GreyPilgrim

Very well, I shall go ahead and read it. Thank you for the quick responses!

So I bought Mitosis a while ago, when it was released, but never read it (at least, I have no recollection of it if I did). Is it worth (re?)reading before Firefight, or does it not really matter? I guess what I mean is, does it contain potential setup for Firefight or advance plot/character to a significant enough degree that a loyal Sandersonian would not want to miss it?

I've always assumed that the Perpendicularities were points of intersection between the Cognitive and Physical Realms, or points where the connection between the two is greatest. I see how they could be like Shardpools, although I've always associated Shardpools more with the Spiritual Realm. But then again it would make sense there would be a sort of manifestation of Shardpools in each realm. And yeah, I really hope he changes harmonium. But interesting to get a direct reference to it. I've always sort of thought of it as an alloy of lerasium and atium, but now I wonder if Preservation and Ruin have grown so connected within Harmony that harmonium has started to form on it's own à la atium. Back to the endless speculation on what harmonium will do.

Awesome! Favorite part is probably "shows secret canon drawing".

Happy birthday to the Man Himself! The Man we all know is the real God Beyond!

So... The SoS both excites and depresses me. Excites because, well, more Brandon, and more undoubtedly awesome stories to look forward to. Depresses me because some of these stories might not see the light of day for more than twenty years. And a large part of me fears Brandon will never finish all of these stories, and I will eventually be left with a void in my life, left to think only of what could have been, the hints of stories floating in my head, never to be clothed in full flesh... I'm sorry. I have problems...

I say definitely just go for it and buy it; I agree that the other stories in it make it well worth the money. (In fact, River of Souls is one of the weakest in the whole book. I know it needs to be considered as what it is, a deleted scene from AMoL, but I frankly didn't find it very satisfying or revealing.) But again, Unfettered as a whole is worth the price of admission for the eBook. But since you're not into that eBooks (I'm the same way; the only eBooks I buy in fact are ones that are far more expensive physically, such as anthologies), it may not be worth the $35 for the physical book.

Happy birthday, Peter! Ookla the Indelible rises from his hole to send you his warmest felicitations.

This is why I wish the Wheel of Time had won the Hugo for Best Novel; that would arguably certify it as one novel, and since it is in total longer than any of the novels in the list I linked to I would be able to say I have read the longest novel ever. Alas, win it did not.

*cough cough*

I finished Return of the Crimson Guard a little while ago, as well as Rothfuss's The Slow Regard of Silent Things. Return was good, not great; I enjoyed it much more than Esslemont's first book, and highly enjoyed the last third of the book. Slow Regard blew me away. I started Toll the Hounds a few days ago. It's good to be back with Erikson after quite a while.

Truth right there. And Skye has somehow managed not to be too annoying so far.

Haven't updated this in a while. I am mow reading Return of the Crimson Guard, Ian C. Esslemont's second Malazan installment. I really disliked his first, in fact I found the writing nearly unreadable, but I am about a quarter into this one and it is miles better so far. It doesn't have much narrative momentum yet, but I am beginning to see the bigger picture. I doubt RotCG will be Erikson good, bur it is far from bad.

Since no one has commented on this, let it be known that I intend to watch to watch the cast whensoever it is that I find the time to do so. Probably way too late at night!

*cough* Red Seas Under Red Skies *cough* Alas, I cannot join that bandwagon. I found the overall plot of that book better than that of Republic (at least better than the plot of the present story), and I felt the fact that the plotline in the past was much better than that of the present in Republic, plus the fact that it had near-equal page count, undermined the book when taken as a whole.

I finished The Republic of Thieves. I enjoyed it more than I expected to based on the general impression I had from reviews. It was definitely the weakest GB book yet, considered as a stand-alone, but I am excited by all of the set-up it did for the rest of the series. I have a feeling that the remaining four books are going to be more connected and that the stakes are going to be much higher. I just started A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller, the first Star Wars novel released with story direction by the new Lucasfilm Story Group. Expect a pretty in-depth analysis once I've finished.

Glad you enjoyed this volume! As I said before, it is one of if not my favorite book in the series. The ending, whole somewhat sudden as you pointed out, is definitely my favorite of the series. The writing in the Dumai's Wells scene is simply amazing. This book also starts to set up the rest of the series, which I find interesting. As I have said before, I view the Wheel of Time as a sort of trilogy/tetralogy. As I'm sure many of us know, it was originally intended as a trilogy. Based on the structure of the story, I am fairly certain that the end of book 3, book 6, and book 14 were the original endings of each of the intended three books. (As a not-really-spoilery aside, I get the tetralogy idea from book 9, which is enough of a turning point that it could be considered a significant break, leaving 1-3, 5-6, 7-9, and 10-14 (really only three books as well) as distinct narrative sections; however, because of how muddied the story gets in those later volumes and as the series was intended as a trilogy, 1-3, 5-6, and 7-14 work best when considering sections of the series.) Wow. That got a bit long-winded. My point is that LoC serves as a big turning point in the series, and I can see in the OP that you caught in on a lot of the set-up of later books. Hope you continue to enjoy the series! The next 5 books (though mostly in books 8-10) are where the series really slows down, but, reading them in a short time period as you are, you should be able to enjoy the huge amount of character development that goes on from here on out. I read the books in much the same way you did, excluding the last one, and I actually quite like the later books (yes, even Crossroads!).

We wouldn't be able to quote anything from the book here on 17th Shard without the swear filter going nuts.

I don't mind the first person when done right, but paired with the present tense? Ain't happening.

Perfect. May I just add that the story would be written in the first person present tense, the worst type of narration ever created.

I have to say, I find it hilarious when the bots create account pictures.