Re: Robert Jordan died.
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When I was a teenager fantasy was my favorite genre, and I read them all. I became bored with the whole genre after a while when I realised that just about every single fantasy series was along the same themes;
Young dude living in a small out of the way place has hidden powers that can save the world from the horrible malignant evil that has chosen this time to rear its ugly head.
Bor-ing. Just a rehash of Tolkien, over and over again, yet with different names and a different map. Jordan was just the same as the others. I'm sorry that he's died but the fantasy genre won't miss him as there are another hundred clones to take his place.
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I remember getting the first chapter of the first book free in a Walden's Bookstore. As I recall, in the first 25 pages, two people walked from one town to another.
Gripping, but just not for me. Needless to say, I was SHOCKED to find out later that his editor was . . . his wife.
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