{"id":10948,"date":"2012-12-07T14:03:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T22:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=10948"},"modified":"2012-12-07T14:32:40","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T22:32:40","slug":"the-robert-jordan-story-harriet-mcdougal-and-others-look-back-on-the-career-of-a-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/news\/the-robert-jordan-story-harriet-mcdougal-and-others-look-back-on-the-career-of-a-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>The Robert Jordan Story<\/em>, Harriet McDougal and others look back on the career of a legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"649\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XrfUoR4Z9Ig?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Whether you like Robert Jordan&#8217;s <em>Wheel of Time<\/em> series or not (and there are many reasons to fall on either side of the fence), the upcoming release of its final volume, <em>A Memory of Light<\/em>, will be one of the biggest Fantasy events in decades. <em>Wheel of Time<\/em> has helped shaped contemporary Fantasy, and opened the doors for authors like George R.R. Martin (who launched his own series, which you maybe heard of, with a juicy quote from Robert Jordan plastered on the cover), Patrick Rothfuss, and even Brandon Sanderson, who now carries the torch for the late Jordan. To celebrate the life and career of Jordan, Tor has produced a loving video looking back at the aurhor, featuring his wife, Harriet McDougal, Tom Doherty, the big guy at Tor Books, and Brandon Sanderson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you like Robert Jordan&#8217;s Wheel of Time series or not (and there are many reasons to fall on either side of the fence), the upcoming release of its final volume, A Memory of Light, will be one of the biggest Fantasy events in decades. 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