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Yeroc2 posted:And the newsletter has a short story called Sylphrena's Interlude. I believe you can only get it via the newsletter. I'm intrigued by the implication that Kaladin is back to being a surgeon awww syl asking the stormfather to let her feel depression
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Holy poo poo that Kickstarter is going fast, all the books are already sold so they had to make new version of the tiers that included the book with a 2021 arrival date.
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I knew it would be popular, but wow, yea I can't believe how quick it went.
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Jul 7, 2020 21:34
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Are they going to release chapters leading up to the release of the book like they did with Oathbringer?
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insider posted:Are they going to release chapters leading up to the release of the book like they did with Oathbringer? The newsletter said they'd start doing it on Tor's blog soon
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Jul 8, 2020 00:13
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I just want the Prologue. Haven't decided if I want to read the First Chapter that was put out 
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Jul 8, 2020 00:42
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I completely adopted ebooks for pleasure reading what seems like forever ago, so I have no real conception of what makes people want these. Moving with my fancy learnin' books is bad enough.
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aparmenideanmonad posted:I completely adopted ebooks for pleasure reading what seems like forever ago Pretty much the same. But. drat does it look good. I couldn't resist.
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Jul 8, 2020 02:14
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Yea I mostly read ebooks, but I'm a sucker for sexy books 
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Sab669 posted:Yea I mostly read ebooks, but I'm a sucker for sexy books Yeah for the next couple decades i'll probably be amassing this collection of leather bound books. God help me if Malazan gets the same treatment.
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Jul 8, 2020 06:10
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Sab669 posted:I just want the Prologue. Haven't decided if I want to read the First Chapter that was put out Prologue is actually already out in a way of sorts - there's a transcribed version on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/395/#e13027
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Jul 8, 2020 06:32
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Jul 8, 2020 06:39
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Tunicate posted:they're gonna release like a full quarter of the book chapter by chapter They did that for the last one as well, maybe not a full quarter of it but it was quite a few chapters.
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Oathbringer had 5 "books" and 4 interludes, and they pre-released the entirety of "book 1".
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Jul 8, 2020 21:21
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Torrannor posted:Oathbringer had 5 "books" and 4 interludes, and they pre-released the entirety of "book 1". Brandon's newsletter says "We’ll only get through about a third of the book in preview chapters (if that much) before the release in November". That's quite a chunk.
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Jorenko posted:Brandon's newsletter says "We’ll only get through about a third of the book in preview chapters (if that much) before the release in November". That's quite a chunk. I honestly love this as it allows fans to discuss each chapter in detail and come up with cool theories on the fly. Can't wait!
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I know Sanderson gets alot of poo poo on the forums in other threads so I'm asking here. I've read all his stuff and I want something similar. I sorta liked Wheel of Time and was not fond of Licanius but I finished it, I thought Dresden was ok as well but I didn't like how the women were handled there. I like Sanderson's rule based magic and his at least a little breaking away from Orcs/Elves/dark ages Europe style fantasy.
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socialsecurity posted:I know Sanderson gets alot of poo poo on the forums in other threads so I'm asking here. I've read all his stuff and I want something similar. I sorta liked Wheel of Time and was not fond of Licanius but I finished it, I thought Dresden was ok as well but I didn't like how the women were handled there. I like Sanderson's rule based magic and his at least a little breaking away from Orcs/Elves/dark ages Europe style fantasy. Check out Codex Alera, Libriomancer, Iron druid.
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socialsecurity posted:I know Sanderson gets alot of poo poo on the forums in other threads so I'm asking here. I've read all his stuff and I want something similar. I sorta liked Wheel of Time and was not fond of Licanius but I finished it, I thought Dresden was ok as well but I didn't like how the women were handled there. I like Sanderson's rule based magic and his at least a little breaking away from Orcs/Elves/dark ages Europe style fantasy. Hunter x Hunter if you're willing to read manga. The anime is also good, and gets through the most recent complete arc and has a good stopping point.
