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Odette posted:Brandon's giving out free copies of The Emperor's Soul over at his blog. For Worldcon members. Thanks for getting me excited, jerk!  (Note: not actually mad.)
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api call girl posted:It's been how goddamn long since the book's been out? Mistborn's been out longer, and stuff from that still get spoilered. Mahlertov Cocktail posted:Okay yeah the book's been out for a couple of years, but this isn't a Way of Kings thread - it's a general Sanderson thread, so some people might not have read the book yet. I guess those of us who come late to the party just don't matter It's just too much effort to throw in a couple of tags.
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Feb 27, 2013 21:36
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Lprsti99 posted:Mistborn's been out longer, and stuff from that still get spoilered. Spoilering old stuff is typically a courtesy, but is not required. Some people hate black bars as much as you hate seeing information about books you haven't read yet.
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Feb 27, 2013 22:10
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ConfusedUs posted:Spoilering old stuff is typically a courtesy, but is not required. Some people hate black bars as much as you hate seeing information about books you haven't read yet. I'll never understand that. What's so bad about black bars, especially since you don't have to keep hovering over them now?
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Feb 27, 2013 22:18
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:I'll never understand that. What's so bad about black bars, especially since you don't have to keep hovering over them now? I don't get it either, but it comes up all the time. Over in the Dresden Files thread we try to be real nice when we know newbies to the series are around, and use spoilers for major plot points. And someone always objects. 
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Feb 27, 2013 22:24
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:For Worldcon members. Thanks for getting me excited, jerk! But he's not actually asking for verification! :p
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Feb 28, 2013 02:29
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I think the Szeth opening would have been much stronger had a drunken Dalinar been the POV character. There would have been horrror and disbelief at Szeth's abilities without requiring a long, annoying tutorial, and we could have seen Dalinar's shame at failing his brother. And it would have established Dalinar as a character earlier, with real failings, and opened the door for us to see Dalinar as someone struggling to overcome his addictions and become the man he needs to be. Instead, we skip all that and go straight to stoic, changed in his ways Dalinar, cutting out what would have been some very humanizing attributes.
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Odette posted:But he's not actually asking for verification! :p Eh, I'm not going to take advantage. My little brother already got the book, so I'll just read it when I get back to the U.S.
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Feb 28, 2013 15:43
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BananaNutkins posted:I thought the newest Wheel of Time was Brandon's worst book, period. But there were a lot of variables that went into the making of that book, and I doubt he had total control. He was somewhat forced into that position, he was determined to finish the series in the designated number of books and he had an enormous amount of threads to account for due to Jordan's feature creep. I think he did really well with what he had to work with since so much of it was already set in stone/preplanned.
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Kinetica posted:He was somewhat forced into that position, he was determined to finish the series in the designated number of books and he had an enormous amount of threads to account for due to Jordan's feature creep. I think he did really well with what he had to work with since so much of it was already set in stone/preplanned. When you've got thirty two thousand pages of accumulated notes to work from, you don't have nearly as much flexibility as you'd like.
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The new Way of Kings book is titled "Words of Radiance" and not "High Price of War" or "Book of Endless Pages". e: whoops VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Feb 28, 2013 |
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Feb 28, 2013 18:50
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http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/02/the-title-for-brandon-sandersons-second-stormlight-archive-book-has-been-revealed I much, much preferred "The Book of Endless Pages" for a number of reasons. But who cares? Book's gonna own no matter what words are on the cover.
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Feb 28, 2013 19:10
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api call girl posted:The new Way of Kings book is titled "Words of Radiance" and not "High Price of War" or "Book of Endless Words". I always thought the title (The) Book of Endless Words would fit a philosophical/absurdist/self-referencing/metaphysaical book more than a fantasy book, so I don't mind him not going with that.
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Feb 28, 2013 19:11
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Quoting some snippet allegedly from the Seattle AMoL signing:quote:Brandon: I’ve got three names, and you can tell me what you think. Peter wants “Knights Radiant”; Moshe, my editor, wants “Lightweaver”; and I want “The Words of Radiance.” For the second Stormlight book.
