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Zeitgueist posted:- He apparently writes novellas on vacations and flights for shits and giggles. There is something incredibly wrong with this man. Where is his sanity?!?! 
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I was gonna get up and ask him if he was going for Asimov's publishing record, but that was too snarky. edit: He literally says he writes other things to keep himself fresh when working on the big books. He doesn't take breaks. He just writes other things.
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Jul 17, 2012 10:38
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This is why I love this man. You know that moment when you finish a good book and you're a bit sad it's ended? With Sanderson, all you have to do is check when his next book comes out and it will never take more than a few months. A year, tops. 
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Jul 17, 2012 11:53
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Thanks to this thread, I've now finished 2 out of the three mistborn trilogy. Its a pretty unique system of 'magic', and his twists are decent. On the 2nd book I do have to say The unreliable narrator with the prophecy was just a BIT too deus ex machina for me
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Jul 17, 2012 13:16
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Wait till you get to play guess the narrator in book 3, everything will make sense by the end of the book. You've actually made it through the worst of the trilogy, hold on tight and enjoy the last.
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Jul 17, 2012 13:21
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Phummus posted:
Not sure it really counts as an unreliable narrator, here. Keep reading.
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Jul 17, 2012 13:24
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Here is the TOR.com writeup of Brandon's SDCC appearance. They talk about the latest with the Mistborn movie. http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/07/other-tidbits-from-brandon-sandersons-sdcc-spotlight quote:Brandon conveyed that six drafts of the movie script have been done and that the latest draft, which he really likes, focuses more on the relationship between Vin and her brother Reen as a counterpart to Vin’s relationship with Kelsier. Brandon and the independent producers are still shopping the script around to movie studios, however. On the Mistborn videogame. quote:He conveyed that he’s still writing the script for Mistborn: Birthright (although, considering the production timeline of video games, you’re never really done writing the script until the game is on the shelves). It will be a cross-platform action RPG in the style of Infamous and Demon Souls, although he doubts they’ll be able to have as open-ended a world as is featured in Infamous. Brandon went on to reiterate that the game is set 250 years before the first Mistborn book and stars a character who is “part of the history of the world.” On future books. quote:After A Memory of Light is finished, Brandon’s next focus is finishing the next Stormlight Archive book “as soon as possible, hopefully by this time next year.” The next book is already intricately plotted out, which is about the halfway point for Brandon, and the rest of the writing “could take as little as 6 to 8 months.” Sweet, I'm definately looking forward to the Elantris sequel, its good to know its officially on deck. I'm also glad we are getting two Stormlight books back to back as a thank you to his fans for waiting on him to finish Wheel of Time. Cartoon Man fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Jul 17, 2012 |
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Jul 17, 2012 19:49
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That man is going to have a heart attack while writing. He needs to slow down some. Though 6 to 8 months for Stormlight 2, hell yeah!
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Jul 17, 2012 19:57
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That's the first I've heard of Steelheart. I'm really, really excited about that now.
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Jul 17, 2012 20:05
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calandryll posted:Though 6 to 8 months for Stormlight 2, hell yeah! Well, that's just the writing. It's still going to take some time for editing and publication. So, we're probably looking at around a year or so.
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Jul 17, 2012 20:43
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I like how Sanderson gets cut off by someone while driving and in his road rage writes a superhero novel.
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Jul 17, 2012 20:53
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HeroOfTheRevolution posted:I like how Sanderson gets cut off by someone while driving and in his road rage writes a superhero novel. Yea, I'm pretty sure his mind is a little wonky. I don't think most people get cut off and think: "That was interesting, I should write a book!"  literally!
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Jul 17, 2012 21:31
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HeroOfTheRevolution posted:I like how Sanderson gets cut off by someone while driving and in his road rage writes a superhero novel. Its certainly the first case of rage-writing I've ever heard of.
