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Just read the excerpt and guys this is the Iriali homeworld - or the previous planet they stopped on in their journey to Roshar. I'm super curious to see how aethers have been transplanted from the unpublished Aether of Night into this.
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That excerpt of SP#1 was flipping fantastic. This is sure to be a fan favorite when the rest drops (edit) next year
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As a writing prompt, "why did Buttercup sit around when she heard her love had been kidnapped by pirates? Why didn't she go and do something about it?" is absolutely fantastic.
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Ding. 20 million.
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Mordiceius posted:Ding. 20 million. that's a loving insane haul
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Called it! Officially now the most funded Kickstarter ever. But that was never in doubt.
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Working through the Wax & Wayne reread with my wife. Shadows of Self still owns. Hoping Bands of Mourning is better on reread. I found it kinda disappointing first time through.
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Torrannor posted:Oh, that sounds interesting, I'd appreciate it if you were to drop a link to your vid when it's out. As requested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av64WXh_f80 I didn't even come close to unpacking all my thoughts. That's gonna have to wait until follow up videos.
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Leng posted:Sorry! I should clarify I'm not saying that epic fantasy is "harder" to write vs another genre. Or should I say high fantasy as opposed to low fantasy? What I'm saying is that it is more time consuming because the bare minimum level of world building that readers of that genre expect you to have done is higher compared to the level of world building (i.e. substitute with research) in another genre like romance or mystery. Honestly I suspect historical fiction would take the longest, simply because of the balance you have to strike between historical accuracy and artistic liberties. This is from days ago but that totally make sense. Also, you're right about Sanderson. He would be able to just keep going even with high heat romance. That beautiful writing machine bastard he is.
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Louisgod posted:editor: brandon please write a high heat romance novel I had the AI try to continue it. It immediately spat out: "Their mouths meet in a clash of teeth and tongues, each one trying to consume the other." So I think he passes that hurdle.
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He's gotten better too, Spensa Jorgen is cute and not distracting where steelheart mc and firegirl were awful and grating.
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Tunicate posted:I had the AI try to continue it. It immediately spat out: When you pretend this is Wit having a rap battle of sorts then it makes much more sense
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Secret project 2 reveal: https://youtu.be/9kLr1aNQTfQ Non-Spoiler: This one is also very good. Can't wait.
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that's a really fun premise, hooked me way more than the first one did. Guessing Jason Bourne here is either actually on a job to get the person that 'owns' this dimension or has enemies from the past hunting him where they shouldn't be able to. And also magic is gonna be real and it'll be way more divergent from our reality than the guidebook claims
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Jorenko posted:Secret project 2 reveal: https://youtu.be/9kLr1aNQTfQ I love that as soon as I read the premise, my thought was "Oh! Like the podcast episode!" Clearly he had thought about this more than he had let on.
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Brutor Fartknocker posted:He's gotten better too, Spensa Jorgen is cute and not distracting where steelheart mc and firegirl were awful and grating.
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I laughed pretty hard at this: quote:Sidebar: A helpful method of visualizing this is to think of Nebraska. Nebraska is a landlocked state in the center of the United States of America. Because of its general lack of importance—and its distance from trendy population centers—it generally lags between the coasts a few years in fashion, music, and distribution of collectible card games.
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CapnAndy posted:Oooh, ooh! It's always a good time to start! I picked up The Way of Kings and got a little bit into it, but then got distracted and went off on a Discworld kick. I'm not too into grim and modern so Mistborn will wait for now. Thanks for the recs!
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CapnAndy posted:Oooh, ooh! It's always a good time to start! I would like to mildly dispute Mistborn being "grim." Not that I disagree with that assessment so much as I feel it's....tempered as you continue. I will forever remember first starting The Final Empire and being like "wow, this makes Westeros look like Heaven." And yeah, a lot of horrible and ugly things happen - mostly in TFE if I'm being honest. But Sanderson pulls back where Martin keeps going. That's a high compliment in my estimation. The setting is Hellish to be sure but the characters in it actually have triumphs and hope. Even just confining things to TFE, there's never a point where you are swallowed up by the gloom and hopelessness. The tone is, in spite of the gruesome facts of the setting, always positive. I know you didn't use the term "grimdark" but even just summarizing Mistborn as "grim" is....I dunno. I mean, I don't think Way of Kings is any less hellish for Kaladin than TFE was for Vin. They start in equally nightmarish situations.
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I'd agree with that assessment. TFE starts in a hell pit, and there's frequent reversals, but the overall arc of the story trends towards justice (to abuse the words of MLK) GRRM starts in hell and then sees how deep the hole can go. It's spiritually wearying in a way Mistborn is not
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The world building is oppressive, but actual lovely things happening to real people is largely off screen, yea.
