RobMRobM said (2 months ago):
Leigh - Ivan book first draft is done. Publication expected Nov. 2012. Thought you'd want to know. Rob

MSedai said (3 months ago):
I had to share this with you, because you are the very first thing that popped in my head when I saw it- kind of made my day: http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/10485738755/hulk-smash

aric93 said (4 months ago):
Hey! I am a long-time reader of your WOT re-read and ASOIAF read, and I thought of something totally awesome and new and exciting! Well, I suppose "new" isn't too accurate. Someone must have thought of this before, but I have found no evidence of this, so I'll just spit it out. Once you are finished with your WOT re-read, I was thinking that perhaps you could start another one. It may be a "read," but that's not important, as your ASOIAF read is greatly successful. The Sword of Truth is another one of TOR's greatest epic fantasy series, written by Terry Goodkind. It had presumably ended in 2007, but apparently a new series with the same characters has being started, so there's more on the way. Well, I hope you haven't found my extensive babbling a waste of your time, but even if you have and haven't read the Sword of Truth, you must! It is my second favorite book series, beaten only by WOT and just passing ASOIAF...and...I'm done.

Anwenn said (5 months ago):
Hey Leigh, I'm slowly reading your Wheel of Time re-read and am loving your voice. Your writing has me chuckling throughout your posts and at the same time, you teach me so much about this series I love. You frequently point out things I had no idea about! I'm looking forward to re-reading the series myself once I've finished reading all of your posts(as no doubt it'll take me until the final book is completed at the rate I'm reading) with all of the insights and knowledge I've picked up from your posts. Thank you! Big squishy hugs, Anwenn

BaselGill said (9 months ago):
Leigh, I've been enjoying your read of A Song of Ice and Fire, especially since I'm also reading the first book for the first time. I've been wondering though, why are you only posting two chapters a week? At that rate, it would take nearly a whole year to just get through the first book in the series.

Terez27 said (9 months ago):
I'm sure you have heard stories from a billion people by now, and more relevant to your interests at that (since I wasn't in NO). But I was thinking about it, and I guess that it was, at least in some ways, a lot more stressful to be on the outside for Katrina. My mom drove up to GA to stay with some friends, so she watched everything unfold on the news - something we didn't get to do - and by the time she got down here two days after the storm, she was a wreck. I think it was more frustrating for her than it was for me because she was way up in GA, helpless to do anything about it. I'd managed to get a text message to her from my sister's phone the night of the storm - 'I'm not dead, but the house was flooded' - cause I figured that would both ease her mind a little and prepare her for the facts. But when she saw the house....she cried for hours. She spent years fixing up that house - it was a fix-me-up when she bought it - and she didn't have flood insurance, because even Hurricane Camille didn't flood our house, so it wasn't required. I remember driving down to the house after the winds died down - I was staying with a friend in north Gulfport (she was pregnant, so she was worried she would go into labor) - and though we watched a lot of trees and carports and such get blown down, I still had no idea what I was in for. When I finally got down there, I had to walk a block or so to get to the house, since there were trees down everywhere (only six-lane hwy 49 and downtown grid streets allowed me to get that far), and after I climbed over piles of debris to check out the house, I figured I'd climb over a few more to get down to hwy 90 and the beach. I can't even describe what it was like, as I got close to the highway. The wind was still so strong that it was almost impossible to keep going, and the sand was blasting in my face, but I kept going anyway. At that vantage point, you can see about a mile down the highway in either direction. The highway itself was destroyed, broken into pieces with huge pits at intervals, all the way down to the drainage system several feet below the highway...and as far as I could see, with the exception of a few high-rise buildings, everything was gone. Just gone, like it never even existed. Even traipsing through the rubble of my neighborhood didn't prepare me for that. The reason I think it was different down here was that nobody's story was particularly special. Everybody was in the same shitty situation - either homeless, or living with a crowded house, because everyone who had a home had to take someone in. I think that's part of why Theoryland was such a therapy for me - only there was my story something special, though I probably exaggerated the degree of 'special' a bit in my head. And if course it didn't hurt that I loved WoT, was already starting to get into it hardcore before the storm due to RJ blogging and whatnot. It was interesting to see that even he was affected - he blogged about taking in his brother's family (they live in Jefferson Parish somewhere...I'm sure you know exactly where, but I don't - Metairie I think). The next summer, I quit my job and went to work with FEMA for a few months, mostly in Jefferson Parish, as an inspector for tree crews. That was the first look I really got at NO, and I don't think much had changed since the storm. There were still huge camps of people living in tents underneath the interstate, not to mention piles of flooded cars, untouched. Still almost no sign of life at all in the 9th Ward. The Pontchartrain bridge on I-10 was barely worth the name - the gaps were bridged with pre-fab things that were scary as shit to drive over. The traffic on 610 and beyond was godawful - it usually took me about two hours to get out of town from Kenner (which actually made me happy that I had to be at work at 5:45 am). That was probably something relatively new at that time - I imagine it took a few months for people to start returning. To be honest, I think I am still a little traumatized by all of it, which is why I'm here in your shoutbox unloading about it yet again. :)

