Alliare

Meh, I have to wait until my Amazon order ships it to my house in Spain. You'll have already finished it by the time I can start reading it.

From my reading, men and women of the same house have different powers, boys inherit the fathers power, girls the mothers.

Yes, That I know.

But try to give that a few generations of interbreeding, with boys inheriting the father's Kkell power and girls inheriting the mother's Kkell power.

The, let's suppose... the wife enters the husband's House.

We would have... Houses who would keep the male Kkell power... and a mixture of female Kkell powers which would not be their own.

If, instead, the lower-ranked one entered the highest-ranked one's House...

We would have... Houses with... let's see... maybe 50% males with the male Kkell power, 50% males with a mixture of other Houses's male Kkell powers; 50% females with the House's female Kkell power and 50% females with a mixture of the other Houses's female Kkell powers?

Somehow, that's not the impression I get pron reading the book (or the chapters we have as of now). I get the impression that all males of the House who are of enough rank have the male Kkell power, and all the females of the House who are of enough rank have the female Kkell power.

Unless a parson retains his/her House even with marrying? And so do their own sex's children? But... wouldn't thet lead to conflicting loyalties and a lot of spying amongst the Houses?

That's my question.

I have read the Time Master Trilogy and liked it, is the Lord of No Time very different?

There are some differences, as it is an early work. Differences in...

Finally! A topic about Mythwalker! I hate opening topics, I always feel like I am going to say something silly and the thrad is going to be closed or stay with no answers for 'having no point at all'.

I have become addicted to Mythwalker. Brandon might think it's not well written, but it's far better than many things you can find on bookshops and libraries as of today. The magic system - the Houses' Kkells and so, I completely love, as well as the hierarchy that exists inside of a family and how it relates to power-level. What is more, I like the characters. Well, to be more specific... I like Devin's father who hasn't appeared. I'm really curious about him. And I'm curious about how Devin is going to cope with his new Kkell...

I have many questions, sure. Specially about inter-marriages between families and what happens with the different Kkell powers. And about why is it that the Oath is so binding. The last chapter seems to imply it is something more than just words, honor and soul at stake. As well as Prince Sserin's strategy.

I've read a theory that Ambrose makes it up to first in line to the throne and Kvothe kills the king for some good reason, putting Ambrose on the throne. Which makes Kvothe really depressed. I like this theory.

Maybe. Or maybe not. Could be, but I think Ambrose would be too much of an antagonist if that happened. Too many things have already ocurred because of Ambrose. But that raises an interesting point: something Kvothe did ended up bringing worse consequences that the evil that was there before and that Kvothe killed.

Think. Kvothe is completely denying himself. I'm positive that his sympathy did not work when he tried because he cannot concentrate anymore to focus his Alar, he is distressed. And it would be the same reason he suddenly stopped fighting well against the soldiers/recruits and made a fool of himself. But then, he killed the Scrael. He feels that all he has done, in the end, has done more evil than good. But, in the end, he still can't help trying to protect people... or he hasn't been able to eliminate his old personality completely... yet.

Might be a mix of the two. That's my theory. I believe that his killing of the king, whoever he was, started the war. Ands that's the reason for he being so secluded, so humble. But, still, sometimes the old Kvote resurfaces again, and tries to do something to protect... because he feels guilty, terribly guilty. But his remorse is so great he thinks that, were he to do something openly, with his full power, the power he once had, it would only worsen the situation.

In a word: he is afraid.

I would like to announce...

... that, after years of waiting, finally I managed to get a second-hand copy of stand-alone novel 'Lord of No Time' by Louise Cooper, written in 1977 and which years after became the 'Time Master' trilogy, far easier to find and which I'd recommend to everybody.

*happy dance*

Oh, did I mention I loved it? It has actually quite a different... something that makes it shine with its own light. Its philosophy and the one of trilogy which would be written later are actually quite different.

