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I believe Sanderson said that Stormlight Archive will be broken up into two 5-book series. Maybe there will be some time pass on Roshar in between those.
He is supposed to be working on the a new Mistborn trilogy in between those 5-book series.
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Yeah, from what i have read, it's actually going to be two 5 book series. Some of the characters from the first series will be in the second, but not sure if they are going to be main or supporting.
Aww, man i must have missed the planned time skip. Im not too keen on that idea. I mean there certainly is (was) plenty of time to flesh out the story with the main characters he has. iirc there are close to 100 forms that the parshman can know. I think the fused with their surge abilities are the tip of that iceberg.
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I guess it depends how much time passes. A few years or even decades doesn't mean new characters, but it might be a vital gap in the story to allow more freedom for Sanderson to introduce new technology or societal developments which wouldn't work over the usual scale of a matter of months.
It seems like this series also ties in heavily to warbreaker at the very least and I wouldn't be surprised if more of them come together.
It seems like this series also ties in heavily to warbreaker at the very least and I wouldn't be surprised if more of them come together.
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Decided to try audible for the first time with oathbringer, not sure I like it, maybe it is the guy reading it, or the dialog is shit, but every time he does someone talking I cringe, only 4 chapters in, I'll give it a few more but may have to go back to just reading
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Finally finished last night, and not sure how I feel about it overall.....
Wasn't enamored with the first 75% of the book - didn't dislike it by any means, but wasn't a page turner either. I went into this book expecting (probably my fault) this to be Sandersons "Storm of Swords", and while the last 25% was good (the battle was GREAT), the first 1800 pages felt like complete filler to me. A good book, and definitely better than most in this genre but after the WoK I expected more. He's still several tiers below the fat man in Westeros as a writer and I'm not sure that will ever change. What he lacks in ability though he makes up for in sheer volume and pace and that's a trade off I'll make every day of the week. Looking forward to the next book now, I just hope he dives into the meat of story immediately and doesn't meander around too much
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Wasn't enamored with the first 75% of the book - didn't dislike it by any means, but wasn't a page turner either. I went into this book expecting (probably my fault) this to be Sandersons "Storm of Swords", and while the last 25% was good (the battle was GREAT), the first 1800 pages felt like complete filler to me. A good book, and definitely better than most in this genre but after the WoK I expected more. He's still several tiers below the fat man in Westeros as a writer and I'm not sure that will ever change. What he lacks in ability though he makes up for in sheer volume and pace and that's a trade off I'll make every day of the week. Looking forward to the next book now, I just hope he dives into the meat of story immediately and doesn't meander around too much
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I'm really glad he ended the utterly stupid love triangle and think he went in the right direction. I was prepared for him to shoehorn Kaladin/Shallan together and pleased he didn't. I also don't love the turn he's taking with Moash, because his eventual reformation and turn to the light side seems obvious. Hopefully I'm wrong. Kaladin wasn't featured as much as I'd like, and seems to be sort of stagnating as a character. I did like the Szeth stuff quite a bit, and enjoyed what little time Jasnah received. Dalinar, his power scale is totally screwed up and I'll be very interested to see how he tempers that power going forward, and finally, Renarin - I actually really liked that one of the unmade is on the fence and potentially turning to the side of the radiants through him particularly.
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I really hope Sanderson doesn't go down that road of redeeming Moash. Just let Kaladin put a spear through him and end it. He is beyond redemption imo.
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I agree, it would shock but please me if this is EXACTLY what happens on the first page of the next book but I'm not sure he has it in him to do that. Would be awesome to see him vs. Kal or vs Szeth and have it over quickly.
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Personally I think Moash will be the anti-Kaladin. He's getting popular with Odium & Co. and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets powers and ends up being Odium's champion, with Kaladin acting as a champion for Dalinar. And Kaladin's last vow will be recognizing that he can't save Moash or that he needs to kill Moash to "save" him or something like that.
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Ah fuck, the blade Moash used is the solution to killing Fused so they can't come back.
God damnit, he's going to get redeemed.
Edit: Either that or the dagger is going to be used ala Mistborn to give powers like spikes. First thought more likely imo.
Edit: Or I guess both really
God damnit, he's going to get redeemed.
Edit: Either that or the dagger is going to be used ala Mistborn to give powers like spikes. First thought more likely imo.
Edit: Or I guess both really
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I tried audible for TWoK after already reading it, i couldn't do it either. I got a refund immediately and cancelled the account lol
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Hard to say. Since we know now that he for a fact has been directly exposed to Cultivation's Perpendicularity (the pool is at the Horneater Peaks), it's entirely possible he was "blessed" with several abilities we don't know much about due to that exposure. He can see spren that don't want to be seen, so heavily increased physical strength is on the menu for sure. If the Nightwatcher can bestow abilities such as "swing a sword and never tire", I don't see how raising one's strength to startling levels isn't impossible.