First David Gemmell, now Robert Jordan (Score 3, Interesting)

It seems like yesterday that David Gemmell passed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gemmell), although it has been a year at this point.

And now Robert Jordan passes. Say what you will about the quality of the later installments of the Wheel of Time, but the first five or six books (at least) are some of the most enjoyable and well-written fantasy I've read. Growing up, he was one of the authors who introduced me to fantasy, along with David Eddings, Terry Brooks, Terry Goodkind, Anne McCaffrey, and Tad Williams. I'm grateful to them all.

(Perhaps) an appropriate Gemmell quote:

"Not one of the creatures of blood can escape death. We all face it, and succumb to it. It follows us like a dark shadow. Yet, if we live in terror of it, then we do not live at all. Yes we are born alone, and yes we will die alone. But in between, we live. We know joy." --David Gemmell, Sword in the Storm