|
Odette posted:That's insane. If he ever manages to write all of the books for all of these series, and then some sort of link for inbetween ... it'll take him a very long time. Stormlight Archive is his main focus for the next 10-15 years. He said he would try to write one to two books a year (after WOT is finished) starting with Stormlight number 2 of 10. He plans to alternate writing Stormlight with something else untill all 10 books are finished. Mistborn was originally planed as a trilogy of trilogies, the first of wich is complete. The second trilogy was supposed to be in a modern day setting with skyscrapers, guns, computers, cars, etc. The final trilogy was supposed to be sci-fi outerspace. However he got bored after finishing WOT #13 (Towers of Midnight) and wrote The Alloy of Law before starting the last WOT book. Yes, when Brandon gets bored, he cranks out even more books.  The Alloy of Law was supposed to be a short story set a couple hundred years before the start of th next trilogy, but he is hinting that he may expand upon it so who knows.Warbreaker is getting a sequel called Nightblood. The last chapter pretty much summed up what the book will be about, and I can't wait. Nightblood was the creepy talking murder sword that spoke in a bemused child's voice. Supposedly there is another Shardworld book that exists that he wrote for his college thesis called Dragonsteel. The only published copy of it was stolen from the BYU library many years ago. Hoid may or may not have been involved.
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2011 13:53
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 23:45 |
|
|
Cartoon Man posted:
Interesting...Though I don't think Elantris has two. At the end, when they're examining the bone of Hrathen and see the Derethi markings, they're like miniature Aons, and they figure that the Derethi have their own way of tapping into Dor. So it's probably the same shard. Interesting stuff, though...And crazy ambitious.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2011 13:57
|
|
|
A Nice Boy posted:Interesting...Though I don't think Elantris has two. At the end, when they're examining the bone of Hrathen and see the Derethi markings, they're like miniature Aons, and they figure that the Derethi have their own way of tapping into Dor. So it's probably the same shard. Good point, I forgot that. Actually now that you mention it, their religions are pretty much splinter factions of the same base faith.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2011 14:07
|
|
A Nice Boy posted:Interesting...Though I don't think Elantris has two. At the end, when they're examining the bone of Hrathen and see the Derethi markings, they're like miniature Aons, and they figure that the Derethi have their own way of tapping into Dor. So it's probably the same shard.
|
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2011 14:57
|
|
|
Eh! Frank posted:It's been a while since I've read it, but wasn't there some foreign guy that had some sort of mystical sword-fighting style that was pretty obviously magic-based? Then again, I don't think Sanderson really went into detail about it at all (other than dropping hints for a possible sequel), so it may be using Dor or whatever as well. It was a martial arts yoga type thing if I recall. It gets even more interesting in The Way of Kings when Kaladin does the exact same thing in the one of the chasm-duty scenes with his bridge crew.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2011 15:24
|
|
|
TenaciousJ posted:Did I gloss over something? The names Ati and Leras aren't bringing anything to mind. Ati actually came up in one of the chapter markers for Way Of Kings, where it said he was a kind and generous man before he got his shard and went all apeshit. (Way of kings spoiler?) Odium was always a dick, though, even before he got his shard.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2011 17:06
|
|
|
Eh! Frank posted:It's been a while since I've read it, but wasn't there some foreign guy that had some sort of mystical sword-fighting style that was pretty obviously magic-based? Then again, I don't think Sanderson really went into detail about it at all (other than dropping hints for a possible sequel), so it may be using Dor or whatever as well. Raoden surmises that the glowing fighting style is also another manifestation of AonDor. That's his character's supposition, so who knows if he's right, but as of right now signs point to one shard. I'm excited for the sequel to Elantris, said to take place 10 years later with some minor characters. I'm assuming Elantris/Teodor will be fighting the entire rest of the world, basically, as they hinted strongly that Wyrn wouldn't be waiting long to invade.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2011 22:46
|
|
|
There's a second shard but it was only mentioned in passing in the book, it hasn't shown up itself yet.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2011 00:05
|
|
|
Finally. Hello new background. http://brandonsanderson.com/blog/1012/THE-WAY-OF-KINGS-interior-illustrations-now-uploaded Cartoon Man fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Sep 2, 2011 |
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2011 00:32
|
|
|
Cartoon Man posted:Finally. Hello new background. Oh gently caress yes. I've been wanting that inside cover image since the book first came out.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2011 01:36
|
|
|
The one thing I feel I really miss out on with e-books is maps. I used to constantly flip back to maps in WOT and just trace the characters path. I picked up a physical copy of Dance of Dragons the other day and I had the layout all wrong.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2011 02:12
|
|
|
Cartoon Man posted:Finally. Hello new background. I can't express enough how much I love and searched for that cover picture! Awesome!
