Raymond Feist is still writing, in the same world. Words fail me. (In my opinion, his best book is the dark urban-fantasy type Faerie Tale. Which he wrote in 1989. It's sad. (And I read it ages ago, before there was much urban fantasy at all around - I might not find it as impressive now if I reread it.)
Robert Jordan, may he rest in peace, sure knew how to make a scene drag on FOREVER. And ever and ever and EVER, and no plot threads were EVER resolved, and he had a MILLION POV characters. To make matters worse, the Swedish publisher is splitting each of his books into two or three volumes, to either hasten translation-publishing, because they're just Too Big or because they can get double the money if they do that. (My bet is on the latter explanation.) I gave up after Lord of Chaos, which was book six, I think...? I said I'd read "The Wheel of Time" once he was done, but now he's dead, and... it's just not the same thing to read something completed posthumously.
Re: Righteous annoyance is making me exceed character limits!
Robert Jordan, may he rest in peace, sure knew how to make a scene drag on FOREVER. And ever and ever and EVER, and no plot threads were EVER resolved, and he had a MILLION POV characters. To make matters worse, the Swedish publisher is splitting each of his books into two or three volumes, to either hasten translation-publishing, because they're just Too Big or because they can get double the money if they do that. (My bet is on the latter explanation.) I gave up after Lord of Chaos, which was book six, I think...? I said I'd read "The Wheel of Time" once he was done, but now he's dead, and... it's just not the same thing to read something completed posthumously.