The Grand Reread!!

[deer of the dawn]

Is it time to start contemplating the Grand Re-read? 10 books will take me forever to get through. I read slow, and in little snippets of time each day. At this point, we have 16-18 months left? When is TLD coming out? Anyway, that's less than two months per book, which is pushing it for me.

Ki (my wife, for you newbies out there) will be reading the Chronicles for the very first time, so it's exciting on a personal level. She loved The Gap, so I'm eager to see what she thinks of this.

[I just noticed that I was thinking of this almost two years to the day in 2010. Something about the summer just makes me think of reading projects, I suppose.]

I just started. There have been rumors here that TLD may be delayed some months, but even so, a year to read the Chrons is okay. (It may kill my 50 books in 50 weeks endeavor, though. )

Only read the first two chapters of LFB: surprisingly familiar and surprisingly fresh, at the same time.

Anybody else?

[Ananda]

When is the new book due for release?

[Orlion]

When is the new book due for release?

Recent speculation on Donaldson's part is that it is still on course for release in fall 2013. Most of this depends on a couple things:

1) If his agent thinks the second draft is good enough to send to publishers

2) What the publishers think of this and subsequent drafts (they'll probably be fine with them)

3) And most importantly, how many times does Donaldson want to re-write it? Normally, there would be one more re-write, but this is the volume that has scared him the most. He may want to do more re-writes. Or he may want to be done with it.

In either case, with his insane work ethic, I expect it to be released in October 2013.

[Ananda]

Thanks, Orlion. Guess I will reread starting next summer.

[wayfriend]

I will probably reread just the Last Chronicles heading into this. I may feel like a full Chronicles reread, but I worry about rereading too much and getting overexposed.

[Savor Dam]

I understand the overexposure potential, but I will probably undertake at least a reread of the Second Chronicles as well as the first three volumes of the Last Chrons.

Having now digested everything leading up to TLD, I want to comb the 2nd Chrons one more time for any hooks SRD buried that we may have overlooked. I know he will surprise us next fall...but I want to be as ready as I can be.

[Zarathustra]

It's been 7 years since I read the 1st and 2nd Chronicles. And that was only my 3rd time reading them. The first two times were when I was a teenager. So I'm looking forward to it. I believe I'll start as soon I finish the current book I'm reading. I've only got about 100 pages left.

[StevieG]

I am also planning to start from the beginning as soon as I've finished my current book. Very much looking forward to it!

[Tefazipipo]

It'd been many years since I read the First Chronicles, when I re-read them recently there were so many scenes that I'd forgotten, details that had fallen from memory, it was incredible to read them again.

[deer of the dawn]

It is!! The emotional impact is, if anything, more than my first reading which was mostly "Woooooooow". I think I've read the 1st and 2nd twice through after that, but no danger of overexposure for me, yet.

[Linna Heartbooger]

Re-started LFB about 2 years ago.
Got to Foamfollower getting Covenant to Revelstone.

Picked up from there a couple months ago and finished it... started TIW, then stopped maybe a third of the way through.

[Zarathustra]

I've begun my reread. I'm several chapters into LFB, but I've backtracked a little to put down some thoughts in the dissection forum, if anyone is interested. I intend to keep this up throughout my reread, but I have no idea how firm my resolve will be. If I have nothing new to add, I'll probably remain silent. But something interesting occurred to me regarding all the references to "boy" in the first chapter, so I found that I had something new to say after all these years.

Anyone else starting up?

[Morning]

I'm on it too (2nd), TC has just been hurtloamed by Lena.

[dlbpharmd]

I'm 1/3 through TWL.

[deer of the dawn]

I'm halfway through TIW. Have TONS of work to do, a lot of it involving reading, so I'm reading only a couple chapters a week.

[Lord Foul]

I do it by parts and in no particular order, perhaps I may try out the proper way.

[Zarathustra]

I hate to say it: I'm bored with LFB. I've started a new book (Clockwork Angels). I intend to get back to it, because I really love TIW, but damn this first book is a chore.

[earthbrah]

My plan is to do no special preparation before TLD comes out. When it is released, I will devour it immediately. Only then will I go back and begin a grand re-read.

I just feel that waiting to do the grand re-read will be all the more enjoyable once I know the end of the entire saga.

[Zarathustra]

The Illearth War is so much better than Lord Foul's Bane. I'm only a quarter of the way through, but I've been enjoying it more right from the start. The addition of Hile Troy and Elena really improves the depth of character interactions. And Mhoram is a much better character this time around. I do miss Foamy, however.

[deer of the dawn]

The nice part is, of course, that he shows up again.

Finished the 1st Chrons a couple weeks ago. Going to save the 2nd for probably Christmas break.