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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Vote for Vin!
« on: March 16, 2011, 04:04:53 AM »
Here's my question:  If we have Kaladin vs. Vin, is there going to be some sort of weird interaction between their powers?  If the Cosmere is all one complex magic system, there might be more going on than just a beatdown.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Thunderclasts *WoK Spoilers*
« on: October 18, 2010, 06:15:21 AM »
A very interesting idea...

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Favourite Minor Character
« on: October 16, 2010, 11:28:05 PM »
I really love Tien.  It's too bad that he has already died by the beginning of the book.  *Sigh*

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Rights For Spren!!!! (minor spoilers)
« on: October 16, 2010, 11:23:10 PM »
The intelligence may come from a mutual bonding, not a forced one. In fact, I'm sure of it, as Syl gets her power from the honour of Kaladin. If she was forced to bond someone without honour, her intellect would not change.

I agree.  I mean specifically that it's possible that the spren gain a little intelligence from the fabrials, but nothing like Syl does with Kaladin.  It begs the question if a little is better than nothing.  If they don't have someone like Kaladin, then perhaps they're willing to settle for the fabrial gemstones.

 Of course, it is entirely possible that the spren are trapped unwillingly.

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As for the 'One of them may save the world. One of them will destroy it.' My votes go toward Dalinar and Szeth, respectively.  Szeth's skewed version of honor could very easily mean the end of everything.

I think that both of these refer to Szeth. 
I think Szeth won't let Taravangian do what he intends, which is to save the world from the voidbringers.  Before long, Szeth won't stand by and watch Taravangian kill women and children.  He'll have to confront his own part in what he's been doing, which may destroy him, but it may also destroy everything Taravangian's worked for.

On the other hand, the world can't survive on a foundation in which it is okay to do such evil things for any reason.  The ends cannot justify the means.  Is letting the voidbringers win better than what Taravangian is doing?  I think it is.  By destroying the King, he may yet save us all.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: knights radient
« on: October 16, 2010, 06:11:17 AM »
Windrunning is a type of surgebinding, just like a square is a type of rectangle.

Squares are also a type of rhombus, but rectangles are not.   ;) --I just gave a test over this in my geometry class today.
But how does that analogy play out for this theory?  It remains to be seen...

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Rights For Spren!!!! (minor spoilers)
« on: October 16, 2010, 06:06:00 AM »
It seemed like Syl lost her intelligence when she was not near or bonded with Kaladin.  Perhaps being used in fabrials increases the sentience of spren 'imprisoned' within them, so the spren would prefer to be in a fabrial than bonded to nothing. 

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: October 15, 2010, 03:11:13 AM »
David Weber's Off Armageddon Reef.  Having a hard time getting through it, even though I've liked lots of his books.

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Books / Re: Fantasy girls, where are you?
« on: October 11, 2010, 05:04:51 AM »
I know you specifically asked for fantasy, but you should look into David Weber's Honor Harrington series.  The protagonist is a very strong female who has a lot of growth throughout the series.  If you are looking for something epic in scope, it definitely has that.  At the time I started it, I didn't read a lot of sci-fi or a lot of military fic, and this series really opened my eyes to the possibilities in both genres.

The books are available for free online, so you can give the first one a try without a lot of commitment or even a trip to the library!

I'm very not good at html, but here is the link: http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/09-AtAllCostsCD/AtAllCostsCD/

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Money
« on: September 11, 2010, 06:12:05 PM »


In all seriousness, I've hated libraries for as long as I can remember. I never checked a book out of my high school or jr. high libraries. Not once in six years. The last time I checked something out of the public library was 4th grade. I've only used the library here at BYU because a) It's not quite so bad as other libraries, and b) I had to for one of my classes. It wasn't even an option. It said, "Go to the library and get this book. You probably won't be able to find it anywhere else, as it's out of print." Sad day. But I've only been there once since I got here. That's pretty good, right?

This is baffling to me.  First of all, I have a serious love affair with the BYU library.  The only reason I can see to hate libraries is because you hate books AND money.  But the BYU library?  It's like the Mecca of libraries.  There are books there you can't find anywhere else (even your teacher knew that).  They have periodicals that reference vast stores of knowledge both online and off.  There are comfortable spots to sit and read quietly, places to study, places to chat.  You don't even have to check anything out!  There's a room devoted to people sitting and reading what they find on the shelves.  The fiction floor is pretty good. The YA fiction is better than any other I've seen.  The nonfiction is astounding.   They have over 2 rows of books on baking.  Baking! 

 :-*  That kiss?  It's for the library.

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Site News / Re: Introduce yourself - right on!
« on: September 10, 2010, 01:45:42 AM »
Hi, I'm Liz.  I've been a stay-at-home mom for three years but am about to start teaching high school math.

I went to BYU, where I actually studied and didn't spend a lot of time reading new authors.  We recently moved to Arizona, where I was suddenly inundated with free time.  I read the entire Schlock archives in one week, started listening to writing excuses, and have now read Brandon's and Dan's books.  They're now my favorite authors...and I can't tell you how much that kills me.

If only I'd seen the light a year earlier...I might have actually met these guys at LTUE and book signings.  Ah, well, life can be cruel.

I mostly write YA fantasy, and I've been working harder to polish some things up so that I can actually get published. 

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: September 10, 2010, 01:24:37 AM »
Just finished Glasshouse by Charles Stross based on Howard's recommendation http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/08/01/writing-excuses-4-30-worldbuilding-the-future/, and I have to say, I have very mixed feelings about it.

On the one hand, I see what Howard meant by the singularity concept, in which the future has changed so much that it is completely alien to our point of view, and I think that Stross manages that really well.  The premise is very intriguing--enough so that I made my husband read it, too.

On the other hand, I think Stross could have done a much better job with the overall work.  The characters  felt really inconsistent.  The main characters didn't seem like the same character at all, and we jokingly wondered if Stross had combined two different novellas without rewriting the characters to be consistent.  It was, to be honest, frustrating.

I think it was worth the read, though--I feel like reading this book will help me be a stronger writer, and my husband and I stayed up talking about it until 4 am, which was really fun. 

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