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Tier 1!!! Digital novella that isn't wrapped in the hide of deceased meat-creature FTW! Also, hoorah for not having to set an alarm!

pxchris found this website (the publisher's?) which has a release date of the 14th of September for The Original. https://www.recordedbooks.com/title-details/9781980062813 May not be correct, of course.

You can always do the test! The official one is at wizardingworld.com , but you need to log in. A copy of the official one is here https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mte2mdawoq2srl

Aliens vs Predator 2. Such fun multiplayer, I'd love to come back to it with shiny graphics and netcode. It's never going to happen, unless they can make a breakthrough in figuring out who owns the rights to the original AvP2.

I'll do that! https://imgur.com/a/BndGQi8

As an option (if the forum software supports it) - let people select one of the knight radiant order logos for their avatars? I know it's not difficult for people to upload the images themselves, assuming they're a little tech savvy. But could be even nicer if there were some already on the site that people could choose. Edit: "Maybe post 10 images?" That's a good idea! Edit edit: Bigger and better album https://imgur.com/a/ytatKMG with badge, pin and coin images, as well as better versions of the avatars.

New trailer just dropped

Thanks!

This is the worst! I'm intolerant to fragrances, and the ridiculous quantity of fragrance they put in things like laundry detergent - it's an issue. X(

Hmm. Amazon have it as "Volume One" https://www.amazon.com/Dark-One-1-Brandon-Sanderson/dp/1939424453/ Which implies it is the first of a graphic novel series.

Cilantro

Ooh, nice catch!

Dancing

You're gonna have to point it out, I can't see it!

It's supposed to be part of a cross-media series. They are working on a companion TV series with J. Michael Straczynski as showrunner. Also a podcast and prequel novels - according to Coppermind. I'm hoping each type of media will be relatively stand-alone? Does anyone have into on this?

Stormlight 4 Draft 4.0 - 100% Stormlight 4 Draft 5.0 - 0%

It was on Brandon's facebook! Yeah, I didn't spot the preview on the product page at first, you're right, it's in both places. Yay!

More betterer sample available here and here. I'm trying to guess all the board games on his shelf. Monopoly Yes! No! Game Ticket to Ride Agatha Christie: Death on the Cards (or one of the older Agatha Christie games?) Big . . . something? Bingo? Bio . . . something?

Excerpt is here! So exciting! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dark-one-excerpt-brandon-sanderson-unveils-fantasy-graphic-novel-1297122 I'm really confused where I found this link. Thought it was on Brandon's home page or my email, but it's not in either of those places.

- Stormlight - Kingkiller - Dresden Files - Harry Potter - Discworld Funny, I didn't include Earthsea because I only really like one book in the series. But my this book was Tombs of Atuan.

Hufflepuff! I was disappointed when the old Pottermore website sorted me into Hufflepuff, and then I researched what the houses stand for and I think it's correct. Although I could swing to Gryffindor. I originally thought I should be Ravenclaw. Then I realised that Ravenclaw isn't about being intelligent. It's about how much value we place on intelligence. For me it's not that important, so, not Ravenclaw! J. K. Rowling on Hufflepuff

I started off quite biased against Peter Jackson, because I had to watch Heavenly Creatures half a dozen times in English class at school. Heavenly Creatures is about a historical murder in the city I live in, in a park that I had previously quite enjoyed visiting. X( Anyway, for me it's books all the way, and the movies can take a flying leap. I have many gripes about the films, but the one that annoyed me most was how whiny and antagonistic they made Boromir towards Aragorn. In the books he was all "WOAH! The sword that was broken! Please come to Gondor and help us kick some bad guys", and in the film it's all "Gondor has no King and I don't like you!" There are things I liked about the films too, like the poster below (how Alamy can claim it's a stock photo I don't know!) And some of the music was AMAZING. The last bit of The Bridge of Khazad Dum Lothlorien Gollum's Song Misty Mountains (The Hobbit) **************** Since I'm talking music, here's some stunning unofficial Middle Earth music. Song of Durin - Clamavi de Profundis All That is Gold Does not Glitter - Clamavi de Profundis The Ent's Marching Song - Clamavi de Profundis Song of Durin - Eurielle Arwen's Promise - Eurielle (original lyrics) And now I think about my experience reading the books, and I did find them quite dull and annoying at times. The Two Towers especially, having one half being about Pippin, Merry and the rest with no idea what's happening to Frodo and Sam, and then the whole second half being Frodo and Sam travelling through dreary swamps. I think these days the editor would have insisted on switching between the parties. But they are what they are, and the movies annoyed me in so many ways that I still prefer the books.

Skip to 5:50 for the start.

Eh. I was just shocked that, even though he has a job that can mostly be done from home, he still chose to have contact with staff during this time.