{"id":8602,"date":"2016-06-08T17:45:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T17:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lichen.csd.sc.edu\/sce\/entries\/jordan-robert\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T18:57:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T18:57:30","slug":"jordan-robert","status":"publish","type":"entry","link":"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/entries\/jordan-robert\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan, Robert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writer. Jordan (pseudonym of James Oliver Rigney, Jr.) was born in Charleston on October 17, 1948, the son of James Oliver Rigney and Eva May Grooms. He began reading at an early age, counting Mark Twain and Jules Verne as favorites. In 1968 Jordan joined the United States Army, serving two tours in Vietnam. In 1970 he entered the Citadel, where he graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics. Jordan worked as a nuclear engineer until 1978, when he began writing full-time. He wrote his first book, <em>The Fallon Blood <\/em>(1980), under the pseudonym Reagan O\u2019Neal, as well as two sequels, <em>The Fallon Pride <\/em>(1981) and <em>The Fallon Legacy <\/em>(1982). He then produced <em>The Cheyenne Raiders <\/em>(1982), under the name Jackson O\u2019Reilly.<\/p>\n<p>In 1982, adopting the pseudonym Robert Jordan, he published <em>Conan the Invincible, <\/em>the first of seven installments he would add to the highly popular \u201cConan\u201d fantasy series, based on the creation of 1930s author Robert E. Howard. Dormant for decades, \u201cConan\u201d enjoyed a revival in the 1960s, long after Howard\u2019s death, and a number of authors stepped in to continue the saga. Jordan\u2019s additions to the series are among its most popular, with one critic describing his installments as \u201cvigorous, lusty, and full of excellent scene setting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan\u2019s most famous literary accomplishment, the \u201cWheel of Time\u201d series, debuted in 1990 with the publication of <em>The Eye of the World. <\/em>\u201cWheel of Time\u201d features the ongoing adventures of Rand, a hero on an epic quest to unite the inhabitants of his world against the evil Dark One. A 1993 review in <em>New Statesman and Society <\/em>complimented Jordan on creating \u201can entirely convincing and compelling alternative world.\u201d Installments of the \u201cWheel of Time\u201d have appeared on bestsellers lists and have been published in twenty languages. The eleventh book in the series, a prequel entitled <em>New Spring, <\/em>was published in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>On March 28, 1981, Jordan married Harriet McDougal, with whom he has a son. He lives in Charleston.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson, Bill. \u201cLocal Author\u2019s Fantasy Fiction as Loved as Tolkien\u2019s.\u201d Charleston <em>Post and Courier, <\/em>February 9, 2003, p. E1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer. Jordan (pseudonym of James Oliver Rigney, Jr.) was born in Charleston on October 17, 1948, the son of James Oliver Rigney and Eva May Grooms. He began reading at an early age, counting Mark Twain and Jules Verne as favorites. In 1968 Jordan joined the United States Army, serving two tours in Vietnam. 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