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PeterAhlstrom

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  1. No, because a lot of the action takes place between Turtle Bay (a real place) and the southeastern section as David is trying to get there. I can't move everything way up to the other end of the island. If it helps, you can also pretend that Manhattan runs straight north-south instead of at an angle. I think they're essentially using "uptown" as north and "downtown" as south.
  2. I am interested in that 5 kilometers idea. An ideal fix would change the fewest possible number of words in the book, without adding or subtracting sentences.
  3. "that direction" does not need an "in" in front of it. It's colloquially optional. This usage occurs multiple times in the book. I responded in that other thread. Reported by Joe ST: Page 45 paragraph 9 Current: subservient postion for granted, Should be: subservient position for granted,
  4. The water level is different in different parts of the city. Okay, so I just talked to Brandon. We're not math people, but we did the best we could to try to get this triangulation thing to work. It seems we didn't get it quite right. What's the easiest fix or set of fixes that you can think of to get it to work?
  5. List typos here. I'll start us off. Page 85 Current: He was an indiscriminant killer. Should be: He was an indiscriminate killer. Reported by Ross Newberry.
  6. Chaos is a moderator of this forum and was giving you official instructions.
  7. The more Invested a metalmind is, the harder it is to push/pull.
  8. That other meaning of "swag" (a short form of "swagger") is very new and not as widespread.
  9. It's also possible he meant it won't be addressed anytime soon. There are a lot of books to go.
  10. I asked Brandon about the screaming, and he said "that was something else."
  11. Babyl-R (say the letter name).
  12. Was anyone there who didn't talk to me? Because next time, talk to me. That is all I go to these things for.
  13. Brandon should be in Chicago in March. It's still being scheduled.
  14. The secret thing is not worth speculating about because no one will know anything about it anytime in 2015. The background document is much more interesting.
  15. It happens. If you get one, lucky you.
  16. Not really a reply to that, but here's what I've been watching recently. Finished Haikyuu! and really liked it. One of the best straight sports anime I've watched in a while. It's about volleyball and a short kid who is good at jumping. Good character relationships. I'm obsessed with Glass Mask right now. Parts of it are essentially like a sports anime, but the sport is acting. Girl runs away from home to become an actor, with a rival, competing teams, corrupt enemy coach, etc. I'm about halfway through the show. The art style is really retro (like Captain Harlock retro)—which makes sense, since the manga has been running since 1976, even though the anime is from 2005. For newer shows I'm watching on Crunchyroll, my favorite this season is Your Lie in April. It's about competitive piano and violin playing, and a boy who was abused by his control-freak mom. When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace was a fun one for me. It's about kids in high school who get super powers, but there's nothing for them to fight, so they just continue their normal lives. I also watched Celestial Method. I think there's one episode left. It's a bunch of 14-year-olds but the "cute" art style makes them look younger. When they were 7 they summoned a flying saucer to sit over the town one of them moved away. The saucer is just a tourist attraction and doesn't do anything. I've enjoyed this series as a way to relax, but the 12th episode was just dumb, after a great 11th episode. Hopefully the 13th episode can redeem it. Shirobako was also a really good one this season, but not at all relaxing. It's everything that goes on behind the scenes at a small anime studio, and it can get really stressful as they're always in danger of not hitting their deadlines. The look at how this industry works in Japan is fascinating, and I like the characters. For the holdovers, Sword Art Online season 2 was good. Good first arc if a bit Mary Sueish, so-so middle arc, great last arc. I'll keep watching more seasons of this because I assume they're eventually coming. Log Horizon season 2 continues to be an interesting contrast to SAO. This season has felt a little draggy in places, but it's also more true to an MMORPG experience. The worldbuilding continues to be interesting. Did I mention watching the end of Hunter X Hunter? That was a great show all the way through, though the beginning of the Chimera Ant arc got really bleak and hard to watch. It picked up after that though. The anime stopping point was a great place to stop it, even if I do want to see more later. The manga is ongoing so more anime could return later, but the mangaka is super rich with little motivation to do very many chapters a year. We also hit the end of Space Brothers. A very different show, and the hardest science fiction I've seen in quite a while. I hope there's more later, but I may end up reading the manga. Watched Princess Jellyfish and loved it. It's about a house with 6 or so different types of otaku living in it, and the crossdressing rich boy who becomes fascinated with them. Main character is obsessed with jellyfish. This is a great relationships show. I'll probably continue with the manga. Started watching World Trigger after I got a subscription to Shonen Jump and started reading the manga. I'm enjoying it. The transformation sequences in the anime make it clear that this is a Magical Boy show. My favorite manga in the English Shonen Jump right now is Food Wars. Another sports manga plot, with the sport being competitive cooking at a culinary school. I love it.
  17. You might as well read it. It's short. There are a couple references to it in Firefight, and things that happen in it get David thinking about something important that comes up again later.
  18. Brandon has never sent more than 3 newsletters in a year. Though we might get up to 4 someday! The next one will be at the Firefight release, so very soon.
  19. I have absolutely no idea why it wasn't announced 7 days ago, unless Christmas threw off everyone's timing.
  20. I finished Bands of Mourning at about 2:00 this morning, and you definitely should include them in any list of main Cosmere books.
  21. I finished Shadows of Self. Oh man.
  22. Some of the plot elements won't show up until book 6. The Jeksonsonvallano scenes are also from Prime, and they're somewhat similar a few of Szeth's scenes in Way of Kings. And you can buy the Altered Perceptions ebook now. Links here: http://brandonsanderson.com/altered-perceptions/
  23. Wow, you found this listing just around an hour after I found it, and I knew what title to look for.
  24. Oh yes, heh heh heh heh heh. Yes indeed.
  25. Tour dates will be Random House, not Tor.
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