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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Way of Kings
« on: August 26, 2010, 04:35:55 AM »
My copy shipped today. 
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A lot of people describe Scalzi’s Old Man's War novels as military science fiction, but I would classify its sequel Zoë’s Tale as a space opera. It’s a story about, well, Zoë, a teenage girl whose parents are invited to take leadership roles in building a colony on a new planet. Zoë is an enthusiastic member of the group sent to colonize Roanoke, despite the risks—and the risks are considerable even before the political machinations of greater powers boil to the surface. Continue reading Zoë’s Tale
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Warbreaker: Free Ebook
« on: August 21, 2010, 11:23:58 AM »Yeah yeah. I'm on vacation!!! Maybe I'll put it up tomorrow.
Have a good day off, Peter.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: [Spoilers] Just finished Mistborn... confused
« on: August 15, 2010, 05:40:54 AM »I'm not sure where you guys assumed you have to be touching skin in order to Leech.
That's what my post was questioning. "Touching" doesn't necessarily mean skin-on-skin.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: I Love Goodreads
« on: August 13, 2010, 03:06:03 PM »Man, I hope people like this book. It's less than 3 weeks away, and I'm starting to get anxious. So far most of the early reviews I've seen have been good, but there have been a few interesting so-so reviews.
Reading the sample chapters... I feel confident at least fantasy fans will like it. It's just the pre-game jitters. I can tell that Brandon's topped himself again, and you can really see how WoT has made him grow as a writer. With TOR giving this book its big marketing push... I think that should be enough to get it the audience it deserves, good reviews or no.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: [Spoilers] Just finished Mistborn... confused
« on: August 13, 2010, 03:01:15 PM »The thing tha weakens leaching is that you have to touch the guy, an touching your oponent in a fight isn't actually that easy....
It really depends what constitutes "touching".
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: [Spoilers] Just finished Mistborn... confused
« on: August 10, 2010, 10:39:41 AM »Thanks everyone, I've pieced together a conclusion that I can live based on what you all said
Still not overly convinced by those Leechers though, might make for some very dull fight sequences! Hopefully it'll be watered down to reduce the effect of metals instead of remove them entirely? Here's hoping
Cheers for the books Brandon, in case you ever see this!
Don't forget that not all the metals are used for fighting. There could be very innovative ways of being a Leecher without it being in a fight. If it's part of a crew like we had in the first trilogy, I imagine they will be specialized for a certain task just like Breeze or Spook was.
Leeching a Seeker, for instance, could be very useful.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Haven't read WOT - Is it a waste of time to try to read Gathering Storm?
« on: August 09, 2010, 09:24:01 AM »WASP = White Anglo Saxon PROTESTANT.
My point was Hello Kitty has nothing to do with WASP, because it's Japanese.
Acronym finder says it's also "We Are Sex Perverts", "Weasel Attack Signal Processor", and a few other gems.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: How did the Lord Ruler survive a beheading?
« on: August 09, 2010, 09:20:48 AM »
Healing a sword passing through your neck would be noticeably messier than it just passing right through.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: I'm super lucky when it comes to this guy
« on: August 09, 2010, 09:19:15 AM »
Congratulations all of you who're reading early. Don't tease us too much.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Way of Kings Discussion (Chapters 9 and 11) :SPOILERS:
« on: August 09, 2010, 09:15:58 AM »Yeah, I don't have eidetic memory like Shallan (sadly), but I try my best.
There's a good bit of visual concept work that I did for Brandon early on which will probably never see wide release until someone gets around to assembling an Art Of book, which I should think will be a few years down the line. Though if you can make it to Dragon*Con you might be able to get a glimpse or three.
I'd just like to say that those were all really cool sketches, and I look forward to seeing them in the full book.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Funny pic that sums up the Wheel of Time
« on: August 03, 2010, 10:23:18 AM »
I'll be honest, I think I must have entirely tuned out the pages describing furniture, because I don't remember them at all.
I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing...
I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing...
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Funny pic that sums up the Wheel of Time
« on: July 31, 2010, 02:00:29 AM »
Bah, the furniture is an important character.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Magic of the Stormlight Archives
« on: July 26, 2010, 01:32:59 AM »
So, possible minor spoiler for people who haven't read the preview...
The nuclear force is also the force that binds things together. We may have already seen a system based on that in the preview chapters.
The nuclear force is also the force that binds things together. We may have already seen a system based on that in the preview chapters.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: "The Gathering Storm..."
« on: July 24, 2010, 10:46:25 AM »
I started with Elantris, by the by.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Comprehensive Hemalurgy Thread
« on: July 23, 2010, 08:38:00 PM »One thing that perplexes me is that Atium is the wild card, it can steal any other power or attribute stolen by Hemalurgy. So what do the Atium alloys steal?
Well, I recall Brandon saying Atium steals things more efficiently too, (less wastage, more staying power when a spike isn't impaled) so I assume an Atium alloy would just steal the same power but somewhere between the efficiency of the two alloyed metals.