Do I Have Time For This?

[justinator1]

I figured I should probably join this here forum finally, been a fan of Brandon since I picked up Elantris in April 2005; been a fan of epic fantasy since I picked up The Sword of Shannara back when I was 11-12 (I refuse to admit how many years ago that was).

 

I used to be super active in different online forums but haven't had much time for them lately, we'll see if I can make time for this one, especially with the newest Stormlight book coming out sometime in the next year.

[Kurkistan he/him]

Welcome to the forums! An admin should be around to spike cookie you shortly!

 

Time commitment is a bit odd for these forums. In my experience, it takes a fair amount of time to become "Cosmere literate", mainly because there's just so many different resources to look at (the Theoryland database, old threads, annotations, the Coppermind, etc.). Such a knowledge base isn't strictly necessary, though: you don't have to pour an encyclopedia into your brain just to start posting. We have some some fairly interesting theory discussions with relatively small knowledge bases, and more "plotty" discussions don't usually tend to involve deep metaphysical knowledge.

 

As far as normal participation goes, once you get as far up to speed as you want to be, we have a fairly small turnover so far as how fast people post. You can easily catch up on a days worth of activity in a few minutes, most of the time.

 

This is all from my (highly skewed) perspective, though, so take it with a grain of salt.

Edited April 17, 2013 by Kurkistan

[Tamzin Ashevai she/her]

Welcome, Justinator!  While I admit that I've wavered between active/inactive here, I'm very much looking forward to WoR as well and, as such, I'm active again.  Also, I read the first eight books in the Shannara series last summer on a colleague's recommendation and I must say, emphatically, that Brandon's writing captivates, intrigues, and delights me far much more.  I hope to get to know you here!