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socialsecurity posted:I know Sanderson gets alot of poo poo on the forums in other threads so I'm asking here. I've read all his stuff and I want something similar. I sorta liked Wheel of Time and was not fond of Licanius but I finished it, I thought Dresden was ok as well but I didn't like how the women were handled there. I like Sanderson's rule based magic and his at least a little breaking away from Orcs/Elves/dark ages Europe style fantasy. Will Wight's Cradle series was recommended to me in this thread after we were done with Oathbringer. Since then, I've been a fan and read his other series too (Traveler's Gate, Elder Empire).
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The Alex Verus series is another one where a guy who can only do one "weak" trick of seeing into the future a few minutes (in a world where people can make heads explode or do mind control or...) and exploits it all to hell and back
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Brandon has also recommended Brent Week’s Lightbringer series and Brian McClellan’s Powder Mage trilogy for people who like his writing. I personally couldn’t get into the first Powder Mage book, but Lightbringer was fine. I do need to get around to reading the last book though.
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MildShow posted:Brandon has also recommended Brent Week’s Lightbringer series and Brian McClellan’s Powder Mage trilogy for people who like his writing. I personally couldn’t get into the first Powder Mage book, but Lightbringer was fine. I do need to get around to reading the last book though. I liked the last Lightbringer book well enough. And it's definitely nice to know that the series is finished.
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I thought the last book of Lightbringer undermined basically everything that made the first four so enjoyable. I was so excited for the culmination of the series and ended up profoundly disappointed. It’s still worth reading, if only because the world building is outstanding, and there are more than a few twists and climactic scenes that I loved along the way. Brian McClellan is probably the closest to Sanderson in terms of writing style/prose. I really liked the initial trilogy and its accompanying short stories; the second sequel drags quite a bit and lacks a real antagonist until the final book.
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socialsecurity posted:I didn't like how the women were handled there MildShow posted:Brian McClellan’s Powder Mage trilogy Aggro posted:Brian McClellan Gonna go out on a limb here and guess that socialsecurity might not like how women are written by Brian McClellan. Powdermage series was so bad it actually put me off reading any more of his stuff, and I probably won't ever pick it up again unless someone tells me that he's learned how to do better. There's like all of two important named female characters, and one's a Strong Female who's painted as a cheating harlot who cheated for no good reason and the other is literally a mute "savage" (and referred to as this unironically by every other character).
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Charlie N. Holmberg is also a Sanderson protoge IIRC, and wrote the Paper Magician series which I enjoyed. It kind of felt like a Sanderson novel with the setting of a romance one. The protagonist and author are both women in this case. I'll second the recommendation for Cradle. And one of the author's other series, Traveler's Gate, felt particularly Sanderson-ish. Leng posted:Gonna go out on a limb here and guess that socialsecurity might not like how women are written by Brian McClellan. Powdermage series was so bad it actually put me off reading any more of his stuff, and I probably won't ever pick it up again unless someone tells me that he's learned how to do better. Cicero fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Jul 9, 2020 |
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Leng posted:Gonna go out on a limb here and guess that socialsecurity might not like how women are written by Brian McClellan. Powdermage series was so bad it actually put me off reading any more of his stuff, and I probably won't ever pick it up again unless someone tells me that he's learned how to do better. Pole's essentially a mute Irish girl in not-France so everyone calls her a savage like how other nations refer to each other as barbarians. She's also literally so powerful that gods are afraid of her and even Taniel is to some extent because blood magic doesn't gently caress around in this setting. Vlora is treated pretty terribly in the first trilogy and the only real upside to her cheating on Taniel is they both eventually accept that maybe they weren't in love with each other like they thought (and they were mainly together in the first place because of Tamas). The second series (10 or so years after the first trilogy) is better if someone wants a nice treatment of characters these aren't the books to read. Still a better series than anything Abercrombie has written at least.
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Thanks guys got like 6 more books queued up.
