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Movies and TV / Castle and Firefly
« on: October 27, 2009, 08:02:15 AM »
Did anyone see the 1st few minutes of ABC's Castle tonight?  I laughed for a good 5 minutes on Nathan Fillion's tongue in cheek reference to Firefly.  The episode is called Vampire Weekend and will be available to watch on hulu.com or abc.com later.

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Brandon Sanderson / EUOL was not that far off
« on: August 29, 2009, 08:51:36 AM »
Thug ants.  But I remember Thugs burning pewter.



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Brandon Sanderson / Warbreaker
« on: April 29, 2009, 07:06:42 AM »
EUOL stated in his blog that he is worried about the sales of his forthcoming book Warbreaker and I was just curious to see who has read it and if you are going to buy it anyway.

I read it online and loved it so I plan on buying it and rereading the finished product.

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Brandon Sanderson / New Elantris Audio Edition
« on: March 03, 2009, 08:50:57 AM »
Holy Crap!!  I listened to the teaser and broke out in goose bumps.  It is very well done.  Some of the pronunciations aren't how I pictured them but I'm sure that EUOL told them how it is to be done. Also some of the actor's accents were a little strange but again that is just me, I usually think that a character speaks like I would unless otherwise stated in the text.  That having been said, I can't wait for the rest of it to be released so I can listen to it all with out having to wait between parts.

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Brandon Sanderson / Hate Mail????
« on: April 19, 2008, 06:33:54 AM »
See EUOL's blog for a very interesting hate mail he recieved.  http://brandonsanderson.com/blog/632/Reader-Mail

I love it when people totally blow things out of proportion.  That reader strikes me as some one who is probably between 13 and 16 maybe 17.

To opine on EUOL's comments.

1)  Well said.  Look no further than the book (and movie) "Neverending Story."  The whole premise is that the stories have no start and no end, just places and times where we join and leave the story.

2)  It is called set up.  The loose ends not only let the reader imagine what the characters do next, but they allow the author a springboard for any sequels should the book sell well enough.  (And Elantris has by all measures.)

3)  WE (the readers) would love to see a sequel.  That being said, it needs to be done in the time and matter so as to preclude those unbalanced readers (i.e. the sender of the hate mail) from saying it was rushed and it sucked and they aren't going to read EUOL's books anymore.

4)  Bingo!!!!!

5)  Can't wait for my book to come out.  (A side note to EUOL, you gotta make me and my wife, who hates all Fantasy/Sci-Fi books except yours, alpha readers.  Please!!!!  I even give you my kid's college fund if you do.  Granted there isn't anything in it yet, but it is yours none the less.)

6)  Nice shameless plug!!

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