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404GoonNotFound posted:Actually, he was "busy" in the second book (although his effects were seen, see my earlier post) and Vin cased him out from afar in the third book before choosing not to meet him due to looking untrustworthy. In the second book he's hanging out with the terris guys, leading their refugees to safety.
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Tunicate posted:In the second book he's hanging out with the terris guys, leading their refugees to safety. Yup, he was confirmed in an interview to have been the leader of the Terris that Elend spoke to when he and Spook were heading back to Luthadel after Vin had ditched them.
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Dravs posted:Also in Warbreaker he is the old storyteller that they bring to the palace to recount their history. He pops up all over the place. He is even in Elantris so he has always been a part of the greater scheme of things for Sanderson. Oh my god, there is so much overlapping detail in all of the books. I'm so excited to see how this all pans out.
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veekie posted:The Cosmere extends beyond any particular series I think. He had it in mind since before he started his writing career, and the people who know the most about it are his beta readers. Heck, we even saw Hoid in Mistborn, he was one of the informants. I don't think Hoid shows up in White Sands but I don't know if it's supposed be a Cosmere book and was just befre he envisioned Hoid or a stand alone story.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:I don't think Hoid shows up in White Sands but I don't know if it's supposed be a Cosmere book and was just befre he envisioned Hoid or a stand alone story. White sands? I haven't read that.
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Tunicate posted:White sands? I haven't read that. It's one of his unreleased books.
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Well it's unpublished at least. It was one of his very first and he posted it to a listserv for people to critique. I think there's still a few versions floating around the net.
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My life is incomplete without reading White Sands.
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-Fish- posted:My life is incomplete without reading White Sands. Even better: the capstone Cosmere series will be called Dragonsteel. Sanderson's master's thesis was called Dragonsteel, and is archived in the library at Brigham Young University.
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Aug 31, 2013 00:58
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coffeetable posted:Even better: the capstone Cosmere series will be called Dragonsteel. Sanderson's master's thesis was called Dragonsteel, and is archived in the library at Brigham Young University. It has since been stolen from the library of BYU.
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Superstring posted:It has since been stolen from the library of BYU. By Hoid. 
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Superstring posted:It has since been stolen from the library of BYU. Apparently it's been stolen several times. They just print out a new copy. There's a summary on Goodreads and he repurposed the second half into the Way of Kings. I believe this series is the on he shelved for Way of Kings when he got tapped for WoT because it wasn't working right for him. And if anyone gets their hands on White Sands, I expect a trip report to be posted here immediately.
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Isn't BYU traditionally a Mormon school?
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uh zip zoom posted:Isn't BYU traditionally a Mormon school? Yes, Sanderson is a mormon.
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But apparently not in the Orson Scott Card sense.
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Sanderson is basically the most inoffensive LDS author around; he had a mild "I'm not comfortable with this" moment when JK Rowling revealed Dumbledore was gay, but apparently a few years after that, he decided that it doesn't matter anymore. He doesn't spout political views every chance he gets, he's got relatively strong female characters for a fantasy author, he allows for the existence of multiple religions in a setting that are all treated sympathetically, and he even has one of his major characters become an atheist for a while. I'm a Mormon wannabe writer who hates Orson Scott Card's crazy viewpoints, so naturally Sanderson is a hero to me.
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Yeah, Sanderson seems to be interested in the idea of religion more than actually practicing & preaching, as evidenced by literally watching a christ-like legend be created in Mistborn, fallible & limited "gods" in Warbreaker, God literally being murdered in Way of Kings, etc etc.
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The Emperor's Soul won a Hugo tonight. Absolutely deserving of it, I'd say. I literally couldn't put it down and read the entire thing in one sitting -- it was extremely well-written and engaging.
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Aggro posted:The Emperor's Soul won a Hugo tonight. And so did his Writing Excuses podcast.
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Aggro posted:The Emperor's Soul won a Hugo tonight. Absolutely deserving of it, I'd say. I literally couldn't put it down and read the entire thing in one sitting -- it was extremely well-written and engaging. That's great to hear, I absolutely loved The Emperor's Soul.
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Hot drat, just finally finished reading The Way of Kings a few minutes ago, got a bunch of thoughts and questions flying through my head, I'm just gonna put everything below in spoilers just to be safe. The last 150 pages or so were absolutely intense, so much questions and plot points being raised. So are we definitely sure that the parshmen are potential voidbringers? Where does that leave the Parshendi? Judging by all the talk of honor and how the Parshendi actually seemed intelligent and noble in a sense by Kaladin and Dalinar, they don't really seem evil at all. Is Taravangian just pure evil? The guy does not sound like someone looking out for people's best interests. Is he a puppet of Odium or something? Also, I keep hearing that all of Brandon Sanderson's works take place within a place he calls the cosmere. Is the Almighty of The Way of Kings the same god in all his other stories? I haven't read any of his other works yet, but I definitely plan on it. Are there different creation stories for each of his series, or is there some sort of running theme that there's a God who is dead in his other novels? Eitherway, awesome read, and the appearance of the last remaining herald at the very end of the novel left me with chills.
