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They should get Nick to do Mistborn.

"The last time I watch Nickelodeon...again."

# ¿ Oct 2, 2011 21:02

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# ¿ Sep 14, 2024 11:45

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Cartoon Man posted:

The Shadesmar is the plane of existence that ties all the worlds together. Supposedly the Worldsingers (Hoid) use it to cross back and forth through the different books. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that "hell" is located there.

What does that say in the upper left? Expanse of the densities?

# ¿ Dec 12, 2011 22:26

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Maytag posted:

Except you can't affect metal in another person's body.

That applies to people burning metals, not to Magneto, duh.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2012 16:55

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Koryk posted:

He probably eats while he writes.

Edit: Just think how fat he'd be if he could drink coke or mountain dew

Mormons actually can drink both of those, although many do not.

# ¿ May 11, 2012 23:41

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I think Sanderson is too much of a nice guy to do humor well. I think to do humor for adults you have to be at least a bit of a dick, or at least able to assume a dickish mindset.

# ¿ Jun 20, 2012 01:13

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The's the power of the mormon work ethic! :eng101:

# ¿ Jul 31, 2012 16:27

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Cartoon Man posted:

Monday!

Monday's almost over, where is this book??

# ¿ Sep 11, 2012 06:08

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quote:

Stephen Leeds, AKA "Legion," is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills.

So basically Killer 7: The Book?

# ¿ Sep 13, 2012 06:25

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Who's Brent Weeks and what's wrong with him?

# ¿ Oct 23, 2012 16:48

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New Dresden Files and Iron Druid books just came out.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2012 18:57

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# ¿ Jan 3, 2013 02:28

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treeboy posted:

i see you've been practicing your high-imperial

I only recently picked up Alloy of Law and I laughed out loud when Sanderson made this 'joke'.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2013 08:02

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Paracelsus posted:

I'm ashamed to admit that it wasn't until around page 130 that I got the Wax/Wane joke.

edit: In my defense, I basically turn off my brain when I read fiction.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2013 05:40

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So this year he's got:

January 8 - A Memory of Light
May 14 - The Rithmatist
September 24 - Steelheart
November 12 - Stormlight 2

Clearly Brandon is more machine than man.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2013 21:02

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It's a part of the shardverse (and on the same planet as the excellent The Emperor's Soul) so just slog through. DO IT.

# ¿ May 10, 2013 19:50

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I liked Hrathen's, as a mormon it was very obviously inspired by Sanderson's experience as a missionary in Korea and probably more generally informed by knowledge of church history.

# ¿ May 10, 2013 23:38

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treeboy posted:

I must've missed the "convert or die" portion of training at the MTC

To me it felt like a mormon missionary "sincere but calculating" mindset, but transplanted onto an evil empire.

# ¿ May 12, 2013 21:38

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Superstring posted:

Shelled out for Rithmatist because, hey, I'm not reading anything else at the moment. Not that far into it yet, but yeah, this is the pro-Starcraft one, haha. Sanderson, you are a super-nerd among nerds.

I love Starcraft so now I am seriously considering buying this. :retrogames:

# ¿ May 19, 2013 19:17

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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:

Thankfully that's not the cover, but rather a poster.

Although there is a picture of the cover within the poster. The cover looks pretty neat.

# ¿ Aug 7, 2013 08:38

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snooman posted:

I'm sure it will be explained later in the series, but it doesn't make a ton of sense that Epics using their power turns them evil. There's got to be a hard ceiling somewhere or Epics that constantly use their power would be gibbering, insane psychopaths. Conflux must have always had his power active and he was mild to the point of meekness so there may be some unrevealed subclass of Epics who are able to use their power without going batshit insane.

I thought this was explained by Prof at the end. Gifting your powers reverses the effect. Conflux was gifting more or less constantly.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2013 21:10

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Sanderson is too nice of a guy to do a lot of 'gritty' stuff like swearing, crippled people, torture, and humor that has any kind of edge to it. Or maybe it just seems that way since I recently binged on Abercrombie. Going from Red Country to Steelheart was quite the culture shock.

# ¿ Oct 3, 2013 23:04

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I don't see how The Way of Kings is an apocalyptic hellscape. Yeah there's terrible parts to the world and a big bad thing coming but that's pretty much always true in high fantasy.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2013 01:11

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Tunicate posted:

Ah, he's hitting Seattle exactly a week from now. Would it be too much to ask for you to record it, or at least write down any questions you ask him?

