his works will always impact the rest of my life. Treat yourselves well and toast to the life of a good man. My thoughts and prayers go with you.

Mr. Jordan, your stories touched me at the toughest times, and brought an extra smile at the best. Thank you for what you brought to my world, and rest well, old friend.