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Interview #504: Charleston City Paper Interview, Entry #1
Nick Smith
Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series lives on thanks to his wife Harriet McDougal and writer Brandon Sanderson.
A Knight’s Errand
In Robert Jordan’s fantasy world, wars raged, Trollocs and Halfmen ravaged the land, and the forces of Light and Dark faced off for a final battle. It was a world of wonder that held millions of armchair adventurers enthralled for almost two decades.
But then Jordan’s time on this earth ended, and the inhabitants of his world ceased to breathe. It seemed that the Last Battle would not be chronicled.
But like all great heroes, Jordan’s protagonists refused to die. Over the course of 11 hefty Wheel of Time books, he’d encouraged a huge fanbase to explore and embellish his world on the internet, in comic books, RPGs, video games and music. Sites sprang up with names like Age of Legends, Theoryland, and WOTmania. And one fan would post a eulogy so touching that it captured the attention of Jordan’s widow and series editor, Harriet McDougal.
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