Okay, and in our last few minutes . . . well, it almost defies actually talking in specifics about the books. But, at this point, do we know when the series is going to wrap up?
No, not really. What I know is that we’re heading for a final scene that I have known from the beginning. I could have written it before I wrote the first book. And it would be very little different from what I would write today. I know what has to happen—those major events, those mountains I talked about—I know what has to happen between now and that final scene.
I really don’t know whether it’s going to be another two books, or another three, or maybe even another four. I don’t know. I’m not going to make any promises to anybody, or any suggestions to anybody, about how many books. I’ve done that in the past and seen it taken as promise: “Jordan said. Jordan said, it’s going to be this many books.” Well, no I didn’t, I said it might be. But by the time it gets out into print, and on the street, it’s Jordan promised. Well, Jordan didn’t promise, and Jordan isn’t promising, so there.
And by the time the final conflict happens and the books are wrapped up, will that pretty much tie up most of the loose ends?
The loose ends for the major plotlines, yes. I deliberately intend to keep a number of the minor plotlines open. There is no point in anyone’s life when everything’s all neatly wrapped up. There are always loose ends. But the major plotlines will be resolved, certainly.
All right. Well, thank you very much for speaking with us. And again, we’ve been talking with Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series. And the newest book is Lord of Chaos . And thanks again for being with us.
Thank you for having me.
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