Robert Jordan (1) (1948–2007)
Autor/a de The Eye of the World
Per altres autors anomenats Robert Jordan, vegeu la pàgina de desambiguació.
Sobre l'autor
Robert Jordan was born James Oliver Rigney Jr. on October 17, 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. He received a B.S. in physics from The Citadel in 1974. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the U.S. Army and won The Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star and two Vietnamese Crosses of mostra'n més Gallantry. From 1974 to 1978, he worked for the U.S. Civil Service as a nuclear engineer. During the 1980's, he began writing several novels for the Conan the Barbarian series that was created in the 1930's by Robert E. Howard. He also wrote under many pseudonyms, which include the historical novels The Fallon Blood (1980), The Fallon Pride (1981) and The Fallon Legacy (1982) as Reagan O'Neal; and the western Cheyenne Riders (1982) as Jackson O'Reilly. He wrote articles for periodicals for the Library Journal, Fantasy Review and Science Fiction Review as Chang Lung. He was the author of the Wheel of Time series and The Towers of Midnight. He died on September 16, 2007 following a battle with cardiac amyloidosis. Jordan was cremated and his ashes buried in the churchyard of St. James Church in Goose Creek, outside Charleston. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Jeanne Collins
Sèrie
Obres de Robert Jordan
The Wheel of Time, Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn (1993) 784 exemplars
The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places and History of the Bestselling Series (2015) 374 exemplars
The Strike at Shayol Ghul 112 exemplars
Wheel of Time, Boxed Set IV: Crossroads of Twilight, Knife of Dreams, Gathering Storm (1700) 94 exemplars
The Wheel of Time - First Six Books - The Eye of the World, The Dragon Reborn, The Great Hunt, The Shadow Rising, The… (1995) 70 exemplars
Wheel of Time Premium Boxed Set V: Book 13: Towers of Midnight, Book 14: A Memory of Light, Prequel: New Spring (2020) 31 exemplars
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time (Wheel of Time Other) (2016) 17 exemplars
Best of Robert Jordan: The Shadow Rising; The Fires of Heaven; Lord of Chaos; A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time… (2000) 10 exemplars
River of Souls 7 exemplars
Robert Jordan The Wheel of Time Collection 4 Books Set Series 3 (Book 11-14) (Knife Of Dreams, The Gathering Storm,… (2015) 5 exemplars
A Fire Within The Ways 5 exemplars
The Wheel of Time, Books 5-9: (The Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos, A Crown of Swords, The Path of Daggers, Winter's… (2017) 4 exemplars
Der grosse Conan: Conan der Verteidiger /Conan der Unbesiegbare /Conan der Unüberwindliche (Heyne Science Fiction… (1996) 2 exemplars
The Wheel of Time Books 1-5 2 exemplars
The Eye of The World [Promotional Folder] 1 exemplars
LA RUEDA DEL TIEMPO/ LA TORRE BLANCA 1 exemplars
The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan Book #9 Winter's Heart ~ Book # 10 Crossroads of Twlight ~ Book # 11 Knife of… (2000) 1 exemplars
The Eye Of The World [Short Story] 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Legends I: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy (1998) — Col·laborador — 1,865 exemplars
Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, Vol. 3 (of 3) (1998) — Col·laborador — 557 exemplars
Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, Vol. A (of 2) (1998) — Col·laborador — 260 exemplars
Legenden : nieuwe verhalen van de meesters van de fantasy. II — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Rigney, James Oliver, Jr.
- Altres noms
- O'Neal, Reagan (pseudonym)
O'Reily, Jackson (pseudonym) - Data de naixement
- 1948-10-17
- Data de defunció
- 2007-09-16
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Causa de la mort
- Cardiac amyloidosis
- Llocs de residència
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Educació
- The Citadel (BS ∙ Physics)
- Professions
- novelist
short-story writer
nuclear engineer (US Navy)
helicopter gunner (US Army ∙ Vietnam) - Organitzacions
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
United States Army - Premis i honors
- Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star
Vietnamese Gallantry Cross
South Carolina Academy of Authors Hall of Fame (2008) - Biografia breu
- James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for the Wheel of Time series (finished by Brandon Sanderson upon Jordan's death) which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. He is one of several writers to have written original Conan the Barbarian novels; his are highly acclaimed to this day. Rigney also wrote historical fiction under his pseudonym Reagan O'Neal, a western as Jackson O'Reilly, and dance criticism as Chang Lung. Additionally, he ghostwrote an "international thriller" that is still believed to have been written by someone else.
Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He served two tours in Vietnam (from 1968 to 1970) with the United States Army as a helicopter gunner. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with "V" and oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. After returning from Vietnam he attended The Citadel, where he received an undergraduate degree in physics; after graduating he was employed by the United States Navy as a nuclear engineer. He began writing in 1977.
Jordan was a history buff and enjoyed hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool, and pipe-collecting. He described himself as a "High Church" Episcopalian and received communion more than once a week.[11] He lived with his wife, Harriet McDougal, who works as a book editor (currently with Tor Books; she was also Jordan's editor) in a house built in 1797.
Membres
Converses
Wheel of Time TV Series (and books?) Discussion a The Green Dragon (octubre 2023)
Group Read of Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' series - (2) The Great Hunt a 75 Books Challenge for 2019 (setembre 2023)
Group Read of Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' series - (1) The Eye of the World a 75 Books Challenge for 2019 (juny 2019)
Group Read : The Wheel of Time - The Eye of the World (Book 1) a 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (desembre 2013)
The Wheel of Time a FantasyFans (febrer 2010)
The Eye of the World a Someone explain it to me... (octubre 2008)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 189
- També de
- 7
- Membres
- 162,285
- Popularitat
- #36
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 1,949
- ISBN
- 1,511
- Llengües
- 22
- Preferit
- 71
Despite having read the entire series, this book sheds light on things I didn’t know about the world of Wheel of Time.
The parts must enjoyable—to me at least—are the background information provided on the Age of Legends, the Breaking of the World, and the time of Arthur Hawkwing.
I wouldn’t recommend reading this book before or during a first read-through of the series, as it contains spoilers. But obtaining a better understanding of the setting may increase the quality of a reread.
Definitely worth checking out for a fan.… (més)