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Thank you so much!

Anyone who reads Korean (I think), what does it say on the sticker that came in the box?

So Logna describes how they, along with the other gods or god-like beings, hit some sort of barrier when they reached the dimension where they are. I was thinking about possible reasons that that would have happened, because the implication is that they traveled fairly far upstream but somehow weren't able to travel farther. Maybe there are ways to bend the rules about upstream travel, but only to a certain degree. This would be a reason why they had to stop and didn't go further at the time. Any thoughts on the logic and rules of that?

She ate some Non-Sanderson books and mourned her nonexistent DogeCoin because sentient Marshmallows devoured Kelsier

Yes, I have, and I see what you're pointing out. Another weird aspect of Lumar's Aethers that might factor in is the moons thing. There's something up in the sky producing humongous numbers of these Aether-infused spores that are falling onto Lumar. Given that they're called spores, is it possible that the whatever-it-is is organic, and the spores are parasitic because they're literally seeds that are trying to grow?

Hooray! No rules! Also, does the parasitic nature mean that normal Aethers have some source of Investiture that Lumar's moons don't have access to? If so, why do they feed off of water and what does that tell us about Aethers in general?

That's probably why Terry Pratchett got knighted by the queen for contributions to literature (which he definitely deserved). The other cool thing about the worldbuilding, in my experience (I've read most but not all of them) is that continuity is maintained extremely well in a low-key kinda way.

well that's awkward. Do we know how the aethers migrated there? were they naturally occurring despite the lack of shard or did somebody cause it to happen?

Is this some kind of metal spore? How would that function? Also, there's a moment in the book, when Tress is facing off with crow in front of xisis, where it says "Tress’s courage had never gotten away, though it had been pounded flat by all the other emotions. As it began to shine through, a certain whimsy struck Tress." why would he use the word whimsy? I think we are being told that Lumar's Shard is Whimsy

Man, I hope so. Lux was really good.

I loved it. I have this weird belief, as a big fan of horror entertainment in general, that audio horror is scarier than anything else. Like, if you listen to old horror radio shows, they will actually make you wonder if the monster is behind you. I think it's because audio walks that line between things being so imaginary that they aren't that scary (like in a lot of books) and being so real-seeming that you can come to terms with the monster and stop being scared by it (like in a movie),so that things feel real but the monster remains this terrifying nebulous thingy that haunts the space just beyond your peripheral vision. DO: Forgotten hit that exact point for me. The characters and plot and voice acting were all super well done, and the music and sound design were very good at real-ifying some of the scarier moments (I don't think I've ever heard a torture scene so long, visceral, and intense. Those screams were scary). And, there were a couple moments where I actually gasped and/or flinched because of the things happening to the characters. @Use the Falchionif I can hazard a guess I bet your referring to the fact that when Christina is initially cursed, it feels super uncanny and scary, but pretty quick the tone goes back to "I can detective this". I was also a little annoyed by that, but since Brandon also wrote this, I can see where Dan was probably reigned in a little. Anyway, great stuff. Five stars, would music box curse again.

Would it be possible to set up a forum to discuss Intentionally Blank? I don't know how many people on here listen, but I'm willing to bet it's quite a few. Might be fun to have an area in the General Brandon section to talk about the ridiculous nonsense they talk about, and to continue lobbying for Hollywood to green- light the great British bake-off movie featuring The Rock. Post here if you support the idea so we can see if it's worth it, but it would be fun to have.

When you constantly reference Intentionally Blank and have to explain to everyone around you

To some degree, probably. The Elantrians themselves don't consider themselves gods, but the people on Sel might still deify them.