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4 hours ago, Spren of Kindness said:

I sometimes just have the video on in the background while I read.  I guess that's not really a podcast, though.

Yeah, I want to listen to them at work lol, but youtube not allowing background play is an issue. I will probably just start converting to mp3 and send to my phone. 

It would be really cool if they uploaded the audio of these as a podcast the next day. 

I'll take 9 years for $500. In some timeline (perhaps one with cloning) I'm sure Brandon will have finished Stormlight and Mistborn by then. 

Cultivation+Autonomy=Maturity (One often arrives at maturity through personal growth and learning to be self sustaining) 

Ambition+Devotion = Zeal?

Hey guys, I just finished the White Sand prose version, and I really enjoyed it! It was actually pretty cool reading a book that hadn't been officially published, particularly since the book was really good. However, I did notice a bunch of typos. I marked the ones I noticed as I read, and have gone back to correct them in the word document that Brandon sends out. I decided to compile them, so that y'all have an opportunity to correct them yourselves for your own readings. It took all of 30 minutes to fix them, including the time it spent to type out this post. I imagine it would take only 5-10 minutes or so using Word's search function. 

I'm sure there are other typos I missed, these are just the ones that I caught. 

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Page 77: “The cliffs in the distance were to far away”

"to" should be "too"

Page 142: “In his hand, unnoticed buy the Darksiders—he”

"Buy" should be "by"

Page 323: “They actually seemed to enjoy spiting the other Professions”

The word "on" is omitted

Page 399: “Maybe next time,” Khriss mumbled/

There is a slash instead of a period

Page 406 and 407: Baon arrived at the top of the latter a moment later. “The girl says to tell you that you’re crazy, and there is no way she’s climbing that latter.”

“Ladder” is misspelled “latter” five times

Page 521: “Yes,” Heelis said.  “Rite mentioned it too me.

"too" should be "to"

Page 610: Diem with a lone in exchange for a percentage of the profits

"Loan" is misspelled as "lone"

Page 614: “I there’s a clause in the Law that says the mastrells are supposed to eventually pay for what they take,”

There is a random “I” here

Page 638: “You think he won’t to it again?” Eric warned with a spiteful whisper.

"To" should be "do"

Page 733: “So, how exactly are you going to pursued the Lord Merchant to see you?” Eric asked.

Pursued should be persuade

Page 738: “Well what?” she asked, trying to cover he blush with a nonchalant air.

"He" should be "her"

Page 741: The room’s four Tower guards eyes Kenton appreciatively.

"Eyes" should be "eyed"

Page 793:        Khriss stiffed slightly.

"Stiffed" should be "stiffened"

Page 886: All three Kershtians fell at once  One taken in the

Missing a period after "once"

Page 924: He hadn’t ever really known Eric--he had know the fake Eric,

"Know" should be "known"

Page 924: He had seen the coldness in the this Eric’s eyes

Unneeded “the”

Page 947: Apparently, because of Kenton hadn’t responded to the requests for seats

"of" isn’t needed

Pages 298, 376, 731, 790, 918, 927: On these pages Shaerezan is used as the criminal’s name rather than Sharezan, which is used far more frequently.

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There were also a couple of discrepancies I noticed, the second of which is spoilery. 

Page 184: “Khriss had never seen a man shot before.”

This one is not really a typo, just a discrepancy.  This is actually the second time Khriss has seen a man get shot, as the guide was shot and killed just a while back.

SPOILERS‼!

He talked about a potential Threnody novel in the most recent State of Sanderson (2016), if I remember correctly. I don't think he has said anything about Vax or another First of the Sun story yet. 

I'm intrigued by the points @Pagerunner @elezraita made, but I think that you guys may be digging into it a bit too far. Brandon was originally a chemistry major, but I doubt he had too much experience with the quantum portion of Physical Chemistry. He may have come up with some investiture versions of electrons, assuming this theory is mostly correct, but I doubt that it will hold up when scrutinized from the more fundamental perspective that you guys are considering. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), the discrepancy with the Pauli Exclusion Principle will likely be solved by mere handwaving. That said, it is still fun to theorize! 

26 minutes ago, FiveLate said:

Would you definitely get hydrogen gas, or would it perfect to stay as hydronium? My real-world chemistry is a bit weak on this since most of my chemistry was technical chemistry having to deal with double buffer solutions to maintain a specific basic pH in pressurized water reactors...

When a Group I metal (cesium, sodium, etc) reacts with water you definitely get a hydroxide salt and hydrogen gas. This creates a basic (alkaline) environment. Hence the name alkali metal. 

26 minutes ago, FiveLate said:

Second....I was under the impression that the ettmetal was used up in the process....burned away....so there has to be more going on bc otherwise you could boil off the water and have harmonioum hydroxide which should be able to be returned to pure harmonious if I recall correctly....

Well, they could mean "burned up" as in the explosive reaction resulting in harmonium hydroxide. To someone who isn't familiar with chemistry, they might not be able to distinguish this from water. Depending on the abundance of harmonium, it probably wouldn't be energy intensive to try and return ettmetal back to its elemental state. I've never heard of anyone regenerating cesium from CsOH. If I remember correctly, you can react NaOH with molten magnesium to yield sodium metal, but it definitely is not worth the effort in terms of cost. 

It is a lot easier to return some metal hydroxides to elemental forms though, like copper hydroxide to elemental copper. Very simple process, but still not energy intensive unless metal is very rare. 

This is really cool! I hope the chemistry of the cosmere gets a larger focus in the sci-fi Mistborn series.