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The Dark Wind posted:Hot drat, just finally finished reading The Way of Kings a few minutes ago, got a bunch of thoughts and questions flying through my head, I'm just gonna put everything below in spoilers just to be safe. It's plausible that this is a red herring of some sort. Also we really don't know that much about the Parshendi society, but I think we're getting some POV of one of them in an interlude in the next book. quote:
He's got something of the right original intentions, but went off the rails at some point. I'd say he's simply being set up as a lesser villain role at this point. We don't really know what Odium is all about so I wouldn't say Taravangian is going to be a puppet. quote:Also, I keep hearing that all of Brandon Sanderson's works take place within a place he calls the cosmere. Is the Almighty of The Way of Kings the same god in all his other stories? I haven't read any of his other works yet, but I definitely plan on it. Are there different creation stories for each of his series, or is there some sort of running theme that there's a God who is dead in his other novels? Each God of each of his books is one of 16 aspects or Shards of the original fallen god, so the Almighty in Way of Kings is the Shard of Honor. You'll see some of the other Shards in his other books and get a feel for how they work.
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Thanks, that definitely answers most of my questions. I feel that the parshmen being voidbringers was just way too obvious of a "twist," it was definitely a thought that popped up into my head when I was halfway in, but it just didn't feel believable.
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On the other hand, I don't necessarily expect a major twist in book 1 of a giant series to come out of no where. You can get away with that when you have a ton of books with clues that make sense in retrospect, but pull that in book 1 and it seems like your pulling things out of your rear end
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api call girl posted:It's plausible that this is a red herring of some sort. Also we really don't know that much about the Parshendi society, but I think we're getting some POV of one of them in an interlude in the next book. Actually, Odium is a fragment of the sixteen pieces of godhood that created the cosmere Brandon Sanderson write's all his books in. Odium was apparently a mother fucker before he ever got his fragment, which was Odium (defined as: general widespread hatred or disgust), so he's basically the most powerful, evil thing in existence. From what people have gathered, Wit/Hoid/Other names in other books, has been working across realities to put a stop to his reign. What's really awesome is that apparently all the books will tie together eventually and lead to a final confrontation with Odium, presumably at the end of the stormlight archives series. Fact. Edit: I don't know why I put an apostrophe in writes. Benson Cunningham fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Sep 4, 2013 |
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Fezz posted:And if anyone gets their hands on White Sands, I expect a trip report to be posted here immediately. It's not bad, definitely feels like an early work. All the normal criticisms of Sanderson are present, character-wise the protagonist are basically a carbon copy of the ones from Elantris. The world was acually pretty interesting, but the story itself kind of felt like a Star Wars/Dune mash up.
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Benson Cunningham posted:Actually, Odium is a fragment of the sixteen pieces of godhood that created the cosmere Brandon Sanderson write's all his books in. Odium was apparently a mother fucker before he ever got his fragment, which was Odium (defined as: general widespread hatred or disgust), so he's basically the most powerful, evil thing in existence. From what people have gathered, Wit/Hoid/Other names in other books, has been working across realities to put a stop to his reign. What's really awesome is that apparently all the books will tie together eventually and lead to a final confrontation with Odium, presumably at the end of the stormlight archives series. That might easily be the most epic thing I have ever heard. Good thing I have about a decade or so to read everything else he's ever written, but at the pace he writes at, trying to catch up might not actually be as simple as it sounds.
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The Dark Wind posted:That might easily be the most epic thing I have ever heard. Good thing I have about a decade or so to read everything else he's ever written, but at the pace he writes at, trying to catch up might not actually be as simple as it sounds. I'm betting that some of us will die before he finishes. Scary thought.
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I finally got my hands on and read The Emperor's Soul yesterday, and that is a fantastic little book. Consistent, snappy pace, great characters and story, interesting concept, and exciting action as payoff. Seems like Sanderson's pretty loving good at novellas. E: also, I liked the possible Hrathen cameo near the end. I suppose it could be any red-armored priest, but I Want To Believe.
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:Seems like Sanderson's pretty loving good at novellas. If you haven't read Firstborn yet you should give it a go. Sandersons first foray into Sci-Fi and it has such an amazing ending.
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Dravs posted:If you haven't read Firstborn yet you should give it a go. Sandersons first foray into Sci-Fi and it has such an amazing ending. Ooh, I haven't. Is it published?
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:It's not bad, definitely feels like an early work. All the normal criticisms of Sanderson are present, character-wise the protagonist are basically a carbon copy of the ones from Elantris. The world was acually pretty interesting, but the story itself kind of felt like a Star Wars/Dune mash up. It's all the normal Sanderson problems taken up to eleven. I did find it kinda hilarious that literally everyone who could possibly be a traitor was a traitor.
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:Ooh, I haven't. Is it published?
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Yep, Firstborn is a book I read and finished in about an hour and a half (75 pages), but I finished and said 'holy poo poo I want Brandon Sanderson to write more Sci Fi.
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:Ooh, I haven't. Is it published? Here it is on Tor's website: http://www.tor.com/stories/2008/12/firstborn
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Thanks for the recommendation, everyone! Somehow I had never even heard of it before.Fezz posted:Here it is on Tor's website: And thanks for this! Also, Sanderson's website has been redesigned! Hooray!
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:Thanks for the recommendation, everyone! Somehow I had never even heard of it before. He looks so happy with those Hugos. I know I would be too.
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And to continue the Steelheart pimping started by the site redesign, have a new trailer.
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Kwyndig posted:He looks so happy with those Hugos. I know I would be too. I like how he has a pen in his pocket. Because you know he probably cranked out another novella on the back of his placemat while he waited for the other awards to be presented.
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