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So if Book 2 is about Shallan, 3 is about Szeth, and 5 is about Dalinar, then who is Book 4 about?
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I'd heard that book 2 was Shallan, but not the others. What about Kaladin?
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Feb 28, 2013 19:38
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LASER BEAM DREAM posted:I'd heard that book 2 was Shallan, but not the others. What about Kaladin? Kaladin was book 1.
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Feb 28, 2013 19:39
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Walh Hara posted:I always thought the title (The) Book of Endless Words would fit a philosophical/absurdist/self-referencing/metaphysaical book more than a fantasy book, so I don't mind him not going with that. His original plan was to name all of the novels after in-universe texts (hence calling the series the Stormlight 'Archive'). The book of endless words is, in universe, about a thousand pages long, and completely blank.
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Feb 28, 2013 19:42
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quiggy posted:Kaladin was book 1. I'll be happy if he gives Kaladin as much time in the new books as he gave Shallan and Dalinar in the first.
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Feb 28, 2013 19:43
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MildShow posted:So if Book 2 is about Shallan, 3 is about Szeth, and 5 is about Dalinar, then who is Book 4 about? Rock, obviously.
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Feb 28, 2013 19:54
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MildShow posted:So if Book 2 is about Shallan, 3 is about Szeth, and 5 is about Dalinar, then who is Book 4 about? About a thousand pages, I'd expect.
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ConfusedUs posted:http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/02/the-title-for-brandon-sandersons-second-stormlight-archive-book-has-been-revealed Until recently, I hadn't realized "The Book of Endless Pages" was an actual thing given to Shallan
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MildShow posted:So if Book 2 is about Shallan, 3 is about Szeth, and 5 is about Dalinar, then who is Book 4 about? My bet is Talenel. It would give us a lot of backstory for what happened in the prologue of Way of Kings.
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Actually, I believe Sanderson mentioned who'll be the main characters of all the books, but I can't find the quote anymore. I did find this, http://coppermind.net/wiki/The_Stormlight_Archive#cite_note-.3F612.237-0 , which claims the 4th book will be about the parshendi shardbearer we saw in book 1 (but fails to cite this convincingly). If I remember correctly, I believe the flashback characters also included one of the heralds, Taravangian and some other family members of Dalinar (Jasnah/Adolin/Navani). But again, I can't confirm this and Sanderson has changed his opinions about stuff like this befoer. Irrelevant side note: Sanderson has been uploading some videos of his writing process. It shows him writing an interlude chapter. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3g-w83Cb5pEAu5UmRrge-A Walh Hara fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Mar 1, 2013 |
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Walh Hara posted:Actually, I believe Sanderson mentioned who'll be the main characters of all the books, but I can't find the quote anymore. I did find this, http://coppermind.net/wiki/The_Stormlight_Archive#cite_note-.3F612.237-0 , which claims the 4th book will be about the parshendi shardbearer we saw in book 1 (but fails to cite this convincingly). It was on his twitter. https://twitter.com/BrandSanderson/status/307201897314545664 He apparently said at a signing that just because he dedicates a book to a character doesn't mean it can't be an 'in memorium' dedication. He could just explain their backstory in flashbacks. Tunicate fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Mar 1, 2013 |
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Nothing terribly exciting, but Patrick Rothfuss did a review on an early copy of Steelheart. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/550370847?auto_login_attempted=true I'm pretty excited to see how this book is going to turn out.
