Bean Delphiki

7 hours ago, Calderis said:

@Tman @Bean Delphiki Check your spam folders. I had to approve Brandon's site in my email settings, cause it ended up there. 

Thanks! I found the email and subscribed to the newsletter, but I don't see any way to get the prose, do I just need to wait or is there something else I need to do?

I also have never received the newsletter, and I believe I've signed up correctly.

The Final Empire > The Hero of Ages > The Well of Ascension 

Oh no, it's not Stick is it? XD 

Will it even be possible to fit Oathbringer into a mass market paperback style book, or is it just to big?

Orson Scott Card teaching a class and discussing Stormlight Archive?!?! lucky

Just now, Brgst13 said:

Usually when a metal is being used like that it's aluminum.

Wow, I was two seconds late. XD

Based on what we've seen and learned from other books, I'd say it's almost definitely aluminum.

Remember, Hoid said that if Odium even had a hint that Hoid was in Kholinar he would completely wipe out the city for even a small chance of killing him. So it makes complete sense for him to stay mostly in the background.

Warbreaker is AMAZING!

Dang it! I noticed this will reading and was so sure I'd discovered a new shard. Oh well  

My favorite scenes would be from The Way of Kings and The Emperors Soul.

Men in Black, it was awesome.

Ooh, Oathbringer has been found.

Only a few more weeks until release!!

That does make sense. 

Don't they only have 6? If I remember correctly one of the honorblades that gives regrowth is missing. 

4 hours ago, lexoj said:

Repeating what I wrote on Reddit here:

Bear in mind that these are in-world paintings which are what Rosharan artists THINK the heralds look like. The Alethi looking Jezrien might have been drawn by an Alethi artist. There might be some real world connotations here, where Jesus’s ethnicity in different countries are often depicted differently depending on the country. Though, this is all speculation of course. 

 

 

That is very true. Also, the Herlads are thousands of years old, which means that they would look much different then most of the races currently on Roshar.

Hopefully this close up image of Jezrien is of better quality.  So what do you guys think, is there any interesting information we can learn from these? 

The art of Jezrien and Vedel (if I remember correctly) from the Inside cover of Oathbringer has been released by Tor, and they look absolutely amazing!!

It HAS to be Vivenna, what else from Warbreaker could it be?

So, tezim is a herald ...how interesting. 

Ok, I've read many of Orson Scott Cards books... and this video is simply wrong.Noone I know who has read his book ever thought that having a ton of children was a message being shoved down their throats in these books. Bean and his wife's plot centers around getting their kidnapped children back, so obviously the importance of children is more pronounced in this series. It is also human and animal nature to reproduce, but if you don't want kids that's perfectly fine. Also, Graff, the man who "died alone" was not depressed when he died, he was satisfied that he had accomplished his life's work. Next, I don't believe it was ever stated that Anton was gay (he may have, I'm not sure on this one.) Next, Card has had other gay characters in his books, Zdorab, from the Homecoming series is gay. He's also one of the only good guys in the series. The videos assumptions about the Mormon church is mostly wrong as well. Finally, yes Orson Scott Card doesn't support gay marriage, he was raised in a church that believes that sex should be between a married man and women.  

Quote by Card " Oddly enough, even as I am attacked by some as a homophobe, I am attacked by others as being too supportive of homosexuality, simply because I cannot see individual homosexuals, in or out of my books, as anything other than human beings with as complex a combination of good and evil in them as I find within myself. In my own view, I am walking a middle way, which condemns the sin but loves the sinner. "

Even if he is wrong about his opinions on homosexuality I do not think he is hateful. Many of his extreme opinions against gay marriage were either written decades ago, retracted, or apologized for. Unfortunetly, he still doesn't support gay marriage, but ever since it has became legal he has decided to not fight against it anymore.

Finally the accusation that he is racist is the most incorrect. When I first heard these accusations I did my own research and decided that he is definitely, definitely not racist. his books are some of the most diverse books out there. His book Pastwatch is literally about a bunch of time travelers who go back to change  Columbus' discovery of America and the later genocides. 

Overall, I don't think he is racist, yes he doesn't support gay marriage, but I don't think he is hateful about it, even if he is wrong. Even if he was super racist its a good idea to read things written by a person with opposing views, and I think you're missing out on an amazing book in Enders Game. 

( I was multitasking while writing this so if I gave off the wrong impression or if there is any grammar mistakes I apologize)

Different kinds of Fabrials can be used to instantly communicate, create pumps, heat a room, or take away pain. Soulcasters can turn one substance into another, stormlight can be used as an easy light source, and oathgates can instantly transport you somewhere. Many of these magical devices or substances really dampen the incentive to research new technology. Why would you invent a lightbulb or a telephone if you can just use stormlight or a spanreed?

I would say that Roshar is already pretty advanced. New and interesting fabrials are always being invented. There are also the periodical desolations.....which is probably not good for a society's chances of developing advanced technology. 

Thanks!