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A salesman hounds someone incessantly, and then a train crashes.

Just saw that! I have high hopes for this. Also, (having only skimmed this thread) I am wondering what this group thought of the Lightning Tree novella. I have very limited reading time currently, and an trying to decide what to prioritize on my to-read list. For reference, I loved both Day 1 and Day 2, but I've only read them each once. Auri is my favorite character, so it's no surprise that I thought Slow Regard was beautiful. Bast, on the other hand, doesn't intrigue me much or inspire a lot of sympathy (yet--I rather expect Day 3 to change my mind eventually) so a novella centered on him doesn't immediately excite.

Sounds like Percy Jackson to me...

My schedule changed, and it looks like I won't arrive in MA until several days after the signing. It is now very unlikely that I will be at the event. :-( I hope those going have a good time and get to meet up. I will update here if my plans change to allow me to attend.

The books tell us that allomancer's duralumin is 3% copper. If I were to guess, I'd say that is close enough to aluminum to be inert to Pushes, etc. but we would need confirmation. I was hoping someone might find a scene from the original trilogy where Vin noted the presence or absence of blue lines pointing to her duralumin, but I think there was no mention either way. Are you talking about the possible inertness of duralumin, or the potential for an aluminum spike to mask the Flaw introduced by hemalurgy? With the paragraph break it wasn't quite clear.

Bort, if the method above doesn't work for you, you will need to try a work-around. The problem is that the link provided by google doesn't include a ".jpg" or other image extension, so the forum software doesn't recognize it as the correct file type. One possibility is uploading it to another site, or posting it on a blog. As long as you can get a link that includes the file extension you'll be fine.

Back in chapter 4 some of the dead criminals appeared to have been killed by "a knife in the back." Could hemalurgic spiking have been mistaken for that? I have in mind that it would have been messier than a stab wound, especially given the way Idashwy was described, but the targeting of those individuals seemed more important than the characters credited it.

Some recent discussions got me thinking about the way aluminum (and its alloys) interact with the metallic arts. We know that aluminum has odd effects on all forms of investiture. For reference, here is what we know so far about its role in the Scadrial systems: (Spoilered for length, and so you will feel free to skip ahead if you don't want the recap.) Side Question: We know that some alloys of aluminum share its inert/shielding qualities. Do we know if duralumin is one of these? Can duralumin be Pushed, etc? Okay, on to the main point. One of the "side effects" of hemalurgy is that it opens the spiked individual to outside influence. This can be leveraged by Shards, but also by Soothers or Rioters. The influence can range from mental suggestions to total control (depending on the amount of power used to exert this influence; according to HoA, Soothers can cooperate for sufficient strength to control Koloss, for example. A nicro-boost or duralumin boost also works.) My main question: What about an individual spiked with aluminum (or perhaps duralumin)? Does aluminum's resistance to emotional allomancy translate to protection from hemalurgic control? Or is its metallic inertness trumped by the fact that the direct access to their soul introduced inherently in the process of being spiked?

But what about this quote from chapter five? That sounds like early photography to me (though I can't think who might be the eponymous Evan to replace our own Daguerre. Is this a real-world name-drop?) I'm particularly interested in seeing what that inventor girl (clearly passing her own inventions off under the name of her father) comes up with besides a microphone. Tons of potential there..

17th Shard Site: Stormlight Archive:

I'm sorry to hear that. (Also, thanks for the context. Without the laughter/crying I might have interpreted that as a bit of a pun, in that the teacher physically handed the test to you, so maybe you did fine...?) Do you have someone near you that can do a bit of tutoring? There is really a limit to the utility of text explanations over a forum interface. I hope the next unit goes better for you! If this was helpful at all and you need us again, we're happy to help.

So how did the test go?

A follow-on question about Ash: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/3dlncy/oathbringer_spoilers_stormlight_three_update/cv3649d?context=3 On another board, someone asked about a Wheel of Time vs Mistborn magical battle, and the response dealt with the mechanics of atium: https://www.reddit.com/r/whowouldwin/comments/3l1i3m/randland_vs_scadrial_wheel_of_time_vs_mistborn/cv363iz?context=3

Here is the quote natc referenced. It's the only WoB I'm aware of:

Because the acceleration is constant, the average speed is going to be the average of his starting and final speeds. (I suspect that this test will not include any non-constant accelerations, so for the purposes of studying now, you can probably assume that is true every time you deal with acceleration.) Average speed = total distance / total time = 150m /10s = 15m/s Starting speed = 10m/s (given) Average speed = (Final speed + Starting speed)/2, so rearrange to get: Final speed = 2*15-10 = 20m/s So, his speed increased by 10m/s over 10s, which means 1 m/s every second since it is constant. There are a few routes to take to the solution. I'll show the one that seems intuitive to me. Average speed across window= 2.2m/.28s = 7.86 m/s The stone starts a bit slower and ends a bit faster than that, but it will be going that average speed when it is halfway down the window (1.1m) Acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s every second, so it took 7.86/9.8 = 0.80 seconds to get going that fast. The stone started at rest (0 m/s), so the average velocity between where it started and the middle of the window is (0+7.86)/2 = 3.93 m/s Average velocity = total distance /total time, so substitute in our numbers so far: 3.93 m/s = <distance to middle of window>/0.80s That means the distance it fell to the middle of the window is 3.93m/s*0.80s=3.14 m. The distance it fell to the top of the window is 1.1m less than that, or 2.04 m (round to 2.0) Is this making sense? I can add more words to explain things that don't, or try another approach.

