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Casao posted:what's the Rithmatist? Another YA book but it sounds pretty cool. Here's how Brandon describes it: Brandon Sanderson posted:The Rithmatist is a YA novel I wrote in 2007, right before the Wheel of Time deal hit me like a freight train. And because I was so busy with that, I didn’t have time to get back to The Rithmatist and play with it, and I’m only now getting to the point where I’ll be able to do some revisions and things, because I’ve been breakneck these last few years and we’re only now slowing down a little. Tor’s going to publish it, but the release is probably a few years off because of the workload involved with the Wheel of Time. http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-nonfiction/feature-interview-brandon-sanderson/
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Alcatraz is a pretty mixed bag. As is typical Sanderson, the magic system and the world are really well constructed even if it borrows some themes from other books. However the actual plot and way the story progresses is just not that great. I got about halfway through the second book before I stopped for some reason and I haven't bothered to keep reading. If you have kids, they might like it because of its quirky nature, but otherwise I would only pick it up if you must read everything Sanderson writes and you have disposable income.
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Mar 27, 2012 10:48
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404GoonNotFound posted:Oh god, the voice of Harmony in Marsh's head will be replaced with Kelsier. Well I'm sure Sazed wouldn't let him have the mic the WHOLE time...would he?
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Mar 27, 2012 18:47
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So maybe I'm way late on this, but I realized today that Mistborn are basically Jedi. You've the the TK (limited to metal, true) that they use to hurl themselves around and disarm/attack enemies, the ability to affect emotions, enhanced senses/toughness and the ability to predict the immediate future in combat making them nearly unbeatable unless you can do the same. Pretty much the only thing they're missing is the longer term force vision stuff. It actually makes me want to read a Sanderson Star Wars novel.
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Mar 30, 2012 12:48
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Is there any significance to the Kholin family's naming pattern? The almost-palindrome pattern seems to be universal among major lighteyes, so it's weird we don't even get a throwaway comment about them not following it.
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Mar 30, 2012 22:48
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Casao posted:So maybe I'm way late on this, but I realized today that Mistborn are basically Jedi. In as much as any magic user in fantasy stuff is a jedi, sure.
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Mar 31, 2012 01:38
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Casao posted:So maybe I'm way late on this, but I realized today that Mistborn are basically Jedi. I'm pretty sure I read something BSand wrote somewhere (probably in the first Mistborn annotations) about how he made the metal pushing and pulling be direct one-directional forces because he was always dissatisfied with the way Jedi TK worked. but yes, if Brandon wrote a Star Wars novel we might actually have Star Wars novels worth reading again.
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Mar 31, 2012 03:18
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Clockwork Gadget posted:but yes, if Brandon wrote a Star Wars novel we might actually have Star Wars novels worth reading again. What do you mean, "again?"
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Mar 31, 2012 03:33
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Fair point.
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Mar 31, 2012 04:21
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Amarkov posted:Is there any significance to the Kholin family's naming pattern? The almost-palindrome pattern seems to be universal among major lighteyes, so it's weird we don't even get a throwaway comment about them not following it. There was a very short mention of how the symbols of the houses are all mirrored, and town names are all mirrored as well. It felt like a "Yes, this is important, but not right now" sentence, to me.
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Mar 31, 2012 08:11
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IRQ posted:In as much as any magic user in fantasy stuff is a jedi, sure. No, this is pretty much direct one for one on the powers. Compare it to Elantris, Warbreaker, Stormlighht Archives and even the other magic systems from Mistborn. The only difference is the metal push pull instead of straight t.k. Anyway, just occurred to me and made me want a Sanderson Star Wars book.
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Mar 31, 2012 10:21
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Brandon's off to Australia for the next month and its a mighty long flight from Salt Lake City to the land down under. You know what that means... http://brandonsanderson.com/blog/1069/My-Australian-Schedule-Perth-Melbourne-Sydney-Gold-Coast Brandon Sanderson posted:On Sunday my flight leaves for Australia, and I arrive on Tuesday. It's a long flight.
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Mar 31, 2012 11:43
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Star Wars has been a stale universe for over 15 years and Brandon shouldn't waste his time with it.
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Mar 31, 2012 15:11
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Maytag posted:Star Wars has been a stale universe for over 15 years and Brandon shouldn't waste his time with it. Especially when he's already got his own sci-fi trilogy planned (in like 10 years, but still).
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Mar 31, 2012 15:51
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Kruller posted:There was a very short mention of how the symbols of the houses are all mirrored, and town names are all mirrored as well. It felt like a "Yes, this is important, but not right now" sentence, to me. Well, yeah. It was just that every other mirroring I can think of got an explicit mention, so I assumed this one would be too. There better be a lot more about Kalak in book 2. This is very obviously his fault, but I want to know why he corrupted the names of all the other heralds to palindromes.
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Mar 31, 2012 17:23
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No Sanderson. Stop. Making up a million fake words does not make you a better author. Making up a few weird quirks and then basing a culture around them doesn't count as detailed world-building.
