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Jedidiah

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  1. I'm nearly done with The Wise Man's Fear. Both books are easily two of the finest fantasy novels I've read. Often, I forget that I'm reading a book, and I think that I'm in Kote's inn listening to the story directly from him. It's a really different style than Brandon's works, which I'm happy about. I found it more akin to LoTR and Earthsea, personally.
  2. I just finished both books for the first time. I really enjoyed them, though I thought Crimson Campaign was the far superior of the two. I can't wait for the next book...
  3. The first three Song of Ice and Fire books were phenomenal, and the last half of Dance with Dragons was great, but yes--the 4th and 5th book, overall, were a drag. I read the Earthsea novels (Ursula Le Guin) last month, and I really enjoyed those. They're considered fantasy classics, I suppose, so they're worth the read.
  4. Ok, that's more of what I thought until I saw Jezrien equated with the Stormfather on the Coppermind Wiki when I looked up the Stormfather. It seemed to me that the Stormfather is to Honor what (maybe) the Nightwatcher is to Cultivation--although we'll just have to read on for those answers, I suppose. And, unless someone else knows something I don't (which plenty here do), I don't think there's any reason to believe that Cultivation is dead or splintered. Thanks!
  5. I'm sure some of you could easily answer this: I understand that the Stormfather is Jezrien, but how does that make him a sliver of Honor? It seemed that in Dalinar's final visions in WoR, the Stormfather revealed that he was a sliver of Honor. Does that mean that the Heralds were slivers, and that was their connection to Honor, or did I misread something? Thanks!
  6. It'll probably be just my luck that Unhallowed Stones is published right around the time when The Winds of Winter is published, and I'll have to make the most difficult choice of my life.... haha
  7. The entire book was incredible. The scene where Syl "claimed" Kaladin while he said the words was one of the most epic scenes in any book I've ever read. I could hear the music swell (my internal soundtrack to the book, sorry), I got chills, I laughed, I cried, it was great.
  8. Here I go again....finish a Cosmere book and head straight to this site for some extra answers I thought the inclusion of Nightblood was a phenomenal surprise; I'm looking forward to seeing how this plays out in the next book....Doesn't this seem like the most obvious connection between books so far? Up until now, the connections between books have mainly been a few disguised characters and name-dropping, but this was BIG and incredibly obvious to anyone who has read Warbreaker!!
  9. I'm about 300 pp. into the book right now..... It really is fantastic, and even better-written than TWoK so far. I'm excited for the "ending" you' were so stoked about!!!!
  10. I've been looking forward to Dangerous Women. Martin and Sanderson are (currently) my two favorite authors, and it's great that they will be publishing novellas in their respective Westeros and Cosmere universes!
  11. I'm rereading The Way of Kings after finishing all of the Cosmere novels. There's so many hints I didn't catch the first time through...

  12. Thanks a lot, Mistress of Bedlam!
  13. Eddard's sense of virtue prevented him from treating Theon like a hostage since the Greyjoys and Starks shared an alliance in the North. He couldn't have known that the Greyjoys were plotting a hostile takeover of Rob's land (in later books), and he wouldn't blame Theon for "the sins of the father", I suppose. The Lannisters were always incredibly corrupt and seemingly opportunists, so it's no surprise to me that Eddard did not trust them--especially since Jaime was more or less a traitor to the crown (Aerys Targaryen). His sense of honor is somewhat Kantian in that it is rooted in duty, not a Divine or purely objective morality, so I would think that he would consider it to be his duty to confront the situation in Kings Landing despite the consequences. Remember, this is the guy (I'm theorizing here) who took in his sister's son (Jon Targaryen, heir to the throne) and feigned infidelity to Catelyn in order to accomplish his duty of defending his family and the crown. I don't think he's stupid, he just values duty above all other things--even when the dutiful option may seem foolish. That's how I see it, anyway.
  14. 1. How do you know that the Shard in Nalthis is Endowment? I assume this was revealed at a convention or q&a panel? 2. Is it possible that Vo was the original holder of Endowment? I know it would seem more likely that Austre was the first holder, but wouldn't the original holder benefit from the Shard's power (hence, be the first Returned)? Vasher obviously had different names throughout history, so could Austre and Vo be the same person? This is more of a question for Cosmere experts rather than a promulgation of a new theory...
  15. The Children of Hurin is fantastic, and reads more like LoTR than The Silmarillion does. It also incorporates many elements of Greek tragedy, while LoTR is heavily Norse and English.
  16. Thanks for the replies. I didn't mean to use certain terms like "worldhopping" or "worldjumping" etc. dogmatically, just to describe the phenomena of transport between different realms. Thanks for all the info
  17. Thank you much!! Elantris was my first exposure to Mr. Sanderson's work, and I liked it enough to try out the Mistborn Trilogy--which was one of the best series I've ever read. The only Cosmere novel I haven't read now is Warbreaker... Enjoy the books, and by the way, Cur Deus Homo, by St. Anselm, is fantastic, as well.
  18. I'm a Roman Catholic seminarian (philosophy + classics double-major), and have most of the same philosophical interests (mainly Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Anselm). I haven't studied nearly enough Kierkegaard, unfortunately, and Kreeft is fantastic!! I think I enjoy Sanderson's work so much because of their potential metaphysical implications (Cognitive, Spiritual, and Physical), and the dialogues about morality--especially in The Way of Kings--are quite interesting. God bless with everything!
  19. Lovecraft is fantastic, and he also created his own universe in which his stories take place although the stories are unconnected in regards to characters and plots. He's my favorite horror writer besides Poe, for sure, and his work is not sexually explicit at all.
  20. I just got into the relatively new band, Rival Sons. They're a Zeppelin-esque blues-rock band...
  21. Dude, for sure--as long as you include the Prelude. I can imagine Prelude playing when he escapes Hathsin and looks out over the red landscape and ash... Resistance would be a good one, as well--since it's so orchestral.
  22. It seems (to me, at least) that inter-realm travel would have to be a bit more complicated than space-travel, even if allomantical powers were being used as an aid. Unless guys like Hoid and the 17th Shard members are more akin to godlike beings, simple space-travel wouldn't explain their ability to travel to different planets at different time periods, unless I'm missing something major here... But, if Shadesmar were something like Plato's Realm of Forms, which is a reality which transcends the material universe (being Cognitive), it would also transcend the bounds of Time and thus account for inter-temporal travel...
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