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I was really wondering about that question too!  This may be an uninformed question, but how do we know Nazh is from Threnody?

Also, I like the motif idea, but I thought the quote maybe meant that Nazh's name had some reference to the Cosmere or had some connection to other characters we know?  That was just the idea I had but I might have been reading too much into it.  Thanks for the info on the naming of Threnody's planets too, that's really cool!

Edit: Just face palmed there, realized the note about Nazh was in the Shadows for Silence postscript.  Duh.  I would still like to know if Nazh's name is relevant to anything else besides just fitting in with Threnody, though.

The gameplay layout looks a little like an old Starwars Battles game I played, if it's anything like that it would be super fun! Plus putting together books and board games in general sounds like a great idea!

When calling someone is a potato is a compliment, particularly if that potato happens to be in a minefield

Also, when you're proud to be in this support group

My first Sanderson book was Steelheart, so even though I love the Cosmere, Reckoners has a strong place in my heart.  (Plus David is just hilarious).  But at the same time I was pretty confused by the end of Calamity, so I really hope AG answers some questions about that rather than making it more confusing.  I wonder how connected it will be to Reckoners, if it will have Epics or things, since I haven't looked at too much information about it yet.

(And the bar is at 13% now :D)

When you wish you could control the surge of gravitation so your backpack full of books wouldn't be so heavy on the way to a signing

23 hours ago, StrikerEZ said:

Aw man, that sucks. I kind of did the same thing except

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I spoiled that he became Harmony, not necessarily the Hero of Ages, so I wasn't quite sure what him being Harmony meant, but I realized right as it was happening lol. Also, I accidentally saw on this site that Kelsier dies, but I forgot about that until he was about to die.

Eh, it is kind of creepy, but trust me, the story is really good. Yeah, I gotchu. AoL is really good, but you can tide yourself over with SotD and TES.

I just read SotD today and it was great!  While big epic world building like SA is awesome, it's pretty impressive just how much world building and characterization Brandon can get across in a short story too. My mind was blown when I realized what the picture in the front actually was. I wonder if the "Ones Above" are future worldhoppers?

Also ordered AOL and BoM today

My biggest question is how Vasher/Zahel and Nightblood got separated once on Roshar. WoR spoilers and questions:

Also I think Vasher and Jasnah would be hilarious, but I think (WoR and WoT spoilers)

(not sure all the rules on spoilers yet, so I figured better be safe than sorry)

9 minutes ago, StrikerEZ said:

Aww, okay. If you had waited, that would've made something be a little more impactful, but it's not too big of a deal.

Also, this is a tragedy. You need to read Sixth of the Dusk now. It's absolutely one of my favorite short stories, or stories in general, of all time. I know some people don't like it as much as some of Brandon's other stuff, but I absolutely love it. While you're waiting for AoL, I'd suggest reading that short story.

Also, have you read Elantris? If so, I'd read Emperor's Soul as well.

51 minutes ago, Ammanas said:

Welcome! Where did you serve?

Thanks!  I served in the Minnesota Minneapolis Mission!  C:

I did read Secret History, even though I read that it had spoilers... it said minor spoilers, so I figured it would be okay, though since I haven't read era 2 I'm not entirely sure how spoilery it is.  ^^; Regardless, it was so good and hilarious I think it was worth it, and I think it was better for having just finished HoA a few days ago.

I'm debating buying AOL on Amazon or seeing if someone I know has it, or even pulling something crazy and listening to it on audiobook since my dad has it.  Ironically, I have a copy of Shadows of Self already, which I got for my dad at a midnight release, signed and everything, when the only Sanderson books I had read at that point were Steelheart and Firefight.  XD (He didn't care about it because it wasn't an audiobook, so I got to keep it.)

The only Arcanum stories I haven't read are Emperor's Soul, Sixth of the Dusk, and Allomancer Jak.

30 minutes ago, StrikerEZ said:

Hey, welcome to the Shard! Have an upvote and a free spiked delicious cookie!

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Have you read all of the Cosmere books? If you haven't yet, I'd recommend reading Mistborn, because that series is amazing. Also, I'd recommend reading Warbreaker (which you can find for free on Brandon's website) and then rereading WoR because it makes some things in that book make a little more sense. 

Anyway, welcome again, and have fun!

Thanks! That cookie looks delicious!

I've read all of the Cosmere books except for the second Mistborn series and a few of the stories in Arcanum Unbounded.  I loved Warbreaker!  I read WoR first and was super confused by Szeth's ending, and then I read Warbreaker and was like O.o Mistborn was great too!  Man I have a hard time picking favorites, I just found I really liked Warbreaker way more than I expected, but SA still has to be my favorite I think.  I was going to pick up the Alloy of Law today but the library was all out.  So instead I joined 17th Shard.  XD

I've been reading one of the meme threads on here for a while, so I thought I'd finally make an account if only so I can upvote stuff over there.  XD  I started reading Sanderson books when my dad forced me to listen to the first chapter of Steelheart on audiobook like 3 times (not that I didn't like it, I just much prefer paper books to audiobooks). So then I finally just bought the book, read it, and it avalanched from there.  After reading the Reckoners I read Wheel of Time at the request of one of my friends, barely finished the series before leaving on a mission, and then when I came home I decided to catch up on all the Sanderson books I hadn't gotten to read yet, starting with Stormlight Archive, which has been my favorite so far.

My username comes from a mix of two of my old fandoms, Pokemon and Kingdom Hearts.  (A Nobody name of "Latia.")  I did play with the idea of making it Taliaxailat instead though.

I'm excited to be here!  And just vaguely worried about all this talk of spiked cookies...