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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hi! Just drifted over from dragonmount ...
« on: February 22, 2008, 09:09:15 AM »
I've heard unconfirmed reports of areas south of Perth that are quite pleasant. Look on the bright side: you don't get paid out as much as Tasmanians.

My source on TNoTW wasn't specific. It was just mentioned in passing. The only kinds of plotholes that bother me are the ones that jump out at you as you are reading, not the ones that occur to you during the post mortem or during exhaustive re-reads (no one who doesn't keep a diary of these things could have noticed that Marcus Flint was at Hogwarts for too long, and how do we know he wasn't kept down for being fick?) So if you didn't notice any, then I sure won't.

I don't know a thing about the titles. What do they signify? My thought process in choosing ran thusly: I like online mafia, it is a sneaky game, therefore I will pick the one about deception. So should I have paused and done some research before so casually sealing my fate?

HP ... ah HP. I was born with a book in my hands, but HP was my first experience of actually being able to talk about what I was reading with most of my friends. And I don't think it is very fair to criticise minor failings in JKR's continuity considering the momentous amount of stuff she was juggling. Well plotted series, in my most humble opinion.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Finally read mistborn
« on: February 21, 2008, 09:00:49 AM »
Allomancy is one of the best magic systems I've ever read. I think what makes it so good is that it is so physical. No 'silent battle of wills' in sight. You can see the actions and see what the stakes are. You can follow what's happening. And it creates awesome imagery.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hi! Just drifted over from dragonmount ...
« on: February 21, 2008, 08:49:44 AM »
You mean to say that all I had to do all this time was walk the extra 100 metres and go down an escalator and I could have had all the Brandon Sanderson material in portable dead-tree format that I required? I feel like I was lied to and betrayed by my favourite bookstore  :'(

I've heard of 'The Name of the Wind' and had it recommended to me by several people of excellent taste. I've also heard it has plotholes you could aim a plummeting sperm whale and a bowl of petunias through. It's on my to-read list. But then, so is 'War and Peace'. I'll get to it someday  ;D

I have a friend who has lived/is moving back to WA. Are you in Perth or ... actually, is there anything in WA besides Perth and a whole lotta camels? I'm from Queensland, so I'm not expected to know these things  :P

I just realised that I've ended every paragraph so far with an emoticon. It must be a curse.  :-\

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Brandon Sanderson / Hi! Just drifted over from dragonmount ...
« on: February 20, 2008, 12:42:00 PM »
... to check out this neck of the woods.

What can I say? I didn't even know that Mr Sanderson existed until he was announced as the chosen author of A Memory of Light (last Wheel of Time book). In my defense, this has a lot to do with the deplorable fact that none of his books seem to have made it to Australian shores yet.

So anyway, I decided to do my research and swiftly devoured all the free material available on the web (again due to the fact that the books are unavailable in dead tree format here yet. Yes, I harrassed the nice book-shop lady about this. Mistborn will take about half a year) and now my senses scream for more.

So, as always when I want something and find I cannot get it, I join an online community dedicated to it. Happily this community is dedicated to many things, so I've saved myself a lot of time (which I will waste accordingly).

So anyway, I'll begin poking around. I bid you all Happy Wednesday and Merry Midweek.

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