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1) yes, but there isn't that much meat yet. 2) He's the guy who makes / collects the maps and illustrations (in-universe). 3) There are hints in the other books (talking to spook is the big one) but yeah it's a SH thing.
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Lester Shy posted:I finished Bands of Mourning a few days ago and really enjoyed the whole series. It's amazing to binge all these books and watch Sanderson improve as a writer in real time; aside from Mistborn 2, each successive book was better than the last. I'm not looking forward to waiting for the next book, but at least it will actually come out within the decade. I'm pretty sure Secret History is still available as an ebook on Brandon's site. Answers: In that it has the most direct Hoid interaction, yes. Not really. Nazh hasn't done much on screen. Yes, that is a Secret History thibg.
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Lester Shy posted:I finished Bands of Mourning a few days ago and really enjoyed the whole series. It's amazing to binge all these books and watch Sanderson improve as a writer in real time; aside from Mistborn 2, each successive book was better than the last. I'm not looking forward to waiting for the next book, but at least it will actually come out within the decade. You're not really supposed to know who Nazh is. Looking him up at http://coppermind.net/wiki/Nazrilof reveals that he made a cameo appearance in Words of Radiance, though. Kelsier holding the power is indeed in Secret History.
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Lester Shy posted:- The "meat" of the cosmere story is currently in the Stormlight books, right? not currently. secret history is the most heavily "cosmere" book at the moment, so id put the "meat" of the cosmere story in the mistborn books right now
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Law Cheetah posted:not currently. secret history is the most heavily "cosmere" book at the moment, so id put the "meat" of the cosmere story in the mistborn books right now It's a little bit of both. Mistborn trilogy does a good job of demonstrating what a shard of Adonalsium is via direct interaction with Ruin and Preservation. Stormlight teases you with hints on how different shards can interact with each other and the ways that the realms are structured (basically Plato's theory of forms). Secret History mostly just spells out what you can infer from the first two.
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Aug 26, 2016 23:45
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Don't forget The Emperor's Soul, where Shai gives us an in-world explanation of Realmatic Theory!
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Met Sanderson at Dragoncon today he's like the nicest dude of all time. No real new information except the videa games just can't get funding thanks to the flopping of Kingdom of Amalur.
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socialsecurity posted:Met Sanderson at Dragoncon today he's like the nicest dude of all time. No real new information except the videa games just can't get funding thanks to the flopping of Kingdom of Amalur. I really want a Mistborn game made by Arkane (the guys behind Dishonored).
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socialsecurity posted:Met Sanderson at Dragoncon today he's like the nicest dude of all time. No real new information except the videa games just can't get funding thanks to the flopping of Kingdom of Amalur. This reminds me that I'm still amazed that MMOs were ever seen by some companies/investors as a 'cash cow' because WoW did it. Making a good MMO is probably literally the hardest, most complex kind of game it is possible to make. It's probably the hardest kind of software it's possible to make for any kind of commercial/business purpose.
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I just finished Rithmatist today and, while I understand it's one of his weaker novels, ughhhh I can't wait for the next one
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Lprsti99 posted:I really want a Mistborn game made by Arkane (the guys behind Dishonored).
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Just finished a re-read of Words of Radiance and I was sort of shocked how much I enjoyed it even knowing all the twists and turns that were coming. I've always viewed Sanderson as a heavily flawed author but the engrossing nature of some of his plots really makes up for a whole heck of a lot. My one main concern with the Stormlight Archives is the potential for the cosmere to overtake the in world focus. It's only been two books and Roshar is already a sprawling collection of varied and detailed cultures, locations, and magic systems with too many characters to remember. Tossing in everything else that Sanderson has written would probably just lead to severe over saturation. It's great to have little winks here and there like Wit downing some metals for soothing but if the whole elaborate Sanderverse becomes required reading I'd have to tap out. I really really don't want to tap out.
