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The irony with your comment about the Wheel of Time is that the _book_ very nearly was canceled... the writer died after taking a very long time to finish what he did, but then Brandon Sanderson stepped in and finished the series after the original author's death.

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It wasn't nearly cancelled. Robert Jordan picked sanderson and passed on his notes, ending. He even wrote the last parts of the book. It's planned as well as it could be.

A few misleading statements here: it was RJs wife who picked Sanderson, after RJs death. Additionally, RJ had the last scenes written well before he even knew he had cancer. I believe he mentioned having it written while writing the very first book.

Thanks for the corrections.

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