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Is the 10th anniversary edition of Elantris worth reading? I held off on getting the novel originally since it seemed to be viewed as pretty bad due to being his first work.
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Mar 9, 2016 18:16
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Evil Fluffy posted:Is the 10th anniversary edition of Elantris worth reading? I held off on getting the novel originally since it seemed to be viewed as pretty bad due to being his first work. Nothing big was changed in the special edition. Mostly just a bunch of little plot details that imdb would put under 'inconsistencies/goofs', some of the worst writing quirks were tightened up, and there are a few bonus features like a two-page hoid epilogue, an Ars Arcanum, and a couple deleted scene postmortems. Basically expect it to be around 'mistborn 1' level of writing. Might as well read it, it's not a bad book, and while he's a bit too insistent on giving three PoV characters equal screentime, at least they're different enough that you'll like at least one of them.
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Mar 9, 2016 18:47
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Evil Fluffy posted:Is the 10th anniversary edition of Elantris worth reading? I held off on getting the novel originally since it seemed to be viewed as pretty bad due to being his first work. It was ok.
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Mar 9, 2016 19:20
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The first few chapters are really slow, which is pretty common for new authors.
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Mar 9, 2016 19:38
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Is it too late to comment on that cover art? Because it is tragic beyond compare.
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Benson Cunningham posted:Is it too late to comment on that cover art? Because it is tragic beyond compare. Post a screenshot, and I will join in complaining. fake edit: Do we make a new thread when Stormlight 3 comes out?
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Benson Cunningham posted:Is it too late to comment on that cover art? Because it is tragic beyond compare. Yeah slapping even more logos to cover up more of the quite nice original cover art is pretty lame.
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Mar 9, 2016 21:12
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Talking about this one:  It's like a 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons page splash.
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Mar 9, 2016 22:24
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I find that art entirely in keeping with the tone of Sanderson works.
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I thought he said that wasn't cover art, just something he had an artist draw up to show what the characters look like?
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Mar 9, 2016 22:54
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Daveski posted:I thought he said that wasn't cover art, just something he had an artist draw up to show what the characters look like? This is correct.
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Mar 9, 2016 23:00
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Choadmaster posted:This is correct. Good, because the one guy's right knee is really freaking me out. It looks like it's bending backwards.
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Mar 9, 2016 23:05
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Benson Cunningham posted:Talking about this one: I'd say it's a MOBA-themed title but there's 5 characters in the image. Sure as hell looks like LoL(?) artwork though.
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Mar 10, 2016 04:47
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TheMadMilkman posted:Good, because the one guy's right knee is really freaking me out. It looks like it's bending backwards. The girl in the cowboy hat (with a bazooka?) I assume you mean. Yeah, and she's standing on a rock that is clearly far in front of the rock that glowing-eyes girl is standing on, yet her knee somehow ends up behind that dress. I must say, if I had drawn this, I would have done a much better job with the perspective. (... It's hard to gently caress up five stick figures standing in the same plane.)
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I guess the tasteful shirtboob indicates it's a girl, I didn't notice that. I was wondering if it was the French Canadian guy or Cody from the Reckoners.
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My bad on the gender identification. I couldn't stop looking at the knee.
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navyjack posted:Steven Brust has a young girl who shows up in all of his Dragaera novels, but she's normally a blink and you miss it phenomenon Choadmaster posted:The girl in the cowboy hat (with a bazooka?) I assume you mean. Yeah, and she's standing on a rock that is clearly far in front of the rock that glowing-eyes girl is standing on, yet her knee somehow ends up behind that dress.  Thanks for mentioning the kilt perspective thing, I cannot unsee it, now coyo7e fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Mar 10, 2016 |
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Choadmaster posted:The girl in the cowboy hat (with a bazooka?) I assume you mean. Yeah, and she's standing on a rock that is clearly far in front of the rock that glowing-eyes girl is standing on, yet her knee somehow ends up behind that dress.
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Mar 11, 2016 00:36
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Benson Cunningham posted:Talking about this one: Pretty good team composition for a MOBA but I can't tell if the 2Fabulous4U wizard or the one legged Scottswoman is their support.