As with Alloy, I'm enjoying all the allusions in place/house names to the original trilogy. The name "Covingtar" (Wax thinks of it briefly as the location of Pathian gardens) stuck out to me as something that I ought to recognize as a derivative of a previous name. Am I imagining things, or can someone remember a similar word from before?

The good news is that if you aren't sure what equation to use you can ignore the whole issue by simply finding the final distance (total for speed, net for velocity) and dividing by total time.The reason for which equation you need is actually fairly straightforward: the average is always weighted according to the time spent at each velocity. If the problem tells you the time for each velocity, you are good to go. If it tells you the distance traveled at each velocity you need to convert that to time using the weighting equation. Going the other way, from average to partial trip velocity, can be trickier, but the same principle applies. I'll do that window example to demonstrate that when I'm on later, if someone else doesn't get too it first

Recall that Shallan recognizes the shardblade Amaram has as the one her brother used to threaten Papa Davar. Many readers have hypothesized that "the Skybreakers" refers to more than one organization, and that being a member of the secret society by that name does not imply association with the Order of Knights Radiant also by that name. See this thread for a summary.

Not on the AMA (still archived) but two new answers from Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/3dlncy/oathbringer_spoilers_stormlight_three_update/cuz6e8q?context=3 I think this is the first confirmation that Ash is on the list. All the other quotes I've seen say "another herald" or something like that. https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/3kbrfc/no_spoilers_how_the_heck_do_regular_people_on/cuyquv5?context=3 Elsewhere in the comments on that thread Ben and Peter both confirm some of what we already know about sphere sizes and use.

As you probably know, both speed and velocity are measures of how far you go in how much time. This question is asking if you know the difference in what they mean. Average speed doesn't care where you end up, just how fast you go the whole time you are traveling to get there. Average velocity, on the other hand, doesn't care how you travel, just where you end up and how long it takes. Let's do velocity first: at the end, the horse is half of 116m away from where it started, or 58m. The total time elapsed is 18.8s. So average velocity to get there is 58m/18.8s=3.085 m/s (round to 3.1 using two significant figures). Now speed: at the end, the horse has traveled 116m, then another 58m, for a total of 174m. Once again, the total time elapsed is 18.8s. So average speed is 174m/18.8s=9.255 m/s (round to 9.3 m/s using two significant figures). If you were to calculate the velocity of step 1 (116m/14s = 8.3 m/s) and step 2 (-58m/4.8s=-12m/s) you can see why you get these kinds of numbers. Speed is the same as velocity but without caring about direction, so the negative on the -12m/s gets ignored for the speed problem, but included for the velocity problem. The average of 8.3 and -12 (weighted by how long each one happened) is going to be somewhere between them, so a number like 3.1 makes sense for velocity. On the other hand, a similarly weighted average of 8.3 and 12 will be between those two positive numbers, so 9.3 is appropriate.

What type of responses would be helpful to you? Is it the concepts you have trouble with? Converting the problems to equations? Doing the math after you have the equations? All of the above? I'm happy to help where I can, but just giving you the set of equations you need and the answer may not be what you want. Also, are you using arithmetic or basic calculus for these? It is possible both ways, but sometimes the calculus is actually easier if you know how to use it. For now I'll assume arithmetic only. I don't have a lot of time now, but I'll be on a bit later to explain a problem or two. This is not quite correct. As I read the problem, you spend 2/3rds of the distance walking at 3 mi/hr, not 2/3rds of the time, which is what Haelbarde's solution uses. Here is the approach I would use: The total distance doesn't matter. You can pick any number and you'll get the same answer, but I'll use 18 miles because it makes the math work out nicer. The first leg is: 2/3*18mi = 12 miles. 12 miles /3miles/hr = 4 hours The second leg is: 1/3*18mi = 6 miles. 6 miles /6miles/hr = 1 hour Total time is 4+1=5hours Total distance is 18 miles Average speed for total trip is 18 miles/5 hours = 3.6 mi/hr

In addition to the points already made, I think it is worth noting that many authors draw on historical events for their inspiration (with varying degrees of accuracy). I think it is safe to say that, despite the gulf we still need to cross, most eras of history (in many parts of the world) have featured less female enfranchisement and equal or greater sexism compared to what we see today. In epic fantasy specifically, a huge segment of the genre draws from medieval Europe, a cultural era in which political, financial, and religious power rested predominantly in male hands. The power balance in the pseudo-Europe popularized in much of fantasy is even more extremely skewed. I have some opinions on where that probably originated, but the main point is that since many writers are influenced by the themes of what they've read, this has become a self-reinforcing feedback loop. TL;DR - I think the fake-Europe setting of many supposedly secondary-world fantasies is a contributing factor. On the other hand, stories that draw on other eras or geographies (such as Guy Gavriel Kay's books) tend to have women in different roles, including the villain. My own first novel (not published) has females as two out of three villains, including the big bad. This was not a conscious decision, but I think it was influenced in part by the fact that I was using a pseudo-Tang dynasty China for the setting. I suspect that if I had started out putting the same story into a more-or-less European culture, one of the many differences would have been a different style of villain.

When i recorded I downloaded "smart voice recorder" to use and was happy with it. The q&a and signing line together were about 3hr long and took up about 300MB.

Sorry, even with the hints that doesn't sound like anything I know.