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Just wanted to bring this to everyone's attention, Brandon has a signing scheduled in the Chicago area next Friday (Feb 20): (source)

The Reckoners takes place on Earth. Earth is not part of the cosmere.

The Alloy of Law. Don't get me wrong, I really do like the book. But Westerns just aren't really my thing so I don't like it /as much/ as the other stuff.

Technically "Mrs. Jordan" would be just plain wrong, since "Robert Jordan" is a pseudonym. I believe she generally goes by "Harriet McDougal", or "Harriet McDougal-Rigney" (Rigney being RJ's real last name).

Yeah I don't really see changing it at this point, especially since Brandon has said there is still a possibility of it being called Stones Unhallowed. If any firm information comes to light we will re-address the situation then.

For reference here is an article discussing the lawsuit.

They do change over time. A good example of this is Aon Ene: (source) This also why Aon Ien, despite being used for healing, means "Wisdom".

For future reference you can just append "#39" to the end of the link and it will go directly to that entry as seen here: http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1051#39Edit: Also thanks for sharing that, I don't think I'd ever seen it.

I'd say yes.

Where does Aon Ashe act like Lightweaving? It generates light yes but the Aon Raoden used to create illusions was Aon Shao. As for Aon Ati, I'm pretty sure that Brandon has said that is a coincidence (and that they aren't even pronounced the same way), since it was based off of the name Matisse and Ati is the only Aon that can be derived from that name.

For clarity that is Liar of Partinel not Dragonsteel. While it was technically part of the Dragonsteel sequence, it is not the work we generally refer to as "Dragonsteel" (which is Brandon's Master Thesis). From more recent comments if (and yes that is an if) Liar is re-written it is going to be very different since Brandon didn't really like the incorporation of aethers there.

This thread might interest you.

Two questions (that I want to get down before I forget... 'cause that happens a lot) You have said that you plan on one of the flashback characters to be "Taln". By this do you mean, regardless on whether or not they are in fact the same person, the guy who shows up at the end of WoK (whose identity you refuse to confirm) or Talenel'elin, Herald of War? You have said that somebody who has a Hemalurgic spike that grants a Feruchemical ability is able to access the metalminds of the original Feruchemist. If you were to split that spike in two and implant it in two different individuals, could they share metalminds?

Well the main character is a Mistborn so this is unlikely. However there is supposed to be a young terriswoman involved in the plot and she could end up being a feruchemist.

Well Brandon has said that he wants to use "inFAMOUS in the Mistborn world" as the model so I'd say third-person/open-world/roleplaying game is a safe bet.

I'm pretty sure that Honor was Splintered after the Heralds forsook the Oathpact. This is the case: (source) So Honor and spren did coexist for a time, I believe we have WoB that they are just more common now after his death and Splintering. There are definitely spren of Cultivation since we have WoB that "all the spren we have seen" (as of WoK) "are a mixture of Honor and Cultivation". (on a side note, since when have quotes nested like this?!?)

So the release date for the first book in Jim Butcher's new series has just been revealed as September 29, 2015. I for one am excited although this is the first I've heard of this series. I really enjoyed his Codex Alera series (didn't get past the first Dresden book though, I've heard it gets better so I'll probably try again at some point...) so I'm hopeful. I do have a fondness for Age of Sail stuff so I think I'll be happy. So are any of you excited? Do you know if he's talked about the series before?

Alloy was not included in the original 36 books actually. It started out as an idea for a short story between WoT revisions (which then turned into a novel and then a four book series...) The "original plan" as I understand it was: 10 - Stormlight Archive 9 - Mistborn (trilogy of trilogies) 7 - Dragonsteel (It has never been explained fully to me whether the Liar of Partinel/Lightweaver of Rens prequel duology was included in this seven...) 3 - Elantris 2 - Warbreaker 3 - White Sand 1 - The Silence Divine which is only 35... The current plan, as I understand it is: 10 - Stormlight Archive 13+ - Mistborn (trilogy of trilogies, Mistborn Adventures, plus whatever he decides to write) 3 or 5 - Dragonsteel (Peter mentioned this on Reddit a while back) 3 - Elantris 2 - Warbreaker 1+ - White Sand (the first novel is being split into three graphic novel volumes, don't know if there will be more--here I am counting those three volumes as "one") 1+ - Dark One 1+ - Unknown cosmere series 1 1+ - Unknown cosmere series 2 .5 - The Silence Divine (now downgraded to a novella) .5 - Sixth of the Dusk .25 - Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell Before adding in novellas and shorts, and underestimating everything that's again 35. If I bump Dark One and the unknowns up to 3, making them trilogies, then the number is 41. So 45 doesn't seem an unreasonable estimate. I would call the Coppermind more "incomplete" than "often wrong or... outdated". Then again I /am/ biased. To be clear I am in favor of a supplement book. I know Ben has said that he wants to do one for at least Stormlight at some point multiple times on Reddit. Mostly because it would be a fantastic resource to improve the Coppermind. You also come across as awfully critical of WoBs, which I confess I am confused by. Yes we cite using WoBs, and yes Brandon has said he has sometimes changed his mind. But as far as I am concerned the current situation is better than nothing, until we have confirmation that he /has/ changed his mind on something specific I'm going to treat the existing WoB as canon? I don't think that is unreasonable. Part of the problem is there are very few people who actually contribute to the Coppermind. Even those of us who do so consistently can't do as much as we want (I have a list of things I want to get done that is a mile long) so things pile up. My best advice if someone notices something they /know/ is wrong is for them to fix it themselves. Or if you are passionate about a character or bit of lore, write/update the article about it. This is why it is a wiki, so the community can work on it together.

Peter still works for Brandon. He works more as an Editorial Assistant whereas Adam is an Executive Assistant. Brandon introduced him in the January newsletter:

Not really, he jammed a piece of metal through it yes. But I find it highly unlikely that it was a charged Hemalurgic spike. (and yes I get that this was probably meant as a joke, just want to point out there is a difference between a hemalurgic spike and a piece of pointy metal)

So io9 has an article up with some of the comments from Red Eagle concerning the project, and the Wertzone has a post explaining some of the history of Red Eagle. For those of you who, like me, would like to expunge the memory of Winter Dragon from your mind allow me to present this fan film: It may be cheesy, but by comparison it is so much better. (And from a cursory search it looks like Wheel of 9, who made it are in post-production for a second fan-film!)

For reference here is her statement on the matter: (source)

Peter still has to edit them (though there is not that much editiing to be done) he just doesn't have time right now. He has a lot to do by this friday https://twitter.com/PeterAhlstrom/status/563877251129675777

For reference here is the Dragonmount news article discussing it. To be honest, I'm not particularly hopeful.

This thread /is/ in the Skin Deep spoiler forum, it's not necessary here.