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So, who wants an advance copy of Steelheart? http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/51836-steelheart
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It's almost done!https://twitter.com/BrandSanderson posted:Getting really close to finishing Words of Radiance. I might right the ending tonight, as a matter of fact, depending on how late I stay up.
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Jun 7, 2013 12:11
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I wish I could write 2000 words in 3 hours, it would make writing my papers so much easier. I am curious how many of those words end up in the final draft.
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Jun 7, 2013 13:02
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calandryll posted:I wish I could write 2000 words in 3 hours, it would make writing my papers so much easier. I am curious how many of those words end up in the final draft. I'm lucky to get 3000 words in 3 days  I am a slow writer
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Jun 7, 2013 22:23
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quote:Brandon Sanderson Well, that's good to hear.
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My favorite chapter blurb from WoK: "The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended." Somehow I just got chills reading this, drat death quotes.
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I loved Way of Kings. I want to be really excited about Words of Radiance... but I just can't force myself to be. Shallan, ughh. WoK had a good mix of perspectives, I really don't understand what the need for mixing up the proportions is, especially when that mix up involves focusing on the least interesting character. I think a lot of "epic" fantasy writers fall into the trap of having too many different perspectives and having these perspectives too often. This is particularly problematic when one character is clearly THE protagonist with all the exciting moments, despite the number of chapters allotted to them. Wheel of Time has this same problem. Every time you turn a page to a new chapter, you can't help but feel "oh great, another non-Rand/Kaladin chapter". Lots of different perspectives works great when there isn't really a central character per se, but when a series has a character so prominently more awesome than anyone else, too many chapters (i.e. a majority given the Shallan focus) from other POVs soon becomes a chore.
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Well he's already said that he wants to have all of the books focus on a different character. Kaladin isn't the main character, it's just that The Way of Kings was "Kaladin's" book. Also, I think Shallan's really interesting, especially now that she might get a little more connected to the rest of the characters.
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quote:Kaladin isn't the main character I don't buy this. Kaladin's abilities and Sanderson being Sanderson mean that Kaladin is and always will be the main character, even if the books take turns focusing on different characters. It's not necessarily even about who is the protagonist anyway. It's also about who is the most fun. Kaladin, being the Spartacus cliche inspiring everyone around him, surprising people with his magic that was thought forgotten etc is always going to be more enjoyable. Even if it is pretty standard fantasy bildungsroman stuff. quote:Also, I think Shallan's really interesting, especially now that she might get a little more connected to the rest of the characters. I guess my main issue with Shallan is that Sanderson is seemingly incapable of creating more than two different female characters. There's Vin, and then there's Other (Vivenna, Siri, Sarene, Shallan). I don't feel the need for a Shallan book, because I feel like Shallan is a copy/paste of Vivenna, Siri and Sarene. Their personality traits and characters are almost identical. A Shallan book isn't necessary, because he's already written two of them (one of which had two such identical characters in the same book). Arcanen fucked around with this message at 12:04 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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Jun 14, 2013 11:46
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Shakugan posted:I don't buy this. Kaladin's abilities and Sanderson being Sanderson mean that Kaladin is and always will be the main character, even if the books take turns focusing on different characters. I feel like Jasnah and Navani pretty much break those archetypes. One's a (highly intelligent and capable) book worm with badass "make poo poo different" powers, and the other is a politically savvy sex fiend (okay maybe not, but she's way into Dalinar) and a fantastic engineer. You're also forgetting what's her name, the gunsmith, from Alloy edit: we should also compare this to most fantasy literature where the chick is usually relegated to T&A or worrying about men (or making life *impossible* for the men) treeboy fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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treeboy posted:You're also forgetting what's her name, the gunsmith, from Alloy Ranette. Not to mention Shai from The Emperor's Soul, who was a pretty unique Sanderson female character. Six of them, in fact! 404GoonNotFound fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Jun 15, 2013 |
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Jun 15, 2013 07:10
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Just read that the ending to Words of Radiance has been written. Excellent.
