„I Senka pade na zemlju i svet bi pokidan kamen po kamen. Okeani utekoše i planine behu progutane, a narodi se raštrkaše po svih osam strana zemnoga šara. Mesec beše kao krv, a sunce kao pepeo. Mora proključaše, a živi zavideše mrtvima. Sve bi razmrskano i sve izgubljeno, sem sećanja – a jedno sećanje beše iznad svih ostalih, na njega koji je doveo Senku i doveo do Slamanja sveta. I njega prozvaše Zmaj.“ (iz Alet nin Taerin alta Kamora, Slamanje sveta. Nepoznati autor, Četvrto doba)
Točak vremena se okreće i doba dolaze i prolaze. Sve što jeste, što je bilo i što će biti još može da padne pod senku.
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Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the names Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reilly.
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 bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with "V" and bronze 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. He 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. 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.
Responding to queries on the similarity of some of the concepts in his Wheel of Time books with Freemasonry concepts, Jordan admitted that he was a Freemason. However, "like his father and grandfather," he preferred not to advertise, possibly because of the negative propaganda against Freemasonry. In his own words, "no man in this country should feel in danger because of his beliefs."
On March 23, 2006, Jordan disclosed in a statement that he had been diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis, and that with treatment, his median life expectancy was four years, though he said he intended to beat the statistics. He later posted on his Dragonmount blog to encourage his fans not to worry about him and that he intended to have a long and fully creative life.
He began chemotherapy treatment at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in early April 2006. Jordan was enrolled in a study using the drug Revlimid just approved for multiple myeloma but not yet tested on primary amyloidosis.
Jordan died at approximately 2:45 p.m. EDT on September 16, 2007, and a funeral service was held for him on Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Jordan was cremated and his ashes buried in the churchyard of St. James Church in Goose Creek, outside Charleston.
Završen prvi deo poslednjeg dela Točka vremena... Šta da kažem? Znam da će me završnica raspametiti. Doduše, već me je odavno raspametio kompletan serijal. Toliko da već vidim na ruci jednu ozbiljnu tetovažu posvećenu samo Točku. Eto, toliko sam zavoleo ovaj svet. Ovaj grandiozan svet. Osećam sreću i ponos što sam u potpunosti izdržao ali osećam tugu... Tugu jer Točak se bliži kraju svog ciklusa... Neka posednji obrtaj Točka vremena "Sećanje na Svetlost, deo drugi" počne!!!!!!!!
Napokon sam stigao do poslednje knjige iz serijala Točak vremena. Nezgodno je kod se pisac onoliko razmaše, pa onda umre pre nego što je stigao do kraja i onda mora neko drugi da uskače. Ne kažem, dobra je ova knjiga, ali mi je drago da sam došao do kraja, Rand očekuje konačna bitka, ne samo njega, već i ostatak ekipe i razrešili su sve kako dolikuje.