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The Puppy Bowl posted:Just finished a re-read of Words of Radiance and I was sort of shocked how much I enjoyed it even knowing all the twists and turns that were coming. I've always viewed Sanderson as a heavily flawed author but the engrossing nature of some of his plots really makes up for a whole heck of a lot. My one main concern with the Stormlight Archives is the potential for the cosmere to overtake the in world focus. It's only been two books and Roshar is already a sprawling collection of varied and detailed cultures, locations, and magic systems with too many characters to remember. Tossing in everything else that Sanderson has written would probably just lead to severe over saturation. It's great to have little winks here and there like Wit downing some metals for soothing but if the whole elaborate Sanderverse becomes required reading I'd have to tap out. I really really don't want to tap out. I can't see him making the mistake of cluttering a book with every magic system he's put in place across the cosmere. There's already hints that there is a grand unifying theory about how the magic systems work in the background (focus, investiture), and the stormlight archive will either ascend to discuss things on that level or it will stay confined to the conflicts on Roshar
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Daric posted:I just finished Rithmatist today and, while I understand it's one of his weaker novels, ughhhh I can't wait for the next one
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Cicero posted:I liked it way more than the Reckoners trilogy. Same.
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Sanderson mentioned on reddit that he thinks book 3 of SA will be 450,000 words. To put that into perspective WoR was 400,000 words. He also mentioned that these books are taking longer than he expected, but the way his editorial process is setup the book is still on schedule for late 2017. I blew through Words of Radiance last winter because I thought the third book was supposed to be out this summer  . Just did a re-read of WoK and WoR though. Very rereadable, but I skipped Leaf's interludeSpoiler maybe: many/all of the death rattles are what is going on with the upcoming Radiants apparently. Stuff Kaladin was doing or going to do. I missed that on both reads.
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Knyteguy posted:Sanderson mentioned on reddit that he thinks book 3 of SA will be 450,000 words. To put that into perspective WoR was 400,000 words. Good news, he's got a stormlight novella set after WoR coming out in a couple months. Bad news, it's All-Lift-All-The-Time
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Eh, she's supposed to be older in this, maybe she'll be less obnoxious as an adult?
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Avalerion posted:Eh, she's supposed to be older in this, maybe she'll be less obnoxious as an adult? Awesome
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The novella Edgedancer takes place shortly after WoR, so she'll be a few months older at most. Later on, in the second half of the series, she'll have a viewpoint book taking place 10+ years after book 5 when she'll be in the 25-30 range.
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eszett engma posted:The novella Edgedancer takes place shortly after WoR, so she'll be a few months older at most. Later on, in the second half of the series, she'll have a viewpoint book taking place 10+ years after book 5 when she'll be in the 25-30 range. She's not older but she definitely has a growing up moment from what I can tell. It looks like Sanderson released a snippet of Edgedancer in his newsletter. Turns out Lift's request to the Nightwatcher was something along the lines of staying the same while the world changed around her and that she realizes it is not the boon she was given.
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mewse posted:Awesome And reply spren manifested in their very interesting and specific way upon submission of this post.
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Modest Mouse cover band posted:Sanderson mentioned on reddit that he thinks book 3 of SA will be 450,000 words. To put that into perspective WoR was 400,000 words. For those who don't follow Sanderson on Twitter or elsewhere, here's the Reddit thread referred to by Modest Mouse: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/51u8qu/oathbringer_spoilers_stormlight_three_update_4/ Stormwatch update: Sanderson has updated the progress meter on SA3 by 2% and 3% the past two Tuesdays since he's been back from touring - which didn't include the Szeth flashbacks. Since his goal is to finish the book by late October when he is due to go on his next tour, here's hoping for a massive meter bump this Tuesday! Only a month to go until Arcanum Unbounded...unfortunately since I already have everything except for Edgedancer, I may hold off until I can buy the novella separately...
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Blood Mirror (Lightbringer book 4) is out today! Somewhat relevant to the thread because IIRC Brent Weeks is the guy Sanderson has said should continues his series should he die.
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Weeks is also doing an AMA this week https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/595vzx/i_am_epic_fantasy_author_brent_weeks_i_talk_to/
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Tunicate posted:Weeks is also doing an AMA this week
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88 forum posts later and I've read all available Cosmere material. I guess it's time to ease into the slow burn of over analysing every sentence and complaining about Brandon's early work  I think WoR is the best fantasy novel I've ever read, hands down. I got caught by a manager today hiding in a meeting room trying to finish the Kaladin/Moash stand-off in peace. Absolutely phenomenal. Has anyone here played the Mistborn Adventure Game? I am thinking of picking it up for my role playing group as it's an excuse to force other people to read the books.
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lolasaurusrex posted:Has anyone here played the Mistborn Adventure Game? I am thinking of picking it up for my role playing group as it's an excuse to force other people to read the books. Be warned a lot of people didn't like the mistborn novels
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I like the mistborn novels.
