Timewaster's Guide Archive

My fav character in the book is the Seons. They may be a little to obedient but overall they are the best.

Ah, yes, the Seons!! I'm still so curious about them. I thought we'd learn how they're created by the end. So, when I finished reading the copy I had (it was an old version when it was still his thesis), I just had to bug EUOL about it. ("The Seons, dang it, tell me about the Seons!" Okay, I was more restrained than that. I said something more like "Did I miss something that's in the revised version cuz I really, really wanted to figure the Seons out too.")
So anyway, I was exceedingly happy when EUOL said that he might have a sequel regarding Light -and- Dark Seons in the works after the Mistborn trilogy is out.   Now -that- would be cool.

I would have to say that Hrathen was my favorite. His internal dialouge really interested me . . .

I'd definitely put in my vote for Hrathen as well. What an awesome bad guy! His inner conflict was fascinating, as was his attraction to Sarene. One reason I felt more drawn to him over Raoden is that Raoden tended to be a little more, um, self-assured than Hrathen.
Yes, the un-dead Prince got off to a *very* rough start and has internal worries of his own.
All in all, though, he comes off as so determined in his specific goals.  I felt like the problems coming at him were more external whereas Hrathen is beseiged by tons of inward turmoil in addition to outward struggles. So that's why Hrathen's POV was especially intriguing for me. I really liked how his character turned out at the end, too. Hurrah for multi-sided bad guys!!  

Oh, wow. Yes, I loved that show. It ticked me off when they canceled it!! My family and I taped all of them, actually. I remember loving the Terrians and enjoying the other story lines as well--like how the planet once was a dumping ground for murderers and such. Oh, and Antonio Sabato Jr., mmm.   Personally, I think the series holds up pretty well over time.
Funny thing is that I've just "discovered" Firefly. A friend kept telling me I should get the DVDs. I got Disc 2 from Netflix yesterday and watched 2 highly enjoyable episodes last night after watching Lost. Loved them both so much I kept reminding myself not to laugh too hard or else I'd wake up my roomie.
As far as I'm concerned, *both* shows should've stayed around much, much longer!

Thanks for all the info, Brandon. Very interesting!
Wow, 25K for MISTBORN. That's definitely impressive. I can't wait to see the cover art...
And, speaking of cover art, given Vaj's comments, I'm awfully curious to see how the French cover will turn out.

Yeah, though I'm not sure it was *his* decision to let Myrtle go all stalker-like on him. Actually, I'm thinking that the powers-that-be of HP film making and publicity probably had more to do with that than poor Daniel did.
But . . . maybe fame has gone to our boy's head? I dunno. However, I shudder to think, that, at his age, he went to the director and begged to rachet-up the sexual tension in the bath scene! yipes.

Ah, Sliders! I loved that show--and Quinn, too, naturally.  

Neither, sad to say. You'd think that being out here in New England I'd let myself indulge in the "real" stuff. But I've got the Log Cabin Lite syrup instead. Lo-cal stuff, but tastes pretty dang good to me! We Americans gotta do something to counter the effects of Thanksgiving.  

I've been curious about the print runs of ELANTRIS now that it's in its third go-round (which is spectacular, by the way!). So... given that Tor is such a large publisher, I've been wondering how many initial copies they ordered? I mean, do you think that was a typical initial run for a first-time writer at Tor? (I just wanted to get some perspective on this stuff. I've read the numbers Ookla puts up, but I'm epically miserable at trying to interpret numbers....)

Okay, so that leads me to ask how many copies did Tor order for the second and the third press runs?

I'm also really curious about the return rate, percentage-wise. (My book pub prof keeps saying how 30% is the going rate for books that're shipped back to publishers.) Do you get any info on this?

Oh, and has Tor told you how many copies they'll order of MISTBORN? I wonder if that projected number increased after they've watched your first book gain momentum?

Well... I think I'd better leave my questions at that for now! Thanks!  

Safari is irritating me to no end right now. This error message keeps popping up saying "TypeError - Null value." Whatever -that- means!!