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Scott Lynch had a really good short story in the Swords and Dark Magic anthology called In the Stacks about a magical library. I recommend that, in fact I recommend the whole anthology.
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I'm also reading The Way of Kings again and there's also a lot of clues about Kaladin taking stormlight from spheres. And using the energy and such. His spheres losing infused light and the arrows avoiding him when he's at the front of the bridge run. Also, we should ask what magic comes from Odium or Cultivation. And are the Parshendi the voidbringers?
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Apr 13, 2013 22:14
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Ithaqua posted:Clues like the text explicitly saying it? Well before he knows what's happening and they come out and say it.
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Apr 13, 2013 22:45
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Kwyndig posted:Yeah I'd think that Syl was first attached to Kaladin when he turned down the Shards for honor's sake. Syl was around before then. She was playing tricks on him before the last flashback battle. The theory is she was attracted to him because he saved scrawny and weak soldiers.
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Apr 23, 2013 06:36
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Elantris is hamstrung by Brandon's triptych plotting. Like you'll get really invested in one thread and then have to wait two chapters to get back to it. But the novella, the Emperor's Soul, takes place on the same planet and there are things you may pick up only if you've read the original. Not that it doesn't stand alone of course.
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May 11, 2013 02:53
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New words of radiance chapter I believe this has been floating out there, but here's an official source for the Taravangian interlude chapter. Looks like Brandon turned in the first draft. So it should be out sometime early next year.
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Jul 5, 2013 19:03
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Well, since it's only one story you could just read it in the bookstore. Or check it out at your local library.
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Jul 25, 2013 20:43
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:You mean it hasn't been published. If a producer is that interested in a property, he probably got an advance copy. Yeah, books are announced as having movie deals before being published all the time.
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Jul 27, 2013 18:46
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AllTerrineVehicle posted:So I just finished Way of Kings in about... 4 days. After marathoning the entire Mistborn trilogy and Alloy of Law. Yes. He's got a sequel for Alloy of Law coming up called Shawdows of Self. He's also planned two sequel trilogies, one set in modern-type times, so a sort of urban fantasy, and one set in a future sci-fi type of setting. The Stormlight is planned to be two sets of five books. He's also got a series planned as a sort of meta-narrative that may explain more about the shards and their formation but that wouldn't come out until the SA is finished. Here's a list of what he's got coming up: Democratic Pirate posted:So, uh, Sanderson writes a whole lot api call girl posted:I'm still waiting for Death by Pizza. Edit: Beaten, twice... good work guys
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Aug 1, 2013 04:52
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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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Aug 31, 2013 17:23
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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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Sep 4, 2013 21:07
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Tunicate posted:Nah, steelheart isn't cosmere. Brandon has said that any books that take place on Earth are not cosmere. So Steelheart, Rithmatist and the Alcatraz books are all non-cosmere. Odette posted:So I've read Steelheart about 3 times this week. When is the next Sanderson book being released? http://brandonsanderson.com/state-of-the-sanderson/ According to Brandon's blog post his next release is a short story set in the Steelheart universe, similar to how the Emperor's Soul fit in with the Elantris world. Then Words of Radiance in March.
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Oct 1, 2013 05:18
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Yeroc2 posted:If you're still handing this out, I'd love to get it. I, too would like to sign up for this.
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Oct 9, 2013 06:17
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New Words of Radiance chapter from the 17th Shard forum: Chapter 2 Straight from a reading.
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Oct 11, 2013 06:09
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Yeah, it was great. Engaging action, new answers as well as new questions. The government reminds me of Twoflower's home in the Discworld books. Obviously taken from the same real world source If you haven't yet, read Sixth of the Dusk.. If the rest of it is like the excerpt, it will be on par with the Emperor's Soul.
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Oct 12, 2013 17:17
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Jorenko posted:Do we know which book the Sixth is from? I haven't heard anything about that one, but it sounds like a pretty interesting setting. In his state of the Sanderson he mentions that it's a novella on an as of yet unrevealed shard world.
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Oct 12, 2013 23:48
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Sherringford posted:Is Sixth of the Dusk that one story he came up with after brainstorming during one of his podcasts? If so, I can't wait to read it. I remember listening to that podcast and going "This sounds absolutely insane and I really want to read it like right now."
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Oct 13, 2013 02:55
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Not a plot hole. As far as I see it: She was already dead by the time they were told that Epics couldn't transfer powers to other Epics. Initially, and even after, they simply ascribed her inability to use the powers as a normal variance of nonpowered individuals. Also, did Tia even know that Prof was an Epic before Steelheart exploded?
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Oct 17, 2013 19:24
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Has anyone read Brandon's story in the Dangerous Women anthology? If so, how was it?
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Dec 2, 2013 23:55
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I suggest you all go to tor.com and check the posts in the reread if you haven't already. The authors as well as the commenters usually do a good job of posting all the cosmete stuff and other references.
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Dec 10, 2013 04:11
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My local library system has Mitosis available as an eBook so you may want to check your library's website to see if they have similar programs.
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Feb 4, 2014 05:32
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He's done it in the past with his novellas but I don't know if he does it with his novels.
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Feb 6, 2014 18:55
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Can one of you post a link. I can't seem to find it.
