Authors that died b4 finishing their book series?

[JEDI]

<from the Game of Thrones thread>

so if the author dies, are the fans left hanging?

ie: Dorsai/Childe Cycle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childe_Cycle

Author Gordon R. Dickson died while in the middle of the final book of the series.
(first book in the series published 1959. he died in 2001)


and WTF 40yrs to finish a book series?!?!

 

[IronWing]

Tolkien: Arwen - Hot Honey in Harad

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Most recent one I can think of was Robert Jordan with the Wheel of Time series. Brandon Sanderson was hired to complete the series from Jordan's notes. Probably a good thing, Jordan lost it about 4 books in (same time as GRRM, wonder if that's a coincidence?) and likely never could have finished it to anyones satisfaction.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Gormenghast

 

[IronWing]

Gormenghast

I hadn't realized Peake croaked before the last book was finished. I guess that explains the weird turn.

 

[sdifox]

Douglas Adams

 

[Gibsons]

St. Paul. :sneaky:

 

[Platypus]

george r r martin (trollface)

 

[khon]

Robert Jordan died before finishing The Wheel of Time series.

He did write notes about what was supposed to happen though, so the series was finished by another author.

 

[khon]

Probably a good thing, Jordan lost it about 4 books in (same time as GRRM, wonder if that's a coincidence?) and likely never could have finished it to anyones satisfaction.

Fantasy series that go beyond 3-4 books seem to go downhill in general, same thing happened with Steven Erickson's Malazan book of the fallen. Absolutely brilliant for the first few books, but almost unreadable by the time he got to book 8-10.

 

[OCGuy]

Jesus

 

[nace186]

Frank Herbert with Dune.

 

[Murloc]

rr martin for sure

 

[UncleWai]

J K Rowling with Harry Potter

 

[CZroe]

Jesus

I was going to say this.
THIS

 

[PastTense]

J K Rowling with Harry Potter

J K Rowling is not dead.

 

[BladeVenom]

L. Ron Hubbard died after after only the first Mission Earth novel was published. All 10 still came out though.

 

[Drako]

L. Ron Hubbard died after after only the first Mission Earth novel was published. All 10 still came out though.

Xenu finished writing them for him.

 

[Mixolydian]

Stieg Larsson

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

Douglas Adams

hitchhikers guide and dirk gently

 

[SlitheryDee]

Frank Herbert with Dune.

This is what I was going to say. Didn't his son continue the series though?

 

[TeeJay1952]

Xenu finished writing them for him.

And did a terrible job on the last 3 in the series.

 

[Sonikku]

That girl with the dragon tattoo author.

 

[Spydermag68]

the author of the Jason Borne series died before last book was finished.

 

[SKORPI0]

the author of the Jason Borne series died before last book was finished.

It's Jason Bourne, Ludlum wrote 3 books (1980,86,90). Eric Van Lustbader took over then wrote 8 books so far (2003, 2007-2013). ^_^
http://www.goodreads.com/series/40633-jason-bourne