I have no doubt that 99.9% of everyone will hate this idea, but what the hell, that's what forums are for, right? I've been interested in Infinity of Heaven ever since I read about it in an interview that Jordan did. Here's all I know about it. From Wikipedia:
...and from a site called eNotes:
Unfortunately, Jordan will never get the chance to write this series, and I suspect that the majority of fans will want to keep it that way, but I can't help but want to read it anyways. I guess that I'm holding out hope that Jordan had done enough world building and wrote enough notes that perhaps someday this series could see the light of day.
Remember, Jordan began his career writing in the Conan shared universe, so this could be viewed as paying a debt forward. By allowing lesser known authors to play in that universe, it would give them a larger audience than they otherwise would have. Granted it wouldn't be as large as the WoT audience, but then you wouldn't want that story to drag on forever since it's essentially his magnum opus. (Though I do hope Sanderson returns in about 15-20 years and writes the prequels and the story of Mat/Tuon)
I just thought that it would be pretty awesome, if in death, Jordan were to be responsible for helping to launch, not only Brandon Sanderson's career, but many others too.
At the very least, I thought this topic would be fun to talk about. (No, I don't think this would be Harriet and Co. trying to "soak" their fans for all their money. Nor do I think that this would in anyway damage RJ's legacy.)
Jordan mentioned several times that he planned another fantasy series set in a different kind of world. He said that it would be a Sh?gun-esque series about a man in his 30s who is shipwrecked in an unknown culture which would be similar to Seanchan culture in his Wheel of Time series and world. The books would detail his adventures there, and would have been titled Infinity of Heaven.
He said that he would have begun writing these after finishing his work on the 12th and final main sequence book of The Wheel of Time. Jordan said, “Infinity of Heaven almost certainly will be written before the prequels, though I might do them between the Infinity books.” Also according to Dragonmount.com, Jordan planned to write some side-story novels, before completely abandoning his decades-long work. Jordan had particularly stressed that this series would be significantly shorter than The Wheel of Time saga (about 6 books long and essentially two trilogies)
He said that he would have begun writing these after finishing his work on the 12th and final main sequence book of The Wheel of Time. Jordan said, “Infinity of Heaven almost certainly will be written before the prequels, though I might do them between the Infinity books.” Also according to Dragonmount.com, Jordan planned to write some side-story novels, before completely abandoning his decades-long work. Jordan had particularly stressed that this series would be significantly shorter than The Wheel of Time saga (about 6 books long and essentially two trilogies)
...and from a site called eNotes:
“My editor [who is also his wife, Harriet] says it will be people’s chance to see a society like the Seanchan Empire [from The Wheel of Time], but that is simply because most of the action will take place in a culture much like Seanchan. The main male character, who is shipwrecked there, comes from a place that might be considered a cross between Elizabethan England and the Italian city-states of the Renaissance with touches of the seventeenth century. I intend him to be a man in his thirties, a man of some experience and worldliness in his own culture (though this does him only occasional good where he finds himself), in contrast to Rand’s innocence and naiveté. The major female character is a noblewoman of the land where he is shipwrecked; by the law, whatever is cast up on the shores of her estates belongs to her: the ship, its cargo — its crew. Of course, a good many details will surely change between now and the commencement of writing (they always do), but that is the general form.” Infinity of Heaven will have one culture that is “much more readily apparent as being 17th, early 18th century at technological level, cultural levels. I dislike the view of the world of the Wheel of Time as medieval.”
Unfortunately, Jordan will never get the chance to write this series, and I suspect that the majority of fans will want to keep it that way, but I can't help but want to read it anyways. I guess that I'm holding out hope that Jordan had done enough world building and wrote enough notes that perhaps someday this series could see the light of day.
Remember, Jordan began his career writing in the Conan shared universe, so this could be viewed as paying a debt forward. By allowing lesser known authors to play in that universe, it would give them a larger audience than they otherwise would have. Granted it wouldn't be as large as the WoT audience, but then you wouldn't want that story to drag on forever since it's essentially his magnum opus. (Though I do hope Sanderson returns in about 15-20 years and writes the prequels and the story of Mat/Tuon)
I just thought that it would be pretty awesome, if in death, Jordan were to be responsible for helping to launch, not only Brandon Sanderson's career, but many others too.
At the very least, I thought this topic would be fun to talk about. (No, I don't think this would be Harriet and Co. trying to "soak" their fans for all their money. Nor do I think that this would in anyway damage RJ's legacy.)
Robert Jordan And A Shared Universe
- 15/03/2011 09:52:42 PM
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Jordan lead us to believe they were just ideas floating...
- 16/03/2011 03:18:18 PM
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Two projects
- 16/03/2011 04:43:27 PM
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His stories are awesome though....I'd love to get a look at the plot he had planned. *NM*
- 18/03/2011 07:56:18 PM
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