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Heh, somehow I never noticed until just now what unfortunate initials Brandon Sanderson has.
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# ? Jun 20, 2013 21:26 |
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# ? Apr 23, 2024 19:49 |
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Sherringford posted: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.
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# ? Jun 20, 2013 22:38 |
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Death by inhaling Magic booster pack fumes. What a shame.
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# ? Jun 20, 2013 23:04 |
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Quantum Toast posted:Yeah, this is a guy who takes a break from writing books by writing different books. I'd be surprised if he can burn out. Dude is going to live to 95 and in his retirement is going to finish Tolkien's mythos.
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# ? Jun 21, 2013 16:32 |
computer parts posted:Dude is going to live to 95 and in his retirement is going to finish Tolkien's mythos. Gonna have to claw it out of Chris's cold dead hands first.
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# ? Jun 22, 2013 03:46 |
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New words of radiance chapter I believe this has been floating out there, but here's an official source for the Taravangian interlude chapter. Looks like Brandon turned in the first draft. So it should be out sometime early next year.
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# ? Jul 5, 2013 19:03 |
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Fezz posted:New words of radiance chapter Apparently they're haggling over the date in January atm.
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# ? Jul 5, 2013 19:47 |
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Tunicate posted:Good news, Radiance is planned to be shorter than Way of Kings. Tunicate posted:Apparently they're haggling over the date in January atm. That's way to far away.
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# ? Jul 13, 2013 05:33 |
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Tunicate posted:Good news, Radiance is planned to be shorter than Way of Kings. Those are manuscript pages, not book pages. It's already shorter than Way of Kings by word count, and he usually cuts around 10% during revisions.
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# ? Jul 15, 2013 10:05 |
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Here's a great interview about Steelheart. Its a little spoilery, but if you're interested in the book at all, its nothing major. It just sets up the city and a little backstory on the villain. http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/54338 quote:I hate to admit it but Steelheart is the first book I have read by Brandon Sanderson. That being said it will not be my last. There is no doubt that readers of all ages will love it. Taken into an alternate reality where people with superpowers (known as Epics) splinter the world into their own domains, one young man loses the person he loves most. In that moment, he discovers that this Epic, Steelheart, can be hurt and he is determined to hurt him again.
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# ? Jul 18, 2013 23:29 |
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I like that the impetus for Steelheart basically starts from the same place as a Louis C.K. bit.
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# ? Jul 19, 2013 01:25 |
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Superstring posted:I like that the impetus for Steelheart basically starts from the same place as a Louis C.K. bit. Spoiler: Steelheart gets a man to eat an entire bag of dicks. Like, the whole thing.
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# ? Jul 19, 2013 04:47 |
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So, uh, Sanderson writes a whole lot http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/1186/State-of-the-Sanderson
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# ? Jul 24, 2013 23:40 |
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Jesus Christ, that's 17 books in planning or some stage of development/writing.
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# ? Jul 25, 2013 00:34 |
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Tunicate posted:Apparently they're haggling over the date in January atm. I can't wait, I'll have to reread the first one for the 3rd time before then. He posted that he wants to keep them 18-24 months apart, hopefully he can keep to that. He has so many books hes working on and switching between, he must be a machine.
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# ? Jul 25, 2013 01:14 |
I'm still waiting for Death by Pizza.
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# ? Jul 25, 2013 01:44 |
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Dammit Brandon, don't make me buy a GRRM anthology for a taste of a new Cosmere world
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# ? Jul 25, 2013 07:00 |
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Well, since it's only one story you could just read it in the bookstore. Or check it out at your local library.
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# ? Jul 25, 2013 20:43 |
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Superstring posted:Jesus Christ, that's 17 books in planning or some stage of development/writing. He says there that part of the reason he's so productive is because he jumps between various works repeatedly. Seems like a good way to stave off writer's block.
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# ? Jul 26, 2013 03:10 |
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I like how he's trying for a Steelheart movie, and somehow managed to get a producer 'very engaged and very excited' about it even though it hasn't even been released as a book yet.
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# ? Jul 27, 2013 05:50 |
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Wolpertinger posted:I like how he's trying for a Steelheart movie, and somehow managed to get a producer 'very engaged and very excited' about it even though it hasn't even been released as a book yet. You mean it hasn't been published. If a producer is that interested in a property, he probably got an advance copy.
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# ? Jul 27, 2013 12:33 |
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:You mean it hasn't been published. If a producer is that interested in a property, he probably got an advance copy. Yeah, books are announced as having movie deals before being published all the time.
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# ? Jul 27, 2013 18:46 |
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So I just finished Warbreaker and it was good, but is Sanderson aware that he has one of this characters go Super Saiyan at the end. Like, he literally is described as glowing then getting huge muscles and yellow hair. When I read that I was like "loL" Chexoid fucked around with this message at 21:48 on Jul 27, 2013 |
# ? Jul 27, 2013 21:44 |
Chexoid posted:So I just finished Warbreaker and it was good, but is Sanderson aware that he has one of this characters go Super Saiyan at the end. Like, he literally is described as glowing then getting huge muscles and yellow hair. Almost certainly. He's a huge nerd.
