What sad news! I grew up reading Jordan's Wheel of Time, eagerly awaiting each new volume much as today's generation of younger readers did with the Harry Potter series. At some point I stopped keeping up with the series, but I always hoped that after he finished writing it I could just take a month off work for a marathon session reading the entire series from beginning to end.
Harry, for what it's worth, it appears that he did share the "bones" of the plot for the final volume, according to his "brother/cousin" Wilson on the
Dragonmount blog:
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Epilog: Yes he is continuing to work through all of this medical calamity. MOL is going into the word processor and onto audio tapes almost daily. Not every day mind you, because the medical fight takes first priority. But, he told you he’d finish and he will. Fact is that it has been finished in his head for years. During a recent family sit around, he became the Gleeman and told the bones of it ALL to Harriet and me. You read that right, I did say ALL. Don’t ask, ain’t telling. Two and a half hours of story telling by the Creator himself went by in the twinkling of an eye. Truly magical. All I can say is WOW! Best stuff he’s ever done. MOL is going to knock your socks off! That’s a promise.
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While it does not lessen the tragedy of the loss of such a talented and beloved writer, I would not be surprised to see the last volume of the Wheel of Time eventually written and published in a couple years, based on his unfinished draft, tapes, notes, and information shared with his family and friends.