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Nathan Fillion as... well. He can definitely be Kelsier. But, I wouldn't be opposed to just seeing him in the movie. He'd be a great fit in a Mistborn film.

Nah, I am keeping Nathan Fillion in reserve to play Lightsong in Warbreaker.

I like the suggestion of Hailee Steinfeld as Vin. She was amazing in True Grit. Jennifer Lawrence, who's playing Katniss in the Hunger Games, might also be good in the role. I thought she did a good job in X-Men.

She wasn't my introduction to the genre but she was one of my first favorite sci-fi authors. I loved Pern as well as the Talents series. In fact, I think the first internet forum I ever joined was an Anne McCaffrey fansite. She will definitely be missed but she has left a great legacy.

I've read 41 from that list. A couple more I started but didn't finish. I don't think this has changed at all since voting on the poll...

I like the flowchart. Pretty clever.

(Now, here's a tangent for you: the spikes are obvious symbols of Hemalurgy/Ruin. Then, the crescents in the metal symbols would represent Allomancy/Preservation. Spike the crescents, and you have Feruchemy/Balance, and also Harmony, and life. Use just a spike, and you have only Ruin; you have nothing. Now, I know the symbols were originally designed just to look cool, so I'm probably reading too much into it...but you've gotta admit it's cool.)

I saw something similar, also probably reading too much into it, but I saw them as representing the three magic systems, the spikes for hemalurgy, the crescents as cuffs/bracelets for feruchemy, and the dots as beads for allomancy.

I voted for Final Empire, because I think for Alloy of Law to work on its own apart from the previous trilogy, you'd have to cut out or gloss over a lot of the stuff that made it particularly awesome, and it would end up coming across just as a fairly standard mystery in an unusual setting.

Though Final Empire and the rest of the original trilogy would lose an awful lot if made into movies. What I'd really like to see is the trilogy as a tv series, followed by AoL as a movie or special.

Elend is called The Last Emperor, and he's got a statue across from Vin's. Though, given the lack of any direct mention of him elsewhere, it's quite possible that his role in the mythology boils down to, "And the Ascendent Warrior married some guy and made him emperor."

I'm guessing there's more than that, after all the city is named after him.

Since this thread has been inactive for a while I would just like to let everyone know that I can no longer hear

without thinking of Kaladin.

That looks awesome! A friend of mine have plans to try and make our cloaks and go to a scifi or anime convention in about a year. We're not sure which convention though. It'd be nice if we could do it at one that Brandon might be visiting.

Brandon has a list of his upcoming conventions and appearances on his site through August of next year, if that helps you any (I'm personally hoping he comes to Dragon*Con again, but he hasn't said yet, and I'm pretty sure D*Con and Worldcon conflict this year so maybe not).

I read that as cadmium. >_>

Yes, instead of the more traditional alcohol, Pulsers keep their metals in chai now.

Also, the fried potato recipe I posted earlier is very good with sweet potatoes as well (I left out the onion powder and added a very small amount of cardamom).

I made Turkish Delight (lokum) last night! If you live in the US there's a good chance you've never had it, though if you've had the Liberty Orchards "Aplets & Cotlets" it's basically that.

It's a bit complicated to give the recipe here, but I'll link to the one I've used. This is the best recipe for it I've found, but just as a warning, the author felt the need to illustrate it with someone in a sexy maid uniform doing the demo cooking ... don't ask me why. Nothing too scandalous but thought I'd let you know.

http://www.ranum.com/fun/recipes/turkishdelight.html

I used a nontraditional flavor this time, 1 tbsp banana flavor, 1 tbsp cranberry juice, and about 1/4 cup finely chopped cranberries mixed in at the very end. If you like nuts you can pour it over a layer of finely chopped walnuts and then you don't have to worry quite so much about it sticking to the pan, though I've decided I'm not a huge fan of walnuts with this flavor combo (they were quite good with orange/mango though). Next time I think I will try a more traditional rose flavor.

I like the effect, but it's not really how I pictured them, either (also, didn't it specifically say that the eyes didn't change?)

I doubt anyone needs this, but as I have had someone mispronounce "Hyde" in real life, it sounds exactly like the word "hide."

Hyde was my last name before I was married. I started using it online a few years ago because I wasn't creative enough to think of a pseudonym that really suited me and I decided that I wasn't particularly worried about crazy internet stalkers. As a bonus, everyone thinks I'm making a literary reference.

In case anyone hasn't seen this yet, a NaNoWriMo pep talk from Brandon:

http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/11/09/nanowrimo-pep-talk-from-brandon/

I am just over 19,000 and behind schedule, but I'm hoping to get a lot done this evening.

I'm @HydeDesigns, I'm both new to twitter and not terribly active yet.

Anyway, right now, I'm reading Going Postal by Terry Pratchett, which is the funniest Discworld book I've read (out of five, including this one and Pyramids which I put off half-way through.)

Going Postal is my second-favorite Discworld book, after Night Watch, but I think Going Postal is definitely the funnier of those two.

I recently read The Lies of Locke Lamora as well, and I really enjoyed it. Sometimes fantasy novels feel like their entire world was invented just for the sake of the story, but with this one I really got the feel that the world was there, and the story just happened to take place inside it. If that makes any sense. I have not read the sequel, but honestly, LoLL has a satisfying ending on its own. I'm glad there will be more, but even if there weren't, I wouldn't let that stop you from reading what's there.

I'm at 17,578 and ... well, the stuff that I wanted to happen, is happening, is about all I can say for it. Still, I've at least got some ideas of what needs changing.

wolverine was able to heal himself from being at the center of a nuclear bomb blast at one point.

Ah, I was not aware of that. I see your point.

Yeah, I would say that while I think (not even sure on this) that Miles can heal faster, Wolverine's a better fighter by far and would end up winning this one.

Okay, I think now we have to debate

I think the funniest part for me had to be the aluminum-foil hats.

Just as a heads-up to all the Cat Inquisitors out there...

Mistborn kitteh begins her training

(Shadow does not like her mistcollar AT ALL)

I will be doing nanowrimo this year. I've done it before, in high school and my freshman year of college, but I've taken the past few years off (during college because I was too busy, and last year because I had no idea what to write about). But I think I've got a promising story in mind this year so I am going to take the challenge again.

I think the story I'm working on would probably be classified as YA sci-fi...not sure about the YA, but that's what it feels like right now. Who knows, after I write more. And there will be some fantasy elements in there as well. I went to the regional kick-off party last night and I realized I need to come up with a good, short summary, so that I have something to say when people ask me what I'm writing about.

I am E. Hyde on the nano site as well.

So has anyone seen this yet? It doesn't seem to be getting good reviews but then I often find myself disagreeing with professional film critics.

I just read "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" which is a children's book that I somehow managed to avoid in elementary school (it's a Newberry winner, which translated to "a dry book that grown-ups like"). But this one, despite being children's lit from the 50s, was quite enjoyable...though I guess I am a grown-up now. It's a fictionalized biography of Nathaniel Bowditch, who published a book on navigation in 1802, and I suspect the book might make readers almost as interested in math as in sailing--though, not if you tell them that beforehand.