The Invested Beard Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Just found this on io9. It's mostly the same preview we've gotten, but goes on for another couple pages beyond what we've already seen. Enjoy! http://io9.gizmodo.com/one-of-brandon-sandersons-unreleased-fantasy-novels-is-1765541486 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Arum Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 So, after reading just the first sentence of that article I can write off the quality of the journalist. Ravager novels? Umm, is this a secret series that Brandon wrote without telling us?! Maybe the person meant Reckoners? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Invested Beard Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Yeah I think that's what they meant. All of the Gawker sites are not well known for their adherence with reality. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Sharded? Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Giant beasts are never a bad thing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoidhunter he/him Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 sweet...I like the depiction of the sandling... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw he/him Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) White sand seems to fit the comic form well. Edited March 18, 2016 by ThatTinyStrawMan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 "Why don't people come here again?" *sandling attacks* "Oh, right, giant indestructible monsters. I knew it was something." Not off to the best start, this guy. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 The sandling reminds me of the greatshells on Roshar... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagerunner he/him Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Man... these previews are just not getting me hyped. Maybe it's because I'm not usually a comic reader. Maybe it's because these aren't the first pages, so there's some background info (Mastrell, slatrify, Kerla Winds) that I'm missing, since I haven't felt this thrown-off by Brandon's made-up words since I read the Mythwalker excerpts. Maybe there's stuff that will be explained soon, like what exactly Ribbons are or what the difference is in depths of sand (the page in this year's State of the Sanderson said that the area of the test was too shallow for the Kerztians, but now there's a patch of deep sand?). But compared to reading sample chapters of Alloy of Law or Words of Radiance, I am not feeling the same levels of excitement. Although I won't say the Sand Masters are knockoffs of Assassin's Creed like some commenters have been doing (yes, I know this was originally written well before Assassin's Creed came out in 2007, and the similarities are just "Cool guys in white robes with a hood"), the sandling seems like a fairly straight knockoff of Dune's sandworms. (Okay, this one has legs; it's still a huge predator that tracks you through vibrations and lives under the sand.) I know Brandon likes to put his unique spin on fantasy tropes, but there's no unique spin yet. I'm not so turned off by it that I won't buy it. (Let's not get crazy, now.) But I certainly hope it gets better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Although I won't say the Sand Masters are knockoffs of Assassin's Creed like some commenters have been doing (yes, I know this was originally written well before Assassin's Creed came out in 2007, and the similarities are just "Cool guys in white robes with a hood"), the sandling seems like a fairly straight knockoff of Dune's sandworms. (Okay, this one has legs; it's still a huge predator that tracks you through vibrations and lives under the sand.) I know Brandon likes to put his unique spin on fantasy tropes, but there's no unique spin yet. Despite being Assassin's Creed fan, I quite dislike how the franchise has seized the "cool hoods", "cool robes" and "knife-under-arm" tropes. As if they invented it all. Now, when somebody makes use of these tropes, people are just going "Assassin's Creed knockoffs!". It is infuriating. Because people living in the desert totally wouldn't wear robes with hoods in the colour which is good at reflecting light... like white, for example, without knowing Assassin's Creed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botanica she/her Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 (edited) I just saw a tumblr post that contains what is likely to be cover art of White Sand (There's also Khriss on it!): http://panelsonpages.tumblr.com/post/141263446780 (That man with dark skin is probably Blunt in WoK? Just guessing.) Edited March 19, 2016 by Botanica 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormgate he/him Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Having read the unpublished version of White Sand, it follows that part fairly well. Also, Taldain rotates. It's just tidally locked, like the Moon around the Earth. Otherwise, the only way to maintain day and night was to have the planet crash into the sun, day-first. The 99.999% of me that is a nerd just wanted to point that out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Metal Rithmatist Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 (edited) So if it takes sunlight to re-whiten the sand and restore its power than i guess sand masters are pretty boned on the darkside of the planet huh. Also does that mean the investiture in the sand is coming from the star ? reminds me of a post i saw of someone asking brandon if the star is the shard. Edited March 19, 2016 by Full Metal Rithmatist 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 (edited) Having read the unpublished version of White Sand, it follows that part fairly well. Also, Taldain rotates. It's just tidally locked, like the Moon around the Earth. Otherwise, the only way to maintain day and night was to have the planet crash into the sun, day-first. The 99.999% of me that is a nerd just wanted to point that out. Yeah, it's not about Taldain not rotating, it's about Taldain rotating in the exactly the same amount of time it takes for it to rotate around the Sun. Edited March 19, 2016 by Oversleep 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Sharded? Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I remember reading about a Star Wars planet in the EU that was the same way, only rotated once per year. I thought it was the planet of the Twi'lek, Ryloth, but Wookiepedia does not support that claim. