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You mean the one with the cyborgs? Never read it, I have committed the worse sin in existence and read about it in Wikipedia. I don't know if it could help. Did you read what I wrote about the worldbuilding? I acually had an idea about something to differ it from the original story, part off which was making the prince disappear - replaced by an identical-looking innocent person - and the main plot would've been people searching for him. I'm just not sure if it's really a good idea.

I don't know anything about the wingspan that should make flying possible, but I've heard of a book called Flight of Dragons that is about it's physical possibility. It's probably not really all that much scientific, but it's still interesting. Silly question: do you think dragons could be as big but with less mass? I guess the answer is no, but it could help the problem too. Though it might make them more vulnerable in close range fights. How much should their scales weight?

I won't copy the oath but it's mostly right about me. Sadly, part of the reason I don't write a lot is that I have other things which I also procrastinate. I will add that I will try to think of interesting ideas for stories whenever I have time, but I'll never really use them ever since I'll procrastinate. Besides, I try focusing on one idea. I technically published a sort-of fantasy book, but it shouldn't count by any means since it was a very bad one, and it was only given to family and close friends. I have an idea for a world - it's in my signature - and also a vague idea for a story in it - basically some sort of a retelling of Cinderella, though I'm afraid this kind of stories was done too many times. I will like to have some help.

I do it every time I read a book and a character acts in a way I consider stupid, though I can appreciate an author that makes character mistakes plot driving, or lets them happen because it fits the character. Right now, I'm glad to say I have no reason to facepalm.

I must be missing something, but if I remember correctly, Nikli just said that at least the soulcasters, and maybe the plate(?) were given as gifts to the guardians. Of course, there is the problem with why give them something they don't need. I do believe the guardians are the lanceryn.

My reaction was along the line of being halfway interested through the book - I didn't care much for Rysn or even the Lopen before, I admit - but then Nikli mumbled that the dawnshards were used to shatter Adonalsium and... Well, the OP described it better then me: Though I didn't think of Hoid, but I should've. Remembering the First Dreams interlude, I thought the Sleepless would appear, though I realized about Nikli just a moment before it was revealed.

Well, @Shard of Reading, I'll answer anyway: it's the Fjorden word for demons, including elanrians, IIRC.

Yeah, it was a little weird, especially since he already has a Ryshadium.

Well, it is a nice story, though as you noted, most of us prefer fantasy. It's a bit weird that they act as if it would be a best case scenario, than everything goes wrong and they don't seem to panic for a moment. I don't exactly get why a robot modelled after a kid would be wanted on a classified mission, and though you've wrote multiple times that Jason usually doesn't get to do field work, it is implied he did such things before, so this point isn't exactly clear. except for that, it seems like a nice story, and I might read it. You shouldn't really care too much for my opinion; I'm pretty much locked on fantasy. wrote this about the first chapter, didn't read the second.

When I begun reading the OP I started worrying, since the first few lines can be applied to describe me - I regularly talk to people without them listening to me, though in my defence it's rarely ever people I hardly know. After you stated he was anti semistic I relaxed a bit, since I'm a jew and thus, not anti semistic. After that, i begun sounding like a nightmare. Seriously, I don't really know how it is anywhere outside Israel, but here people like that are strait away blamed for sexual harassment. In fact, from what I've heard, you could be blamed for i on less than that. I can't believe someone hearing about such things just cut it with "boys will be boys." On the bright side, I'm glad to hear it's all right now! Maybe this message is outdated a bit, since you're all through it! Just wanted to share my thoughts.

I agree - I did like the book myself. It's only that I think many people like Sanderson's books because of the sensible magic systems - my older brother who introduced me to Sanderson is like that, for example. Thus, magic systems like that could make books less interesting to some sander fans.

Just finished it. I have found it a little... confusing. I might recommend, but I'd warn you to get ready to a little weirdness. I think it's normal in DWJ books. Besides, be prepared for a magic system that (at least in my opinion) doesn't exactly corresponds with Brandon's laws.

Here's another good advice I've just found in the book Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones : I have nothing to add but pointing out the practicality in it, much needed in writing books, far more than imagination.

I believe that @Bzhydack means the metal from last week is an alloy of aluminum, and he stated his beliefs about the spears' metal on his post. About the shardblade-blocking metal - aluminum alloy is probably the best option. I was very surprised to see in the read-along discussion on tor the idea that both are god metals, but now that I think of it, it might be an alloy of one with aluminum, which I think was done on scadrial too with trellium.

