All things Brandon Sanderson
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Ritley
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Eh, seems similar to what he has done so far. One character gets the flashbacks to fill out their backstory in each book. First was kaladin, second was shallan, looks like this one will be dalinar.
Cad
scientia potentia est
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Lots of Dalinar flashbacks of him in Shardplate fucking shit up will not be bad. He's kind of a badass.
I might have interpreted it wrong but with everyone and their dog being a Knights Radiant by the end of the second book, the power of Kaladin and those with plate/blade seems greatly diminished and thats too bad. It was a cool concept to have basically these invincible guys out wrecking shit on the battlefield.
I might have interpreted it wrong but with everyone and their dog being a Knights Radiant by the end of the second book, the power of Kaladin and those with plate/blade seems greatly diminished and thats too bad. It was a cool concept to have basically these invincible guys out wrecking shit on the battlefield.
Needless
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I'm pretty fucking curious what boon he got that caused him to completely forget his wife for one, which will be explained in that book.
Dalinar's pov was supposed to be book 4 i think too? I was really looking forward to the original idea of Szeth being book 3. Szeth is such a badass!
Dalinar's pov was supposed to be book 4 i think too? I was really looking forward to the original idea of Szeth being book 3. Szeth is such a badass!
Nebuchadnezzar
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Didn't Sanderson say something a few years back that freaked people out, about us maybe getting flashbacks from dead characters or the like? Would guess he decided he'd rather give us Dalinar in book 3 before he kills him and save Szeth for book 4.
Valderen
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Well, I just finished Words of Radiance.
Too much Shallan, especially the flashback which I thought were boring as hell, and so predictable. The contemporary part of the story were passable.
The rest though was pretty awesome. I really enjoy the setting and I'm looking forward to the next one.
Too much Shallan, especially the flashback which I thought were boring as hell, and so predictable. The contemporary part of the story were passable.
The rest though was pretty awesome. I really enjoy the setting and I'm looking forward to the next one.
Just read publication order. It really doesn't matter, all the series are independent of each other so just read through them. You may pick up on the links through all the different stories, but you might not. Once you're done just read a wiki or a fansite and they'll dot all the lines for you and you can go "oh yeah..." then you know what to look out for when the new books come out.
Sludig
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Just read my first Sanderson by accident. Gf got it at airport and hatred it. The rirhmatist? Kinda high school reading level but was still enjoyable. Definitely see the Mormon angle. While I didn't mind no cursing innocence, it still has gore. But was getting impatient fit the main character and the girl to get it on already. Don't even make out jeesus.
Aside from the fantasy books are there worthwhile sci Fi? I loved the rithmatists followable chalk system that made sense. Id love to see a sci Fi equivalent quality. But I'm Leary of another poster taking about protagonists going ask dbz/too powerful.
Aside from the fantasy books are there worthwhile sci Fi? I loved the rithmatists followable chalk system that made sense. Id love to see a sci Fi equivalent quality. But I'm Leary of another poster taking about protagonists going ask dbz/too powerful.
Intrinsic
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Perfect State is probably the closest to Sci Fi and even that is stretching it. There is supposed to be a follow up to Rithmatist coming out next year. Legion isn't fantasy so may be of some interest. And then he has the Superhero genre in Reckoners. So you certainly have options if Fantasy isn't your bag, all are pretty enjoyable. I will say that if you were interested in the 'magic' behind the Rithmatist, his magic systems being unique and detailed are kind of a big thing with his writing. The Alloy system in Mistborn or the ... Shit drawing a blank sitting here at lunch.
Phayd
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Sanderson has a new novella out. It was part of a collection previously. It's called Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell for .99 at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U9T2QVI?tag=brandsande-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U9T2QVI?tag=brandsande-20