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagerunner he/him Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I remember reading about a Star Wars planet in the EU that was the same way, only rotated once per year. I thought it was the planet of the Twi'lek, Ryloth, but Wookiepedia does not support that claim. Ryloth was depicted in many EU sources (such as the X-Wing novels) as being tidally locked. However, a Clone Wars episode about Ryloth portrayed the planet with a normal day-and-night cycle, so the previous depictions were, unfortunately, retconned away. Just one of many ways the new TV show didn't play nice with all the older material. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 So if it takes sunlight to re-whiten the sand and restore its power than i guess sand masters are pretty boned on the darkside of the planet huh. Not necessarily. The sunlight and the sand could have a lock and key kind of relationship similar to how the metals on Scadrial work. Except instead of metals being a channel for the Allomancer to access the power of Preservation, it could be the sunlight that provides the channel, and the sand could be just a container similar to the spheres. On a different note, I love what I assume is Khriss on that cover. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Man... these previews are just not getting me hyped. Maybe it's because I'm not usually a comic reader. Maybe it's because these aren't the first pages, so there's some background info (Mastrell, slatrify, Kerla Winds) that I'm missing, since I haven't felt this thrown-off by Brandon's made-up words since I read the Mythwalker excerpts. Maybe there's stuff that will be explained soon, like what exactly Ribbons are or what the difference is in depths of sand (the page in this year's State of the Sanderson said that the area of the test was too shallow for the Kerztians, but now there's a patch of deep sand?). But compared to reading sample chapters of Alloy of Law or Words of Radiance, I am not feeling the same levels of excitement. Although I won't say the Sand Masters are knockoffs of Assassin's Creed like some commenters have been doing (yes, I know this was originally written well before Assassin's Creed came out in 2007, and the similarities are just "Cool guys in white robes with a hood"), the sandling seems like a fairly straight knockoff of Dune's sandworms. (Okay, this one has legs; it's still a huge predator that tracks you through vibrations and lives under the sand.) I know Brandon likes to put his unique spin on fantasy tropes, but there's no unique spin yet. I'm not so turned off by it that I won't buy it. (Let's not get crazy, now.) But I certainly hope it gets better. One thing that always bothered me with Assassin's Creed is, lets take a shadowy organization, that is all about stealth kills and moving unseen, and give them a specific uniform that is easily identifiable in any crowd. The first one made sense because of the monks you would blend in with, but after that the whole hood thing became ridiculous. Oh and let us also cut off the pinky finger to use the under arm blade. That could never backfire via our enemies checking everyone's hand before they let them in anywhere. A robe with a hood for a group of magic users that are an authority in a culture and want to be recognized on the other hand, does make a lot of sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagerunner he/him Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Are White Sand Prime spoilers allowed? Or should this discussion be continued in the PM thread? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsdaughter613 she/her Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 It is really really annoying to have read White Sand and then not be able to comment when people say things here that were shown to be false in the book. It is like that itch you can't scratch... Argh! I wish we could talk about White Sand already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 I hid a long conversation regarding White Sand Prime/prose version. Spoiler tags are not sufficient as the book is not publicly available there. You will need to wait in the next week (or so) until we sort out splitting White Sand forums from the graphic novel from the prose version. The prose version will remain in a password protected forum, and prose info will not be allowed to be in the usual, canonical graphic novel discussion. Sorry! It's unpublished, so it still goes by that rule. Are White Sand Prime spoilers allowed? Or should this discussion be continued in the PM thread? Absolutely not. It is really really annoying to have read White Sand and then not be able to comment when people say things here that were shown to be false in the book. It is like that itch you can't scratch... Argh! I wish we could talk about White Sand already. Soon Sorry for hiding the discussion. It was very interesting. I just hid the whole thing because it came from a point coming from the prose version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormgate he/him Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 No hard feelings. I'm glad there's some work being done on the forums for White Sand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paragrin she/her Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Although I won't say the Sand Masters are knockoffs of Assassin's Creed like some commenters have been doing (yes, I know this was originally written well before Assassin's Creed came out in 2007, and the similarities are just "Cool guys in white robes with a hood"), I feel like if he was knocking off Assassin's Creed somewhere, it would be with the character called the Assassin in White that can climb literally anything and pulls blades out of nowhere. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndigoAjah he/him Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 Though in all fairness, Szeth is marginally less of a game breaker than Ezio with a decent dagger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 For an assassin, Ezio was storming good at general in-the-open-please-shoot-me combat. The Brotherhood is a weird organization. At least he eventually swapped to a black hood instead. But why a hood? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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