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Got Rithmatist to catch up on my Sanderson. Started at around 10 pm and finished around 5 am. I swear I need a support group when he has books out so i don't kill myself with non stop reading. (I'm scared or radiance that is big enough to actually kill me!)
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Draynar posted:Got Rithmatist to catch up on my Sanderson. Started at around 10 pm and finished around 5 am. I swear I need a support group when he has books out so i don't kill myself with non stop reading. (I'm scared or radiance that is big enough to actually kill me!) Good news, Radiance is planned to be shorter than Way of Kings. Bad? news: It's currently 1650 pages in draft form.
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I "read" WoK as an audiobook; what was the final page count?
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The Puppy Bowl posted:I "read" WoK as an audiobook; what was the final page count? 1007, IIRC.
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404GoonNotFound posted:1007, IIRC. 1001 because I remember it was a number palindrome!
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I love how everyone on this thread is so enthusiastic about his magical systems, he really does make amazing ones. Oh and on a side note, did anyone actually root for the Lord Ruler in the first book of the Mistborn trilogy? I know I did!
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Cetea posted:I love how everyone on this thread is so enthusiastic about his magical systems, he really does make amazing ones. On a side note, I think Stormlight 2 is coming out on the 2nd of November; it's been so long that I probably need to reread the first book to recall the details of the story. Kelsier was such an rear end in a top hat. Charming, yes, but still a huge rear end in a top hat. Enough that sometimes I did root for the Lord Ruler, just a little. But not too much.
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ConfusedUs posted:Kelsier was such an rear end in a top hat. Charming, yes, but still a huge rear end in a top hat. Enough that sometimes I did root for the Lord Ruler, just a little. I just like how he was actually thought he was doing the right thing for everyone. Those plaques that he left behind (the ones we got to read in the third book) really fleshed out his character for me. Just goes to show that everything is done with the best of intentions, and no one should really be called inherently evil for anything. Then again, I have a tendency to root for so called 'evil' characters, as long as they aren't cardboard cutouts. Cetea fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Jun 17, 2013 |
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Obviously Marsh is the best character and who I wanted to take over the world and rule.
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That whole end of the 2nd Act of The Final Empire is probably the top one I've read in a couple years at that point--you've been hearing and seeing how much of badasses the Inquisitors were, up to that point--they'd killed Marsh, they seriously wounded Vin (though Sazed was somehow able to drive one off), the mistborn hero characters were somewhat able to stay ahead of them only by 1 step usually, they were shown as the executioners of the Final Empire on at least one on-screen scene up to that point. They're "metal" and imposing as gently caress. Then Kelsier straight up kills one of them. You figure holy poo poo these assholes might actually be able to pull it all off ... and the Lord Ruler shows everything everyone was saying about him was all true. Then Act 3 kicks into motion. Despite all of that hopelessness that just landed on top of the central conspirators, the Avalanche kicks off with the skaa finally going into open rebellion.
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I forgot how metal the Inquisitors were and how it was such a big deal to kill one. Man Mistborn was soooo good.
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Cetea posted:I just like how he was actually thought he was doing the right thing for everyone. Those plaques that he left behind (the ones we got to read in the third book) really fleshed out his character for me. Just goes to show that everything is done with the best of intentions, and no one should really be called inherently evil for anything. Well, there's a chapter from the Proto-Lord-Ruler's PoV in the Final Empire Prime excerpt. Proto-Vin is in chapter two.
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:1001 because I remember it was a number palindrome! Huh, my Kindle version's displaying as 1007. drat YOUS TEXT WRAPPING!
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Let's not be too sympathetic for the Lord Ruler, we're talking about a dude who's totally cool with his followers raping and murdering skaa women whenever they feel like it. Just to pick one thing. For what it's worth I still regard The Final Empire (first Mistborn book) as Sanderson's best work to date, even over Way of Kings, and one of the best books in the fantasy genre. But it was the first Sanderson book I read and so that's probably the first book bias talking. Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Jun 17, 2013 |
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Eric the Mauve posted:Let's not be too sympathetic for the Lord Ruler, we're talking about a dude who's totally cool with his followers raping and murdering skaa women whenever they feel like it. Just to pick one thing. Oh, he's totally a villain, but he's one who got there through a route that was entirely understandable. Roads, hell, good intentions, etc. Kelsier has a similar problem. The difference is that one is painted as the good guy from the beginning, and one is bad, when they're really quite alike in many ways.
