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RIP Robert Jordan
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SoleSteeler
Canada5469 Posts
RIP | ||
GTR
51662 Posts
and it's only been Monday.First a great rally driver, now a great author. RIP | ||
Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
Yeah shame about Madeline McCann, Colin McRae and now Robert Jordan. And it's a shame about Rolf Harris too. | ||
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toshi
Poland469 Posts
RIP. | ||
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nitram
Canada5412 Posts
On September 17 2007 19:43 Smurg wrote: RIP. Yeah shame about Madeline McCann, Colin McRae and now Robert Jordan. And it's a shame about Rolf Harris too. RIP | ||
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Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
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Bockit
Sydney2287 Posts
And here was me reading through the series again preparing for the last book... RIP | ||
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Leejungterran
Korea (South)572 Posts
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Funchucks
Canada2113 Posts
Women reading this need to observe a moment of crossing their arms under their breasts and sniffing. RIP | ||
KwarK
United States44203 Posts
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SoMuchBetter
Australia10606 Posts
i spent so much time devouring his books. its a shame to see him go like this, leaving his legacy incomplete On September 17 2007 21:53 Kwark wrote: Did he leave a rough outline of the plot behind or was it completely open ended? I'd hate to be reading a series and have the final book missing. from wikipedia: Before his death, Jordan stated "I'm getting out notes, so if the worst actually happens, someone could finish A Memory of Light and have it end the way I want it to end." The decision to posthumously complete the book has been left to his wife Harriet and Tor Books president Tom Doherty. | ||
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Funchucks
Canada2113 Posts
You'll see the conclusions he intended, if not in the words he'd have chosen. | ||
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HaXxorIzed
Australia8434 Posts
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
On September 17 2007 19:43 Smurg wrote: RIP. Yeah shame about Madeline McCann, Colin McRae and now Robert Jordan. And it's a shame about Rolf Harris too. And it's a shame that other thousands of people die everyday. | ||
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Moletrap
United States1297 Posts
On September 17 2007 21:46 Funchucks wrote: Men reading this need to observe a moment of silence. Women reading this need to observe a moment of crossing their arms under their breasts and sniffing. RIP Ahahahahaha, so true. On September 17 2007 21:29 Leejungterran wrote: im only sad because he will not finish the last book lol lol me, too. Can't really ever enjoy loss of life and I feel sorry for the suffering of his family, but... to take a moment to be insensitive, since I will assume his family isn't reading teamliquid.. That guy was totally arrogant, and I didn't really like his writing style. He had horrible characters that were annoying.. And he would have finished all the series' that he wanted long ago if he didn't ramble and repeat things. For some reason his plots were just addictive, so I had to read all the books even though most of the time I didn't like reading them. Anyway, he did pass on some notes, but it's up to his wife, etc as to what to do with them. She had better at least release those notes, cuz there's thousands of us who are wondering what the heck is going to happen. | ||
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Jim
Sweden1965 Posts
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
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Manifesto7
Osaka27174 Posts
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LTT
Shakuras1095 Posts
RIP. | ||
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Ghin
United States2391 Posts
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WiljushkA
Serbia1416 Posts
RIP you could never tell from his optimism concerning the sickness that it was so close... and i think it's only fair that his real name is mentioned: James Oliver Rigney, Jr. | ||
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SF-Fork
Russian Federation1401 Posts
Although it is true it takes just was tooo long. The last battle could come any fucking moment, but he would go on and on and on.... Anyways. R.I.P. EDIT: Haha, we wrote the same at the same time. | ||
Hot_Bid
Braavos36402 Posts
that just sucks for all the WoT fans. luckily he left notes and the option for his series to be finished. now i just pray this doesn't happen to martin, because he explicitly stated if he were to die that the series would not end, and i would cry myself to sleep if that happened. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
On September 17 2007 23:51 Ghin wrote: You need to stop complaining because you're not too old to be given a switching on your bottom. omg nice | ||
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Lord_of_Chaos
Sweden372 Posts
By the light, I want that last book! Blood and ashes! | ||
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xM(Z
Romania5299 Posts
tlnet has became a graveyard. a RIP bandwagon. it's depressing. the ones who knew him through his books (or we) should say some words about him, his ideeas, his views, what kind of person he was and so on. you should praise the man and his work, not his death. the other ones should just shut up. i don't understand how RIP acts as a eulogy. | ||
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Funchucks
Canada2113 Posts
Not everybody who attends a funeral delivers a eulogy. | ||
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xM(Z
Romania5299 Posts
