I shared a few weeks ago that regardless of what I get for my husband for Christmas, he guesses what I got him. I thought this year I finally had the present that would fool him but no such luck.
My husband is fascinated by dragons, wizards, magic and all things common in the world of science fiction and fantasy. I think this fascination is what makes him such a gifted artist. He loves to read and one of his favorite authors is Robert Jordan. Robert Jordan is the author of the popular science fiction series called Wheel of Time. He was writing the 12th and final book in the series when he passed away from a terminal illness. Brian was very sadden by his death because he really enjoyed these books and he wondered how it would all come to a close. Think of it like this – what if J.K. Rawlings passed away before writing the final story of Harry Potter? A lot of fans would have been left hanging.
After Robert Jordan’s passing, his wife who was his editor, found an author to come in and finish his mostly written 12th manuscript. In September of this year, two years after his death, Robert Jordan’s 12th book in the Wheel of Time series was published. His final manuscript was so large that it has been split into three separate books with book 12 being the first of the three. When I spied this book in the book store I figured I had THE gift to fool my husband. He did know that Robert Jordan’s wife was trying to get the final manuscript finished but he did not know when it would be published. I knew he would be no where near a bookstore or library in the next few weeks to know it was published. I purchased the book and figured ah ha!
Yesterday my husband came home from work so excited to share with me that the book he had been waiting for since 2005 was finally published and I could get that for him for Christmas. He had been wondering when it would be published so he looked it up online while waiting for a client. I just shook my head. One of these years I will surprise him.
This image is one I created with a gift I had gotten for Brian. I saw a story on the news about a 16 year old that had written a series of science fiction books and I thought it sounded intriguing. We love to read to I wanted to incorporate the feel of the book and our hobby into a photograph. A print of this image hangs in the Mannville Library.
