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Alas, Argent's topic is better!

https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-girl-dreams-of-battling-aliens-in-this-exclusive-exce-1825882267 Exciting news! I myself don't have time to read the excerpt right this second, but I will before the day is out!

True! It's also possible that some of Autonomy's Aspects/Avatars/Personas are allied with Odium, and some are not. Let's keep this free of OB spoilers, though, as this wasn't in that subforum.

On this, I don't think he took on D&D alone. I'm almost positive Bavadin helped a lot as well, though it hasn't been confirmed.

Just to jump in here, I agree that Felt is probably not a kandra, for most of the reasons @RShara said. But the point about Felt being a third son is pretty old; Brandon could have changed the canon since then. Still, I think the point about him not looking exactly Alethi and having the same body over 20 years would make me think he's not a kandra. Mrall could totally be the kandra, but for some reason, I've never liked the idea. People asked after WoR if we've seen the kandra yet, and Brandon was unsure. It seems unlikely he'd be unsure given Mrall's somewhat significant role. Then, more recently, he said that we did see them in Oathbringer, where Mrall had a much smaller role.

The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb was excellent. I just read that and will now recommend it to anyone along with Sanderson. I've yet to read the rest of the Realm of the Elderlings series, but it started strong.

Telrii would have to be immortal in this case, as Elantris is at least a Millenia before Way of Kings. Galladon is an Elantrian, but Telrii wasn't. Not saying it's impossible, but unlikely. And I can't remember Telrii's fate in Elantris, so no comment there.

You're not alone. This is probably the number one complaint with these books. Robert Jordan wanted "Strong Female Characters!" but forgot to make them good characters as well. Some people feel differently, but that is the tone I've seen from numerous fans, and how I personally felt while reading up to book 8/9 with no change in that matter.

0/5 stars. I just have so many issues. It's so wet and rainy, the ground is too hard. You can't travel for very long without having to shelter in fear from one of those Shadows-cursed storms. And fire reacts weirdly??? Like, I get that there's more oxygen and stuff, but really this has gone too far. After I get used to the luxury that is open fire, you go and make it too big and hot and there's all these stupid spren flying around it? No thanks. And I know I mentioned the storms already, but they're just the worst. Loud, keep-you-up-at-night, boulder-crashing storms that leave the ground sticky afterward. Why would that be appealing?? And the highspren just aren't very friendly! They think every human who comes along is going to kill them somehow. I mean, I dislike Cognitive beings as much as the next guy, but honestly I don't see what the big deal with spren fishing is! I just thought that Anticipationspren looked a little tasty, and next thing you know they've locked me up! And on top of that I lost my coat. Please don't send me back here. -Nazh, probably.

Care to elaborate?

Emperor's Soul is my favourite by dint of being a solid story, very good pace and interesting despite its limitations, very interesting problems and protagonist. But Secret History gave me more emotional feels, Cosmere connections, and general enjoyability. Tough choice, but I voted Emperor's Soul.

I don't have a problem with long. The longer the better. That said it didn't feel excessive at all.

I have a penchant for narrowly missing celebrities/famous people. Missed Peter Capaldi by an hour at a random bookstore in London (probably the only time this decade I'll get to be there). Missed signed Sanderson books at two airports by about a day (came in a while after Brandon, but the books finished selling before I came through). Missed David Tennant, and Brandon Sanderson (and others) at Comic-Con, when I had gone down specifically for him. I'm sure there's others that I don't even know about. Maybe I left a coffee shop two minutes before Bill Murray walked in or something. Who really knows...

Brandon will (probably) always be my all-time favourite. Robert Jordan had some issues for me, as I still haven't managed to fight my way through Wheel of Time (though I am planning another try pretty soon). Patrick Rothfuss would rival him if he had even half of Brandon's prolific-ness. I did just start the Farseer Trilogy as my introduction to Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb, and I must say if she keeps up this great writing, she might hold a place in my heart as near to Brandon as it's possible to be. I plan on broadening my horizons, but I'm not holding my breath that anything will amaze me as much as the cosmere has and doubtless will.

