[Malsua]

Even if his plots were lame and his characters worse.

...And excessively long for no particular reason.

That said, he did leave his mark on SF and it's too bad he didn't finish the 12th book. At least his works would have been "complete" despite the loss of focus around book 7 on through to 10. I guess his contribution to the pattern of ages is complete and the very end of his thread frayed a little.

Prayers to his family.

[jonathanmo]

In the tradition of many recent series, my prediction is that the Wheel Of Time will continue, written by someone designated by the Jordan estate, and all loose ends will be tied up. Well, that's probably not possible, but some semblance of an ending will be done.

[Portnoy]

I stopped reading the series about three books ago. I was just waiting for him to finally finish before attempting to read the read.

Sadly he lost his way around book 7. Wonder if they will release what he has already written?