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Apr 2, 2012 18:01
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Above Our Own posted:No Sanderson. Stop. Making up a million fake words does not make you a better author. Making up a few weird quirks and then basing a culture around them doesn't count as detailed world-building. Yeah cause envisioning a world where horrible magic charged hurricane force storms ravage across the entirety of the world, and extrapolating the evolutionary path of the world isn't awesome as hell.
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Apr 2, 2012 20:11
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Victorkm posted:Yeah cause envisioning a world where horrible magic charged hurricane force storms ravage across the entirety of the world, and extrapolating the evolutionary path of the world isn't awesome as hell. But I want to see that gravity lashing man beat up some more people so I'm going to keep reading.
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Apr 2, 2012 20:19
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I hate everything about this author and his writing but I'll never stop reading!
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Apr 2, 2012 20:21
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Help I cannot differentiate specific criticism from unilateral dislike because I am retarded!
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Apr 2, 2012 20:24
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Kelsier/Moraine Fight posted:Doesn’t count. You became a disembodied voice that may or may not have actually been speaking into the mind of a young boy who was probably insane.” Well. There's a thing. The Final Empire posted:The Lord Ruler ripped one of the spears from his own body, then slammed it down through Kelsier’s chest. And the Church of the Survivor was definitely mentioned in the Alloy of Law.
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Apr 2, 2012 21:07
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coffeetable posted:Well. There's a thing. Yeah. That's definitely a thing.
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Apr 2, 2012 21:58
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Brandon gets a shoutout on a CNN story thats mostly about season 2 of GOT. http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/30/mainstream-finally-believes-fantasy-fans/ quote:But New York Times bestselling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson warns that not just any fantasy adaptation will do. Diehard fans can smell a slapped together adaptation a mile away.
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Apr 3, 2012 00:43
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How the hell did I never catch that the Lord Ruler spiked Kelsier like that? That is A Thing with capital letters.
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Apr 3, 2012 01:28
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Wow, I totally missed that too.
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Apr 3, 2012 02:15
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But... The kandra took Kelsier's bones didn't he?
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Apr 3, 2012 02:19
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Superstring posted:But... The kandra took Kelsier's bones didn't he? But there's still a Kelsier'd spike out there somewhere, presumably, and who knows what or how much of him is in it. And yes, maybe the Kandra/Faceless Immortals have it, which means Sazed has ample opportunity to do his old buddy a favor at some point.
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Apr 3, 2012 02:55
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ConfusedUs posted:How the hell did I never catch that the Lord Ruler spiked Kelsier like that?  Speaking of things, in the climax of Mystborn, how did they know to capture the Renault barge? I mean we were supposed to think that Marsh told them, but we later learn he didn't. Was it ever explained?
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Apr 3, 2012 05:03
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crazylakerfan posted:
Captured soldiers from the battle that killed most of their army.
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Cartoon Man posted:Brandon's off to Australia for the next month and its a mighty long flight from Salt Lake City to the land down under. You know what that means... Bets on how many books he writes on the trip?
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Apr 3, 2012 13:31
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neongrey posted:Bets on how many books he writes on the trip? I say at least a novel or two novellas. It's what 14 hour plane flight?
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Apr 3, 2012 13:55
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neongrey posted:Bets on how many books he writes on the trip? He'll write "The Winds of Winter"
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calandryll posted:I say at least a novel or two novellas. It's what 14 hour plane flight? 14 hours one-way, so at least 28 hours on the plane, plus whatever layovers he has between flights.
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Apr 3, 2012 16:14
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coffeetable posted:Well. There's a thing. ahhhh. How had I missed this before? Brandon oh my god my brain what are you doing to me.
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Apr 3, 2012 17:53
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ConfusedUs posted:How the hell did I never catch that the Lord Ruler spiked Kelsier like that? A spear would be Steel or Iron right? Would only carry one allomantic power then, and given that its Kelsier it's probably Steel or Iron burning ability.
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veekie posted:A spear would be Steel or Iron right? Would only carry one allomantic power then, and given that its Kelsier it's probably Steel or Iron burning ability. Googling hemalurgy (because I'm a nerd like this), iron steals strength and steel steals the physical allomantic powers. Same lil' wiki says feruchemists store identity in aluminium though, but god knows how you could twist that into a resurrection plot. Alternatively Sanderson's just leading us on. coffeetable fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Apr 3, 2012 |
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Apr 3, 2012 20:12
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coffeetable posted:Googling hemalurgy (because I'm a nerd like this), iron steals strength and steel steals the physical allomantic powers. Same lil' wiki says feruchemists store identity in aluminium though, but god knows how you could twist that into a resurrection plot. Alternatively, what if it went the other way? What could the spear have taken from the Lord Ruler and given to Kelsier before his death?
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Apr 3, 2012 20:30
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Good news! A new Sanderson book is coming out in December 2012. It sounds pretty interesting. Its called The Emperor's Soul Its supposed to be half the length of Alloy of Law, and set in the Cosmere somewhere.
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Apr 3, 2012 23:58
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Forgermancy? Historimancy? Archeomancy? Whatever the gently caress you call it that sounds incredible. I can't wait 
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Does this guy not freakin' sleep? We should turn his focus to science, I want my hoverboard, cure for cancer and flying cars dammit!
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