kaylix said (11 months ago):
LB - Enjoying the re-read. I started late so I'm playing catch-up. Reading the books and your summaries. Here's the thing, I do all this on my Nook. I have spent a huge amount of time printing your re-reads in PDF format and converting to epub. Is anyone planning on packaging your series in epub (or any ebook format) in the future? I'd even be willing to pay for the collection in ebook format, $$$$ - think about it! Thanks for your hard work. BTW, I haven't noticed if you've mentioned attending DragonCon. So, do you? Thanks!

paul.balchin said (11 months ago):
Hi Leigh, I just thought I'd let you know how much I appreciate your Wheel of Time Re-Read series. I'm not sure I could read the entire series again in time for the last book to come out. What can I say, I like to savour every word. I also get a serious chuckle out of almost every one of your commentaries. Usually it's while I'm on the bus, and usually it isn't awkward. Usually. Thanks for all the hard work, Leigh. Paul.

Ryamano said (1 year ago):
Hello Leigh I just wanted to inform you of this, in case you didn't know: About the title "Crossroads of Twilight". We learn from Perrin that people think that finding darkhounds is more likely at crossroads and during twilight. This is based on the Afro-Brazilian religion of Umbanda. In Umbanda, offers to Exu (spirits) are made at crossroads. It's said that the spirits appear the crossroads to consume those offers, specially at the beginning of the day or at sunset. More superstituous Brazilian people try to avoid crossroads at those times, specially if there's an offer there. Offers to male Exu happen at crossroads in the shape of a T, while offers to female Exu (pomba-gira) happen in crossroads in the shape of a X. So that's one more for the references Robert Jordan found in mythology, this time in Umbanda!

KaijuGamer said (1 year ago):
Leigh, I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas (or whichever holiday you prefer :-) and thank you for all the hard work you've done on behalf of the community. Your re-read is one of the things I look forward to most on the weekends (I hold off reading them until Saturday just so I can spend more time with them than if I read them singly). I like your writing style very much and get a great deal of enjoyment and entertainment out of reading your summaries and comments. Once again, thank you. And the bet of wishes to you and yours over the holiday! KG

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IamnotSpam said (1 year ago):
Never mind I actually spent some time and realized I was just hitting an old bloggers list page and not your current one. So no link damage just and addled user. Thx, Thomas

IamnotSpam said (1 year ago):
Hey Leigh as always thanks for being you. Wanted to tell you that when I check on any new posts from you I bring up the bloggers list page and click your name. Lately when I use that link it is not able to find you. Not sure who to report that bad link to for technical help but I bet you know. Here is the bloggers list link. http://www.tor.com/page/10286 and here is the path when I click your name. http://www.tor.com/index.php?blogger=Leigh_Butler . When I get to you by other means you are under your username leighdb. That may help your tech. Unless of course its just something hinky going on with my stuff. Have some great holidays. Thomas hope this didnt post twice.

Kanel said (1 year ago):
Thanks for the shout back, it's appreciated! I'll jump straight to The Gathering Storm after the re-read of book 6, then. :)

joeyesq said (1 year ago):
Part 2 is up! http://joeyesq.blogspot.com/2010/11/wheel-of-time-action-figures-part-2-mat.html Enjoy!

Kanel said (1 year ago):
Hi. I'm wondering if you reveal anything of what's happening in "The Gathering Storm" before you actually get to that book. I love your re-read articles (on book 3 now), but I've yet to read "TGS", and I'm worried about spoilers.

Terez27 said (1 year ago):
re: the Crossroads re-read drag - hang in there! If I could do it for you, I totally would, lol. I like Crossroads. Probably because I didn't have to wait years for it.

joeyesq said (1 year ago):
Hey Leigh, I posted the link to part 1 of my blog with the pics of the figures in the NYC Signing Report comments, but in case you didn't see it, here's the link: http://joeyesq.blogspot.com/2010/11/wheel-of-time-action-figures-part-1.html enjoy! ~Joey