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That's good to hear. I have enough grim things happening to people in real life already.
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If I had to place the two series into "traditional high fantasy" and "something more grim and modern" I'd say Mistborn is the former and Stormlight is the latter, although neither of them are GRRM levels of grim or even Joe Abercrombie levels of grim
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Jose Valasquez posted:If I had to place the two series into "traditional high fantasy" and "something more grim and modern" I'd say Mistborn is the former and Stormlight is the latter, although neither of them are GRRM levels of grim or even Joe Abercrombie levels of grim I don't think I've ever heard the name Joe Abercrombie, although I vaguely think I've heard of "The First Law" before... Would you recommend it? Wiki makes it sound kinda interesting.
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NikkolasKing posted:I don't think I've ever heard the name Joe Abercrombie, although I vaguely think I've heard of "The First Law" before... I really like his stuff, he's got very interesting characters but his books can also get very brutal and violent. If descriptions of gory battles are a huge turn off I'd skip them, but otherwise I recommend them.
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Joe is tied with Sanderson as my favorite author, and if you made me choose I would pick Abercrombie. He is marketed as super grimdark(@lordgrimdark is his Twitter), and it definitely tends towards the dark side (one of the main POVs of the first trilogy is a torturer) however, I find his books oddly hopeful. Characters are often at the whims of greater powers, over which they have little to no influence, and it makes for fascinating observations about how societal and physical differences can affect one's outlook on the world. His characters often have frequent mantras and catchphrases that stick with you. Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself posted:“Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it.” If you decide to begin The First Law, definitely get the audiobooks. Stephen Pacey's narration and character work is masterful and add a lot to the experience, for example in later books you will recognize characters by the voice he uses before they are named. LASER BEAM DREAM fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Mar 15, 2022 |
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NikkolasKing posted:I don't think I've ever heard the name Joe Abercrombie, although I vaguely think I've heard of "The First Law" before... First Law is... ok. Most major reveals are extremely telegraphed but the writing itself is well done even if the story itself is pretty much grimdark whatever.
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Brandon, please. You can’t just casually reference Your Name and Final Fantasy X as story inspirations for a book and pretend like it’s no big deal.
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Mordiceius posted:Brandon, please. You can’t just casually reference Your Name and Final Fantasy X as story inspirations for a book and pretend like it’s no big deal. Wait, please tell me what this is a reference to? Where did he do this?
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Finally finished Rhythm of War yesterday and GOD drat, so good. That ending teaser is going to make the wait for book 5 really, really tough. From here, I'm starting Mistborn 4 but I feel like I should be reading something before I start it. Think I've read most of the cosmere books first but are there any novellas or major books outside the main books (Elantris, Warbreaker, Stormlight, Mistborn, etc.) that I should read first?
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NikkolasKing posted:Wait, please tell me what this is a reference to? Where did he do this? Its from this video he just put out, Secret Project 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFGDcvtRdz0
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Louisgod posted:Finally finished Rhythm of War yesterday and GOD drat, so good. That ending teaser is going to make the wait for book 5 really, really tough. From here, I'm starting Mistborn 4 but I feel like I should be reading something before I start it. Think I've read most of the cosmere books first but are there any novellas or major books outside the main books (Elantris, Warbreaker, Stormlight, Mistborn, etc.) that I should read first? Have you read The Emperor's Soul? Great little read.
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External Organs posted:Have you read The Emperor's Soul? Great little read. Yup! It was a super fun read and one that really sits with you. I'm pretty sure I'm all caught up on the primary cosmere books but I feel like I'm overlooking something.
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I'm reading Elantris right now as I finish up the existing Cosmere stuff before the secret projects are released. Man, the first couple chapters are way darker than I expected from Sanderson
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Out of the three books so far, I’m most excited for Book 3. It’s extremely my poo poo.
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Mordiceius posted:Brandon, please. You can’t just casually reference Your Name and Final Fantasy X as story inspirations for a book and pretend like it’s no big deal. a book all about blitzball
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Why not Blurnsball?
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Dawnshard and secret history, though some say there's spoilers for mistborn 6 in secret history, I think they're really minor and going in having read secret history is better, unless you intend to read all of mistborn, then secret history, then all of mistborn again.
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Brutor Fartknocker posted:Dawnshard and secret history, though some say there's spoilers for mistborn 6 in secret history, I think they're really minor and going in having read secret history is better, unless you intend to read all of mistborn, then secret history, then all of mistborn again. I think reading Secret History before Mistborn 6 would completely spoil the ending reveal though, right? Not sure what you'd gain
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