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Mar 31, 2015 16:15
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Torrannor posted:What if Kaladin falls for Adolin? Now that would be an unexpected development contributing toward conflict in relationships!
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Mar 31, 2015 16:36
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Speaking of Sanderson writing about relationships, new (non-cosmere) novella comes out today. Perfect State quote:God-Emperor Kairominas is lord of all he surveys. He has defeated all foes, has united the entire world beneath his rule, and has mastered the arcane arts. He spends his time sparring with his nemesis, who keeps trying to invade Kai’s world.
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Mar 31, 2015 19:34
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From the excerpt posted:
 Well I'm interested. If anyone plans to read this, I'd love your thoughts.
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Mar 31, 2015 21:27
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cams posted:It most likely will because romance is part of the human story and there are only so many ways to tell a dramatic tale of love. See that's the key though, it's PART of the human story and your proposed best-case scenario is a way to handle it that isn't on the level of melodrama I was talking about.
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Mar 31, 2015 21:30
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Raimondo posted:Speaking of Sanderson writing about relationships, new (non-cosmere) novella comes out today. Holy poo poo, I just read this. A Sanderson book with nudity? And ready world cursing? And an awesome blend of something I can't even talk about because it would spoil stuff? This is going to rival Emporer's Soul as my favorite novella of his.
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Apr 1, 2015 00:02
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Other authors come up with April fools titles and fake releases. Sanderson writes an entire novella as an April fools troll to his critics.
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Apr 1, 2015 01:48
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Hasn't Sanderson already said that Adolin will have a book in the second series? I wouldn't say that's proof that he won't be an antagonist, but it's definitely not his style to spend a ton of time in antagonists' heads. I'd really, really love this if it were the case, but if someone's a bad guy or going to turn into a bad guy, it's usually pretty clear, and he writes the characters with a particular voice if they get a PoV. And, unfortunately, has never fleshed them out to near the detail that he has Adolin. Heck, Demandred was his most interesting and sympathetic bad guy ever. So yeah. I'd love it and think it'd be something Sanderson could easily write, but I don't see it happening.
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Apr 1, 2015 07:41
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Raimondo posted:Speaking of Sanderson writing about relationships, new (non-cosmere) novella comes out today. Very excited about this. Got it on my Kindle, the amazon reviews sound really good, should finish Homage to Catalonia today so I can read this over the long easter weekend. He has an insane writing speed, aren't we getting Rithmatist II this year too? Tahirovic fucked around with this message at 09:50 on Apr 1, 2015 |
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Apr 1, 2015 09:48
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LASER BEAM DREAM posted:Holy poo poo, I just read this. A Sanderson book with nudity? And ready world cursing? And an awesome blend of something I can't even talk about because it would spoil stuff? This is going to rival Emporer's Soul as my favorite novella of his. I really want a sequel. Or an entire saga. That is amazing. How does he have so many ideas in his head?
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Apr 1, 2015 09:53
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How is he so good at writing perfectly sized books. I want more. I want so much more. Yet I know that it would be incredibly difficult even for Sanderson to write a full series at that breakneck pace of plot perfection. It's concise, well written, I loved pretty much everything past the first few pages. The twist was a fantastic punch go the gut. I desperately want more but can't see how it could live up to that. M_Gargantua fucked around with this message at 10:36 on Apr 1, 2015 |
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Apr 1, 2015 10:34
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I'm glad I decided to check this thread today. Can't wait to read that now based on all the positive impressions.
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Apr 1, 2015 11:21
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Apparently "no form of the word "blush" appears in the novella."' Which is a step forwards at least.
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Apr 1, 2015 18:56
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Tunicate posted:Apparently "no form of the word "blush" appears in the novella."' I thought she does at some point. Oh I think it was 'flush', in the same sense as 'blush'.
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Apr 1, 2015 19:00
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Just finished Perfect State. It's really good, but that end. Talk about mood whiplash.
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Apr 1, 2015 19:24
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Welp, that was different but good. Holy crap, that ending was amazing. It's such a older sci-fi feeling ending.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:33
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LASER BEAM DREAM posted:Holy poo poo, I just read this. A Sanderson book with nudity? And ready world cursing? And an awesome blend of something I can't even talk about because it would spoil stuff? This is going to rival Emporer's Soul as my favorite novella of his. I am now really interested in this Perfect State book. How many more Sanderson series can I follow?! 
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Apr 1, 2015 22:14
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aparmenideanmonad posted:Other authors come up with April fools titles and fake releases. Sanderson writes an entire novella as an April fools troll to his critics. White Wolf used to do similar things: http://whitewolf.wikia.com/wiki/Dudes_of_Legend:_How_to_Be_Fucking_Awesome
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Apr 1, 2015 22:47
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DarkHorse posted:
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Apr 2, 2015 11:28
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What formats are his store? If I get it today I'll read on an iPad so would want ePub or pdf. If I wait for the weekend Id read it on a kindle and need mobi.
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Apr 2, 2015 14:58
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Tahirovic posted:Very excited about this. Got it on my Kindle, the amazon reviews sound really good, should finish Homage to Catalonia today so I can read this over the long easter weekend. Also the second Wax and Wayne Mistborn book in October.
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Apr 2, 2015 15:51
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berenzen posted:Just finished Perfect State. It's really good, but that end. Talk about mood whiplash. Yeah, given what happened, there wasn't enough wind-down to actually do any closure. Needed to be either longer or shorter, imho. Hughlander posted:What formats are his store? If I get it today I'll read on an iPad so would want ePub or pdf. If I wait for the weekend Id read it on a kindle and need mobi. His personal store seems to let you pick epub or mobi; all the other stores seem to just have one or the other. (I used smashwords.) Of course, if you have epub and need mobi, just download Calibre and convert it.
