Harriet,

On behalf of all the fans, I want to say thanks for your letter. It can hardly be anything but encouraging to those of us left behind.

I've been a big fan of Jim's for years, but I never wrote him. Didn't want to bother him with it. I figured he had enough on his plate.

Although his writing was always wonderful and an enjoyable and challenging read, it has been an equally great experience of my life to be invited on the journey that you, Jim, Wilson, and others went on standing toe to toe with Death. It has been a real blessing.

I know you aren't whole. I guess you might feel like you won't be again until your day. Thanks for showing us what it is like to be torn apart and keep marching yourself. As you said, onward.

-Matt

Harriet,

Light and love to you.

I have read all Roberts books with a wild fascination and an awe of the strength of imagination that he possessed, I was devastated to learn of his death, having known nothing of his illness.

Words cannot describe how much his story has meant to me over the last 10 years and for that I thank him.

Eternal love and i send you healing thoughts to strengthen you at this sad time.

Kind Regards

Sharon Hall (from England)

I just found out about the death Robert Jordan, and to say the least, I am in shock sitting here with tears in my eyes, trying to grasp it all.

It is very strange, because for many of you, this is old news, but I have had no warning prior to this.

I was just looking at the web for information on volume 12, when I on Wikepedia saw the date 16th september 2007 under his name.

At first I thought it was an error, it couldnt be! It must be a cruel joke, because with fellow Robert Jordan followers I had joked, that it would be a dissaster if he died before he finished the last volumes. But it wasnt. And I am so so sad.

Harriet, you must seriously be an amazing woman going through all this, and still keeping such a wonderful strong, positive outlook on life. I know first hand how hard it is to live with someone diagnosed with a terminal dissease, you go through a lot emotionally, and it is very hard.

All my love to you and the other fans.

The world has truely lost one of its greatest writers!

With sad regards,

Mette Erichsen (from Denmark)

Dear Harriet,

Late has this ill news been brought to my eyes and I try not to drown in tears, knowing it must be so very hard for you and your family. Taking Robert, so early, from this world is nothing but cruel.

Please forgive me, for I am selfish. It is certain that he has now gone to a wonderful place where there is no pain nor sorrow.

Roberts books have meant the world to me and I shall for all eternity keep them safe for myself and for my family.

I wish you the best Harriet, you walk not alone.

Kind regards

Jimmy Bryngelsson (from Sweden)

i only just read about James (if I'm aloud to call him that) passing. i wanted to offer my condolences to Harriet, and to the rest of his family. i told my friend about it today and she was in tears, as was i and I'm sure many other fans were. I'm so sorry, but i have to ask, and I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering. in one of the earlier blogs id read, Robert wrote that he would leave notes on "a memory of light" for harriet in case of the worst happening, and i have to know. will his work still be completed? it seems a shame for the work of such an excellent mind to just... end. please reply, and know that i am truly sorry for this loss.

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Dear Harriet,

Like millions of others I offer my heartfelt compassion in your ongoing loss. God bless you, and your wonderful husband, for the courage you've displayed on this journey. He was quite simply a great man. I just don't think he could have been the writer Robert Jordan, without first being the man James Rigney.

I discovered The Eye of the World in Myrtle Beach, SC one rainy vacation day about 1990. As many others have stated I had been looking for something to rival the Lord of the Rings for about 25 years. That day I discovered it.

Let me share one quick story that may encourage you. In the summer of 2000 my wife and I and our two sons camped across America for 5 weeks. Our oldest was about 15 and already far into the WOT. Our youngest was just turning 12. One day driving in the desert near Barstow, California I turned to my youngest and began reading aloud to him the preface of Eye of the World. "Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time." The words seized his imagination. By the end of that reading, he had fallen in love with the Wheel of Time. Seven years later it is still by far his favorite fiction. A few years ago we began buying three copies of Jim's new books, so that no one had to wait their turn to read it.

Thank you for helping to inspire and encourage and bless the finest fantasy writer of his era. (He who finds a wife, finds a good thing...Proverbs) His like may never pass this way again.

As the fog here lighten in a warm, considering I'm in the west of Sweden, winter day; I cannot help but remember remember the words "Death is no bar to my call". It seem to me that is exactly what everybody who has read or is reading The Wheel of time will feel as they or rather we read his words... he was an exceptional writer, and as I've read and understood here on the forum a man with his heart in the right place.

