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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Way of Kings release date change?
« on: June 06, 2010, 03:43:27 PM »
Yeah, that happened to me with Well of Ascension.
"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
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Hmmm... If you pay attention in Way of Kings, you might learn his name.
Basic easy run down of the Shards of Adonalsium.
Adonalsium was something/someone that at some point shattered. It is now what we call the Shards.
The Shards seem to have affects on people and things.
A character named Hoid was present when Adonalsium shattered. He is seen in every Sanderson book which contains a Shard of Adonalsium.
Any book referred to as a Shard World is a book which takes place in the Cosmere, the universe in which Adonalsium existed.
Japanese artistic tastes could easily be different than americans. So an American style cover may not sell in Japan.
Mistspirit? That could easily be a translation issue. It may mean something close to mistborn in the English. I think that fantasy and science are probably hard to translate.
does anyone know how long it takes someone to translate a book to Japanese or any non-western language? Is it 2 weeks of work? 4 weeks?