Chinkoln he/him Posted October 23, 2020 Posted October 23, 2020 Think about it, Brandon has set himself up for a Vorin book series. The current sequence goes like this. WoK - WoR - O - RoW Book 5 would make it symmetrical!!! WoK - WoR - O - RoW - KoW It just makes sense!!! 1
+ILuvHats he/him Posted October 23, 2020 Posted October 23, 2020 Yeah, we have confirmation from Brandon this is what he intends to do. Quote Questioner So far, the Stormlight Archive's book titles have the abbreviations: WoK, WoR, O, and RoW. Will Book Five's abbreviation be KoW, making the complete ketek? Brandon Sanderson Great question. Way back when I started working on the Stormlight Archive, I wanted to do this. And then I just didn't think it would work out, for various reasons, and I backed away from it, coming up with my kind of working titles that were not a ketek. After I changed Book Two to Words of Radiance, I realized I might have a chance to do this, and it started to kind of get in my head, that maybe I do it, maybe I wouldn't. I waited to see if Book Three would work as a single-word title, which it did. And so I am intending to do this. The question we have internally is where we put the "T." Because Way of Kings actually has a "the" in it, where Words of Radiance and Oathbringer do not, and neither does Rhythm of War. So, is it going to have a T at the end, or not? That is subject to debate, even internally, right now. YouTube Livestream 5 (March 16, 2020) One thing to consider is that according to the ketek rules, an 'h' could be substituted for other letters. So there's a bit of leeway with naming SA book 5. 2
Frustration Posted October 24, 2020 Posted October 24, 2020 It's King of the world, and I won't be convinced otherwise. 2
+Child of Hodor Posted October 24, 2020 Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Frustration said: It's King of the world, and I won't be convinced otherwise. Taravangian: King of the World is one of the few suggestions I’ve seen that sounds natural. Can we have a free-floating The? “The Way of Kings” is the actual title if the The counts it should be at the end. Although if it counts we have too many words to fit the form. I guess the The is invisible. I’m good with your suggestion though. 1 hour ago, ILuvHats said: Yeah, we have confirmation from Brandon this is what he intends to do. One thing to consider is that according to the ketek rules, an 'h' could be substituted for other letters. So there's a bit of leeway with naming SA book 5. So the O can be swapped for an h word? The O is what makes it hard to me. Hard to think of O words that fit well and that aren’t Of. There are WAY too many Brandon books titled “______ of ______” already. Like 80% of Cosmere novels, even the unpublished early works like Liar of Partinel and Aether of Night. Edited October 24, 2020 by Child of Hodor 3
Use the Falchion Posted October 24, 2020 Posted October 24, 2020 I may be in the minority here, but I don't think the "H" will play a part. This pattern is something that Sanderson would want to be recognizable to both hardcore fans and casual fans alike; using the "H" substitution for "one letter/symbol off of perfection" and extra creativity may not be worth it in the long run. I'm afraid we'd get too many posts of newcomers here and on Reddit saying "Book 5 's acronym isn't symmetrical compared to the rest of the series," and then energy would either have to be spent saying "yes it is because of this obscure rule in-world," or "you're right, it's not, and it's not supposed to be." Wouldn't it just be easier to have fans say "OMG the book acronyms are symmetrical," and go on to congratulate the lucky reader/listener for figuring it out? 36 minutes ago, Child of Hodor said: There are WAY too many Brandon books titled “______ of ______” already. Like 80% of Cosmere novels, even the unpublished early works like Liar of Partinel and Aether of Night. I agree with you, but there are other words that start with "o" that can be used in this case. "On" and "over" are just examples. But if "of" fits the pattern here, I'd rather Brandon use it and start branching out for titles on Mistborn and Elantris sequels. 4
+ILuvHats he/him Posted October 24, 2020 Posted October 24, 2020 30 minutes ago, Use the Falchion said: I may be in the minority here, but I don't think the "H" will play a part. This pattern is something that Sanderson would want to be recognizable to both hardcore fans and casual fans alike; using the "H" substitution for "one letter/symbol off of perfection" and extra creativity may not be worth it in the long run. I'm afraid we'd get too many posts of newcomers here and on Reddit saying "Book 5 's acronym isn't symmetrical compared to the rest of the series," and then energy would either have to be spent saying "yes it is because of this obscure rule in-world," or "you're right, it's not, and it's not supposed to be." Wouldn't it just be easier to have fans say "OMG the book acronyms are symmetrical," and go on to congratulate the lucky reader/listener for figuring it out? I feel like Brandon probably has a similar mindset, and will try to make it perfectly symmetrical. However, I'm a fan of using the 'H' rule because it opens up a lot of options for naming. In general, I'm not a huge fan of the plan to make a palindrome out of the title abbreviations because it's so restrictive. It worked out for RoW (which btw is my favorite SA book title so far), but then again, it seems like the title Oathbringer was devised for book 3 in order to make the plan work. Not that I'm against breaking the _____ of ____ pattern, but Oathbringer has always felt bland to me, and is definitely my least favorite title. I'm also salty that Stones Unhallowed got dropped as the name for book 5. 3
IllNsickly he/him Posted October 24, 2020 Posted October 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Child of Hodor said: There are WAY too many Brandon books titled “______ of ______” already. Like 80% of Cosmere novels, even the unpublished early works like Liar of Partinel and Aether of Night. And this is nearly definitive in Epic Fantasy. ‘The Blank of Thing’ or ‘The Thing of Blank’
Gregk Posted October 25, 2020 Posted October 25, 2020 I've been thinking that Brandon will use the h rule. To me a good name would then be Knights of Honor. Probably too obvious though.