On September 18 2007 00:56 Funchucks wrote: Saying "Rest in peace." is a simple gesture of respect from the people who are going to miss him. Not everybody who attends a funeral delivers a eulogy. i know that but i don't understand the meaning of that gesture if it's done by someone who has no ideea who that man was, if it's not said to his family of if it's done just to be polite. for me the meaning > the courtesy. (no one here attended his funeral) | ||
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SoMuchBetter
Australia10606 Posts
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Headlines
United States482 Posts
On September 18 2007 01:22 xM(Z wrote: i know that but i don't understand the meaning of that gesture if it's done by someone who has no ideea who that man was, if it's not said to his family of if it's done just to be polite. for me the meaning > the courtesy. (no one here attended his funeral) We pay our respects because of his contribution to us. He provided us with wonderous books that gave us something to do other then playing starcraft. He loved his fans and we know that because even on his death, he told his family the plot so that the series will end. To us who read his books (did you read his books?), he was like an icon of inspiration and to others maybe admiration. He was our friend the moment we allowed ourselves to read his books. [edit] He died on my birthday.  | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36402 Posts
On September 18 2007 01:22 xM(Z wrote: i know that but i don't understand the meaning of that gesture if it's done by someone who has no ideea who that man was, if it's not said to his family of if it's done just to be polite. for me the meaning > the courtesy. (no one here attended his funeral) i really don't see what's wrong with someone posting RIP who didn't know Robert Jordan personally or didn't have some deep meaning with his words. for most forum users and for 99.9% of his readers he was a writer and that relationship of reader-author shouldn't be discarded as "no idea who that man was." a lot of someone's personality and passion show in their writing. who are you to say who is qualified and unqualified to wish someone "RIP" or what that means to each person? | ||
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xM(Z
Romania5299 Posts
On September 18 2007 01:34 Headlines wrote: We pay our respects because of his contribution to us. He provided us with wonderous books that gave us something to do other then playing starcraft. He loved his fans and we know that because even on his death, he told his family the plot so that the series will end. To us who read his books (did you read his books?), he was like an icon of inspiration and to others maybe admiration. He was our friend the moment we allowed ourselves to read his books. thank you. now, it's too much to ask of the posters to say something like that instead of RIP? | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36402 Posts
On September 18 2007 01:37 xM(Z wrote: thank you. now, it's too much to ask of the posters to say something like that instead of RIP? yes it is. its not your place to tell someone how they want to grieve, well wish, or remember someone else. you really think someone saying "RIP" without an attached eulogy is somehow discourteous or rude to the Jordan's memory? what's wrong with just saying that? if someone wanted to just come to your funeral and wish you or your family well, you'd say "no, you have to have some great reason or intention!" or "you had to know me personally, why are you here?" or "you can't just stand in silence, you have to say something!" PS- you completely making this thread off-topic by passive-aggressively attacking well wishers does exponentially more damage to Jordan than any "inadequately genuine" posters do. how ridiculous. | ||
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{ToT}Strafe
Thailand7026 Posts
I loved his books, but I stopped reading them after a while as they were even more time consuming than WoW. Too bad for his fans he couldn't finish his series. RI~P | ||
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JensOfSweden
Cameroon1767 Posts
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rpf
United States2705 Posts
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FirstBorn
Romania3955 Posts
R.I.P. | ||
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FirstProbe
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Monsen
Germany2548 Posts
RIP | ||
MasterOfChaos
Germany2896 Posts
Liked his books, and they were good and long enoug to take some time. But we cannot say his death was unexpected, so I hoped for more time. | ||
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Luhh
Sweden2974 Posts
On September 18 2007 00:19 Hot_Bid wrote: death and life and grief to his family and all that stuff aside... that just sucks for all the WoT fans. luckily he left notes and the option for his series to be finished. now i just pray this doesn't happen to martin, because he explicitly stated if he were to die that the series would not end, and i would cry myself to sleep if that happened. Sums up my thoughts! Perhaps throw in Steven Erikson (The Malazan) there as well.. | ||
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Ceril
Sweden1343 Posts
Will miss you RJ | ||
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SoleSteeler
Canada5469 Posts
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Romance_us
Seychelles1806 Posts
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KOFgokuon
United States14912 Posts
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Sharkey
668 Posts
This first sucks for his family, and also sucks for WoT fans! Please let the 12th book be good! Please!! | ||
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pagasi
United States19 Posts
My wife just told me and then I come here and find a thread already this long. I work in life insurance... I see death all the damn time and it sucks ass. I feel for that family Can you imagine being asked to write the last few chapters of your spouse's epic work after they die? I couldn't do it. I wish her luck. | ||
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