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2011 10:20
|
|
|
Did anyone extrapolate anything interesting from the "last words" īthat were at the header of each chapter?
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2011 11:55
|
|
|
404GoonNotFound posted:Oh gently caress yes. I've been wanting that inside cover image since the book first came out. A thousand times this, but I've only been looking for it since I read the book earlier this year.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2011 14:12
|
|
|
Affi posted:Did anyone extrapolate anything interesting from the "last words" īthat were at the header of each chapter?
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2011 02:03
|
|
|
I was pretty sure it was like a hell dimension leaking through, like a Shadesmar link, specifically the one Radiant who was left behind screaming as he's tortured about the incoming apocalypse.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2011 05:45
|
|
|
Jellibean posted:I was pretty sure it was like a hell dimension leaking through, like a Shadesmar link, specifically the one Radiant who was left behind screaming as he's tortured about the incoming apocalypse. I think the hell dimension was set up to somehow punish violence, since there are sources that seem to think in Roshar at least violence == bad. Syl doesn't feel good about killing, or about shardblades, and the Radiant that Dalinar talked to in his vision mentioned how they were set up to fight so others wouldn't have to and how fighting somehow stains their souls or something. Szeth also fully expects to go to hell for what he's done. Hell might have been set up just to punish people like the Heralds to discourage them from reincarnating, or maybe Odium just hates everyone and happened to create a setup that the other gods could also agree to. That is sort of depressing though if (a certain amount of) violence is all that's needed to condemn someone to hell in Roshar, there's basically no way to win a setup like that. It's almost as depressing as the hell from The Prince of Nothing.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2011 06:38
|
|
|
Sanderson just posted on Facebook that he's 50 percent done with A Memory of Light!
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2011 23:18
|
|
|
I'm re-reading Way of Kings, and I'm paying a lot more attention to the chapter headers this time around. Is the second batch of headers--that is, not the set of peoples' dying words--Hoid, talking to <someone> about whatever it is he's doing in regards to the Shards?
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2011 23:22
|
|
|
ConfusedUs posted:
Thats how I interpreted it.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2011 23:28
|
|
|
A Nice Boy posted:Sanderson just posted on Facebook that he's 50 percent done with A Memory of Light! My god he's a loving machine.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2011 02:13
|
|
|
ConfusedUs posted:I'm re-reading Way of Kings, and I'm paying a lot more attention to the chapter headers this time around. Yeah, one of them is definitely him talking about how Ruin used to be a nice guy before he was Ruin, and that Odium was a total cock before he was Odium. I kind of vaguely think Hoid might be a depowered Adon...The big god dude, after losing his shards, or at the very least held a shard at some point.. Ugly In The Morning fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Sep 6, 2011 |
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2011 03:11
|
|
|
Alloy of Law Chapter 6 is available. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FWPMOM?tag=monkeyslothst-20 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alloy-of-law-brandon-sanderson/1100850816?ean=9781429965989&itm=2&usri=alloy%2bof%2blaw http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-alloy-law-prologue-chapter/id454957755?mt=11 Edit: This was previously released on TOR's website. I guess they want to show what the ebook version looks like? Cartoon Man fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Sep 6, 2011 |
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2011 19:15
|
|
|
Brandon Sanderson's twitter posted:Stromlight two is looking more and more like spring 2013. I'll start it here soon, and will be my big project next year. Well its not like he hasn't earned a break.
|
|
#
?
Sep 11, 2011 17:25
|
|
|
Cartoon Man posted:Well its not like he hasn't earned a break. He's put out a ton of books in the last six years, so I'd say he has. If only because he tends to write other, new projects, on his breaks. I could use another Alloy of Law written during his vacation.
|
|
#
?
Sep 11, 2011 17:36
|
|
|
A lot of what came out so fast was written before he started really getting published. He's said a few times that the pace will slow down as that stuff is all out now.
|
|
#
?