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Well, I just finished the second mistborn book last night. So-so first 2-300 pages but I started to grow on it by page... 500 or so. Some character depth (expansion), ANGST and an oppressive atmosphere in ol' Gotham. Then the Avalanche began and well, I think this video sums up my impression of the ending of the siege. In hindsight they could just have skipped 400 pages of angst/politicizing and just gotten straight to the murdering generals/noblemen part (Dockson was right  ) and saved a whole lot of effort/lives  I'm sure there's a particular space ball quote that fits the last (last) part too. With the further "development" of the Lord ruler I'd say the same quote fits the end of the first book too. I... would probably rate it slightly higher than the first book, though. Mostly for the TWIST, you've done got played  Of course, not without losing a few points for what happened after that with Elend, but also because the whole thing was spoilered when I read the back of the third book 
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Now get ye to Hero of Ages. He actually attempts to spread out the climaxes to avoid the usual Sanderson Avalanche, and... well it's debatable whether or not it works, but it does mean there's a lot more moments. (HoA)And Kelsier learning to actually communicate from beyond the grave near the end is the ultimate "gently caress you, I'm just that drat awesome" moment. And considering how poking the Cognitive Realm with a stick is probably going to become a recurring thing in Stormlight Archive, we just might see some more of the Survivor after all.
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Seems like he just put up another 'livewriting' on youtube for Words of Radiance
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Tunicate posted:Seems like he just put up another 'livewriting' on youtube for Words of Radiance Has anyone transcribed these into a single readable format? It'd be nice to check it out in its entirety.
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Mar 4, 2013 19:29
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Words of Radiance is such a better title. Can't wait for the book.
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Pimpmust posted:I... would probably rate it slightly higher than the first book, though. Mostly for the TWIST, you've done got played I had some issues with The Well of Ascension, but I'll say this for it: it's one of only two books I've ever read (the second of which is Gene Wolfe's Peace), that has a huge plot twist that is cleverly spoiled for you on the VERY FIRST PAGE of the book, but in such a way that you won't even notice until you go back and look. "Nothing not written in metal can be trusted" indeed.
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So, I was browsing the official forums and found an interesting tidbit. Apparently Taravangian used the Old Magic, and his intelligence is randomized each day. Sometimes he's an idiot, sometimes he's a total mastermind. He apparently uses math puzzles to test his own intelligence each morning, and has his guards keep him away from any important decisions if it's one of his bad days. Weeeeeeeeird.
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Whoa, that is an amazing reveal and a creative idea too. Just goes to show the level of detail in the story and the amount of secrets still to be discovered. Book 2 can't come soon enough.
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I hadn't heard that before but that is a pretty neat idea, it will be great to see how it plays out. There is something I haven't seen mentioned in this thread before that I'm sure people will freak out over, everyone remembers the three mysterious men hunting Hoid from one of the early interludes right? Well two of those men have had their identities confirmed by Sanderson, and they are Galladon from Elantris and Demoux from Mistborn. For me, something that major being in a short interlude in the first book has me really excited to see where the series goes.
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Lt Jon Kavanaugh posted:they are Galladon from Elantris and Demoux from Mistborn Ahhhhhh whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
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Clockwork Gadget posted:Ahhhhhh whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat Technically Sanderson didn't so much 'reveal' as 'confirm'... which just goes to show how insightful and/or obsessive the fanbase can be. IIRC, the clues used were that Demoux has the scar on his head from mistborn, and Galladon's gibberish sounds like stuff from Elantris. The third guy is confirmed to be from the planet Yolen, which is not yet in print. I think it's Hoid's homeworld, as well?
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Lt Jon Kavanaugh posted:I hadn't heard that before but that is a pretty neat idea, it will be great to see how it plays out. There is something I haven't seen mentioned in this thread before that I'm sure people will freak out over, everyone remembers the three mysterious men hunting Hoid from one of the early interludes right? Well two of those men have had their identities confirmed by Sanderson, and they are Galladon from Elantris and Demoux from Mistborn. For me, something that major being in a short interlude in the first book has me really excited to see where the series goes. 
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I really need to read Way of Kings again, I'm apparently a blithering idiot and missed a ton of stuff.
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thecallahan posted:I really need to read Way of Kings again, I'm apparently a blithering idiot and missed a ton of stuff. It's worth a re-read, you do pick up a lot more. And I just posted in the scifi/fantasy thread that The Way of Kings kindle ebook edition is cheap cheap CHEAP at $2.99 if you want it in a digital form https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P2WO5E/ for who knows how long.
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