ROSHtafARian Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Hey, does anyone know anything about this one? It's Brandon's story in the upcoming DANGEROUS WOMEN anthology edited by George R. R. Martin, who just announced on his blog that they'd just delivered the completed anthology to the editors at Tor, though there's no official publication date yet. I'd seen this title on Brandon's list of upcoming projects, but what was new to me was how long it would be....GRRM said on his blog: For those who like to lose themselves in long stories, the Brandon Sanderson story, the Diana Gabaldon story, the Caroline Spector story, and my "Princess and Queen" are novellas. Huge mothers. So a new Brandon novella, likely sometime this year....do we have any idea what world its set on? One we've already seen, or a new Shardworld? I'm assuming its going to be a Cosmere story.
Windrunner he/him Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Yep, this was announced months ago. It is in the cosmere and is set on a relatively unimportant planet there. Hoid does not make an appearance.
Chaos he/him Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 So a new Brandon novella, likely sometime this year....do we have any idea what world its set on? One we've already seen, or a new Shardworld? I'm assuming its going to be a Cosmere story. Usually I'd say it's dangerous to assume that a new novella or short story is cosmere, as statistically speaking almost all of Brandon's short fiction is not cosmere, but indeed Windrunner speaks true, Shadows for Silence is cosmere. I'm very, very excited to see it in print.
SOM1else he/him Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Will there be any new shards introduced in this?
Chaos he/him Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Will there be any new shards introduced in this? Considering Brandon said it was a minor Shardworld (without even a Hoid appearance), I'd say it isn't one of the ten core Shardworlds. You should temper your excitement about Shardic developments.
Popular Post PeterAhlstrom he/him Posted January 25, 2013 Popular Post Posted January 25, 2013 Hoid does not make an appearance. I know Brandon said that but I read it again this week and I am not convinced. 17
Chaos he/him Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 I know Brandon said that but I read it again this week and I am not convinced. :)/> ...Dangit, Peter. You troll you.
Lightflame he/him Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 Maybe Hoid's evil twin Dioh will appear instead? 4
Djando Je he/him Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Has there up to this point been a cosmere book or story where Hoid does not appear?
Windrunner he/him Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Hoid did not directly appear in The Emperor's Soul. He was the Imperial Fool who betrayed Shai. He was in the old prologue, which Mary got Brandon to cut from the book.
Phantom Monstrosity Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Has there up to this point been a cosmere book or story where Hoid does not appear? The Hope of Elantris, I think.
MasterGhandalf Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 So, has anyone heard anything else about this one? I must confess it's grabbing my attention at the moment, at least in part because it looks like it'll be released at exactly the right time to tide me over to Words of Radiance (which Amazon currently has set for Jan 2014). I'm assuming that "novella" means it'll be roughly comparable to Emperor's Soul in length, and the name of the anthology makes me assume that the main character will be female, but has anyone heard any plot/character/magic details yet? The coppermind doesn't have much more than what's already in this thread.
PeterAhlstrom he/him Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 It's more the length of Legion, 18,000 words. And the main character is a woman, with a number of other dangerous women as well. If Hoid does appear, it's an even more minor cameo than in Alloy of Law, so don't get excited about that aspect. I like the story itself. 4
Phantom Monstrosity Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 It's more the length of Legion, 18,000 words. And the main character is a woman, with a number of other dangerous women as well. If Hoid does appear, it's an even more minor cameo than in Alloy of Law, so don't get excited about that aspect. I like the story itself. Brandon just scribbled 'and Hoid was there too' at the end, didn't he? 2
MasterGhandalf Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 It's more the length of Legion, 18,000 words. And the main character is a woman, with a number of other dangerous women as well. If Hoid does appear, it's an even more minor cameo than in Alloy of Law, so don't get excited about that aspect. I like the story itself. About how many words was Emperor's Soul, for reference?
Argent he/him Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 TOR just released a preview of this - you can find it at http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/dangerous-women-brandon-sanderson-excerpt Other than the (unsurprising) fact that Brandon can create a captivating and interesting world in just a couple of pages, there are only two things of note in the little excerpt: "God Beyond!" is used as the default exclamation (i.e. equivalent to "Oh my god!" in our silly non-Cosmere world). This could hint at something, such as a Shard that (who?) used to be the god of this world and then left, one way or another. No evidence for this whatsoever, just hypothesizing. “They say he shook hands with the Evil itself, that he visited the Fallen World and came back with strange powers. He can kindle fire on even the deepest of nights, and no shade will dare come for his soul. Yes, the White Fox."Again, we don't know whether anything here refers to out-of-world Cosmere or some local affairs, but it's interesting to note. Of course we'll have to wait until December...
Iredomi Posted November 25, 2013 Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) Guess what I just bought for $50... Yes you guessed it Dangerous Woman anthology. Half way through SfSitFoH and it's so good... hopefully better than eating poor student budget blowing for 50 pages of Sanderson awesomeness. Edited November 25, 2013 by Iredomi 2
firstRainbowRose she/her Posted November 25, 2013 Posted November 25, 2013 Wait, it's out? Hm... *looks at budget*
bartbug he/him Posted November 25, 2013 Posted November 25, 2013 Wait... Amazon says december 3rd. Wut?
Iredomi Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) Yeah I thought so too...but there it was sitting on the shelf screaming at me to buy it and now... I'm savouring every word , hopefully it's cheaper for you guys though. Only interested in Martin and a few others in the anthology. Edit: Okay well I've finished it now and it was pretty good if somewhat predictable but that happens if you stretch forty or so pages over three days. Wish there was a lot more, the world and characters were so interesting. It seems to be pretty readily available here in New Zealand maybe the British publisher or whoever published it here released it early for some reason .... has anyone else gotten a hold of it? Edited November 29, 2013 by Ookla the Iredomitable
Argent he/him Posted December 9, 2013 Posted December 9, 2013 Non-US publishers sometimes release things early. And at different prices. I got my copy from Barnes & Noble on Dec 3 for about $25
Concept Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 So, I just got to read the story now, and I just wondered about the last bit, there are Daggon and Earnest sitting and drinking at the end and talking and then there's this bit: Quote Nearby, a greasy-looking fellow rose from his meal and shuffled out of the front door, looking half drunk already, though it was only noon. Am I supposed to know who this is? Is that just some kind of atmosphere-building-sentence without meaning? Because if it's the latter, it seems somehow ... absolutely irrelevant for the whole scene?
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