[Luvian]

You beat me to it, I just logged on to post this.

This is really sad. Say what you want about the last couple of his novels, he was a great writer and it's sad to see him go. He once said he had about 20 years worth of stories he wanted to write. Too bad we will never know these stories.

I read that apparently the last book will most likely be published anyway. If you've kept up with news of him, I think he knew it was coming, because he started writing plot outlines and even dictating part of the story and the plot so others could write it down for him. Sounds to me he wanted to make sure his work would survive him.