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So, there is a spoiler-free review of A Memory of Light upon Tor.com and I note it for a couple of reasons. 
One is because, man, I’m a fan.  If I had toguess when I picked up The Eye of the World for the first time, I’ve beenreading these books for more than twenty years.  It’s been a verylong journey, but a worthwhile one.  It’s one that I’m notsure I’ve really processed that it will actually come to an end.  Thisis meaningful to me.  Though the wheel keeps turning, seeing how it allends is both exciting and sad. Leigh Butler notes “that this is the lastWheel of Time book you’ll ever get to read for the first time” andI think that while I’m going to buy the book on January 8 and I’mnot going to hesitate to read it, I’m probably going to pause a momentbefore I actually open the cover.  Because once I start reading it andinevitably finish, it will really be over.  And you can’t take thatback. 
Two: Up until today, I haven’t updated this blog sinceSeptember and if you consider my blogging output over the last two years, Ireally haven’t done much with this for a while.  A lot has happenedin the last three years and a lot is going to happen in the next three.  I’vebeen reluctant to let go and say goodbye because I want to think that I’mgoing to get a flash of inspiration and motivation and start writing again on aregular basis – and that if I officially close the door…basically, forlack of a better example, I don’t want to be Brett Favre*. 
On the other hand, do I really want to just fade away like I’vebeen doing and just have a random post suggest that there will be more whenthere isn’t more? 
So while I can’t say for sure that this is going tohappen, it wouldn’t be bad to go out covering A Memory of Light –saying goodbye to both The Wheel of Time and to this part of my life.  We’llsee.  I’m wistful, thinking about the ending of the series and possiblyof this blog.  I’ve made it almost ten years here and have beenblogging for perhaps fifteen.  That’s like 257 years in internettime. 
*And yet, maybe I can be Shawn Michaels.  I haven’tlost my smile or nearly broken my back, but maybe after some extended time awayI’d come back as good as I ever was.  You’d hear that familiarbeat followed by “oh, oh, Shawn…”