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Robert Jordan is the pen name of James
Oliver Rigney, Jr. (born October 17, 1948). It has been speculated that
the pen name is from the main character of Ernest Hemingway's novel For
Whom the Bell Tolls, but Robert Jordan has since clarified on his blog
that his pen names were chosen from three lists of names using his real
initials, and that "Robert Jordan" contains all three of his initials in
a first name and a surname. He is best known as the author of the
bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. Jordan was born in
Charleston, South Carolina and holds an undergraduate degree in physics
from The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina. He is a
history buff and served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army.
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Bibliography
Fallon
(under the pen name Reagan O'Neal)
The Fallon Legacy (1981)
The Fallon Pride (1982)
The Fallon Blood (1995)
Conan the Barbarian
Jordan is one of several writers who has
written pastiches of the original Conan the Barbarian stories.
Conan the Defender (1982)
Conan the Invincible (1982)
Conan the Triumphant (1983)
Conan the Unconquered (1983)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Conan the Magnificent (1984)
Conan the Victorious (1984)
Conan: King of Thieves (1984)
Although some bibliographies list it,
Conan: King of Thieves does not exist. It was the original title of the
second Conan movie. Robert 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. (http://encyclopaedia-wot.org:8008/main/biblio/nonwotbib.html)
They were packed into two separate volumes:
The Conan Chronicles
Further Chronicles of Conan
The Wheel of Time
Ten books of a projected twelve total
comprising the main sequence have been published thus far. It is worth
noting that many fans of the earlier books have been disappointed by a
gradual change in Jordan's style over the course of the series. In
particular, the general pace of events has slowed, and a greater focus
on minor characters and politics has emerged at the cost of action. This
is perhaps most evident in the tenth book, Crossroads of Twilight.
You can find chapter summaries for the
Wheel of Time books that have been released here. The eleventh, titled
Knife of Dreams will be released on 11 October 2005.
The Eye of the World (15 January 1990)
The Great Hunt (15 November 1990)
The Dragon Reborn 15 October 1991)
The Shadow Rising (15 September 1992)
The Fires of Heaven (15 October 1993)
Lord of Chaos (15 October 1994)
A Crown of Swords (15 May 1996)
The Path of Daggers (20 October 1998)
Winter's Heart (9 November 2000)
Crossroads of Twilight (7 January 2003)
Knife of Dreams (11 October 2005)
Final Novel (most likely early-middle 2008,
considering his 2 to 2.5 year release pattern)
In addition to the main sequence, Robert
Jordan has also written some accessory works:
The World of Robert Jordan's the Wheel of
Time (13 November 1998, reference book, written in collaboration with
Teresa Patterson)
This reference book includes "The Strike at
Shayol Ghul", a short story published online in 1996 which was
republished in print as part of this reference book
New Spring (February 2000, novella,
published in volume three of Tor's Legends anthology, edited by Robert
Silverberg)
New Spring (January 2004, novel, an
expanded work superseding the earlier novella)
From The Two Rivers, a repackaging of the
first half of The Eye Of The World for a younger market, includes an
additional prologue titled Ravens.
Jordan also has spoken of plans to write
two other prequels after finishing the main sequence.
Infinity of Heaven
Jordan has mentioned several times that he
plans another fantasy series set in a different kind of world. He has
said that it will be a Shogun-like series about a man in his 30s who
suffers a shipwreck in an unknown culture and world. The books will take
detail his adventures there, and will be titled Infinity of Heaven.
He has said that he will begin writing
these after he finishes his work on the main sequence books of The Wheel
of Time after Book 12 (presumably in early-middle 2008, considering the
2.5+ year pattern release for his latest novels). It is unclear at
present whether the remaining Wheel of Time prequels will be written
after, or during, the Infinity of Heaven series.
Thus work on this saga isn't expected to
begin before 2009 at best. Jordan has particularly stressed that this
series will be significantly shorter than the Wheel of Time saga (about
6 books long and essentially two trilogies), despite the resulting irony
in the series title.
Other works
Cheyenne Raiders (1982, under the pseudonym
Jackson O'Reilly)
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