Not sure if anyone has pointed this out already, but there is some evidence that supports the theory that atium is analogous to nickel. Malatium, according to the Coppermind, is an alloy of atium and gold and is described as silvery white. In real life, an alloy of 90% gold and 10% nickel yields white gold. These seem pretty similar. It's a shame, if Kelsier had spectroscopic techniques at hand, he never would have thought malatium was a new metal. 

I also looked up nickel-cobalt alloys and found Kovar (also includes iron and trace elements), and it apparently has similar properties to borosilicate glass (low thermal expansion). If this is enhanced in god metal alloys, I'd imagine that atium-lerasium alloy similar to this could be used in something where you need extreme heat resistance. 

EDIT: Another topic of interest would be distinguishing particles made of various shards. How would I tell the difference between an electron made of Preservation versus one of Ruin? The four quantum numbers would no longer completely describe the identity of the electron.  

I wonder if parallel world could mean the world firefight comes from

That would make

the main character perhaps, since it mentions that it is a she. 

Brandon did mention that he may release a Stormlight Novella next summer to tie us over until Christmas 2016. Aside from that, we will eventually get Michael Whelan's next cover art. So far those have been astoundingly well done. 

The Dragonsteel world is Yolen, the homeland of humanity and where Adonalsium Shattered. Is there any evidence of there being a shard there?

Not that I know of. I am just assuming it has at least one, since Dragonsteel is suppose to be a pretty significant Cosmere series. 

QUESTION: I know the Reckoners series isn't Cosmere, but Calamity acts quite a bit like a shard in it. I've argued that, were it a shard its Shardic Intent would be temptation. Do you agree?

Brandon: I wouldn't argue against that interpretation.

If Calamity were a shard, he probably would have pointed that out here. 

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/2ytg2h/im_novelist_brandon_sanderson_ama/cs6251t

We already know about nine shard (eight named) along with at least one most likely being on the Dragonsteel world. Also there is one "that just wants to survive." So potentially there are already around eleven shards accounted for. There are only sixteen in total. 

Maybe he can still grow enough to become THAT man, but so far, he isn't.

Well, he potentially has eight more books to achieve that character growth. 

As to these descriptions limiting the number of characters who are important, they can always add more. Eshonai wasn't included in the first book's description, but was added in the second. Characters like Renarin, Jasnah, Lift, Adolin, or even Lopin could be added as we get more books. 

I don't think these are true prophesies. The only insight into the future provided is "One of them may redeem us,

And one of them will destroy us." I don't think this is foretelling, just an opinion based on known knowledge. If this is a spren talking, we have already seen that they speak as if other outcomes are not possible. Both the Stormfather and Pattern spoke in absolutes. "You will kill her", etc. 

The other insight into the future is "the everstorm looms." This too could just be speculation based on current events. Whoever is speaking seems to be well informed and would know that the Parshendi were close to discovering the Storm spren. However, we have seen some future-knowing with Renarin's scratches on the wall. Another tie to Glys potentially being the speaker. 

^  My guess is that the name was simply forgotten. Didn't Amaram automatically give his Shardblade a new name? I'd imagine it is hard to keep a blade's ancient name from being lost.

It looks like Eshonai may be the prologue POV.

 

 

@BrandSanderson Excellent! Will we have another character's perspective of the opening scene of way of kings? That would be very interesting

 

Brandon Sanderson ‏

@vatsan16 Yes. Probably Eshonai this time.

Pffff and people think Adolin's past is not interesting... Joke apart, I am really keen on finding what Oathbringer, the book, was about. And young Dalinar, how was young Dalinar? Was he a bit like Adolin? Or not? I get the feeling Adolin takes a lot after his mother...

"It is both satisfying and profoundly disturbing to finally put to paper the man Dalinar was thirty years before The Way of Kings started."

https://twitter.com/BrandSanderson/status/611285669533589505

I don't think he will be very much like Adolin.

Yeah, I asked him about this during the Goodreads Q&A. Here is his response: 

 

Are you planning to release White Sand as a graphic novel exclusively, or will the story be published as a regular novel further down the line? Either way, can't wait to read it!

Brandon Sanderson The plan is graphic novel right now. We'll see how the reception is, but I think it would be awesome if this entry into the cosmere story were always in graphic form.

How do I get those books?

Email Brandon and ask nicely. May take a few weeks to get a reply. 

Have we heard anything about whether this is a cosmere novella or not? 

I'm guessing it isn't, since the last two covers specified that they were cosmere novellas below the title. 

I really like that explanation and seems the most reasonable. I'm really kind of scared about this move though, I mean that's a big difference for Kaladin/Syl as a character duo and for people who read the original but don't follow the blog, which I'm going to assume is a large number of people, could potentially be quite confusing.

Maybe Brandon will add in a forward or something after the ending of the next book that explains the change to readers who don't read the blog. 

And now Eagle is suing Harriet.... My gosh, I'm hating the company like it's EA.....

Well, that is quite ridiculous. I wonder if that was there plan all along, or they just leaped to try and make at least some money over the whole thing. 

What makes me sad about this situation is that I know it will end up being a small wikipedia stub article detailing the situation. 

Brandon Sanderson I have finished Alcatraz 5, but I don't know what the publication schedule for it will be. I think Tor wants to re-release the first four before doing five.

 

 

I knew that there are a lot of publishing constraints with the Alcatraz series, but was it known that he had already finished the fifth book? It is sure news to me.

I'm loving all these answers. 

EDIT: Apparently we have known for a few weeks, I just hadn't checked the Alcatraz forums in a while.

I asked if White Sand was going to be published exclusively a graphic novel, or if it will be coming out as a regular novel as well further down the line. Not the most vital question, but it was something I've been wondering about since the comic's announcement.

I'm looking forward to the graphic novel, but I am a bit disappointed that White Sand won't be published as a novel as well (if that is accurate). I'd prefer more text over artwork.