The Way of Kings : pre-release

[Moggle]

Anyone know what this book is going to be about?

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Moggle, Brandon has revealed the most information about Way of Kings over in the Barnes & Noble book clubs thread. He will also be posting about it on his website in the coming months.
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Fantasy-Science-Fiction/Post-Questions-For-Brandon-Sanderson-Here/td-p/354645

[Terrisman243]

If you're Omnipotent, then you'd be able to go to Russia and ask what it means 

[Patriotic Kaz]

I know what it means... it was czar what i asked was "Am I now expected to read the russian alphabet"

[Wolfstar]

Why wouldn't an omnipotent being be able to make him/herself omniscient?  Isn't the concept of omnipotence limitless power?

Ooh, erm... tangent much?

[Chaos]

Why wouldn't an omnipotent being be able to make him/herself omniscient?

In my omniscience, I concur that Wolfstar has a point. Fail on Kaz's part.

[Patriotic Kaz]

B/c I refuse to break my contract with dead Adonalism.... pwned!

[Ari54]

Moggle, Brandon has revealed the most information about Way of Kings over in the Barnes & Noble book clubs thread. He will also be posting about it on his website in the coming months.
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Fantasy-Science-Fiction/Post-Questions-For-Brandon-Sanderson-Here/td-p/354645

Way of Kings website section, anyone? <.< >.>

[Moggle]

I read the summary of what WOK was about and I can't make heads or tails of the story.  I guess I'll have to read it to really find out.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

People may be interested to read this blog post from 2004: http://brandonsanderson.com/blog/29/Tor-Proposal-Part-Four

As you can see, the series name has changed. There are other differences: the immortal character has been put off for a later book, and the massive war spoken of hasn't started yet (there's a different war in the new book one). The overall plot of the series has not changed, but what happens in the first book is dramatically different.

A curiosity: In the first version of Way of Kings, Brandon had actually put the seafaring nation of Svorden in the book. That was before Elantris got picked up.

[Mellington the loony Gold Misting]

People may be interested to read this blog post from 2004: http://brandonsanderson.com/blog/29/Tor-Proposal-Part-Four

As you can see, the series name has changed. There are other differences: the immortal character has been put off for a later book, and the massive war spoken of hasn't started yet (there's a different war in the new book one). The overall plot of the series has not changed, but what happens in the first book is dramatically different.

A curiosity: In the first version of Way of Kings, Brandon had actually put the seafaring nation of Svorden in the book. That was before Elantris got picked up.

I'd been meaning to ask about the conservation from Oathshards to SLA.

I'm still curious (but I doubt I'll get an answer soon) if those 10 "angelic beings who have been driven insane" are the actual shards (what IS a shard without a host?!), dedicated hosts (like HoA) or are they something else entirely with something akin to immortality (like Elantrians or Returned)?

If the 10 are actual shards/hosts then this would explain what had previously been mentioned about a large number (30 I think it was?) of magic systems.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

They are called the Heralds. Beyond that, I don't know, but I doubt they each had/have a shard. That's a lot of shards.

[Mellington the loony Gold Misting]

They are called the Heralds. Beyond that, I don't know, but I doubt they each had/have a shard. That's a lot of shards.

Any information is more than I had!  Thank you!

At least I know what to call them now when I wildly speculate.

[Creative_Vortx]

They are called the Heralds. Beyond that, I don't know, but I doubt they each had/have a shard. That's a lot of shards.

Any information is more than I had!  Thank you!

At least I know what to call them now when I wildly speculate.

New thread: Wild speculations that have almost no actual fact to back it.

Go go go!

[Peter Ahlstrom]

This review from forum member Sigyn has some truth in it...

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3N25HHSTFIGMD/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm