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So if you have a e-reader you may of noticed you can purchase different series as one file. It will say something to the effect of , "The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen", "The Complete Wheel of Time" etc. It will also have cover art that is unique from the cover art of the other books in the series (see examples below). Each of the examples has either a scene or symbology introduced in the first book. For the Malazan example it is The Siege at Pale. A event that, in some respects, is a microcosm of the series. So hop in your time machines and it is now the year 2090. The Stormlight Archive is now complete and they are releasing their one volume file. What do you want to see for cover art? What would best give the reader a idea of what this series is about?

Ever sense I got my e-reader I think I will be purchasing the majority of my books in the electronic format. I fought the e-reader for a long time, but I love it!

WoT started to lose me at book 7. Even though the series didn't work for me many love the entire series. Hopefully you will continue to enjoy it.

@Steeldancer I don't know whatever became of your internet situation, but have you offered to pay the internet bill? That way you would have say on how it was being used. Or even splitting the cost. Right now, since they are paying for it, they really do have the right to say how it is used. I know its hard to tell tone on the internet, but I am honestly just trying to be helpful.

I don't believe in abridgements but Les Miserables is the only book that I can see why it would be a good idea. There are brief scenes where he will prelude it by using literally almost 100 pages describing things like French convent life, the sewer system, and The Battle of Waterloo. I am glad I read it, but don't see myself rereading it ever. A really good classic that has a unfairly bad reputation is War and Peace by Tolstoy. I have read the book twice using two separate translations and have found the Briggs translation to be my favorite. @Quell If you like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I found his Brigadier Gerard stories to be just as fun as his Sherlock Holmes. I also liked his book The Lost World.

So I am not a expert on Polish culture, but from what I remember of European history the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuani was one of the states in European history. Do people still talk of those times or has most people forgotten Polands past prominence and influence? Look how much land it once controlled! Edit: this was a new fun fact for me, but it was so influential in keeping Europe from being overrun by Muslims under the Ottoman Empire that it gained the title, "Antemurale Christianitatis (bulwark of Christianity)"

I have been reading a lot of the works of Clark Ashton Smith. What a unique talent! His writing style is not for everyone, but I think the best explanation of it comes from the author himself, "My own conscious ideal has been to delude the reader into accepting an impossibility, or series of impossibilities, by means of a sort of verbal black magic, in the achievement of which I make use of prose-rhythm, metaphor, simile, tone-color, counter-point, and other stylistic resources, like a sort of incantation." Why is he so obscure? I think Ray Bradbury says it best, “Smith always seemed, to me anyway, a special writer for special tastes; his fame was lonely. Whether or nor it will ever be more than lonely, I cannot say. Every writer is special in some way, and those who are more than ordinarily special are either damned or lost along the way.” Where to start? His two most famous stories are The City of the Singing Flame and The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis. He also wrote a lot of stories on a dying world called the Zothtique stories. He also wrote a bunch of stories on a lost continent called Hyperborian Cycle. Wikipedia entries have a complete list of the stories in each setting.

There are collectors editions that you can purchase on Brandon Sanderson's official website but the picture you posted is not one of them. The picture you posted is the UK editions. You can purchase them through Amazon UK, but expect to pay extra for shipping if you live in the U.S.

No that was for the Dread Empire series. What ended up happening for that one is that around 2010 or so Glen Cook combined the plot for that book along with parts of the next two books to create Path the Coldness of Hearts. I thought it ended up being a decent conclusion to the Dread Empire series....certainly better than the massive cliff hanger that readers were left on for about 25 years.

Cover art and short excerpt from one of my favorite authors and series! The Black Company rides again in September! There have been rumors and plans of this book eventually being released since around the year 2001! https://www.tor.com/2018/02/26/cover-reveals-glen-cook-port-of-shadows-the-black-company/

The greatest TV series of all time (well arguably at least) is getting a much deserved and belated blu-ray release! That's right I am talking about Avatar: The Last Airbender! https://io9.gizmodo.com/guard-your-cabbages-avatar-the-last-airbender-is-fina-1823277598

@Silverblade5 Last month I found out that a once respectable historian, who had published several respected books, is a holocaust denier. His name is David Irving. He has since been ostracized by his fellow historians, but I found the entire thing fascinating. My favorite WW 2 historian Richard J Evans was involved with a trial concerning him (also a fascinating story). I knew that holocaust deniers existed but always just assumed they were living in a militia compound with a population under 50 in the middle of Idaho. Now, to be absolutely clear I am not a holocaust denier, but just wanted to pass along, what I thought, was a interesting story.

Hah well I have one alarm on my phone. But if I am too lazy to get up I have a alarm clock across the room that I have to physically get up to turn off; if I can't get to it on time (set 3 minutes later) it lets off a ear shattering wail.

Everyone is hypersensitive about everything nowadays and quick to be offended. I believe that the moderators do a great job and this is the most friendly forum I have been apart of.

Only made that mistake once. I now have two separate alarm clocks.

I guess I got a little sidetracked with what I thought was a more interesting topic; but your thread your rules. I feel like most verses could be twisted to mean just about anything, but I will play along and contribute the verse from Joel 2:28 which could apply to The Stormfather and him sending visions to Dalinar especially. Here it is from the ESV Bible: "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions

Have you tried ebay? Or perhaps you could edit your original post and offer to purchase a copy from another member of the shard using PayPal or something.

@officiumdefunctorum Regarding the Sengar's

Everything has a "intelligence" at least that is what most of the early church taught and believed. There hasn't been any revelation that said that is wrong. I stand by my statement, but don't have the energy or desire to argue. Here are a few quotes: Recent LDS General Authorites have said that our “intelligence was clothed in spirit bodies.” Brigham Young is quoted as saying, “He created man, as we create our children; for there is no other process ” (JoD 11:122-123). Joseph Smith “But if I am right, I might with boldness proclaim from the house tops that God never did have power to create the spirit of man at all” (Follett). "Intelligence is eternal and exists upon a self-existent principle. It is a spirit from age to age and there is no creation about it." -The King Follett Sermon, Joseph Smith Jr. There is an eternity of matter, and it is all acted upon and filled with a portion of divinity.[God's organized intelligences,] Matter is to exist; it cannot be annihilated. Eternity is without bounds and is filled with matter; and there is no such thing as empty space. And matter is capacitated to receive intelligence....matter can be organized and brought forth into intelligence, and to possess more intelligence..and to continue to increase in intelligence.learn those principles that organized matter [can be made] into animals, vegetables, and into intelligent beings capacitated to receive intelligence." [Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p. 2-3] "It was clearly comprehended by the Prophet (Joseph Smith) and his associates that intelligence is the vivifying force of all creation-animate or inanimate-the rock and tree and beast and man, have ascending degrees of intelligence."(John A. Widtsoe, Joseph Smith, Seeker After Truth, Deseret News Press, pp. 150-151) And as Brigham Young Said: "There is life [or intelligence] in all matter throughout the vast extent of all the eternities; it is in the rock, the sand, in water, air, the gasses, and in short, in every description and organization of matter, whether it be solid, liquid, or gaseous, particle operating with particle." (Journal of Discourses, vol. 3, p. 277)

I do not think that it is WoT related and understand pagerunner was making a joke, but miracles do happen. I assumed with the author of the Culture books passing away years ago that there would not be anymore culture books being released. But, we are getting a new one (kind of) coming out in 2019: https://www.orbitbooks.net/2018/02/12/acquisition-announcement-orbit-announces-publication-original-culture-drawings-estate-iain-m-banks/

I usually just buy Brandon's books soon after the release date, but the White Sand graphic novels are the only thing he produces that I wait to receive for a Christmas or Birthday present. It is worth it to me to have a complete cosmere collection to me, but it is not worth me spending money on it if that makes sense. I normally do not like graphic novels, but I love the Bone series by Smith (now can be collected in one volume). It is basically a mixture or Lord of the Rings and Calvin and Hobbs. If you wanted a better investment in a graphic novel I would recommend that series over White Sand. Here is a link to it: https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Complete-Cartoon-Epic-One/dp/188896314X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1519103174&sr=8-1

Looks like Weltall already beat me to linking the thread I was thinking of. But to add to that I think how most Mormons understand the idea of "intelligences" are basically spren. That we are basically a intelligence that Heavenly Father created into a spirit body, that eventually got born into a mortal physical body. But everything has a intelligence be it a blade of grass to animals. This isn't unique to mormonism; in fact I was just watching a show today where a Mongolian religious figure was explaining how everything has a spirit even what most would consider inanimate objects. I also think of Szeth's desire to remain obediant to his stone to be similar to Mormon beliefs because if he doesn't remain loyal to it he would basically cease to exist in the afterlife (the worst possible punishment). Compared to the torment he would receive by being truthless but he would still retain his identity. Most Mormons understand that the punishment of outer darkness is to cast out as a raw, stripped, naked intelligence to the place we were originally gathered from. Throughout my statements I say, "most mormons" but it is a rarely discussed topic. Joseph Smith died before he could really expand on a lot of his ideas like this, but Brigham Young, Pratt and other early Church leaders seem to put forth these interpretations. I can't think of the specefic source of the top of my head, but they must be in The Journal of Discourses. I remember I originally heard it in a lecture or book by Cleon Skousen who collected these early teachings.

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@TheDwarfyOne This has been reprinted over the years in several books. Off the top of my head it can be found in this one: https://www.amazon.com/Eidolon-Other-Fantasies-Penguin-Classics-ebook/dp/B00DQV6QQW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1519050789&sr=8-2&keywords=Clark+ashton+smith His works are also public domain now so everything can be found here (click on the right side of the screen to get to his poetry: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/

That is another Greymane that is most prominent in a book called Stonewielder by Esslemont (it is also where the quote is from). It is a malazan book; I guess you could call it a parallel novel because ot helps fill in the gaps of Erikson's books and continues some plot lines from Esslemonts previous two books. It probably wouldn't make a lot of sense to read it by itself, without prior knowledge (in case you were interested in it).