I aspire to be as good a writer as him, and I hope to keep my friend and family close during my struggles.

To finish of with something so many before me already has said in this forum.

May our love be with you, all of you who has stood by his side. Light shine upon you.

Johan P. Sporrner (from Sweden)

Dear Mrs. Rigney,

I offer my deepest condolensces. It seemed, as much as one can sense through the written word, that you and your husband shared a deep bond and that you above all will miss him the most. I just wanted to share with you that Mr. Rigney's work touched something deep within me that did nothing less than inspire me. I've been on many deployments in my years in the military, and during those lonely times I've read and re-read your husbands work. It's strange to think how much some books can mean to you, but I treasure them as if they were made of gold. Whether of not the publishers and you complete Mr. Rigney's last work, I wanted to thank him, through you, for giving me and so many other people something we can treasure forever.

Sincerely,

OS3(SW) Austin Chambers

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

Harriet,

My bet love and wishes to you and your family. I am so sorry to hear about your loss. Just when I was looking online to see updates on the new book coming out, I found out! I sit here stricken with grief, even though I have never met either of you. RJ had such a good way of drawing you into his world with what he wrote. I have such fond memories of reading and rereading his books. In fact, his is the only books I have literally seen the sun rise staying up reading them because I could not put them down. With fondness I remember the first time I read Rand, Mat, & Perrin's flight from their home..... oh my heart was racing as I turned the pages!!! The whole world, even though they may not know it, has suffered a tremendous loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you. God bless!!

Jason

Take heart RJ fans. James is not gone, he has simply gone home. A home we can all go to if we so choose.

It is obvious that RJ really loved to entertain and delight his readers with his extraordinary gift for story-telling. The loving and merciful Creator of all things does not take back the gifts that He gives. I am confident that RJ is already working on his next great story that will thrill and amaze us all. And when it's our time to go home too, it will be waiting there with all of eternity to enjoy it.

Thank you God for James Rigney

Harriet and family

Just to let you know I am thinking of you all. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Mr Jordan created a world where anything is possible if you believe. I choose to believe that I will meet Mr Jordan in our Saviour's home and we can talk about his lovely vision.

Take care of yourselves; you are in my thoughts

Dawn

Dear Harriet

I just want to take a moment to say that I genuinely appreciate all of the heart, soul, and work Mr. Jordan put into his work. The world of the Wheel of Time that was created allowed me to go into an entirely different world where, like Dawn Cawston said, anything was possible. The series that was born from him really helped me in a time where my faith in God was waivering by allowing me to escape reality if but for a brief moment. I truly felt like I was walking in each character's shoes everytime I opened a book. Also, like Dawn previously said, I hope to meet the Dragon himself in the presense of the Lord our God.

God bless you in everything you do.

Michael

(a lifetime WOT fan)

I just wanted to write and say thank you. I wish I could have thanked Jim personally for his books which is the greatest fantasy epic ever written bar none. In general just one of the best books I have ever read. I started reading them when I was maybe 13 or 14 years old. I read the Swedish translation but when there were no more books translated I jumped to english and re-read the whole series until there were no more books. I re-read the series every time a new book was released until I finally figured I would wait until the series was finished before collecting them all and reading them one last time. I look forward to A Memory Of Light even though it is not written by the grand master himself.

Take care of yourself and god bless.

Lars

Dear Harriet and Family,

I just wanted to say how much I appreciated all the work that you and Mr. Jordan have done. I am so sorry for your and our loss. You are all in my prayer.

Thank you,

Paul

Dear Harriet and Family,

I just wanted to say how much I appreciated all the work that you and Mr. Jordan have done. I am so sorry for your and our loss. You are all in my prayers.

Thank you,

Paul

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Harriet,

It was with sadness that I found out today that RJ passed in September. I've not been keeping up with his progress ever since starting a very busy new job on 9/10. Bad timing, I guess. Please accept my late condolences, and know that his words touched my heart and my soul, as well as my funny bone many times. My son's initials are R.J., and we frequently call him that. Though he's not intentionally a namesake, I often think of the author when calling out to my son.