I found this last night and thought to my self "If it doesn't have a Brandon Sanderson book on it then I reject ita accuracy", luckily it had 2 so it was all good

Well, I still think there are must-reads that could be there and are not, but that's based not only in quality, but also in popularity.

Now that I think about it, I never thought of counting how many books of the list I have read...

It makes 20 books read and 2 books I started and couldn't finish.

This two questions... this depends on the editorial, at least in my country. I don't know Tor's policy, so I thought it would be interesting to ask.

Does the author get to see a sketch of the cover art before it gets approved? Or any version before the final one? If it is so, can he make any suggestions if something directly contradicts the story's facts?

Supposing the author had in mind a particular artist for designing the cover, can he suggest him to be the artist? And what are the probabilities the editorial (Tor in this case) will accept?

As for how Marsh would have gained that particular Hemalurgical ability of storing age, my guess is an Atium spike. I mean, we know that in-world people believe that Atium spikes can only steal Allomantic temporal powers, but Brandon has already said that it can actually steal any power if placed properly. I don't think the Lord Ruler, or the Steel Inquisitors, would have wanted to create an immortal voluntarily, but I believe they could have made some kind of mistake when placing a spike, or maybe they were just experimenting. Not even Ruin can control luck.

Yeah, here it happens the same, but only with a few volumes. In fact, there have been two different editions here. They published in the old one up to Crossroads of Twilight, which was split in two #16 and #17.

The new edition is different. For example, Crossroads of Twilight is a single book, but The Eye of The World, which was a single book in the old one, is now split. According to this one, Gathering Storm is #18.

... and people ask why I read the original versions...

eh, maybe. I just haven't bothered to make one yet. Besides, it makes me stand out since I'm the only admin NOT to have one. So you could say my award is not having an award.

Then, get an award named "the awardless"

Something like a black hole or so. Besides, dark holes are cool.

It's a special award since Josh thought it was crazy that all the other admins had an award and he didn't.

You're an admin and you don't have an award. Shouldn't you get one too?

I'm still reading fanfiction. Currently on Bishonen Senshi Sailor Moon, in which guys in the Ranma cast become Sailor Senshi (Usagi etc. don't exist). It's pretty funny. And last week I got to the current chapter of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (longer than Way of Kings), which I highly recommend.

I LOVE fanfiction! Good fanfiction, that is. I like to see there is someone else with the same ideas.

I will definitely check those two, it has been a long time since I read any Sailor Moon fandom... and I never read any Harry Potter fanfiction, so it seems a good start.

And, in exchange, I'll recommend you The Last Ringbearer, by Kirill Yeskov, which is also fanfiction. It's, well, a novel of The Lord of the Rings events by the Mordor dwellers... 269 pages in .pdf, really worth it.

LOVE it.

So, linking to what Happyman has said...

It might be that, if we are talking about us, and the reality we live in, there is no reason there has to be some kind of attempt to reach the highest level of entropy in itself.

But there is, indeed, a tendence for all the universe to achieve higher levels of entropy (at least, given what we know as of today). So, if we took every life form and we somehow could isolate it and everything that is affected by its existence and consider it from a thermodinamical point of view (in which there is no "time" to speak of), probably we would get an increase of entropy in the system that wouldn't be there if there had not been metabolic processes catalyzed by the fact there was a living being there.

Now, here is where we can make the paralellism with the Cosmere I believe Chaos was speaking about. Ruin is, in itself, a being who tries to get the world into chaos. That is, he would be the reason behind that always-increasing entropy tendence. So, now, why would he accept creating life, something that is, in itself, highly organized and not chaotic at all? Because he sees the higher picture. He sees that, as a whole, that is working towards his goal, not Preservation's.

(Oh, gosh, I don't know if I made sense... I just couldn't find the exact words in English sometimes, sorry)

That is well done.

Funny.

Re-reading The Three Musketeers, after having went to the movies this weekend and got a mental image of Alexandre Dumas shouting from Heaven: "But what did you do with my poor, beautiful novel!?"

