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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Am I the only one amused by the fact that
A. There is an anti-gay-marriage commercial with a gathering storm featured heavily in it,
B. Book 12 is called The Gathering Storm, and
C. Pillow friends?
I have zero reculection on a Ham in WoT...refresh me please...
1. Are the characters in Brandon's work similar to those of Robert Jordan?Obviously Vin is a direct rip off of Min, note similarities with their names. Both books have a big guy named Ham too.
2. Do you think there is something about the world Sanderson created that helped him get chosen?Clearly Mr. Sanderson's great work on the Way Of Kings novel is what got him this gig. From beginning to end that masterpiece will forever be the pinicale of fantasy writing
3. In what ways do you think the writing of Sanderson and Jordan are similar?Mr Sanderson using English. Mr Jordan did as well. I think they also wrote big books, that's pretty close to the same
When the author has been dead for about 70-80 years I forget what the actual time limit is. There are sequels to Wizard of Oz being written now as an example. Some consider the Extended Universe of STar Wars books to be canon, even though none are written by George Lucas.
Has Joe gotten there yet??!! Remember he has not yet read the entire series. Let him finish the book before you begin talking about events that happen in it, you don't know where he is!
THE CHOSEN DWINDLE, DEMANDRED. THE WEAK FALL AWAY. WHO BETRAYS ME SHALL DIE THE FINAL DEATH. ASMODEAN, TWISTED BY HIS WEAKNESS. RAHVIN DEAD IN HIS PRIDE. HE SERVED WELL, YET EVEN I CANNOT SAVE HIM FROM BALEFIRE. EVEN I CANNOT STEP OUTSIDE OF TIME.
I agree with that. Asmo just stumbled into the wrong room, where those "servants" Rand bumped into went to hide. Also, another possible bit of evidence balefire was used: When Demondred meets with the DO in Shayol Ghul, the DO tells Demondred that Asmodean and Rhavin are beyond its ability to return their souls. Balefire is the only thing that can do this. Some argue that the DO chose not to resurrect Asmodean because of Rand, but then why wouldn't it say that?
Before Rhuidean Mat had a smattering of the Old Tongue and a few not-quite-actual memories that popped up on occasion, and all of it was from "the Old blood", possibly from ancestors and not necessarily his own past lives. After Rhuidean, all his memories from the Finns were just memories they happened to have on hand from various assorted people they'd had contact with. The common thread between Mat and the people those memories come from is contact with the Finns, not rebirth or blood. Heck, it's mentioned a few times that he actually has memories from opposite sides of the same battle in some cases.
Thats actually one of the most chilling scenes in the book. Where Mat comes to the conclusion that, since he has various memories of "himself" actually dying, the Finns actually can see through his eyes at all times. Very creepy.