I shall pray for you and your entire family, and all of us who were touched by his words.

Onward . . . truly.

Harriet,

It can't have been but right before he passed that I last checked on his progress. I feel as though my heart has been cut out of my chest. I suppose this is belated, but I wish to give you my heartfelt condolences and express how much I mourn RJ's passing. I first read "The Eye of the World" when my paternal grandmother was dying in the hospital when I was 13. We were six hours from home and I had nothing to read, so my mother bought me this book, thinking that I might like it. I enjoyed it so much that I repeatedly pestered my local bookstore for news on "The Great Hunt". Yet I was unable to read it until, once again, tragedy struck my life and I was once again stuck in another city after my maternal grandparents hit an icy patch of road and drove into a ditch. My grandmother survived, but my grandfather did not. I found "The Great Hunt" at a Spellbinder books stuck way up on a top shelf where one of the clerks had to get a rolling ladder to reach it. Coincidentally, I came down with pneumonia that week. I must have devoured that book before the week was out. And so it has been--I've spent over half my life waiting for "the next book" and re-reading the series so that I could keep the details fresh in my mind. I spent large sums of saved up cash so that I could buy the books as soon as they came out in hardcover rather than wait for paperback.

I'm 30 years old now with three kids of my own. RJ may be gone, but he will be with those of us who have grown up with him always. In many ways, he has helped to shape my view of the world. Someone once said that the only way to achieve immortality is to live a life worth remembering. RJ, then, will live forever.

When I walked into Borders and saw the Robert Jordan section titled "In memory of", I was in shock. I am a HUGE fan of the series, and although I dont post on all the boards and know all the fansites I can still say that I have many a late night where I always do "one more" chapter. im only 17 so im a little late to the WOT group. but this series has captivated me and I adore it and cherish as much as the veterans. My only regret is that I never got on before to tell him this myself through post or email. And its hard to say stuff like this without it sounding corny but I mean this with every inch of my imagination and my creativity and every other area these books have owned for the past howmany years, I offer my condolences and ill be praying for you. There, I wouldnt call myself eloquint, but there it is.

I only started reading the "Wheel of Time" series last year, when my friend, who also likes to read fantasy books, referred them to me. I was spellbound immetiately by Robert Jordan's writing. Though I now am only on book 9, since I took a break now and then to read some other books (but only when the next one in the series wasn't available to me). I still can't find the 9th one, but I'm waiting for it to be returned to the Library ^,^

When I heard that he had died, I was of course shocked, since he had become one of my favorite authors. I know that no one could equal the style and quality of his writing, but it's great that someone is willing to try and let us readers waiting in anticipation finally know what happened.

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My deepest regrets to Harriet, I hope that you'll be alright

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The news of Robert Jordans passing was extremely sad. I re-read the books, to honour him and the stories I love after earing this.

I finished today and returned to Dragonmount to find excellent news.

Harriet, you have chosen a writer to finish the last book! And by the interview I read here, I'm completely excited. He seems to be exactly the right person for this... best of luck. These stories will be passed down to my children.

Harriet,

Thank you for sharing your Jim with us.

I first read The Eye when my wife and I shared a 1 bedroom apartment almost 20 yrs. ago. Now I have 2 boys that absorb most of my time. I still find time to read my favorite authors, when a new one comes out. Wheel of Time was always at the top of the list. I don't normally get involved in blogs as work school and kids take up so much time, but when I finally learned of Jim's passing, I had to follow up. He seems to have been a man with incredible passion and a zest for life. I share in the sadness of his passing. Please find some comfort in the millions of peoople who cherished a small part of him that we knew.

Harriet,

To you I wish no more pain and wish you happiness in the memory of the great writer but even a greater love of your life.

The Wheel of Time series is the reason why I started reading again. I have left the two rivers with 3 boys and seen one become the luckiest man alive, one become a wolf in a mans body, and the last become the dragon reborn. I am sad I only found out about his passing but I am sure he wil become a legend. His books will be passed down to my 2 children when they are old enough to understand. This I do know though, I enjoyed nothing then losing myself in the adventures of Rand, Mat, & Perrin and all the rest.

As one light blinks out another appears. With such a bright light vanishing the hope of another light will blare out as bright as the sun.

True fan of your Harriet,

Billy