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Allomancy was a martial artist's magic system, and made for intriguing and beautiful battles.  I guess I just didn't want the New Magic System (which I've only seen a little of, and is only one of 109234912 magic systems in the series) to be another "fighting" magic, because Sanderson's already written the most compelling "fighting" magic. 

I can see your point. BUT! If the world is as expansive as BS has led us to believe. I doubt that all the magic systems in this series will be fighting. I very much hope to see magic systems used for every day life. If every one of these magic systems is a fighting system. It could get a little tedious.

Wait- in the book's annotations? How on earth did you get a hold of those!?

He's an alpha reader

I didn't see it on display out front at my B&N in Aliso Viejo, CA. But there was 1 copy on the new release paperback section in sci-fi/fantasy. Seems weird to me that they wouldn't put it out on the front ladder when according to his agent that is the deal they worked out.

First of all, I just think there needs to be a thread created for discussion, so that way we can keep it all in one place instead of having a few dozen threads that I know are going to start popping up now that the prologue is out in the open. If somebody disagrees and thinks discussion of WoK is too early then feel free to wipe this little thread from the face of the forums.

START OFF! SPOILER ALERT! AHHHH!

I can't say enough how much I enjoyed the prologue. It definately did what it was supposed to do, slap me in the face with awesomeness and make me ask what just happened. Brandon, I gotta say that you've created another really imaginative magic system. Gravity is something that is SO structured in the world that seeing it manipulated so freely brings feelings of what if to my mind. I can't wait to see what other magic systems are there and what else can be done with lashings.

I'm wondering if the number 10 plays a big part in the series. We've seen 16 played out many times in the Cosmere. 10 heart beats for a Shardblade seems like a structured number to me. Or it is just structured for Szeth that way. MAYBE! Other Shardbearers can call their blades with more beats if they are weaker, don't possess high amounts of Stormlight?

Just something to spark conversation. I really want to see some speculation and hints coming out at some point. Atleast, imo, speculation can't ruin a book before it's out. Only enhance the experience.

Who's with me?

Quote from: TPaS on March 23, 2010, 05:30:54 PM

He also had updates on the various movie options. In his words:

"Wheel of Time is looking at maybe a 1 in 2 chance of being made, and Alcatraz has about a 1 in 4 or 5 chance. Mistborn is going to be the long shot of long shots - it's like a 1 in 50."

Well, that's a funny thing to say since Mistborn's the only one that he's actually sold the movie rights for...unless I'm out of the loop and the other two have already gone.

Might be true but that doesn't mean that there isn't interest for Wheel of Time & Alcatraz. I imagine studios are looking for the next replacement to Harry Potter. Something that can fill that void. Alcatraz feels to me like it'd be a good match.

Also, the rights to Wheel of Time aren't Brandon's. They are Harriets (I would assume). With the huge following that series has, a movie doesn't surprise me in the least.

I actually like the suspense. If I had already read it, all this discussion of what could be and what couldn't be wouldn't be as much fun I think. I think alpha readers get the short end of the stick, they may get to read it earlier but it won't be at the level of enjoyment that it could be if they got it when they released in August. They have to analyze it and give opinion on previous copies. Can't purely sit there and get engulfed into the scene. That's my opinion of alpha-readers. It may be completely wrong as to what is expected of them.

I thought I heard mention of a "Two SA books, one other book, Two more SA books, etc." pattern.

This is what I recall. Especially in the beginning seeing as there are no plans for another book before the second SA book, according to whats been said in this thread.