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And one had about a thousand years of a literal god of destruction whispering in his ear. That's enough to make anyone slip up a bit, morally speaking.
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404GoonNotFound posted:And one had about a thousand years of a literal god of destruction whispering in his ear. That's enough to make anyone slip up a bit, morally speaking.
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bowmore posted:Yeah, The Lord Ruler isn't evil he is just mentally ill. And a total rear end in a top hat with a superiority complex.
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Tunicate posted:And a total rear end in a top hat with a superiority complex. And a little bit racist.
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ConfusedUs posted:Oh, he's totally a villain, but he's one who got there through a route that was entirely understandable. Roads, hell, good intentions, etc. That's exactly what I thought too. The two of them had such similar personalities, it's so easy to see their places swapped around if they were in each other's shoes. Oh and I've never heard of Final Empire Prime, I guess I have something to read now!
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Cetea posted:That's exactly what I thought too. The two of them had such similar personalities, it's so easy to see their places swapped around if they were in each other's shoes. Oh and I've never heard of Final Empire Prime, I guess I have something to read now! Unfortunately there are only two chapters of it up on the website, but I've heard if you email Brandon Sanderson or Peter Ahlstrom and ask politely they'll email you a copy of it.
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Amazon just mailed me to say Stormlight 2 got delayed until January :\ - Unfortunately, the release date for the item(s) listed below has changed, and we need to provide you with a new delivery estimate based on the new release date: Brandon Sanderson "Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, Book 2)" Estimated arrival date: January 21, 2014 Draynar fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Jun 19, 2013 |
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Jun 19, 2013 22:42
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You know, looking at the long game I'm honestly not certain Sanderson will live long enough to finish Stormlight Archive; in bitchin' meta fashion someone else may end have having to write the last couple books in the series, continuing the cycle. Just doing some math here.... assuming the January release date is right, it was just under 3.5 years between books one and two. Granting he was working on Wheel of Time and other projects in between there, but on the other hand I'm sure he has no intention of writing strictly Stormlight Archive going forward. Let's be really optimistic (imo) and say one book every 2.5 years. That's 20 years to finish 8 books--assuming the series stays 10 books and doesn't swell up to 12. That puts the completion date at 2037, when Sanderson will be 57 years old. Doesn't sound too bad, but, well... let's just say I really hope for his own sake and the genre's that he takes better care of himself. Then again if he ever did decide to write strictly Stormlight Archive he'd finish all eight books by next December. 
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Eric the Mauve posted:You know, looking at the long game I'm honestly not certain Sanderson will live long enough to finish Stormlight Archive; in bitchin' meta fashion someone else may end have having to write the last couple books in the series, continuing the cycle. Without wheel of time id imagine the time line will be much smaller. Think how fast he did WoT books.
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I don't think he will take 2 and a half years to finish each book. 1 and a half sounds more like it. So 12 years. 15 if you count breaks (in which we will get more books).
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Eric the Mauve posted:You know, looking at the long game I'm honestly not certain Sanderson will live long enough to finish Stormlight Archive With Iain Banks passing recently I'm worried about my other favorite authors.  Sanderson's the only author I know of that I'm afraid he's writing too drat much, if he burns out it's going to be a complete meltdown.
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Kalas posted:With Iain Banks passing recently I'm worried about my other favorite authors. I wouldn't worry about him burning out, it seems like he has a lot of fun writing. In one podcast he did he said he had to remind himself to set aside time for reading because writing gave him the same sort of feeling but 'a higher buzz' or something like that. I think it's more likely that he breaks his wrist writing so much than if he burns out. ...Actually that sounds like a realistic possibility considering sometimes I blink and find out he wrote another book when I open my eyes.
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Uh, BSand is Mormon, which means he will live for a billion years because no drugs, alcohol, coffee, etc.
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