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So do I, I was surprised when I found out that they are disliked by a lot of people, and it tempers my recommendation. I think the emperor's soul is the most solid of his works to recommend to someone, and if they like the style they can continue from there.
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Hope you're ready for the Brandon Sanderson Cinematic Universe DMG Nabs Rights to Brandon Sanderson’s ‘Cosmere’ Book Universe in Massive Deal quote:DMG Entertainment has nabbed film and licensing rights to “Cosmere,” Brandon Sanderson’s acclaimed series of interconnected fantasy novels. The entertainment and media company has committed to spending $270 million, which will cover half of the money needed to back the first three movies made from Sanderson’s canon. That makes it one of the largest literary deals of the year. DMG beat out several interested parties for rights to the series. As part of the pact, insiders say Sanderson will receive a minimum guarantee on each film that is produced, as well as a rich backend, allowing the author to make millions. http://variety.com/2016/film/news/brandon-sanderson-cosmere-movie-adaptation-dmg-1201902500/
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Marvel Cinematic Universe, not DC Cinematic Universe, which has been a complete shitshow.
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I tell you what, this is a loving amazing time to have jumped on this bandwagon. If they don't mess this up it could really be something. I think Stormlight would make a better TV Series, but films would be fine. I guess the Cosmere doesn't have the level of pop-culture penetration that GRRM's work does, so it's unlikely anyone is going to commit to multi-series TV shows.
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I think Mistborn actually has good potential as a popular tv series or movie. I don't think anything will live up to game of thrones. One of the reasons being that HBO produces GOT and it got some very good director/writers. The screenwriter for The way of kings don't seem that promising but who knows. I think if they can get some promising director/actor it should do well enough.
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Problem I see is having exposition dump on how various metals and poo poo work and a lot of problems showing the various effects. On paper that's fine (even though it also has some problems in his books too but it's sort of necessary anyways) but I don't see that translating to screen well. You pretty much have to insert the equivalent of Ellen Paige's character from Inception and have some guy just sit there for like 10 minutes talking about steel vs copper vs zinc etc and all the other magic system stuff.
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Xaris posted:Problem I see is having exposition dump on how various metals and poo poo work and a lot of problems showing the various effects. On paper that's fine (even though it also has some problems in his books too but it's sort of necessary anyways) but I don't see that translating to screen well. You pretty much have to insert the equivalent of Ellen Paige's character from Inception and have some guy just sit there for like 10 minutes talking about steel vs copper vs zinc etc and all the other magic system stuff. Yeah, obviously the powers are gonna have to be more visual as well. Misty sfx red-rage-cloud or stuff for the emotional metals, changing the steel and iron to not be super-cluttered on screen, things like that.
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Cutting way of Kings down to a two and a half hour movie sounds painful. The first mistborn book probably wouldn't be that bad to do as a movie. Books 2 and 3 on the other hand I don't know how all this will transfer to a different medium.
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Brandon's been posting on reddit about it a bitquote:Okay, before you all freak out too much, let's manage some expectations. I am obviously very excited, and am pleased with DMG. So far they have been very good to work with, and have involved me a great deal. quote:Really, right now, most of what they are doing is saying, "what would this look like?" Getting a handle on the Cosmere is a big job, and so they are exploring everything too see what works best. Emperors Soul is what first drew them to me, so that isn't off the table either. I strongly suspect Mistborn will happen first, if we do get to the greenlight stage. quote:Too early to tell. But I wouldn't want to have too much. I'm not a film maker. I have told them from the start that I want creative input, but that I feel the best adaptations happen when passionate film makers are allowed freedom to practice their art.
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Xaris posted:Problem I see is having exposition dump on how various metals and poo poo work and a lot of problems showing the various effects. On paper that's fine (even though it also has some problems in his books too but it's sort of necessary anyways) but I don't see that translating to screen well. You pretty much have to insert the equivalent of Ellen Paige's character from Inception and have some guy just sit there for like 10 minutes talking about steel vs copper vs zinc etc and all the other magic system stuff. That is literally Vins purpose in the first half of the first book,
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lolasaurusrex posted:I tell you what, this is a loving amazing time to have jumped on this bandwagon. I don't really think I would call what GOT had before the HBO series as pop-culture penetration. It was popular among sci-fi nerds sure, but I can't imagine more than like 20% of the viewers/fans have actually read the books (that number is somewhat pulled out of my rear end, but it holds true among my acquaintances). For that matter, what percentage fans of the Marvel movies and such have actually read the comics?
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