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Apr 2, 2015 23:36
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Chamberk posted:Also the second Wax and Wayne Mistborn book in October. I was really bummed out by just how short Alloy of Law was considering how long the Mistborn books are. :/
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Apr 3, 2015 00:18
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I prefer it. The first mistborn had great pacing but the second (moreso then the third) and the third suffered. Alloy keeps its focus in sight.
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Apr 3, 2015 02:00
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I ended up staying up really late last night reading Perfect State and drat, was it worth it. I feel like Sanderson has come so far since Elantris.
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Apr 3, 2015 07:42
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Not A Hydroxyl Ion posted:I ended up staying up really late last night reading Perfect State and drat, was it worth it. I feel like Sanderson has come so far since Elantris. Yessssss. It was so good. Finally read Sixth of Dusk too. Good poo poo.
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Apr 3, 2015 13:24
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Not A Hydroxyl Ion posted:I ended up staying up really late last night reading Perfect State and drat, was it worth it. I feel like Sanderson has come so far since Elantris. Fake edit: Sanderson obviously excels at the novella form, it seems all his best work is in that format. He really knows how to write a short, punchy, concise story and pack it with intrigue and action.
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Apr 4, 2015 16:09
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I didn't really like the forest something novella(too lazy to check name),sixth of dusk or new legion, but Perfect State was pretty good. Emperor's Soul was super good of course, it's what I recommend for people new to Sanderson these days (Emperors Soul ->Mistborn 1 (rest later)->Stormlight Archives is the best path in my opinion).
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Apr 5, 2015 16:29
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Sixth of Dusk just left me wanting more, the setting, world and magic system felt more interesting than the story and characters in it.
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Apr 6, 2015 09:56
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Avalerion posted:Sixth of Dusk just left me wanting more, the setting, world and magic system felt more interesting than the story and characters in it. Welcome to Sanderson.
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Apr 12, 2015 15:51
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I just finished the Mistborn trilogy The Lord Ruler was a Terrisman feruchemist - was he also a keeper, or whatever term they had during Alendi's time? Sazed was also a Terrisman feruchemist but he was able to fix the world. I guess the Lord Ruler only wielded part of Preservation's powers built up at the well of ascension, and then any time he tried to fix his mistakes he was blocked by Ruin? The book said that Sazed fixed the orbit of the planet based on star charts from his metalminds, I guess the Lord Ruler didn't have that information when he changed the orbit.
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Apr 22, 2015 00:06
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mewse posted:I just finished the Mistborn trilogy I believe they were called the 'worldbringers', but I'm not sure if he was technically part of them. His uncle was a botanist worldbringer. Yeah, basically. TLR used the power for a very short period, and didn't have a clue what he was doing. Rather than repeatedly burn up energy playing yoyo around the proper orbit, he basically got it close enough and compensated with the ecosystem.
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Apr 22, 2015 01:01
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mewse posted:I just finished the Mistborn trilogy 1. No 2. The Lord Ruler was pretty much an idiot who though he could make things better and when he did he kept loving up more until he decided to stop trying to make things better and just make things bearable. Ruin seemed to just enjoy watching him gently caress things up because it furthered his own ends. The fact that the Lord Ruler used Ruin's own specialty to make his inquisitors is basically the best possible example of how dumb he was even after having briefly held a piece of omniscience. After finishing the trilogy I was annoyed by the "what if Frodo kept the ring" thing because it's more like what if Faramir decided to kill Frodo, used the ring to take control of Middle Earth and did some Ainulindale-grade reshaping of the world while Melkor watched on from his prison and laughed.
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Apr 22, 2015 22:18
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Evil Fluffy posted:1. No And that's why i liked Mistborn. The lord ruler wasn't very good at what he did! And Vin did exactly the same thing!
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Apr 22, 2015 23:52
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Thyrork posted:And that's why i liked Mistborn. The lord ruler wasn't very good at what he did! And Vin did exactly the same thing! Yeah, most of books 2-3 is Vin and Elend screwing up horribly.
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Apr 23, 2015 00:42
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mewse posted:I just finished the Mistborn trilogy Also with regards to Sazed vs. the Lord Ruler: Sazed gets the powers of both Ruin and Preservation after Vin and Ati (the dude who had Ruin's powers up until then) both die and is thereafter known as Harmony. Even if TLR had been equipped with star charts etc. Ruin would have found a way to gently caress it up and stop him from making things nice, just like he did when Vin was trying to fix stuff during her brief stint as the holder of Preservation.
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Apr 23, 2015 16:59
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aparmenideanmonad posted:Also with regards to Sazed vs. the Lord Ruler: I didn't catch on to the Harmony label, thank you. I liked how the atium cache depleted Ruin's powers to match Preservation imbuing humanity.
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Apr 23, 2015 17:18
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mewse posted:I didn't catch on to the Harmony label, thank you. I liked how the atium cache depleted Ruin's powers to match Preservation imbuing humanity. You couldn't catch that if you did not read the fourth Mistborn book, which takes places a few centuries after the events in the trilogy.
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Apr 23, 2015 19:28
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Oh, I just started that one.
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Apr 23, 2015 19:33
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mewse posted:Oh, I just started that one. Good news: two sequels to that in the next 12 months.
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Apr 23, 2015 19:47
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