Farseer Trilogy (though I'm not done the first book yet):

I'm wondering personally if he'll slide that into the 10th anniversary of Hero of Ages as a postscript...

As we are all book lovers here, I thought many of you would enjoy a poem I wrote today that I'm calling "A Dusty Old Tome". It's supposed to be a prose poem, so don't tell me about the lack of stanzas. Here goes: Watch as the traveller pushes through the heavy oak doors into the portal of brick walls and hardwood floors. A labyrinth of leather-bound books line the walls, lamenting their isolation, waiting and wishing the traveller be tricked into selecting their stories. But despite that, waiting patiently with a hush one could feel more than hear. The reader can sense some sort of reverence in the respectful silence permeating the library. In counterpoint, familiar already-read tales shout in recognition to the traveller, who marvels that no one can hear them but he. Beams of sunlight cascade through the skylight, pointing out hovering motes of dust that tickle the traveller’s nose. The dust in the air swirls like magical pixie powder as the traveller passes slowly through the sunbeams. Slowly, so he can read the spines of the dusty tomes sitting on their tightly packed shelves. Titles glitter in gold and silver on the spines of black or brown books, mere glimpses into the secrets they hold. The traveller selects a candidate, on a shelf almost too high for his reach. The worn book has known many a touch; its pages browned by age, its binding crackling at its opening. But the traveller is careful, ever so careful with the precious, fragile tome. The indescribable scent of ancient parchment wafts to the traveller’s nose: Musty, dusty, and lackluster, but somehow hinting and wonder. And the thin papers smooth to the brush of his fingertips, possessing grit ever so fine. Black-inked words stand stark on the off-white pages, but its story is more than just words. The traveller is already smitten; the reader already in love. The jealously taciturn books unselected would have to wait until his next visit, the traveller remarks. He’d selected his journey for today, but soon he’d return for another. Let me know what you think! And thanks for reading!

I'm probably late to the adding questions for people, but here's my list: I missed my chance at Emerald City Comic-Con, because Brandon wasn't there on the Sunday that I had tickets for, so finally getting answers to some of these questions would be wonderful.

Slow Regard of Silent Things (Rothfuss)

You are, of course, entitled to opinions, and I'm not going to argue characters with you. However, I will bring to mind some important facts about the "Three Realms" business. You may know (or may not) that Brandon's epic fantasy novels take place in a shared universe (Stormlight Archive included). The Three Realms are the basis of this shared universe. In the Cognitive Realm, which you know from reading SA, is made and stretched based on how intelligent minds perceive it. Therefore, space between planets greatly diminishes, allowing for people to literally walk from planet to planet. Many of the complex mechanics of the magic systems come down to the interactions in the Spiritual Realm, such as Connection, Identity, and Fortune (or future-sight). If you've only read Stormlight Archive, I suppose I can see that the Three Realms doesn't add to that individual story, but suffice it to say it isn't built solely around that narrative. I agree that their time there was stretched out a bit too long in Oathbringer. Welcome to the Shard! Please let me know if you have questions or if you already know all this stuff. Edit: Reporting to Admins to move this thread to Oathbringer sub-forum, this really should not be untagged.

I would bet money that Odium had a lot of help from Autonomy to kill D&D. Brandon has confirmed that Autonomy "helped", but the questioner left way too much wiggle room so the answer isn't very clear. I'll go find it... HA, got it. Took some digging:

I disagree. We never see evidence that you can push from a different part of your body. It would be relatively easy to levitate a coin above you, just pushing lightly to cancel out gravity, but if you wanted to levitate a coin in front you, you'd have to be careful to push and pull strong enough that you keep it "pinched" between the pulls, thus not letting it fall because of gravity. "Really strong" may have been pushing it on my part, as we can hold coins up with a pinch (though that's probably do to friction, not a pushing force).

It would fall unless you were pushing and pulling really hard. We see things that are affected by a push are still affected by gravity, and have an arc when they fall. But Kelsier and Vin kept a coin between them with opposing pushes hard enough to flatten it.