Here's one for you. As anyone who began reading the series prior to the publication of Wizard & Glass, there was a LONG break between DT-3 and DT-4, a long break where we had no idea what would befall our beloved Tet as they rode the suicidal Blaine through the Waste Lands. My wife [also a Tower junkie] and I endured that wait very impatiently. The second wait [between DT-4 and the rest was long but nothing like the first one]. We now refer to any cliffhangers as "riding Blaine."

So my question is, did you start reading the series prior to the break and have to endure the wait, or were you able to start at DT-1 and keep going to the end?

I often find myself envying those who were able to keep going, but I also do look back fondly on that time of wondering whether or not King would get back on the path of the Beam.