Orlion Blight

Accordingly, I do think this is an inappropriate forum for that discussion. I'm not sure what the appropriate forum WOULD be, but probably in Stormlight. Ok, it's here:

Yeah, it's Brandon reading it for now.

It was an off screen fellow (Peter?) that said "it's not a movie adaptation" and Brandon agreed and he and Matt Hatch started talking about development of a Mistborn movie and Wheel of Time stuffs. Basically, for sure the secret is not a Mistborn movie adaptation. Peter's exact words were "it's not a movie adaptation".

Man, I had forgotten about that horribleness...

It is if it's 9 AM Mountain Time

Yes, you should. BUT 1) Be in the mood for Tolstoy 2) Get a modern translation. Ye Olde Constance translation is cheaper, but it's not as good a translation AND you also have to deal with outdated English

Tomorrow at a fake Mountain Time.

So recent stream rules out: It's not a movie adaptation It's not "another surprise novel." A lot to be interpreted in that last statement.

I think Brandon is a bit too astute for this to be the case. In the first video of this Kickstarter mess, he basically said that that book would not be part of the Kickstarter because he did not think it would appeal to the audience of the Kickstarter. Now, maybe some crem have been spamming the Kickstarter comments so he thinks otherwise now, but I do think he's still going with a traditional publisher on that one.

Neither of them have ever had writing speed, though!

Basically loads of religious trauma that I have to deal with to this day. And I shan't say more on the matter!

"Household name" can be tricky to define. If we stay in SFF book circles, it's easy to say that Brandon is a household name. If we go outside that, not so much. Anecdotal example: amongst my group of friends and acquaintances, everyone knows about George R R Martin, J R R Tolkien and Stephen King. Only three know about Brandon Sanderson and that's because I introduced to them to him. Only one of those might be remotely interested in the Kickstarter. In other words, there's a very strong case that Brandon isn't a household name that does not contradict what he has achieved. Also, as far as him being slow with Cosmere, he's acknowledged that himself and a worldwide pandemic shutting the world down giving him time to write some unplanned Cosmere novels does not negate that or even change the current projected timeline of his main series Cosmere. That later point is just me being a stickler, it's not a complaint against Brandon.

In no particular order: 1) No Country for Old Men 2) John Carpenter's The Thing 3) Fantastic Planet 4) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 5) The Lighthouse Basically, just what came to mind with the caveat "if I were flipping through channels and this movie was on, would I feel I had to watch it?

Only funny songs like the following:

Spite.

If I have time, I'll check them out. Honestly, the "go in completely blind" method makes no sense to me. Like people that think hair color is a spoiler. *guffaw*

There's a Scalzi blog that kinda touches on that. But basically, Brandon has been working hard building his brand and establishing the infrastructure and trust needed to do what is going on now. There is certainly luck involved, some of it morbid (i.e. what if Wheel of Time was finished by Robert Jordan) but my point is, he didn't just start a Kickstarter and raised 15 million in a day.

It allows me to claim victory if it's in the range of US dollar amounts or Aus dollar amounts, mwahaha!

I am going to say 21,143,067 dollary-doos

4 books (3 Cosmere) that will be published through Dragonsteel and funded through Kickstarter. Also, a subscription box for one year

Making my way through the videos now, and right now I am pretty happy about this

I, however, WILL mention his name!..... if I could remember it....

Good to hear! I'll be starting that series soon.