Jardius - Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 It just occurred to me that the name Robert Jordan could actually be an altered anagram for Dragon Reborn. Well, it would be "Drajon Rebort" but I think is close enough. Like what you would obtain if trying to make an anagram for Dragon Reborn that sounded actually like a real name. I know Robert Jordan picked the pseudonym years before the first WoT book got published and I thinkt he never actually said anything about any sort of anagram, but still it seems like a huge coincidence. Has anyone thought about this before? I've been searching the forums but I haven't found anything about this topic. But I'm new here, so maybe I don't know how to search properly ^_^u What do you think about it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fox - Member Share Posted May 19, 2020 Possibly. What I do know is this; Robert Jordan is the name of the main character in Hemingways "For Whom the Bell Tolls". So, I've always thought it was more of a nod to Hemingway than anything else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harldin - Member Share Posted May 19, 2020 22 minutes ago, Fox said: Possibly. What I do know is this; Robert Jordan is the name of the main character in Hemingways "For Whom the Bell Tolls". So, I've always thought it was more of a nod to Hemingway than anything else. George RR Martin also named a mentioned character in ASOIF Trebor Jordayne a member of House Jordayne after his close friend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fox - Member Share Posted May 19, 2020 Haven't read ASoIF, surprisingly, but that is a pretty cool little fact. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harldin - Member Share Posted May 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Fox said: Haven't read ASoIF, surprisingly, but that is a pretty cool little fact. I have only read it once and that was years ago, didn’t pick up the reference at the time but read about it somewhere later. The character doesn’t actually appear in the books but is mentioned by another character. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jardius - Member Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 On 5/19/2020 at 11:11 PM, Fox said: Possibly. What I do know is this; Robert Jordan is the name of the main character in Hemingways "For Whom the Bell Tolls". So, I've always thought it was more of a nod to Hemingway than anything else. Yes! I found out about that recently, but I read in an interview that he didn't used it for that reason. By the answer he provides it sounds more of a coincidence... "Question 37 What made you decide on Robert Jordan as your pseudonym? Is it Hemingway? — Ishamael No, it wasn't Hemingway. I simply wanted to separate the different kinds of books that I wrote with different names, and I made lists of names with my real initials and picked one name from one list and one from another, and Robert Jordan was one of the names that popped out." https://wot.fandom.com/wiki/Source:SciFi_Channel_Chat_at_Dragon*Con_97,_28_June_1997 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fox - Member Share Posted May 23, 2020 Interesting. Makes sense. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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