TIM0THY

Pronunciation of proper nouns in novels (particularly speculative fiction novels) is a funny thing. I once read a statement from Orson Scott Card where he discussed the odd pronunciation he had chosen in his Homecoming series. After explaining how he had intended the names to be pronounced he basically finished up by saying more or less, "But you can feel free to pronounce the names however you like, since you're the one reading the story."

Great! Thanks Snoopy. I haven't finished listening to WoR yet. (I'm currently listening to the scene where Dalinor's visions are revealed to everyone at feast.) Will there be more information revealed about the lastclap in the remainder of the book?- why it works? what the screaming was? did Dalinor hear the screaming when he performed a lastclap? I'm not asking for answers to these questions from you guys, just wondering if there will be any forthcoming information in the book. And for what it's worth, the readers in the audiobook pronounce Zahel's name as Zai-al. There are actually quite a few name pronunciations that I found surprising once I started looking for information in the Coppermind. All the J's are pronounced as Y's, for instance, so Jasnah sounds like Yas-na and Jah Keved sounds like Yaka-ved. Those are just a couple that come to mind. Not that it means much, but I thought some of you might find it interesting.

Whoa- just saying his appearance is a cameo is a bit of a spoiler in itself. I haven't read all his other stuff. Just Elantris and the first two Mistborn books. But I plan to read them all. (Edit: with the exception of the WoT books. Probably won't be reading those.) As to whether Kaladin had given any forethought to the Last Clap prior to performing it I was under the impression that he hadn't. But I was listening to this scene while driving to work, so it's quite possible I missed some key information. (I'm sure that happens a lot when I listen to audiobooks while driving.)

Hello, I came here looking for information on the Last Clap. I can't quite remember how it was described by the weapons master, so I was looking to refresh my memory. Thanks for any help, Tim