Calderis Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 1 hour ago, scifan said: Wouldn't it be Ironic if most of the "Sample" chapters were comprised of those sections of the book that have already been released in one fashion or another? (I mean, there's a fair amount out there already in flash backs, and what not... ) There are a fair number of people who are very excited that this book isn't that far from release... Considering Peter said we're getting a complete part one, we'll see the Kaladin chapter released, and we'll probably see at least one of the Dalinar flashbacks and the Prologue, but no interludes. So we should get quite a bit of new material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 13 hours ago, Flash said: Ok. So when do these chapters actually start releasing? Tor just announced we get the Prologue on the 22nd, and then 3 chapters every Tuesday until release. So I guess we get nothing new until the 29th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 54 minutes ago, Calderis said: Tor just announced Hah, finally managed to ninja @Calderis, even if it was on a different thread! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteLeeopard Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 Even the prologue may have some nice tidbits, as the one we got was a very rough version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 Should we start out threads onto the 17th Shard to discuss them as they come out? I will admit discussing the book, chapter by chapter, without what it about to come does have its appeal. I guess there will be discussion going onto Tor.com, but their format just isn't as nice. The discussion over there also isn't allowed to roam as free as here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadhad Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 What about over in the Coppermind wiki? Will posts about the chapters released be allowed, or is it the usual no spoilers at all until ~48 hours after the (real) release date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 5 minutes ago, Hadhad said: What about over in the Coppermind wiki? Will posts about the chapters released be allowed, or is it the usual no spoilers at all until ~48 hours after the (real) release date? It is not convenient for us to comment on. The idea is to generate discussion threads where we could share our thoughts and impressions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathrangking Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 I'm all for @maxal's idea it could yield interesting results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 17 minutes ago, Nathrangking said: I'm all for @maxal's idea it could yield interesting results. It does not need to be formal... First one of us who finishes the new chapters, can start a link. It can't be me as I am unlikely to be the first one to roam through them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 We have a spoiler board for a reason. I figured that once something was publicly available that if you wanted to avoid it, you stay off the spoiler board. As far as the wiki... I have no idea what the rules are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azul Posted August 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 Love the idea @maxal. Should we do a new post for each weeks release or just lump it all together ? Separate post sounds better to me, helps to keep it cleaner and will make it easier to people to avoid spoilers if they are behind but want to jump into the conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 Just now, Azul said: Love the idea @maxal. Should we do a new post for each weeks release or just lump it all together ? Separate post sounds better to me, helps to keep it cleaner and will make it easier to people to avoid spoilers if they are behind but want to jump into the conversation. This was my idea. First one to get through the next chapters can create the thread where others can join in to discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveLate Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 I vote for a separate thread for each weeks posts with no spoilers beyond the week listed. That way is someone gets behind (as much as I doubt that will happen here) they have a clear cutoff point to avoid spoilers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Extesian Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) Note that the version we get may not be completely final Quote Teraphage 12h Perhaps a naive question, but does anyone know if these will be absolutely finalized chapters, or is there a chance additional edits might happen prior to final book release. PeterAhlstrom 4h I don't know the answer to that, but the final fixes will be turned in on Monday. So Tor will have the final versions; I'm just not sure when they'll take the text out for the previews. Source Oh and FINAL FIXES ON MONDAY! On Monday it exists! And we don't know whether it will actually include the epigraphs... Quote FellKnight • 19h My real question is are they releasing all the chapters in order this time? Last time they omitted certain epigraphs and the entirety of WoR Chapter 7. The decision makes sense to not spoil the above plot point but basically it meant that I had to re-read everything when the book came out anyway. /u/peterahlstrom do you know if they are releasing everything in order this time? PeterAhlstrom 15h Yes, in order. Though we haven't talked about the epigraphs. yahasgaruna 13h Hope you manage to fit them in somehow - the epigraphs in books one and two add a lot of flavor and worldbuilding. Makes the books feel a lot more epic than Brandon's other work PeterAhlstrom 5h Oh, they are in the book all right. I'm just not sure about the previews. Source Aand it was the man himself who suggested we get a full novel