+Bzhydack he/him Posted October 25, 2020 Posted October 25, 2020 27 minutes ago, Gregk said: Knights of Honor. IDK, because there is computer game with this name so this can resolve with some legal issues (very good game btw, its going to have sequel). Maybe Brandon wasnt going to name books like this (Oathbringer was first Stones Unhallowed) but this is very Brandon thing to do, give book comunity-made title. So KoW make sence. Kingdoms of WIll.
Halyo_Alex he/him Posted October 25, 2020 Posted October 25, 2020 Knights of (the?) Wind (even though it's the skybreaker-themed book...)
Realmatic Shadow Posted October 26, 2020 Posted October 26, 2020 8 hours ago, Halyo_Alex said: Knights of (the?) Wind (even though it's the skybreaker-themed book...) Skybreakers do have access to Gravitation, so they can fly... Wind does somewhat fit there 1
RazeU Posted October 26, 2020 Posted October 26, 2020 My first reaction is the K will be for knights... but this brings about the phonetic vs spelling debate. So I don’t really know. King of Worlds? Knights of Wisdom? I can’t think of anything that sounds suitably epic lol. 1
Halyo_Alex he/him Posted October 26, 2020 Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, RazeU said: My first reaction is the K will be for knights... but this brings about the phonetic vs spelling debate. So I don’t really know. King of Worlds? Knights of Wisdom? I can’t think of anything that sounds suitably epic lol. I mean if you go with the phonetic route you could make it "Kollector of Words" 1
Wyndleblade she/her Posted October 26, 2020 Posted October 26, 2020 Not that the title necessarily has anything to do with who has the flashbacks but it is Szeths book. Killer of the West 3
Halyo_Alex he/him Posted October 26, 2020 Posted October 26, 2020 55 minutes ago, Wyndleblade said: Not that the title necessarily has anything to do with who has the flashbacks but it is Szeths book. Killer of the West ...Yeehaw? Note: I get what you're driving at but I couldn't resist 3
Chinkoln he/him Posted October 27, 2020 Author Posted October 27, 2020 On 10/23/2020 at 9:39 PM, Use the Falchion said: I may be in the minority here, but I don't think the "H" will play a part. This pattern is something that Sanderson would want to be recognizable to both hardcore fans and casual fans alike; using the "H" substitution for "one letter/symbol off of perfection" and extra creativity may not be worth it in the long run. I'm afraid we'd get too many posts of newcomers here and on Reddit saying "Book 5 's acronym isn't symmetrical compared to the rest of the series," and then energy would either have to be spent saying "yes it is because of this obscure rule in-world," or "you're right, it's not, and it's not supposed to be." Wouldn't it just be easier to have fans say "OMG the book acronyms are symmetrical," and go on to congratulate the lucky reader/listener for figuring it out? On top of that, he wouldn't use "H" because then it wouldn't be a perfect Vorin sequence, and does any word better describe the Cosmere than "Perfect".
Zorben Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 22 hours ago, Wyndleblade said: Not that the title necessarily has anything to do with who has the flashbacks but it is Szeths book. Killer of the West Don't forget that the titles are in-world books as well. So unless someone is writing a biography of Szeth, this is probably not it. With the Rysn heading out west, maybe Aimia and Aimians can play into it. Plus I think including the "t" from The Way of Kings allows for more variety. Here is my thought: Knights of the Western Throne 2
Frustration Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 If a h was used it would pair with the letter on the other side of the O so the only letter it could replace is the O
Wyndleblade she/her Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 @Zorben Your right. Maybe Killers of the West referencing the humans who first settled in Shin instead.
Flying she/her Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 This has basically nothing to do with the Skybreakers or Shinovar, but I randomly came up with the title Knights of Wrath and I love it. We already have Words of Radiance, which was an in world book about Surgebinders, but what if there was a book about Voidbinders? We don't really know much about Voidbinding other than it's connected to Odium and the Unmade, so we're probably going to have to learn more about it eventually. Odium basically just means hatred, so I think naming his "knights" after wrath is somehow fitting. 8
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted October 31, 2020 Posted October 31, 2020 I didn't come up with this one, I saw it somewhere else, but it was too perfect. KOWT: Killing Odium With Tanks. Navani, work your magic and get us some fabrial-powered tanks. 9
+Invocation Posted October 31, 2020 Posted October 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Spren of Kindness said: I didn't come up with this one, I saw it somewhere else, but it was too perfect. KOWT: Killing Odium With Tanks. Navani, work your magic and get us some fabrial-powered tanks. Stoneward division of the Urithiru army would get some solid use out of that. 3
+Lotus she/her Posted November 1, 2020 Posted November 1, 2020 Well, so far all of the titles have been the name of in-world books (Rythem of war a tad different, but similar vein) so we could also think through that 1
Halyo_Alex he/him Posted November 1, 2020 Posted November 1, 2020 23 hours ago, Lotus said: Well, so far all of the titles have been the name of in-world books (Rythem of war a tad different, but similar vein) so we could also think through that That's why I'm partial to Knights of Wind or something, another in world book about Radiants. 1
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