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Ajan pyörä ##7

by Robert Jordan, Marja Sinkkonen (Translator)

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Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature, Adventure, Magic, Classics, Epic Fantasy

504 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

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.

Reviews

[Bookworm · Rating 2 out of 5]

2,5

[S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had one of my favourite scenes from the series so I'm happy.

[Assikatsum · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ensimmäisessä puoliskossa tarjoillaan hahmojen välistä suhdesoppaa aika isolla kauhalla ja loppupuoliskolla tarina alkaa taas kulkea paremmin ja tapahtumakeskeisemmin.
- Perrin "tossun alla" - myrkyllisen oloinen parisuhde kun toinen yrittää miellyttää liikaa (kasvattaa Failen mieliksi parran, jota vihaa pitää) ja saa sitten haukut sekä ulkomuodostaan että älystään silloin kun ei tee niin kuin käsketään..
- Lanin ja Nynaeven romanssi tapahtuu lähes kokonaan rivien välissä ja taustalla. En oikein käsitä tätä "rakkaustarinaa"
- Rand ja Elayne
- Egwenen perään haikailee useampi (Gawyn, Galad)
- Matille riittää satunnainen flirttailu ja pussailu palvelijoiden kanssa
- Loial rakastaa kirjojaan
- Moirainella on paaaaaaljon salaisuuksia, edelleen
- Punainen ovenkahva ter'angreal / Perrin&Loial ja aiel-mies sekä Faile (joka törkeästi huijaisi naiivia Loialia) lähtevät Väylille / Egwene ja uneksiminen ->suunta kohti autiomaata /Nynaeve ja Elayne Merikansan kyydissä kohti Tanchicoa

..tarina kulkee eteenpäin kohti seuraavaa osaa aika saumattomasti. Mielenkiinto pysyy yllä vielä :)

[erika · Rating 1 out of 5]

Furchtbarer Teil, notgeiler und widerlicher Mat. Die Frauen streiten sich die ganze Zeit untereinander um Männer, und sind dabei derart misogyn - echt traurig! Sonst ist kaum was passiert, nur hormongesteuerte und erniedrigende Beziehungskacke.
Die Bücher sind ein auf und ab, Anfang langweilig, dann wurde es gut und nun einfach erbärmlich, Teil 7 bediente alle negativen Stereotypen und Klischees des Fantasygenres.

[Alena · Rating 4 out of 5]

I could have done without the love triangle but damn I missed my babies working together and getting shit done. Also the character development was *chefs kiss*

[Kari Kakkonen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Story continues superbly

[lassiz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kirja oli hyvä ja mielenkiintoinen vaikka juoni katkesikin kesken.

[Amme · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lite tråki, mycke politik

[Onnimanni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alussa tapahtumat rullasivat ihan hyvin, mutta aika pian kerronta jämähti paikalleen. Aes Sedai osuudet olivat kirjan parasta antia.

[Astrid Terese · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tidshjulet er egentlig en ganske innviklet fantasyserie. Som i de fleste fantasyhistorier, handler serien seg om kampen mellom det gode og det onde. Her kampen mellom Dragen og Den Mørkeste.
Hele min omtale finner du på bloggen min Betraktninger

[André Spica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Med denne boken fortsetter serien å utvikle de intrikate og komplekse trekkene fra forrige bok. Våre venner, som vi må kunne kalle hovedpersonene nå, begir seg ut på nye oppdrag og eventyr i ulike retninger, så som de også gjorde i bok 3. Persongalleri og geografi utvides og gjør sagaen mer og mer interessant. Relasjoner begynner også å bli mer komplekse, nå som de første hint om et ikke helt adskilt "onde mot gode" begynner å tre frem. Fire stjerner i stedet for 5 skyldes at jeg mener forfatteren mangler litt på skrive og formidlingskunsten, selv om historien i seg selv er spennende og interessant.