Sep 11, 2011 21:11
|
|
|
IRQ posted:A lot of what came out so fast was written before he started really getting published. He's said a few times that the pace will slow down as that stuff is all out now. Yes, I know. I'm referring to the fact that the last time he 'took a break' he wrote The Alloy of Law.
|
|
#
?
Sep 11, 2011 21:29
|
|
|
Did he end up ditching the necromantic pizza boy concept that he was working on?
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2011 02:36
|
|
|
IRQ posted:A lot of what came out so fast was written before he started really getting published. He's said a few times that the pace will slow down as that stuff is all out now. He recently posted on facebook that it took him twice as long to write X number of words for the Wheel of Time as it takes him to write his own works, so he'll be back up to speed once he finishes A Memory of Light.
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2011 09:32
|
|
|
Charlz Guybon posted:He recently posted on facebook that it took him twice as long to write X number of words for the Wheel of Time as it takes him to write his own works, so he'll be back up to speed once he finishes A Memory of Light. Even so, it won't be like 2 novels per year. I'm not trying to be down on the guy, just realistic.
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2011 10:20
|
|
|
arioch posted:Did he end up ditching the necromantic pizza boy concept that he was working on? I don't think its officially caned, but he hasn't made a recent anouncement about it either. My guess is that he is going to launch right into Stormlight book 2 after the WOT re-writes are finished, probably sometime in January or February. As Stormlight 2 gets close to being finished, we'll probably hear more about what's next. If Alloy of Law is a huge seller, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that another Mistborn book will be worked on after Stormlight #2. Whether he continues the adventures of Waxillian or heads into a whole new trilogy that he said would take place in a modern setting, I have no idea. I like what I've read so far from the preview chapters of Alloy of Law, but untill I get the final book, I don't know whether I want his story to continue or not. Frankly I hope he writes the Warbreaker sequel or the Elantris sequel after Stormlight 2, but TOR might convince him ($$$$$) otherwise.
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2011 12:38
|
|
|
I'm just excited that he, even at a fairly slow pace for him, can pump out 1 good-great long book every year or two and another good-great short book in between.
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2011 00:58
|
|
|
Hasn't he said before that after AMoL he would try to do one Stormlight Archive book every year and another book in between them every two years?
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2011 03:42
|
|
|
L-O-N posted:Hasn't he said before that after AMoL he would try to do one Stormlight Archive book every year and another book in between them every two years? Yes. The question is what will be the in between book. I'm hoping he leaves Mistborn alone for a while and writes a sequel to Elantris, Warbreaker, or something completely original like a necromancer pizza delivery boy. Imagine Futurama but instead of SciFi its magic/necromancy.
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2011 12:06
|
|
|
Cartoon Man posted:Yes. The question is what will be the in between book. I'm hoping he leaves Mistborn alone for a while and writes a sequel to Elantris, Warbreaker, or something completely original like a necromancer pizza delivery boy. Imagine Futurama but instead of SciFi its magic/necromancy. I think the issue he ran into was that he wanted to write a Fantasy version of Snow Crash, because he's a huge fan of Snow Crash, but I can see how that would be difficult to pull off, especially with his writing style.
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2011 18:10
|
|
|
BananaNutkins posted:I think the issue he ran into was that he wanted to write a Fantasy version of Snow Crash, because he's a huge fan of Snow Crash, but I can see how that would be difficult to pull off, especially with his writing style. Snow Crash?
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2011 14:06
|
|
|
Charlz Guybon posted:Snow Crash? Book by Neal Stephenson
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2011 14:11
|
|
|
pakman posted:Book by Neal Stephenson Oh my god yes. This guy is an awesome writer.
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2011 14:40
|
|
|
You can win a free t-shirt by commenting on this Alloy of Law t-shirt design. Its actually kinda cool looking. http://inkwing.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-design-contest.html
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2011 00:04
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 23:45 |
|
|
Odette posted:Oh my god yes. Hmm. Think we'll have to agree to disagree on that one. Loved Snow Crash, liked Zodiac & Diamond Age, but he really went off the deep end of the historical "look how much research I did" novel. I barely made it through Cryptonomicon, and gave up about half way through the first book of the Baroque Cycle. Maybe I just like my plotlines simpler.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2011 15:52
|
|