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Mar 11, 2016 05:06
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Looks like Ezreal, Jean Grey, Taric, Karma, and a Djinn
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Mar 11, 2016 05:14
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That is Malphite's new skin for Chinese New Year. Inscrutable Oriental Malphite for 480RP.
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Mar 11, 2016 05:17
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Reading Calamity just now and I'm wondering, is it just me who imagines Prof as looking like a tall and muscular version of Dr. WIly from Megaman? That's what I see in my head.
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After I got into Sanderson, I shouldn't have started Stormlight while there are still eight books to go. I hate waiting. While he's not going to take GRRM times to put out books, he has 8 books to go so it'll probably be a decade and a half or so before I see the conclusion even with an insane pace. gently caress.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Reading Calamity just now and I'm wondering, is it just me who imagines Prof as looking like a tall and muscular version of Dr. WIly from Megaman? That's what I see in my head. I see Prof as Ron Glass.
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Mar 12, 2016 14:09
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Dr Rosen from Alphas.
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team overhead smash posted:After I got into Sanderson, I shouldn't have started Stormlight while there are still eight books to go. I hate waiting. On the plus side he tends to put out 2-3 books a year, with a stormlight every second year, so you'll never go long without something at least.
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Stormlight's not going to be finished until the 2030s unless Sanderson drops everything to focus on that series, which isn't going to happen. We'll get Oathkeeper sometime (early?) next year and then Book 4 will be 2019 or 2020 probably.
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Well I went to check and his original plan was to do one book every 18 months but he doesn't think he'll be able to stick to it, so I'd say 2 years minimum per book - although he's at least done some work on the future ones already (Writing some Szeth stuff as he was gonna be the flashback focus of book 3 originally).
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The later books might also need more time because they have to be checked against the previous ones, something GRRM is really bad at.
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Tahirovic posted:The later books might also need more time because they have to be checked against the previous ones, something GRRM is really bad at. That said, Sanderson is pretty good at preplanning and maintaining his canon, and he's undoubtedly picked up tricks from RJ on how to manage a sprawling world/universe. Comparing him to GRRM doesn't work. Martin is like a tolkein-esque dwarf who takes a week to consider and chip away a piece of story. The final work is amazing, but efficiency is not the watchword.
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Tahirovic posted:The later books might also need more time because they have to be checked against the previous ones, something GRRM is really bad at. From what I recall, a few years ago he hired someone to work full-time on assuring continuity. Not a bad idea when you're writing a half-dozen different interconnected series at the same time.
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He's also got a private wiki.
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Tunicate posted:He's also got a private wiki. Which is a really good idea and I might have to try to emulate it. Currently using Spreadsheets to keep track of where everyone is during the story and documents with notes in for the rest.
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Tunicate posted:He's also got a private wiki. I would kill to browse his private wiki in 20-30 years. Could probably wrap it all into a Cosmere Encyclopedia once it's all wrapped up (if it ever does). He's probably had the morbid thought as well (having completed WoT off Jordan's notes) that if he ever kicks the bucket prematurely, there's enough source material for someone else to step up and do the same for him. If that's in his wishes anyways.
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Finished my re-read of Way of Kings and started a re-read on Words of Radiance. The Cosmere stuff is a bit more interesting after reading Mistborn Secret History. It's kinda weird how different Shadesmar (Cognitive Realm) is described in Stormlight vs Secret History.
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mewse posted:Finished my re-read of Way of Kings and started a re-read on Words of Radiance. The Cosmere stuff is a bit more interesting after reading Mistborn Secret History. So in warbreaker would shadesmar basically be a neon inferno?
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Tunicate posted:So in warbreaker would shadesmar basically be a neon inferno? Welp there is an area on the map of shadesmar called "the expanse of vibrance"
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mewse posted:It's kinda weird how different Shadesmar (Cognitive Realm) is described in Stormlight vs Secret History. I'm guessing that's due to the spren on Roshar actually shaping it and stuff.
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Avalerion posted:I'm guessing that's due to the spren on Roshar actually shaping it and stuff. or more likely due to the nature of the magics in the respective worlds e.g. mist vs spheres
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