doomdude1234 he/him Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Will Brandon answer any questions you ask if you get a book personalized from his website? I want to order the Mistborn hard covers and I was thinking about getting them personalized and asking a few questions.
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 He has done it for me twice on the two orders I placed. Doesn't necessarily mean he'll continue to do that, his prerogative, but he's usually good to us needy fans! I don't know if he'll answer "any question", and the answer may be "RAFO"... I asked one question and the answer was "No, sorry."
Bloodfalcon he/him Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 From what I've seen, he'll typically answer questions that A) don't give away too much Allow him to be vague but intriguing C) ask about a specific person/place/thing. I think I remember him saying once that he doesn't like to answer the really general questions.
Titan Arum Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 I'm glad that he seems to answer questions in personalized books: I just ordered Warbreaker today and asked a question that may help lead us to who the Worldhopper is on Nalthis, assuming my theory is correct. Depending upon his potential answer, I may publish my theory on the 17th Shard!
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 I'm glad that he seems to answer questions in personalized books: I just ordered Warbreaker today and asked a question that may help lead us to who the Worldhopper is on Nalthis, assuming my theory is correct. Depending upon his potential answer, I may publish my theory on the 17th Shard! Publish your theory anyway! Then when the answer comes it could prove you right, tear you down, or just provide ambiguous fun fodder for the debates
Titan Arum Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 Publish your theory anyway! Then when the answer comes it could prove you right, tear you down, or just provide ambiguous fun fodder for the debates Hahaha. I should, but I want to make sure it's well researched; currently I don't have a copy of Warbreaker (I used a library book to read it back in September), and given my personality, I need to document my reasoning by quoting the source, etc. Maybe, while I'm waiting for my copy from Brandon, I'll get one of the library copies again...
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 You can get the pdf free at Brandon's website! http://brandonsanderson.com/books/warbreaker/warbreaker/warbreaker-rights-and-downloads/#versions 2
Asperity he/him Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 As others stated ITT, you may get an RAFO or a short answer. I ordered a copy of AoL and asked something about the Southern Scadralans, and received an adequate answer. Be careful with what you wish to ask as the field given for personalized questions in your book order is somewhat small.
WeiryWriter he/him Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 As others stated ITT, you may get an RAFO or a short answer. I ordered a copy of AoL and asked something about the Southern Scadralans, and received an adequate answer. Be careful with what you wish to ask as the field given for personalized questions in your book order is somewhat small. Did you post about that? I don't recall it, and I'm fairly interested!
FeatherWriter she/her Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 One thing to note: Brandon won't answer vague "tell me something new about the Cosmere" questions anymore, since he used to get a lot of them. The two times that I've gotten books personalized by Brandon, once through the online store, once in person, I asked if he could tell me anything about Renarin (big surprise) and he was able to give me some cool tidbits both times! Try to ask for something specific, or about a certain topic, and you're more likely to get a response!
Guest Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 I'd love to get a personalized book How do I proceed and must the question be related to the book I order? I already own SA, but there are still Brandon's books I haven't read yet... Of course, I would rather ask a question about SA... How specific must the question be if I am to have any hopes he'll answer?
WeiryWriter he/him Posted November 12, 2014 Posted November 12, 2014 I'd love to get a personalized book How do I proceed and must the question be related to the book I order? I already own SA, but there are still Brandon's books I haven't read yet... Of course, I would rather ask a question about SA... How specific must the question be if I am to have any hopes he'll answer? http://store.brandonsanderson.com/signed-books/ The question doesn't have to be about the book in question (I generally do that but IIRC Feather asked about Renarin in her TES for example) How specific is a hard question to answer, but I would err on the side of more specific. I've gotten two books, the first I asked whether the magic fish of the Purelake had symbiotic spren bonds and the second I asked what abilities a Cognitive shadow would have on Roshar. The first got a definitive yes, while the second got a vague "they can have to many effects to say".
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