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I just ordered White Sand, but I'm a bit confused - who actually wrote it? On the store page where I bought it, it says that "The story has been adapted by Rik Hoskin". Does this mean that it's just based on the novel by Sanderson? Is the comic still "Cosmere canon"?
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Sanderson wrote the novel and Rik wrote the script for the comic pages. Yes it is still cosmere canon.
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Jul 4, 2016 09:14
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sunaurus posted:I just ordered White Sand, but I'm a bit confused - who actually wrote it? On the store page where I bought it, it says that "The story has been adapted by Rik Hoskin". Does this mean that it's just based on the novel by Sanderson? Is the comic still "Cosmere canon"? Sanderson originally wrote White Sand as a novel but never released it because it was too unpolished, although he did distribute a .doc to fans who requested a copy. His original story was adapted both to clean some elements up, but also transition it to fit into a graphic novel.
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Jul 4, 2016 15:58
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You can still get the draft novel if you ask nicely. Hopefully the graphic novel will cut down on the early sanderson habit of putting in a buncha pointless twists at the end for no reason
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Jul 4, 2016 17:47
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Also of note, the comic is the canon one, so things from the novel might be changed or dropped (like one character's gender has been swapped so far).
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Jul 5, 2016 07:28
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Saved the Elantris Audiobook for last in my Cosmere go-through and I am glad I did as if I did this one first not sure if would of gone through the rest. It just seems be dragging endlessly, I'm up to where halfway through Elantris Serene has been poisoned and she just caught Spirit up on what's been going on outside and its like ages of "huh I wonder who he is" I get the feeling she is going to leave the city before anyone even bothers to tell her. Between that going on and the endless political machinations he fails to make interesting it is getting silly. Honestly at this point I hope Dilaf just burns all 3 main characters at once.
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Jul 5, 2016 07:28
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How can anybody dislike Hrathen?
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Jul 5, 2016 08:15
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Torrannor posted:How can anybody dislike Hrathen? Madness, thats how.
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Jul 5, 2016 11:48
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Serene is a downright unpleasant person though.
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Jul 5, 2016 16:19
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Subvisual Haze posted:Serene is a downright unpleasant person though. Elantris is split, with Hrathen one of the best main characters Sanderson has ever written, while Serene is clearly the worst. Even the Warbreaker women don't annoy me as much as Serene (and Vivienna is actually alright a lot of the time).
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Jul 5, 2016 16:43
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Hrathen is the dopest
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Jul 6, 2016 08:01
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Hrathen's gonna somehow show up in Stormlight Archive and I'll accept whatever nonsense excuse it takes for that to happen.
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Jul 7, 2016 04:19
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Torrannor posted:Elantris is split, with Hrathen one of the best main characters Sanderson has ever written, while Serene is clearly the worst. Even the Warbreaker women don't annoy me as much as Serene (and Vivienna is actually alright a lot of the time). I think that Hrathen is easily the best of his main characters. I like to say it is because it is his first book and he hadn't yet decided to replace all characterization with magick system  , but it's probably something more like "man had to come to grips with the fact that his religion is full of assholes and crazy people" being a familiar situation for a Mormon.
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Jul 7, 2016 05:54
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Yeah while I appreciate Sanderson's willingness to write characters different from himself, I think the ones that shine the most share his personal history. Sazed's religious struggles in mistborn felt really genuine.
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Jul 7, 2016 11:26
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Sanderson definitely drew from early LDS missionary history for Hrathen.
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Jul 8, 2016 17:24
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Captain Capitalism posted:Brandon's newsletter just came out with a preview for the Stormlight novella. I signed up for the newsletter because of this post, but so far the only newsletter I got is referencing old (February?) info about bands of mourning being released.
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Jul 9, 2016 02:00
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Googling it isn't paying off, does anyone have a comparison for the Words of Radiance Tweak Brandon did? Specifically Szeth vs Kaladin at the end.
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Jul 9, 2016 14:15
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Thyrork posted:Googling it isn't paying off, does anyone have a comparison for the Words of Radiance Tweak Brandon did? Specifically Szeth vs Kaladin at the end. Hardback version Szeth lets Kaladin kill him when he realizes he's really a for real Windrunner. Paperback Kaladin just cuts his hand off and the highstorm kills him.
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Jul 9, 2016 17:11
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http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/23702-brandon-tweaking-words-of-radiance/ You'll need to open the spoiler box in a post a few turns down.
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Jul 9, 2016 17:46
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lol mormons http://brandonsanderson.com/euology-dumbledores-homosexuality/ quote:
glad i never read this author
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Jul 9, 2016 18:20
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Noam Chomsky posted:glad i never read this author Thanks for posting
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Jul 9, 2016 18:31
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Your opinion is noted, thanks for contributing nothing. It's good to know that you have judged the works of this author entirely by reading one opinion.
