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Dec 14, 1993, 3:17:49 PM12/14/93
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YES, I just received a letter from the Master himself!

The verbatim contents of a letter I just received from
Robert Jordan. (A note of explanation: for books I
greatly enjoy, I always have written letters of praise to
the authors. I have written several past letters to Jordan
regarding his books but had not up until this time
received a reply. If you are wondering, I wrote him at
"Robert Jordan c/o Tor Books, 175 Fifth Avenue, New
York, N.Y., 10010", The letter is postmarked December 8
from Charleston SC:

"Thank you very much for your letter. Receiving it was
like getting a great pat on the back.

I have recently become aware of Internet, and have been
a little dazed by the depth of interest Internet users
display in my books. It's very flattering. However, I
must correct the comment about Chapel Hill: I have
never attended Chapel Hill in any way and I was not a
geography major (sorry) . <aside: I mentioned that
someone on Internet had mentioned that Jordan had
taken geography courses at Chapel Hill>. I attended The
Citadel, and took my B.S. there, with a double major in
math and physics.

Praise from a geographer for my world-building is
praise indeed! Thanks for your kind words.

I am not overly fond of the covers myself. My editor and
I have fought long and hard to try to make them right,
and on those occasions when we were able to speak
directly to Darryl Sweet (the cover artist) most problems
were taken care of in short order. On other occasions,
though, when we had to go through other people at Tor,
seemingly endless descriptions of people, clothes,
weapons, Trollocs, etc. produced either nothing like
what I envisioned or else something only close.

A note, since you apparently have access to Internet and
maybe some of the others. Various people have told me
that they have seen messages posted about THE WHEEL
OF TIME purporting to be from me. I do not have access
to Internet or any other bulletin board. I have never
posted any messages, nor even listened in through
someone else's connection.

Again, thanks for your letter.

With best wishes, I remain, sincerely, Robert Jordan
RJ/kb-n
cc:file"
Definitely, a letter I will treasure ...
R.S. Cerveny

David Wren-Hardin

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Dec 15, 1993, 12:13:09 PM12/15/93
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In article <93348.13...@ASUACAD.BITNET> <AT...@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
>YES, I just received a letter from the Master himself!
>
[munch]

>
>"Thank you very much for your letter. Receiving it was
>like getting a great pat on the back.
>
>I have recently become aware of Internet, and have been
>a little dazed by the depth of interest Internet users
>display in my books. It's very flattering. However, I
>must correct the comment about Chapel Hill: I have
>never attended Chapel Hill in any way and I was not a
>geography major (sorry) . <aside: I mentioned that
>someone on Internet had mentioned that Jordan had
>taken geography courses at Chapel Hill>. I attended The
>Citadel, and took my B.S. there, with a double major in
>math and physics.

Umm, the geography/Chapel Hill thing was a joke post about
_Michael_ Jordan, who does hold a geography degree from
N.C.
[munch]


>Again, thanks for your letter.
>
>With best wishes, I remain, sincerely, Robert Jordan
>RJ/kb-n
>cc:file"
> Definitely, a letter I will treasure ...
> R.S. Cerveny


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David Wren-Hardin bd...@quads.uchicago.edu University of Chicago
Thousands of years ago the Egyptians worshipped cats as gods.
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