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Evil Fluffy posted:Pole's essentially a mute Irish girl in not-France so everyone calls her a savage like how other nations refer to each other as barbarians. She's also literally so powerful that gods are afraid of her and even Taniel is to some extent because blood magic doesn't gently caress around in this setting. Vlora is treated pretty terribly in the first trilogy and the only real upside to her cheating on Taniel is they both eventually accept that maybe they weren't in love with each other like they thought (and they were mainly together in the first place because of Tamas). abercrombie kicks rear end
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Cicero posted:I'll second the recommendation for Cradle. And one of the author's other series, Traveler's Gate, felt particularly Sanderson-ish. I think it was actually you who recommend Cradle to me!! Can't thank you enough for that.  Evil Fluffy posted:The second series (10 or so years after the first trilogy) is better if someone wants a nice treatment of characters these aren't the books to read. Still a better series than anything Abercrombie has written at least. I hear that Vlora finally became somewhat of a real character in one of the sequel series. Please tell me it is so?
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Leng posted:I think it was actually you who recommend Cradle to me!! Can't thank you enough for that. The second series gives her a more prominent role instead of the weird "maybe she should be a main character but maybe not" limbo she sat in for the original powder mage trilogy.
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I wonder what's going to happen in Rhythm of War. I feel like we have less to go on than we had for Oathbringer. For Oathbringer, we knew it was the Dalinar book, so we would get to see how he became the Blackthorn. We'd also learn more about Bondsmiths, and see him manage the Knights Radiants. Also they obviously had Urithiru to explore, and check up on Alekhtar/Kholinar, with which they recently lost communication. And we'd see the effects of the Everstorm. For Rhythm of War, it's not so obviously to me. It's not the Szeth novel. So no flashbacks how he trained with the Honorblades, and how he became Truthless. And probably no crusade to cleanse the Shin of the false teachings of the Stone Shamans. Instead we get Eshonai flashbacks? And it will focus on Venli? So more info about Willshapers, but will Venli operating against Odium in secret really be enough to serve as the main plot of the book? And even in the Dalinar centric chapters of Oathbringer, there were enough interactions with Kaladin, Shallan, Adolin, Renarin, Nanavi, etc. that those characters could have their own storylines develop, while Venli will probably be pretty alone for quite some time. There will apparently be some kind of minor time skip (6 months or so?), so we don't even get to see the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Thaylen City. Dalinar and co. will still be trying to hold their coalition together against the Voidbringers, but that could go in many directions. Shallan will try to find/capture Sja-Anat? Kaladin will try to rescue his family... again? Conflict with Moash? I'm honestly kind of stumped what the main plot of Rhythm of War will be. Except if Venli finds those Listeners that Eshonai sent away at the last moment, joined by Rlain perhaps? The title is so Parshendi centric that they have to be pretty important. Torrannor fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Nov 7, 2020 |
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I want more Rlain... I feel he’s been under-utilised so far and was hoping for a lot more from him in book 3.
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https://twitter.com/BrandSanderson/status/1282194268883316736
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Yes!!!!! And now I bet the work commences on Wandersail.
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Brotherwise games is making a call to adventure board game based on The Stormlight Archives. There are three tiers, the top being sold out. The base game is $40 and the deluxe is $45 (comes with a 48 page art book). https://www.brotherwisegames.com/stormlight-archive-deluxe-edition https://www.brotherwisegames.com/shop/the-stormlight-archive https://www.brotherwisegames.com/stormlight The links inside those pages to barnes and noble do not work for me. The deluxe can be ordered here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/toys-games-call-to-adventure-stormlight-archive-dlx-bn/35115522 And from Sanderson's website: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/call-to-adventure-the-stormlight-archive/
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I preordered and got the Deluxe edition yesterday. It’s cool — can’t wait to play. The art book that came with it has some really good concept art inside and it came with 2 foil cards, 1 Windrunner and 1 Odium.
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Daric posted:I preordered and got the Deluxe edition yesterday. It’s cool — can’t wait to play. The art book that came with it has some really good concept art inside and it came with 2 foil cards, 1 Windrunner and 1 Odium. what do the foil cards do?
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Tunicate posted:what do the foil cards do? Looking at the unboxing video in one of those links, they're just variants of normal cards, same abilities but different art.
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