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Jul 17, 2012 22:26
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HeroOfTheRevolution posted:I like how Sanderson gets cut off by someone while driving and in his road rage writes a superhero novel. It's hard for me to be surprised any more by his writing output. I mean, his idea of taking a break from writing a book is to write a different book. He's a machiiiiiine.
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Subterranean Press posted:We've just sent Brandon Sanderson's new novella, Legion, to the printer, so you can look for it to ship in 6-8 weeks. 
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Jul 19, 2012 15:16
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subx posted:Yea, I'm pretty sure his mind is a little wonky. I think this is called being an author. He just seems to be in better grips with the drive and activity of writing than most.
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Jul 19, 2012 15:44
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Eagerly awaiting his next book which has a magic system based on optimizing the order of how passengers board planes.
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Jul 19, 2012 15:50
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soru posted:Eagerly awaiting his next book which has a magic system based on optimizing the order of how passengers board planes. "And lo, so it came to pass on a dark and stormy night that the Souwesterians rose up against the common man of the United Delta. A cry went up, repeated endlessly, echoing through the wreckage of a once-great nation, and that cry was this: "gently caress it. Sit where you want."
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ConfusedUs posted:"And lo, so it came to pass on a dark and stormy night that the Souwesterians rose up against the common man of the United Delta. A cry went up, repeated endlessly, echoing through the wreckage of a once-great nation, and that cry was this: More like: quote:"I was trying to get on to a plane one time and realized it was just too crowded. So, I had the thought 'What if I could just become a plane myself?'. This Post Sucks fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Jul 19, 2012 |
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Jul 19, 2012 23:22
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Can't wait to wrap my head around the unique magical properties of each of the 64 types of vehicles.
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Jul 19, 2012 23:36
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Cartoon Man posted:Wait till you get to play guess the narrator in book 3, everything will make sense by the end of the book. You've actually made it through the worst of the trilogy, hold on tight and enjoy the last. That's interesting. I knew who the narrator was after reading the first sentence of the book. And I'm usually very slow on the uptake (for instance, in book 2 I didn't figure out who the impostor was until very shortly before the reveal, even though on re-read it is screamingly obvious and most of my friends who have read it report it was obvious to them the first time through). I didn't think it was much of a mystery at all who was writing the lead-ins in book 3. I remember somewhere around the middle of the book particularly reading a lead-in and thinking "yeah, he's not even really hiding who this is anymore".
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I finally finished book 3. It was a pretty satisfying ending. You're right, it was pretty telegraphed who the author of the lead-ins was. Is it worth reading The Alloy Of Law?
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Jul 24, 2012 15:01
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Phummus posted:I finally finished book 3. It was a pretty satisfying ending. You're right, it was pretty telegraphed who the author of the lead-ins was. Is it worth reading The Alloy Of Law? I really enjoy The Alloy of Law. It's a different time frame, but works well enough as a stand alone book and is pretty fun. It's also a lot shorter.
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Jul 24, 2012 15:24
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Phummus posted:I finally finished book 3. It was a pretty satisfying ending. You're right, it was pretty telegraphed who the author of the lead-ins was. Is it worth reading The Alloy Of Law? The Alloy of Law is a lot tighter and faster-running story than the most of Sanderson's stuff. His biggest downfall, IMO, is to have the story drag on through boring stuff way too long - about 2/3 of the Mistborn Trilogy is plowing through the slow bits to get to the good parts, and Alloy of Law mostly avoids that.
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Jul 24, 2012 15:43
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Phummus posted:I finally finished book 3. It was a pretty satisfying ending. You're right, it was pretty telegraphed who the author of the lead-ins was. Is it worth reading The Alloy Of Law?
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Jul 24, 2012 15:54
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Phummus posted:I finally finished book 3. It was a pretty satisfying ending. You're right, it was pretty telegraphed who the author of the lead-ins was. Is it worth reading The Alloy Of Law? Absolutely. It's fun, it's a bit faster paced, and it shows some different applications of Allomancy. Definitely worth the read.