worth of previews Quote mistborn 4h I'm the one who suggested that we do such a large chunk. I figure that if the book is 450k, there's no harm in giving away a piece roughly as large as an entire novel--since that will be less than a fourth of the book. Source Edited August 16, 2017 by Extesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Extesian said: Note that the version we get may not be completely final This was a big shock to me in WOR. When I finally got a hold of my copy, I had debated skipping the sample chapters to get to new material. Thankfully I decided to read from the beginning, and found that entire chapter that had not been released. So while they have said they are releasing the first 32 chapters in order, and that volume of chapters released makes it difficult to exclude anything from the first 80% of the samples (as it would be reacted to in those samples) we still run the risk of having small to medium detail changes. I'm all for a week by week discussion - I know what I'll be doing on my Tuesday lunch breaks as they come out - but I also think we should take it with a grain of salt. We have seen the Tor site get Cosmere details wrong before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dionysus Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 So they are not going to skip chapters where important events occur like they did during the promotion of WoR? We get the full first part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azul Posted August 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 It sure sounds like it @dionysus. With so many chapters coming out it would be very hard to skip a chapter and not have it spoiled anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wax Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 Is it ever going to be final? I have the audio version with WoR's original ending for Szeth's duel with Kaladin. Yet, post publication, BS changed it. Who knows what can change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prontos Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 With each weeks discussion could a link to the chapters be included? So people can find, read, and discuss it all in the same place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wax Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) I agree with @maxal 's idea for a separate thread for each chapter/part/book? infact, once the whole book comes out, we should have a separate thread for each chapter. That way, we can pause after each chapter and discuss as a progressive MO combination read-together! Do we have an index coming out? I also think we can post all post book 1/2/3/4/5 discussions separately. Edited August 17, 2017 by axcellence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, axcellence said: infact, once the whole book comes out, we should have a separate thread for each chapter. That way, we can pause after each chapter and discuss as a progressive MO combination read-together! There's over 100 chapters in the book, I don't know if this will work for the full release. The 32 chapters being released are part 1 of 5, and doesn't include any interludes. I think this chapter/thread idea will work well for the gated content release, but once the full book is out and people are reading at different speeds? That many threads is going to span multiple pages, and be very difficult to find the thread you want if people are actively posting at a high traffic time. I don't know if it will work well all contained to the spoiler board. Edited August 17, 2017 by Calderis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix2563 Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 22 minutes ago, Calderis said: The 32 chapters being released are part 1 of 5, plus the interludes. Based on my understanding, we won't be getting any interludes this time. Official posting from Tor's website: "Oathbringer, the eagerly-awaited third installment of Brandon Sanderson’s epic Stormlight Archive fantasy series, arrives on bookshelves on November 14, 2017. Fans of the series can start reading it here on Tor.com for free, starting on Tuesday, August 22! Tor.com will be hosting a weekly serialization of Oathbringer, leading all the way up to the release day. Every Tuesday, readers will be able to read the next three chapters of Book 3 of the Stormlight Archive, starting with the Prologue: “To Weep” on August 22, then continuing on August 29 with Chapters 1 through 3, and onward up to Chapter 32" http://www.tor.com/2017/08/15/brandon-sanderson-oathbringer-serialization-announcement/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeldancer Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 AHHHHHH I CAN'T WAIT!!!! I AM SO READING IT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) 13 minutes ago, phoenix2563 said: Based on my understanding, we won't be getting any interludes this time. Official posting from Tor's website: I'm aware of that, I was responding to the idea of having separate chapter threads for the full release. Edit: and yeah I totally wrote that into the wrong spot in the post. I'm not awake yet apparently. Thanks for the correction. Edited August 17, 2017 by Calderis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azul Posted August 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 Chapter by chapter would be pretty insane to try, not only would it spam the boards but who is going to have the willpower to stop between each chapter and post!. I do like the idea of putting up a discussion for each 'book' section though I'm not sure I'd be able to use it. I would still be worried about accidental spoilers and barring natural disasters I usually devour a Sanderson book from start to finish in one sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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