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Yeah that's what I'm saying. If going into Shadesmar is all in your head (and time runs differently or something), to the third party viewer, it could look like things just instantly changed. However, we just don't know if the Soulcaster has to bargain every time, or only sometimes, and when those times are (unless Brandon has already explained it all at a convention, that is).
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I think moving back and forth between Shadesmar (which can be viewed as teleporting) isn't the same thing as Jasnah's Elsecalling ability (which we haven't actually seen in use yet). At the end of WoR when Jasnah suddenly appears in front of Hoid, that could be her coming back from Shadesmar (just like Shallan can and has done) or using her Elsecaller abilities. I don't think we know which one it was. I interpreted Hoid's comment as talking about her wandering around Shadesmar, which could be a use of either surge. syphon fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Apr 10, 2014 |
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Apr 10, 2014 19:57
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I also enjoy his humor, and hope he doesn't change. (although something about the fake swear words does bug me a little bit.. but I can get over it pretty easily).
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Apr 12, 2014 19:13
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While I love his books, that's one thing that annoys me about Sanderson. He adds so much back story and lore with his Q&A's that even though I've read all of his books, I often have no idea what the gently caress people are talking about when discussing his universe. Sometimes a minor, unnamed character from his books will have a whole history and abilities that are only revealed through snippets of conversation on the internet.
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Aug 22, 2014 18:16
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So, was Regalia's ability to communicate with Calamity, and urge him to boon powers to new people a new mystery that was left unanswered, or did I just miss something obvious?
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Jan 11, 2015 00:22
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I suppose I'll echo "me too" in saying that i like Kaladin. He's fighting depression. As a former overly-emo teenager, I can relate to him so I empathize with him and enjoy reading about him.
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Mar 6, 2015 23:38
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Feist was solidly my favorite author as a teenager, so I've spent a bit of time thinking about this. He does best when he keeps it small. I think the early Riftwar books (focusing on Pug or Jimmy or Arutha) were good, then a couple of the Serpentwar (focusing on Erik and Roo), then the one that focuses on Tal was good too. It's when he goes nuts delving into the various levels of hell and destroying worlds by slinging moons at them that it gets pretty unbearable. He tends to do what I call a "reverse Deus Ex Macchina". Every bad-guy is the biggest, most powerful being in the known universe. This means that subsequent books have to invent an even bigger and badder entity in order to top it.
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Mar 9, 2015 18:27
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It's one of his best, IMHO. It upholds the "smaller in scope is better" principal, but the co-author (Janny Wurts) really adds something to it as well. I really enjoyed it.
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Mar 10, 2015 01:23
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Xtanstic posted:Good thing my expectations were dampened because that Szeth assassination was kinda dull. Xtanstic posted:In the first part of the book, I really didn't enjoy how Sanderson kept bouncing POVs because all I wanted was to forward Kaladin's story and boy did I not care about Shellan at all.
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Xachariah posted:Totally subjective rating chart by me: Don't get me wrong, I think the Gentleman Bastards (well, the first book really) is the best fantasy I've ever read, but I'd bump it a few notches over on your scale there!
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