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# ? Jul 27, 2013 21:46 |
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Chexoid posted:So I just finished Warbreaker and it was good, but is Sanderson aware that he has one of this characters go Super Saiyan at the end. Like, he literally is described as glowing then getting huge muscles and yellow hair. I haven't read Warbreaker yet, but now I want to buy it.
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# ? Jul 27, 2013 22:20 |
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Chexoid posted:So I just finished Warbreaker and it was good, but is Sanderson aware that he has one of this characters go Super Saiyan at the end. Like, he literally is described as glowing then getting huge muscles and yellow hair. That wasn't Super Saiyan, that was a White/Green player gaining 40 life and giving his main beast +8/+8 and Trample. Remember, he's a very particular kind of nerd.
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# ? Jul 27, 2013 22:42 |
404GoonNotFound posted:That wasn't Super Saiyan, that was a White/Green player gaining 40 life and giving his main beast +8/+8 and Trample. To be fair, he is also an anime nerd, as I recall, it's just not as visible as his Magic addiction.
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# ? Jul 28, 2013 01:59 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:That wasn't Super Saiyan, that was a White/Green player gaining 40 life and giving his main beast +8/+8 and Trample. What card is this a reference to? I stopped playing Magic about 12-13 years ago, and my friends and I would have dismissed such a card as baseless fantasy (while secretly hoping to own the only legit copy ever printed). What the hell kind of ridiculous power creep has been happening in my absence?
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# ? Jul 28, 2013 07:21 |
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Grundulum posted:What card is this a reference to? I stopped playing Magic about 12-13 years ago, and my friends and I would have dismissed such a card as baseless fantasy (while secretly hoping to own the only legit copy ever printed). What the hell kind of ridiculous power creep has been happening in my absence? Not one particular card, but Brandon loves comparing story elements to Magic: The Gathering, such as pointing out that the Lord Ruler was using a two cards from different sets for an Infinite Life combo.
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# ? Jul 28, 2013 07:22 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:Not one particular card, but Brandon loves comparing story elements to Magic: The Gathering, such as pointing out that the Lord Ruler was using a two cards from different sets for an Infinite Life combo. That sounds interesting. I heard that he statted out nightblood as well.
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# ? Jul 28, 2013 13:50 |
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Cover for Words of Radiance: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/brandon-sanderson-words-of-radiance-cover-reveal-michael-whelan Looks pretty cool.
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# ? Jul 29, 2013 19:49 |
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Tonight, the role of Kaladin will be played by Michael Biehn.
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# ? Jul 30, 2013 01:16 |
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The scene that cover is depicting is going to be awesome.
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# ? Jul 30, 2013 01:50 |
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gently caress that, put Szeth on the front cover instead of the back.
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# ? Jul 30, 2013 02:46 |
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Spoilers I guess. Are Kaladin and Szeth part of the same order of the Knights Radiant or do they have slightly different powers?
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# ? Jul 30, 2013 03:59 |
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Ethiser posted:Spoilers I guess. Are Kaladin and Szeth part of the same order of the Knights Radiant or do they have slightly different powers? Kaladin and Szeth have the same group of powers, gravity and air pressure, which are the powers of the Windrunner order of Knights Radiant. Technically Kaladin isn't a true KR yet, and who knows what horrible thing Szeth did to an honorspren to get his abilities, so neither is really is Knights Radiant member.
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# ? Jul 30, 2013 05:32 |
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keiran_helcyan posted:Kaladin and Szeth have the same group of powers, gravity and air pressure, which are the powers of the Windrunner order of Knights Radiant. Technically Kaladin isn't a true KR yet, and who knows what horrible thing Szeth did to an honorspren to get his abilities, so neither is really is Knights Radiant member. It's been a while since I read WoK, but didn't Szeth follow his peoples' code of honor to a fault? He was sold as a slave for some crime but believed he must endure the punishment and his owners despite loathing what they had him do, loathing himself because he did it, and having the means to end his captivity at any time. They are honor spren and not morality spren, after all. Xenix fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Jul 30, 2013 |
# ? Jul 30, 2013 06:13 |
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Streebs posted:Cover for Words of Radiance: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/brandon-sanderson-words-of-radiance-cover-reveal-michael-whelan I'm waiting for the UK cover which is hopefully gonna be stylistically congruent with the previous Sanderson covers, and which I much prefer to US covers.
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# ? Jul 30, 2013 06:22 |
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Antti posted:I'm waiting for the UK cover which is hopefully gonna be stylistically congruent with the previous Sanderson covers, and which I much prefer to US covers. No one who has thoughts and sight is going to argue the UK cover are unilaterally better than US covers.
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# ? Jul 30, 2013 06:35 |
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Xenix posted:It's been a while since I read WoK, but didn't Szeth follow his peoples' code of honor to a fault? He was sold as a slave for some crime but believed he must endure the punishment and his owners despite loathing what they had him do, loathing himself because he did it, and having the means to end his captivity at any time. They are honor spren and not morality spren, after all. Didn't in the latter Szeth sections he start having less reservations about committing acts that were against his people's way of life. I seem to remember him having some inner monologue about not being bothered by walking on stone anymore.
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# ? Jul 30, 2013 06:50 |