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Feb 26, 2014 23:18
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api call girl posted:For some reason I'm thinking midnight Pacific time if you're in the US store. Word on the internet is 12:00.01 Eastern Standard Time
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Kellanved posted:Spooooiler! -> Start of act 3 He's not nearly as bad as Snape kills Dumbledore-era Harry Potter. Man I really wanted to strangle that kid. But Brandon has said that the second five-book arc would deal with a new set of characters with the main characters in these books with smaller roles. So you probably only have three more books of emo-Kal. Act 2The first fight with Szeth was intense. Apparently stormlight heals your soul as Brandon has said that that's what Shard Blades kill.
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Mar 5, 2014 02:23
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That excerpt was posted on Tor.com. In any case: The guy with the white scar has shown up a few times prior to that. Most notably in the two prologues and the Ym interlude. Speculation is that he's one of the heralds, the one linked to the just attribute and has gone crazy over the thousands of years and is now doing a sort of dark justice by killing new knight radiants in order to prevent the coming desolation. Similar to the herald who is going around destroying art from Way of Kings.
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Mar 5, 2014 05:05
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Lobsterpillar posted:At a guess, which could be completely wrong, Hoid. He gets around. Apparently also has one of (Mistborn trilogy spoiler aheadbits of metal that turn you into a mistborn, too. Mind you, he doesn't have a monopoly on inter-world travel. Cosmere spoilers the ardent who teaches about shard blades is from another book. It's Vasher. All the color metaphors. Etc.
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Mar 5, 2014 21:37
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Mygna posted:I'm guessing it happened during or after his final fight with Szeth. He was carrying an Honorblade, after all, so he had the ability. That wasn't an Honorblade, though. It was just a regular dead spren Shardblade. The question now becomes why did Taln have a Shardblade and where is his Honorblade?
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Mar 5, 2014 23:52
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Generic spoilersEven if a normal shard bearer is good against the Voidbringers in the rest of the world there aren't actually that many. And the Parshmen seem to be deeply ingrained in the Rosharian society. So much that they seem to be an ever present background detail. All of then turning into StormForm would probably be very devestating. Also they haven't started bringing Thinderclasts yet. I don't imagine giant rock men would go down easy for normal people either
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Mar 6, 2014 00:17
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Tunicate posted:It's been confirmed at one of the signings that nightblood eats whatever investiture the user has, including their 'spark of life', so stormlight is fine. Following on from that, can we assume that Vasher as a Returned from Nalthis can use Stormlight in place of the breaths he has to consume each week in order to remain alive?
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Mar 7, 2014 21:36
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Tunicate posted:SA 3 is apparently planned for late next year. Alloy of Law 2 is getting bumped back. The new order is rithmatist 2, SA 3, Alloy 2. You forgot Steelheart 2 which is the current novel that's being finished. And any short stories he tosses off on a long plane ride.
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Mar 9, 2014 03:46
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api call girl posted:Imagine I said "every other time". Going from Way of Kings it seems like the original set of Desolations occurred every 1000 years. Plus I imagine there was some issue where the torture being spread out over ten Heralds rather than concentrated on one may have also played into it.
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Mar 11, 2014 18:03
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Locker Room Zubaz posted:Jasnah stuff quote:Rock stuff quote:Lift stuff
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Mar 12, 2014 23:17
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I'm impressed. Some people feel that the prologue is a little too video game/d&d instruction manual. Honestly, It does get into the mechanics a little too much and is a little dry.
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Mar 13, 2014 19:35
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To that guy who read WoR without reading WoK, you may want to go and read most of the interludes as those are, for the most part, not reiterated in WoR. Though I would recommend you read it all.
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Mar 31, 2014 22:40
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Krypsis posted:Were there any characters in SA that were from the Elantris/Emperor's Soul shard. Worldhopping spoilers.Hoid, of course, is a beggar/smuggler in Elantris according to the Coppermind wiki, and he's the Imperial Fool who double-crosses Shai. And Galladon is in the Way of Kings, obliquely in the Purelake interlude along with Demoux from Mistborn and a character from the as yet unreleased White Sands. Speaking of, there are white sands in the Ghostbloods hideout prompting speculation that Mraize or others are worldhoppers.
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Apr 7, 2014 22:45
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Habibi posted:And again, there wasn't a better way to do that than to just out of nowhere revive someone whose death was well-earned and at least somewhat impactful? I dunno. And, because I've quoted enough, I find it interesting that one poster explained that Szeth wasn't "quite dead," while another claimed that he needed to be dead for plot purposes because that was the only way to unbond his Honorblade and Oathstone. I'm fairly certain the Oathstone is not a magical artifact. And that the only thing keeping him from disobeying the holder of said stone is his "honor". And so he killed all those people on his own, and so, I imagine Szeth dealing with that will be his arc going forward. Also Word of Brandon(sorry) Honorblades do not require a bond.
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I'm pretty sure Shallan soulcast that pitcher into blood without going into Shadesmar and everytime Jasnah soulcast something in view of Shallan during Way of Kings she didn't disappear into Shadesmar or whatever.
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Apr 10, 2014 00:13
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I think it's assumed based on Honor's comments during Dalinar's last vision in Way of Kings. Honor says that Cultivation was always better at seeing the future than he was.
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Rumda posted:Well the problem with those specific names is they ARE all noble vorin names. It's even mentioned several times that Kaladin has a name that more closely matches the names that lighteyes have.
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