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Originally Posted by mavruda
He signed a contract for 8 books and the final term to make them ready is 2016 or something similar. The writer is 62 years old - I'm not saying that he won't be productive or something, but I hope no one should have to write the book instead of him .... Let's face it he looks like Santa and I don't want him to die of age before he finish the books.

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This is the very same issue that many of us see as happening. It happened to Robert Jordan, with Brandon Sanderson now finishing up the WoT series using Jordan's notes. While Sanderson has become one of my new favorite authors, you can read the slight nuances between the two.