Reading this reminded me of a book I read that has things like this in it. the idea was of storing your experiences mainly in alcoholic drinks, and you didn't have to forget them to do so, I think. It was a nice book, but it was written in Hebrew and AFAIK was never translated.

I thought of trying without registering to the site, but on an afterthought I realised I don't have enough time in my day to write 1.7k words, besides the fact I'm not sure I could get a good idea for a story. I think I'll just start writing and see where it gets.

I can try, I guess. I think the real problem I have is that I'm not a native English speaker, and so I didn't know how to express it. And I was too lazy to use google translate. Anyway, the idea might not be possible, but here it is: I thought that maybe you could pass investiture around like you do with electricity. Yes, I am aware to the fact those aren't very much alike each other. Yet I thought that maybe you could make a metalminds net that will enable people to charge medallions at home by plugging them. It's an idea I had for a long time, and so I wished to post it. A little before I did, however, I realised that this is about business, and so I wasn't sure if it was right to post it. though, it's the most basic thing - charging your medallion without you having to do it yourself, and the idea of making it by metal lines and letting you charge at home instead of going to a charging station - which could also e an option - sounds appealing, at least to me. Again, it might not work. I hope I was clearer this time. it's based on the assumption that medallions would be common, which, as it seems, most people don't believe will happen. Maybe it could be for things like tin, maybe pewter and steel, I think brass medallions should be common, but I'm not sure about zinc. bronze charging would go cheaply, though, since even though it may be in high demand, all you need to do to store it is sleeping. copper is a weird case, and the higher metals are too valuable to be common. I hope I was clearer this time.

I have an idea to have that happen here. we can open a group that'll intentionally read one chapter each week, or at least at the same pace, and will discuss it. This way you'll have your community and time to think. maybe you could open a thread or a PM for that, and avoid reading other things on the RoW spoiler board. I think it gives a solution that'll both satisfy the pro-delaying fraction and won't annoy everyone else, which appears to e most of us. If the pro-delaying think there's still a problem I'll be glad to hear it. I guess you will have to dodge spoilers, but I believe it's possible. I might even decide to join you, though I'm against delaying, thank you very much. P.S. by my calculation, it's a little more than two weeks away. If there is a final date by which it'd be unstoppable before the publishing date, I believe it might've passed already.

Medallion charging system: a net of nicrosil (maybe all 16 metals? Not sure) lines all around the basin, with up to 32 (maybe even more) separate nicrosil threads in every line. At the center of the net, metalborn invest it so that anyone could connect his medallion and recharge it, without needing to store themselves. I think it could be a business, right?

I think you're partly right, but I remember that it was said that while tapping the attribute in a different rate you suffer some sort of pressure loss: for example, if you store a quarter of your weight for an hour, you can either tap it and be at 125% of your original weight for an hour, or tap it at a greater rate - being 150% of your normal weight - for a little less then half an hour. I believe I read it in one of the books, which I don't have in front of me right now. from the Coppermind: source. What I liked about what you wrote is that unlike me, you referred the difference between before and after. So I think it should be more like: a1*t1 = I =t2*a2*p (or minus P maybe? I'm not completely sure.) Lo and behold, the I t2a2p is saved! (I don't usually use emojis, but now it seems fit.)

I've written about it a while ago in another thread - I believe it was about copper compounding, but I wanted to write it more fully. The idea is to think of the parameters of the stored attribute in a metalmind and write an equation based on that. What I have now is: I = t*a*p With I as the stored investiture, t as the time you took to fill the metalmind and a as the amount of the stored attribute. While tapping, you can press more of the attribute to less time, and it stays the same amount though it lasts for less time than it should, and so p is the "resistance" when pressing the attribute. While storing it's set as 1, and so, apparently, is time in copper (and maybe nicrosil). Any thoughts?

Sorry, no. TPBM knows another place in the shard where people are ninja'd more often, and will tell me where it is, discounting TLT and TLPW. (I just assumed those would be the first candidates for this.) Also, I started to notice I have nothing to do in the shard except for reviving this thread. Maybe I should reconsider my life choices.

I would've asked people to give you reputation quickly, but since at least until Halloween @Truthless of Shinovar would be with a different pic, as it seems, I'm fine with it. BTW, what's the opening date to the Ookla season?