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Books / Re: So I'm reading A Feast for Crows...
« on: October 17, 2010, 06:56:58 AM »
Also, the lack of magic is refreshing
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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: knights radient
« on: October 17, 2010, 06:54:42 AM »
What's with the absurd assumption that these powers come from spren?! It is a theory that doesn't hold much water, it is possible but unlikely, so can we please stop taking it as a given? There is no evidence that Szeth has a spren (nor would I call him honorable but rather a coward because he disagrees with what he does but is to afraid to break a cultural taboo, murder is not honorable but you could argue that killing can be, Szeth kills and murders) and there aren't spren from where he comes from. that is a given
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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: October 14, 2010, 03:08:20 PM »
You wouldn't like 1984 at all if you think Animal Farm is cold war propaganda, and 1984 is one of the best books out there....
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Rants and Stuff / Re: Happy Things 2009: We're Still Here
« on: October 13, 2010, 04:29:01 AM »
HOW ABOUT THEM RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: *Spoilers* General Shard List
« on: October 04, 2010, 05:17:31 PM »
Salkara you left out several magic systems the biggest of which being Feruchemy which is of no shard but rather the interaction of two. Meaning your evidence, while factual, is most likely misinterpreted due to the oversight of certain details.
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Rants and Stuff / Re: Grumpiness in New, Seasonal Flavours
« on: September 30, 2010, 01:48:32 PM »
If you have a friend who is a tax attorney ask them....
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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: September 24, 2010, 06:27:31 PM »
I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Grey....interesting piece so far.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: *Spoilers* General Shard List
« on: September 24, 2010, 06:24:00 PM »
In Warbreaker i thought storytelling Hoid was supposed to represent Tolkien
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Truthless
« on: September 21, 2010, 11:24:15 PM »
He explains somewhere why he became Truthless, it's not some small paragraph, but it's either in the book or I'm quite insane, but the second is possible b/c I'm the voice in YOUR head, not my own.
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Books / Re: Looking for political epic Fantasy
« on: September 21, 2010, 08:27:12 PM »
I second Empire in Black and Gold; The Great Book of Amber; The Blade Itself (Sci-Fi has much more to choose from)
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Truthless
« on: September 21, 2010, 08:20:06 PM »
Szeth talks about how he killed a large number of people in Shinovar, the powerful and their servants. This was before he was made Truthless and the sentence for his slaughter is that he must bear the weight of others sins, hence it made him a Truthless (he mentions this around the time he talks about how the Stone Gods will have his soul when he dies).
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WoK: Spren and Hoid (spoilers)
« on: September 21, 2010, 08:14:53 PM »10,000 Farmers Radiant brace for the Final Desolation?The power of a sharpened turnip!
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: *Spoilers* General Shard List
« on: September 21, 2010, 05:40:45 PM »
Whichever Shard Hoid had/ has is probably the 4th one on Roshar, he is a PoV in this series.
Wouldn't matter Hoid says Ati was kind once.perhaps Hoid did not take the shards personality upon himself, and if it was a shard, how did it become completely worthless?Maybe the shard was something completely at odds with his nature.
Y'know... "Straightforwardness", or "Full Disclosure" or something.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Truthless
« on: September 21, 2010, 05:28:31 PM »
He's Truthless for trying to overthrow the government, hell he tells us that much.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WoK: Spren and Hoid (spoilers)
« on: September 21, 2010, 05:25:50 PM »
That depends on your definition of worthiness, I'm sure farmers would disagree with you 