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  1. I can totally see this! Would be super awesome. I wonder if the oathgates are currently part of the city, or at the base of the City. Either way, I look forward to else calling ships. never considered that before.
  2. Man, I loved this book. It's more cerebral than the others, and I love the feeling of a quest. It also evoked a ton of other feelings from stories that worked really well for me here. This book is one part Peter pan, one part Alice in Wonderland, another part Wizard of Oz, and one part Neverending story, it also has a big Labyrinth feel to it (David Bowie even got a lampshade reference). Magical girl on quests tropes, but continuously fresh in the execution. I was really impressed that Brandon was able to deliver a story that had low physical stakes, but higher emotional ones. In some respects there is a meta commentary on this with her reflecting on the trashy romance novel. The conflict she feels in wanting to stay is so real, and the decision without guilt was powerful. I also love that we get a story that starts out "too contrived" with spears feeling suspicious, and then luring us into a twist that is both brilliant and beautiful, but not conniving or malicious. I also love these books because Spensa is very similar to Kaladin in some of the motivation and struggles, but she gets a happier journey. I like how she bonds with each new group she meets. And the constant weaponization of empathy is a really fun and moving device as she grows and seeks hard solutions. One last thought. It's been years since I read the enders game books, especially the adult Ender books. But as this series goes on, I find it to be a spiritual successor in many ways. The ultimate weapon is the empathy of the protagonist. The exploration of alien beings different yet similar to us. And the movement of AI towards their own kind of sapience and embodiment. I suspect the series will end with mbot having a similar experience to Jane. Honestly I see this series as an evolution of the sandbox OSC was making, similar to how Brandon has made an evolved sandbox in the fantasy genre. Hats off to him yet again. The GOAT is knocking stories out of the park in different genres. I'm looking forward to the next novela, and hopefully Defiant soon. P.s. what the hell happened to Cobb?
  3. Okay so this just crossed my mind and I'd like a second opinion. Lift has a unique ability to touch Spren in the physical realm. Can she control this? Because she walks into the cloud made by the Thrill to give Dalinar the perfect gem. If that cloud is the physical form of the Thrill, wouldn't she bump into it as opposed to pass through it? Or does her unique powers let her walk into it but be unaffected? Just curious, maybe a WoB exists for this already?
  4. AHHHHHHH!!!! Holy crem... I never expected to be so attached to Elhokar. And I am so worried for Kal. And I called Vivenna which immediately messed up my hopes for Azure and Kal to become a thing... And Agolin's blade is scary in Shadesmar... I can't contain all these feels.
  5. Time to stop lurking I guess. This whole section was fantastic! I loved how we see lots of moments from Bridge 4 and how other people see Kal. Odium had me saying lots of bad words when he appeared. This section has been completely different from anything else Brandon has written. Rather than slowly moving towards more secrets we are getting tons of impactful revelations in quick succession. Has me worried for what happens next. Finally, after having listened to the first two books from the the Graphic Audio version, I've found that my voice for each character has changed to match the recording. Now I'm very excited to hear this book as well.
  6. I am excited by this. Best of luck to all those participating.
  7. Anyone else catch that he said Dragonsteel was in a different universe. This suggests to me that it pre-dates the Cosmere. interesting!
  8. I would love this. Thanks for all the work you put into this josh. You make us super fans pale in comparison to your ultra fandom. I'm consistently a little jealous.
  9. Peter's brother in law taught my Eng 101 class.
  10. Yeah, the hardback is too pretty to deface. The staff is Rubix (Josh), firstRainbowRose (Mi'chelle), Shivertongue (Will), Ryan, and I. [Note to Josh, has Chris even registered here yet? What a slacker ] Our getting of ARCs is independent of being on the staff of this site. No i know, I just want to know how one persues staffdom.
  11. Nightfire107

    Mistings

    Could you share how they work or is that need to know? I would like to be a coinshot but i would also use hemulurgy to create a lurcher. (not actually but we are talking theoretical) the bright side is that no crazy ruin voices just sazed condeming you for using hemelurgy.
  12. I'll start by saying that I love Fillion and the firefly cast. That being said, I do not see many of them being good castings (? not the correct term) especially not fillion. When i first read the books i saw Chrisian Bale as Kel, this has changed. Now i t am unsure who is a good choice. I do think that Dr. Tam from firefly could be a good TLR. but thats just my opinion.
  13. i think you're on to something. check my post on general theorys to see if there is correlating ideas.
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