Having a lot of fun, actually, it's probably one of the first books I ever read, so the way I look at many things now... it's quite different. But I cannot help but feel sympathy towards Richelieu.

They have a list of Frequently Banned/Challenged Books per decade on the site, which would give us an idea of which books became controversial at certain periods of time. In the last decade, Harry Potter topped the list.

The challenge/banning is usually because of reasons like depictions of sex, self-harm, drug use and abuse, racism, and other similar issues. Usually it's parents or advocacy/religious groups who issue the challenge, though not all challenges result in a ban.

There's still an inherent problem about the appropriateness of a book for a certain age level, I think. Some people would say Harry Potter shouldn't be classified as a children's book, and some people would say children can handle it. The classification by publishers and libraries aren't necessarily what parents think is appropriate for their children. So it's at that point that the challenges come in.

But, then, if we're talking about children, shoulnd't parents be the ones to decide by themselves if that particular book can be handled by their child's maturity and is or isn't against his morals? But now, I'm talking about what would be VERY controversial books. I also do not believe that all children should be given to read are fairy tales where the princess is beautiful, the prince handsome and gallant and the witch spiteful and ugly (yes, I am exaggerating). I mean, part of the education at school should be: 'look, there are these different kinds of people out there'. Just that, not showing them what a brothel is in real life, of course ._.

Thanks... for... telling...

I'm getting that e-book even if it's the last thing I do in my life.

*kisses Zas*

Oh, I see.

It still strikes me as odd that you could prevent a book from getting into public libraries, though. I mean, if the idea is that they're not appropiate for children, then don't put them in the children section, and that would be all, right? I can see the school part as easier to understand.

You do actually have banned books in the US?

0_o

How does it work, exactly? Because, from what you say, I get you can read them, nevertheless. Is it forbidden for children to buy them? Or are they difficult to find? Or is it just that a group of people protests against them, and nothing more?

Forgive me for being so ignorant... u_u

Oh, by the way, SOM1else, from the ones you've said you will be reading, I find Brave New World to be the best, followed by 1984 and then Fahrenheit 451. Haven't read Flowers for Algernon, though.

Oh and about Mercedes Lackey, her Obsidian trilogy was decent but her Valdemar series and lot of her other works are not. Nobody would accuse her of producing literary works, and this comes with a lot of love from a former fanboy. It's embarrassing to admit but a few years back I went through this phase where I read almost all her Valdemar books and a few of her other series. I still think she is an entertaining writer but just not in the league as Brandon,GGK and co.

For 'coming with a lot of love', it really seems you don't like her at all. I might like an author or not, but to come as far as saying nthat it would be embarrasing to read most of his/her books..

Oh, well, as I suppose any reason I might give to you would make no difference, you can go tell Patrick Rothfuss. He has The Last Herald-Mage listed in his '40 Sci-Fi and Fantasy books you must read', before Ender's Game itself.

Oh, I got another 'might-be' clue pointing about Kvothe's mother being Netalia Lackless. Remember, in The Name of the Wind, when she surprises Kvothe singing a not-too-kind song? Well, that song was about a 'Lady Lackless', and she gets really pissed off. And, later, she sends him in some errand for him to make up to 'Lady Lackless and herself'. She even says it's not kind to say that kind of things because Lady Lackless is 'a real person', and probably, I guess, a person she doesn't want to hear being made fun of.

I would like to announce that there is now a Fan Fic in the Fan Fiction board!

Yay! I'm going to read it right now!

Except for the singing part--I don't do that. (Well, that's a lie. I do sing to some of the best Ayumi Hamasaki songs)

Oh, really? How about uploading a little video or voice archive of you singing a little ^_- ?

It was pretty alarming, mostly because my building's fire alarm is this horrific doom-siren that blares at me from a loudspeaker right behind my head,

Wow, that seems even more frightening than the idea of the fire itself >_<

I'm glad you're okay, KChan.