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Brandon Sanderson / Re: A Memory of Light
« on: January 05, 2009, 04:03:45 PM »
I’m torn in how I think the ending will go.  I agree that it doesn’t seem to be RJ’s style to start whacking people at the end, but it also would seem to be anti-climatic to have a final battle where only the bad guys die.  I think some of the good guys have to die in one form or another, don’t they?  I could see that while Rand was battling the Dark One, that characters would sacrifice themselves to protect Rand from sabotage.  Sacrificing one’s self for the greater good fits into RJ’s writing style doesn’t it?  Moraine did it.  They could be resurrected later after the battle.  Didn’t Rand bring Mat back to life after accidentally killing him once?  Or after dying they could be sent to the world of dreams where they could be communicated with. 

This was the first fantasy series I have ever read, before that I only read political thrillers and historical non-fiction.  Robert Jordan is the first author that caused me to lose days off, where I would spend all day reading.  Brandon Sanderson is the only other author that has caused me to lose days off.  With that being said, I will be so disappointed if this series ends where the good guys win, the bad guys die, and Rand and his three wives live happily ever after…so disappointed…

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: A Memory of Light
« on: January 04, 2009, 01:21:55 PM »
You guys are probably right, it’s been a long time since I’ve read the series. I was thinking that perhaps at one time Birgette was weaved out as a Seanchan, so that she could be the DotNM.  I also never thought that Mat was Gaidel just that he possessed all his battle memories.  But as you guys have pointed out that is probably not the case
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On another point, I’ve read one posting here and a lot of posts elsewhere about RJ not killing off any of his characters.  If you’re going to plan a series around the idea that it’s going to end in a huge battle, which I hope is at least a 100-200 pages, then you need to have characters that people care about.

What I find exciting about this series is that its RJ’s first epic fantasy series he’s done that’s his own.  We don’t know if he’s going to kill everyone off or not because he doesn’t have a history of him doing so or not.  When this big massive battle begins we should have 8-10 different points of view of the same battle, and when that first major character is killed off it’ll have everyone who’s grown up with these characters on the edge of their seats!  Personally, I think that a lot of characters are going to die in AMoL, whether or not their returned from the dead I don’t know. 

Anyone else think that the last paragraph of AMoL will be the same as the first paragraph of the first chapter of every WOT book?

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: A Memory of Light
« on: January 03, 2009, 03:59:01 PM »
RJ was planning to write other novels in the WOT universe, so I don’t think that the wheel will be broken or the One Power will be destroyed. 

Possible Spoilers****

I think Rand battles the Dark One, dies, returns as the Light, defeats the Dark One, and becomes one with the wheel keeping it turning.  Rand is dead, but he’s not, so a memory of light would be a memory of Rand.

I have to ask about a minor story line, that of Birgette Silverbow and Gaidel Kain.  In the world of dreams its revealed that when they get recycled that they always find one another no matter what.  He got recycled and she got yanked out of the dream world. 

For the longest time I thought that Mat’s memories were Gaidel Kain's, and that Birgette was the Daughters of the Nine Moons.  They met in the bar once, I think it was their only meeting, and they seemed to have a connection between one another.  I know about Tuon, but does anyone think that Birgette also could be the Daughter of the Nine Moons? 

Everyone else seems to be connected to 2 or 3 women why not Mat?  Or is Gaidel the ugly kid following Mat around.   This story line always stuck out to me, and I don’t know why.

Anyone have any other thoughts about this story line?

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Brandon To Write Wheel of Time Book 12
« on: December 31, 2008, 01:42:07 PM »
I hope they split the book if necessary, hell, split it three time if it's needed.   Last thing I want to read is a 15 pound book with itty bitty font.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: ***SPOILERS Official Hero of Ages Spoilers Thread. Includes Q&A w/Brandon****
« on: December 13, 2008, 06:10:09 AM »
I read about half the posts and skimmed the other half and didn't see anyone ask these questions.

1)  What happened to Kelsiers bones?  Tensoon ate a horse, dumped Sazed off at the home land and took off with Kelsiers bones, so what happened to them??

2)  When Spook had the Hemalurgy Spike was Kelsier ever talking to him or was it always Ruin?  Because some of the conversations sounded like Ruin and others sounded like Kelsier.

3) Why did Kelsier decide to talk solely to Spook?  Was he Mares baby brother or something??

4)  Is Marsh still an inquisitor?  I would think that after Kelsier requested that Spook become a Mistborn that he would say something about his brother.

5) At the end of the book  Sazed, who is the Hero of Ages, was taking advice from Kelsier, so is Kelsier a god?

I just finished reading Hero of Ages today and these were a couple questions that I had.  If you couldn't tell by my questions Kelsier was by far my favorite character in this series.  Actually he is my favorite character in the genre.  I hope he gets more screen time in future books.  These were great books, can't wait to read more!

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