Why settle for silver, Brandon?

[Fedcomic]

Apparently, Oathbringer might be the second longest fantasy novel ever written. But why settle for second place, Brandon?  We all know you can do better.  Go for the gold!  #longestever!!!

 

 

[KnightRadiant]

13 minutes ago, Fedcomic said:

Apparently, Oathbringer might be the second longest fantasy novel ever written. But why settle for second place, Brandon?  We all know you can do better.  Go for the gold!  #longestever!!!

 

 

Knowing Brandon, the next book after Oathbringer probably will take gold.  Why take it early if you can take it with the next one?

[Pagerunner]

You don't understand. He's not writing fiction; he's writing history. He actually needs to visit these places, watch the stories as they happen, and then distribute them to us as if he came up with them himself. But, as we've seen, some places are extremely dangerous. He needs protection, he has to make sure he makes it back alive to Earth, to our Earth. He has recently told us he plans on writing a full novel set on Threnody... but to last long enough to get that much info on Threnody, he'll need to be there a while. So, he's collecting every second-place award he can. For the silver. To fight off the Shades.

It's the same reason he collects swords, to power his Allomancy and Feruchemy.

[Tazren]

Wow. That's ... wow. 

For reference, A Storm of Swords (George RR Martin) is about 414000 words. A Memory of Light in Wheel of Time was about 353000 words. 

[Fedcomic]

Dave Butler pointed out on Twitter that all of us are forgetting about Henry Darger, whose posthumously discovered novel ran to 15,000 typewritten manuscript pages.  

Now, that's a doorstopper.

[Jofwu]

32 minutes ago, Fedcomic said:

Dave Butler pointed out on Twitter that all of us are forgetting about Henry Darger, whose posthumously discovered novel ran to 15,000 typewritten manuscript pages.  

Now, that's a doorstopper.

How utterly bizzare... From this page:

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Darger created nearly 300 watercolor and collage paintings, bound into three huge volumes, to illustrate his epic materpiece, The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What Is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion, a tale about a world torn apart by war. Darger began to work on In the Realms of the Unreal (as it is commonly called) when he was about 19 years old. When it was completed, after decades of work, the typewritten manuscript was 15,145 pages long and comprised 13 volumes. In the Realms of the Unreal is the tale of seven little girls—the Vivian Girls—who set out to rescue abducted children who have been enslaved by the adult Glandelinians. The heroes in this tale are always the children, the villains typically adults. The story of war and peace, of good versus evil, loosely parallels many of the events of the American Civil War. Darger was a Civil War enthusiast, and he chronicled the flags, maps, and officers in separate journals. In his version of the conflict, the enslaved people are white children who usually appear unclothed—Darger poignantly captured the powerlessness of any enslaved peoples by depicting them as young, innocent, and naked. The nakedness of the children also exposes their mixed gender, which is a compelling aspect of the artist's imagery, open to many interpretations. Throughout the tale, one confronts much death and destruction, and, as is often the case in the world of fiction, good usually triumphs over evil—but not without challenges along the way. In the Realms of the Unreal, however, has two endings: in one, concuding a series of harrowing trials and complex adventures, the heroic Vivian Girls emerge triumphant, while in the other, they are defeated by the evil Glandelinians. The fantastic watercolors accompanying the narrative, which are executed in lyrical seductive hues and measure up to 12 feet in width, are among the works by Darger that are most celebrated today.

Note that "mixed gender" is a less weird way to say "prepubescent girls with penises". The artwork seems to be 50/50 on whether the children are clothed or not. Also 50/50 on happy children in happy settings versus children being violently attacked by adults.

Edited February 16, 2017 by jofwu

[Radiant Returned]

Not to burst any bubbles, and I don't have the actual link (darn it), but I wrote down when he did his Reddit update #4 post when he finished Draft 1 of Oathbringer that it was standing at 461,233 words, pending edits that should trim it a tad bit. So, definitely insanely long, longer than any books I've ever read (ASOIAF #5 A Dance with Dragons came out at 422K), but it won't be in the range of 2nd place all time. Can't wait to buy this tome of a book though.

[C. M. Hayden]

Eventually Brandon will write a novel that's a perfect cube. :3

(As said by Brandon Mull)

[Farnsworth]

@Pagerunner

How did he write Sixth of the Dusk then? That takes place in the far future. Maybe Sanderson can enter  the spiritual realm where time doesn't exist. That means that he has a powerful spiritual aspect. So..

SANDERSON IS HOID!

Edited March 2, 2017 by Figberts