EDIT: I just spammed half the thread in PMs. I hope this is acceptable - I heard apparently they look down on people begging publicly or something.

How do these usually work? They do questions, then signing at the end?

# ¿ Oct 9, 2013 04:40

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theshim posted:

I'll second The Black Prism by Brent Weeks. It uses a system of color magic that I describe to my friends as Sandersonesque - by which I mean it's got consistent rules and a full system all planned out ahead of time, just like Sanderson's magic systems (or at least it sure seems so). And this is color magic where different colors all do different things, as opposed to Warbreaker where it was simply color in general.

Yeah so based on this recommendation I read The Black Prism. Pretty good book. Then I started reading The Blinding Knife; not done yet, but so far it's really good. Feels like Sanderson with more of an edge. Sometimes it feels like Sanderson can't make his protagonists meaningfully flawed in a way that may evoke dislike or disgust from the reader, and Weeks clearly does not have that problem.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2013 00:44

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Strumpy posted:

I can't do this to myself. I am forcing myself to wait it out so I can read the book in one disgusting binge.

You and me both, brother.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2014 22:10

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When's the next Rithmatist because I just bought and finished it yesterday on a whim and I want more.

Also since I'm a serious Starcraft player and a programmer, the most interesting bits to me were the images in the chapter breaks, I kept thinking about how to translate the rules into an actual game.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2014 23:00

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I hope someone sends that to/tweets that at Sanderson.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2014 06:02

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Wait, Words of Radiance is up on Google Books?

# ¿ Feb 26, 2014 22:25

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Huh, looks like I may want to stay out of this thread for a while. Don't want to inadvertently spoil myself when I accidentally mouse-over something.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2014 23:07

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The Glumslinger posted:

So, I just saw that on thursday, Brandon is doing a book signing literally less than two blocks from where I live. Guess I'll just have to take a long lunch break that day

EDIT: Just downloaded to my Kindle

WHERE IS IT GRRAAHHHH

Do I need to change my phone to EST??

# ¿ Mar 4, 2014 07:53

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I really like the drawings in this book.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2014 10:22

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Wolpertinger posted:

Then again, that would actually be interesting if it doesn't mind control you into becoming a horrible monster like Steel Inquisitors - but after seeing what they did to the Parshendi I wouldn't count on it.

Rlain seemed to be doing ok in the form.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2014 20:19

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Notorious QIG posted:

Rlain was in stormform? I thought he hadn't switched over.

Oh, never mind then, I must've misread.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2014 21:24

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The Book Barn > Brandon Sanderson: Now with multiple climaxes!

# ¿ Mar 17, 2014 07:38

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Augster posted:

The most anime thing about the book is Szeth, who is described as having big, round eyes. There.

Also his shardblade is the closest one to a katana in design, I think.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2014 01:48

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Augster posted:

I thought the Parshendi basically look like Darth Maul, but with some white marbling in with the black and red?

They're either black/red or white/red I think:

quote:

The Parshendi as observed by Alethi warriors have black or white skin[2] marbled with red and very muscular builds

(warning: spoilers inside) - http://stormlightarchive.wikia.com/wiki/Parshendi

# ¿ Mar 18, 2014 21:38

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Law Cheetah posted:

Question about the parshmen (possible plot hole): Since parshmen don't have mate form, how do they reproduce? Parshmen are unawakened parshendi, right? They're stated to be similar to Parshendi dull form, anyway.

It's never said that Parshendi outright can't reproduce when not in mateform. It's just that being in mateform makes it hard to focus on anything else. Just like it's not physically impossible to fight when not in warform, or to work when not in workform.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2014 19:33

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MildShow posted:

Brandon just announced on Twitter that he's completed the first draft of a sequel to Legion, hoping for a fall release.

But is it going to be a novel or a novella?

# ¿ Apr 5, 2014 02:05

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Kraps posted:

also http://ladyknightradiant.tumblr.com/post/80402078389/here-it-is-the-finished-product-all-printed

This is adorable and awesome. :3

# ¿ Apr 17, 2014 21:40

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# ¿ Sep 14, 2024 11:45

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Rumda posted:

so its more likely that is's a soulcast duplicate which fits better.

Kawarimi no Jutsu!

# ¿ May 2, 2014 21:52

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