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Jul 24, 2012 16:00
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The author was telegraphed but the circumstances weren't. For a large part of the book, a lot of what he was writing seemed depressed and resigned, as if he had become the Hero of Ages too late to save the world.
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Jul 24, 2012 16:51
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So my hardcopy of the Mistborn RPG just arrived today. Gotta say, it's pretty nice that Crafty made it novel-sized instead of the usual larger RPG book standard.
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Jul 24, 2012 19:00
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Phummus posted:I finally finished book 3. It was a pretty satisfying ending. You're right, it was pretty telegraphed who the author of the lead-ins was. Is it worth reading The Alloy Of Law? I'm going to spoiler this, but honestly if you're remotely interested, then by all means click it. The best part of the book is that nobody can be a full blown Mistborn or Fuerochemist. Instead a small percentage of the population is born with just one of the powers from each system. Of those, a rare few are allowed two powers; one Allomancy power and one Feurochemy power. They are called Twinborns. Try to imagine all the different combinations and possibilities this presents and you can see how it would make for a good story. For example, the main character has the Allomancer ability to push metal and the Feurochemist ability to make himself lighter. He uses these powers to push himself up into the air and then glide all over the place. He can also create a small shield around himself that can deflect incoming bullets. Honestly I want to see another sequel or two to this before we get to the next full blown Mistborn trilogy. The usual Sanderson problems with humor are back though, so that might put you off. But the characters are very interesting and you will most likely be excited to see where Brandon decides to take their story after you finish reading. Cartoon Man fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Jul 24, 2012 |
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Jul 24, 2012 19:13
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Sometimes I feel people are too harsh on Sanderson's sense of humor. Maybe way back in Elantris, I cringed a couple times at that leading female character's dumb puns (I can't remember her name), but nowadays it feels like he's dialed it in perfectly. Way of Kings and Alloy of Law were both excellent, and I felt the humor in them was just right. It's become a part of his writing, not something to criticize him for (in my opinion, at least).
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Jul 24, 2012 20:53
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His humor is terrible, but I like it because I find terrible puns to be completely hilarious.
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Jul 24, 2012 20:57
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404GoonNotFound posted:So my hardcopy of the Mistborn RPG just arrived today. Gotta say, it's pretty nice that Crafty made it novel-sized instead of the usual larger RPG book standard. Yeah, it's pretty sweet. Also, did you see the back end piece? Feruchemical Metal Chart!
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Kwyndig posted:Yeah, it's pretty sweet. Also, did you see the back end piece? Feruchemical Metal Chart! With no entry for Larasium. SANDERSOOOOOON 
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Jul 24, 2012 23:44
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404GoonNotFound posted:With no entry for Larasium. SANDERSOOOOOON What? The God Metals are in a box off to one side in the lower right hand corner, same as on the Allomancy chart. States 'No known application'.
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Kwyndig posted:What? The God Metals are in a box off to one side in the lower right hand corner, same as on the Allomancy chart. States 'No known application'. Yeah, exactly.
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I can't even think of what that metal would do anyway. The other metals cover pretty much everything else, I mean, they even have a metal for charging your metals (Nicrosil).
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A metal which causes everything in the allomancer's range to smell vaguely of goat's cheese and freshly sheared wool. If strengthened with Duralinium, the aroma becomes slightly more distinctive, reminding one of the farm back in the Two Rivers. Cuendillarium.
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IRQ posted:His humor is terrible, but I like it because I find terrible puns to be completely hilarious. I agree. I actually laughed at Shallan in WoK several times. And Lightsong from Warbreaker, too.
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ConfusedUs posted:I agree. I actually laughed at Shallan in WoK several times. Oh good, I thought I was basically alone in this.
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ConfusedUs posted:I agree. I actually laughed at Shallan in WoK several times. The worst thing about Lightsong was that I listened to it on Audiobook and man was the voice actor horrible. Lightsong sounded like Keanu Reeves from Point Break (well, every movie, but still).
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