16
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« on: August 20, 2009, 02:53:08 PM »
Just wrapped up book PoD last night, then preordered it :-)
News:
Max is a Shadowblade, a supernatural--and supernaturally competent--warrior bound to protect her witch Giselle. As a Shadowblade, Max doesn't age. She is better, faster, stronger than any ordinary human being. And she hates it. Giselle betrayed her trust to make Max what she is, and though she is magically compelled to protect Giselle and follow orders, Max works against her witch in every way she can. Continue reading Bitter Night
Review by Silk
Discuss it in our forums.
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
17
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Brandon To Write Wheel of Time Book 12
« on: July 31, 2009, 05:46:34 PM »
Wow, just wow.
18
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hoid??
« on: July 23, 2009, 08:24:01 PM »
I believe Hoid was more of a side character in Dragonsteel, but the person (not God @ all) is the protagonist in Liar. (I don't want to give too much away via spoilers and to further back up my opinion of who "Hoid" that pops up everywhere is I would have to do so, so I'll stop there :-) If you're not afraid of spoilers, PM would be a great way to carry this a little further....
19
Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: July 23, 2009, 08:19:32 PM »hmm, ive always wondered why Fain visits Caemlyn aswell(after the TR) before he goes to the tower and get the dagger again.
Also im abit curious if Slayer killed anyone important when he stepped out of the dream world and killed a sleeping couple. I remember when i read it it seemed he had choosen the wrong couple to go stab, but i dont know.
Fain visits Caemlyn chasing Rand/Mat (I don't recall any other time). With the people that he killed he was actually aiming for his "Nephew & the wench". (Nephew = Rand; Wench = Min). I thought the POV in his head basically said they were nobody, just in wrong place at wrong time.
20
Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: July 21, 2009, 12:29:09 AM »Doing a reread and just finished the part where Fain gets the dagger back from the tower. He mentions going after Rand and "old enemy". I don't have the exact quote on hand though. Any idea who this old enemy is. This seem to be from Mordiths perspective so it would have to be someone from the AoL (makes me think Asmodean but I haven't got back to his death scene yet). My only thoughts are one of the forsaken if he is referring to an individual.
Me thinks "old enemy" is in reference Aridhoril's (sp) ancient enemy The shadow. Remember it was turned in to Shadar Logoth due to its own way of fighting the shadow.
21
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hoid??
« on: July 13, 2009, 02:34:08 PM »Dragonsteel is at the BYU library--if you did want to interlibrary loan it (assuming it's not currently checked out).
I returned it to PSU library on Friday, should be back at BYU around 7/15;
22
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Dragonsteel **SPOILERS**
« on: July 13, 2009, 02:29:52 PM »
Ok so I'm a little late.
I really enjoyed the overall story and really want to see where it goes from here. The only complaint I really had was a few times where the POV switched and it felt kind of disjointed. It made me feel a little bit lost a couple of times. Obviously this is a VERY early work and I'm sure that a published one would be so much better.
The story arc, magic, etc was great. At first I was a little worried about the whole "chosen one from small farm type community". Loved the twist at the end! Didn't really see that one coming at all.
Loved how Topaz grew a new head, which makes me question my initial theory regarding the true identity of Hoid. I believe I know who he is from the Liar sample chapters, but who that translates to in Dragonsteel, I've got it down to 2 charachters, but I'll go play in the Hoid thread for that.
I really enjoyed the overall story and really want to see where it goes from here. The only complaint I really had was a few times where the POV switched and it felt kind of disjointed. It made me feel a little bit lost a couple of times. Obviously this is a VERY early work and I'm sure that a published one would be so much better.
The story arc, magic, etc was great. At first I was a little worried about the whole "chosen one from small farm type community". Loved the twist at the end! Didn't really see that one coming at all.
Loved how Topaz grew a new head, which makes me question my initial theory regarding the true identity of Hoid. I believe I know who he is from the Liar sample chapters, but who that translates to in Dragonsteel, I've got it down to 2 charachters, but I'll go play in the Hoid thread for that.
23
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Warbreaker Merchandise
« on: July 09, 2009, 07:17:55 PM »
Can I get 2 NB replicas, then my wife and I can have a great sword fight over who's turn it is to do dishes!!
24
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Dragonsteel **SPOILERS**
« on: July 09, 2009, 05:38:05 PM »
I'm in the last 30 pages of it, and plan to finish it when I get home tonight. Should post my thoughts tomorrow or the next day..... Between this and a comment on the Twitter post I think I have a pretty good idea who "Hoid" really is, but I'm not entirely sure........GRRR
25
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Wheel of Time - for those that wanna read brandons books but not Jordans
« on: July 09, 2009, 04:35:07 PM »
The TOR.com one is great, but it is LOADED with spoilers and may make no sense if you're trying to follow along. One place you can get the "gist" of what has happened in previous books is right here this forum. Just go to the WOT Help thread and read it from beginning to end. Its a long thread but our friend JoeC recaps the series as a first time read, with no spoilers included.
I just throw that out as a way to get the GIST of informaiton. There is still a ton of great stuff you'll miss out on and I highly recommend reading the whole thing, or hitting those Audio books.
I just throw that out as a way to get the GIST of informaiton. There is still a ton of great stuff you'll miss out on and I highly recommend reading the whole thing, or hitting those Audio books.
26
Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: June 30, 2009, 03:10:04 PM »
YAY Joe!
You will definitely want to pick up new spring at some point, it's a great read, and really quick too, only about 300 pages and all pretty fast paced. Some of the things that I was really curious about are answered in that book.
When you do get around to it, I hope we get to see a recap of that one too. It's been a blast going through the adventure with you :-)
You will definitely want to pick up new spring at some point, it's a great read, and really quick too, only about 300 pages and all pretty fast paced. Some of the things that I was really curious about are answered in that book.
When you do get around to it, I hope we get to see a recap of that one too. It's been a blast going through the adventure with you :-)
27
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Casting for Warbreaker
« on: June 19, 2009, 01:48:19 PM »
Mickey Rourke would make a great Clod. Still working on some of the other ones.
28
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Sam Weller's Warbreaker copies
« on: June 18, 2009, 04:33:58 AM »
I finally got it!! I ordered MB3 same way and will probably continue to do so for all the Sanderson books (not WoT though)
Just wish they could be a little faster.
Just wish they could be a little faster.
29
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Sam Weller's Warbreaker copies
« on: June 17, 2009, 04:24:20 AM »
Really disappointed, still no book 
30
Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: June 14, 2009, 09:07:43 AM »
Yay Joe!
I agree, COT was a pretty tough read, I'm not that far but I'm not looking forward to it in this re-read. Almost all of it feels kind of necessary after you read KoD but still hurts trying to get through it. Definitely pick up new spring when you're done. It's a shorty but there are some great things in that book you won't want to miss. TONS of Lan POV and a certain test that I thought was pretty cool :-) It's much better if you have read deep in to the series as there are tons of people that pop up, but they are all 20 years younger.
I agree, COT was a pretty tough read, I'm not that far but I'm not looking forward to it in this re-read. Almost all of it feels kind of necessary after you read KoD but still hurts trying to get through it. Definitely pick up new spring when you're done. It's a shorty but there are some great things in that book you won't want to miss. TONS of Lan POV and a certain test that I thought was pretty cool :-) It's much better if you have read deep in to the series as there are tons of people that pop up, but they are all 20 years younger.