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Jul 9, 2016 18:37
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sarmhan posted:Your opinion is noted, thanks for contributing nothing. It's good to know that you have judged the works of this author entirely by reading one opinion. Mormons contribute nothing of value (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jul 9, 2016 19:37
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Noam Chomsky posted:Mormons contribute nothing of value pot meet kettle
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Jul 9, 2016 21:13
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Avalerion posted:http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/23702-brandon-tweaking-words-of-radiance/ The changes for renaming the Stormfather to the Rider of Storms in a couple sections seem like a big deal as well shouldn't it?
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Jul 10, 2016 02:10
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Those are from Eshonai's POV. He's just correcting spots where he mistakenly used the human name instead of the Parshendi name.
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Jul 10, 2016 02:28
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Just finished Mistborn. Thought it was pretty good. Characters were pretty 2D (can't help liking Kelsier despite how thin he is) but the magic system is pretty amazing. I've never read a novel that had anything like that (fantasy newbie). How much has BS came along as an author since Mistborn?
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Jul 22, 2016 11:17
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lolasaurusrex posted:Just finished Mistborn. Thought it was pretty good. Characters were pretty 2D (can't help liking Kelsier despite how thin he is) but the magic system is pretty amazing. I've never read a novel that had anything like that (fantasy newbie). Incredibly far. Noticeably with every book, everything Stormlight and after is ... fantastic.
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Jul 22, 2016 11:33
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lolasaurusrex posted:How much has BS came along as an author since Mistborn? I'd recommend the Alloy of Law trilogy too (Mistborn set in more like later 1800s wild-westish sort of era) as well and that might be a good next point.
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I'd definitely second the second Mistborn series as a next thing to read. It's quite a bit better than Elantris or Warbreaker, but it's less of a commitment than the thousand-word behemoths that are SA.
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I dunno what to say if you find a thousand words excessively long 
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Jul 23, 2016 03:24
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Also the 2nd Mistborn Series is the best series out of anything he's written and if we could somehow just get more of those instead of everything else I'd be perfectly happy
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Xaris posted:Quite far. He's noticebly become more confident in writing variety of characters and giving them actual personalities. His shorts are good (Emperors Soul, Perfect State) to read next as well.. they're short. Stormlight is also good though I'd say the first Stormlight is just a wee-bit rough around the edges but the second Stormlight is much better. Yes, definitely read the Alloy of Law books and maybe the Mistborn novella afterwards. Don't read the novella first if you plan to read the Alloy of Law books though. Daric posted:Also the 2nd Mistborn Series is the best series out of anything he's written and if we could somehow just get more of those instead of everything else I'd be perfectly happy 3rd Stormlight book focuses on Dalinar and the teaser chapter he released is not helping make the wait go by any better.
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First Stormlight book is definitely more plodding, but it's the "worldbuilding" book that lays the foundations. It's still pretty good and worth plowing through, just so when you start #2 the locations, characters, and concepts are all familiar. The second Mistborn trilogy (well, quadrilogy) is a tonal shift from the first, but the character interplay and extension of the story and society make it a fun read. Sanderson is actively working on his process and writing--each work shows improvements in tone, dialog, pacing, etc. Magic systems are his "thing" and he's never really been bad at that or the world-building aspects, so if that's something that tickles you he'll never disappoint. Elantris and Warbreaker and to a lesser extent the first Mistborn trilogy are his weaker books, for various reasons--not coincidentally, they're also his earlier works. His "short" works' length probably constrains his worst tendencies for action sprawl so they're rather tight and well done.
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I just finished Bands of Mourning because after reading Stormlight so far, I had no idea there was an entire two more books of WaxnWayne. It's amazing how far he's come as an author. Words of Radiance and Mistborn2 are so much better than Warbreaker and Mistborn1. Mistborn2 is actually genuinely funny in some places! Also, 'ettmetal' is totally magnesium, right? It could probably be a couple of other things but it seems the most likely.
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Jul 26, 2016 07:32
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bewilderment posted:I just finished Bands of Mourning because after reading Stormlight so far, I had no idea there was an entire two more books of WaxnWayne. Its probably harmonium
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Jul 26, 2016 07:36
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Tunicate posted:Its probably harmonium Harmony deciding to make a metal that explodes when you dip it in water seems like kind of a dick move.
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Jul 26, 2016 07:53
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bewilderment posted:Harmony deciding to make a metal that explodes when you dip it in water seems like kind of a dick move. Have you noticed that he's sort of a dick?
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Jul 26, 2016 08:23
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Must be compensating for not having one amirite?
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bewilderment posted:I just finished Bands of Mourning because after reading Stormlight so far, I had no idea there was an entire two more books of WaxnWayne. Magnesium doesn't explode in contact with water. It's some form of alkali metal. Most likely Lithium, Sodium or Potassium.
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