Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

I liked Reckoners and found Lift annoying after awhile... but like her ability to interact with spren since she is partially in the Cognitive Realm...

Iain wrote: "@Veronica: [spoilers removed]"

I remembered about (view spoiler)[Lopen and that some of the guys were glowing (or something) (hide spoiler)] but I didn't think that meant all of B4.

Veronica wrote: "."

(view spoiler)[Loopen's arm starts to regen after he sucks in stormlight a couple of other bridgemen are glowing after Teft shows Kaladin. (hide spoiler)]

Veronica wrote: "Iain wrote: "@Veronica: [spoilers removed]."

(view spoiler)[It's not spelled out but I'm assuming it will be all of them. I'm thinking full blown while Iain is thinking squires who have powers through Kal. Either way I think it's all of them. (hide spoiler)]

Works for me. :-)

Scott wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Iain wrote: "@Veronica: [spoilers removed]."

[spoilers removed]"

“There came also sixteen of the order of Windrunners, and with them a considerable number of squires, and finding in that place the Skybreakers dividing the innocent from the guilty, there ensued a great debate.”
—Words of Radiance, chapter 28, page 3

There's that epigraph, Teft's comments at the end of WoR, and one of Dalinar's visions...

Okay, I do remember something about that now. Thanks!

Iain wrote: "Scott wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Iain wrote: "@Veronica: [spoilers removed]."

[spoilers removed]"

“There came also sixteen of the order of Windrunners, and with them a considerable number of squir..."

Nice quote. The one downside to doing the audio is you can't go back and cross reference the start of the chapter comments and quotes which do add up to a lot of information.

I listened to the audiobooks as well actually... luckily Sanderson has a big fanbase...

https://coppermind.net/wiki/The_Way_o...
https://coppermind.net/wiki/Words_of_...

Those links contain every epigraph from the 2 books... they are a goldmine of information...

You can literally SEE the Death Rattles coming to pass:

“They come from the pit, two dead men, a heart in their hands, and I know that I have seen true glory.” Kakashah 1173, 13 seconds pre-death. A rickshaw puller. -- Way of Kings, Chapter 64

Words of Radiance: Kaladin and Shallan returning from the chasms after the storm with the gemheart and the gloryspren that appear...

Iain wrote: "I listened to the audiobooks as well actually... luckily Sanderson has a big fanbase...

https://coppermind.net/wiki/The_Way_o...
https://coppermind.net/wiki/Words_of_......"

WHOA I NEVER PICKED UP ON THAT

Iain wrote: "I listened to the audiobooks as well actually... luckily Sanderson has a big fanbase...

https://coppermind.net/wiki/The_Way_o...
https://coppermind.net/wiki/Words_of_......"

Great links, thanks.

I hadn't picked up on that either. Crazy. I'm sure there are LOTS of things that I've missed.

I think the letter in full context are even more telling. I had pieced together a lot of their meaning but reading the correspondence in full was very enlightening.

Hello, I just joined this group. I am so excited to read this book! I live in a small town in Germany and I have had to get them to order it in for me because I’m Australian and unfortunately my German isn’t THAT good! I can not tell you how glad I am to see so many people who also love this series! Did you all reread the previous books before starting on this one? I am not sure if I can wait haha

Some people have been re-reading over the last few months... others (like me) just read them for the first time over the past few months... not sure how I'll survive waiting for book 4 in 2020-ish...

Sounds like you joined the right group...

The best thing I did all day was pre-purchase the book. The delivery is a little later than Nov 14 (like 10 days!!!) but I will be purchasing the audiobook (hopefully out on Nov 14 also in Europe) so I can enjoy right away. Assuming I will be finished with Words of Radiance by then!

I pre-purchased a signed copy, hopefully it will get to me in time!!

I just finished my reread of WoK and WoR. I am rereading Edgedancer this weekend.

For Oathbringer, I pre-ordered a signed hardcover, an ebook and the audiobook. I may have gone a bit overboard, lol. ;)

Iain wrote: "Some people have been re-reading over the last few months... others (like me) just read them for the first time over the past few months... not sure how I'll survive waiting for book 4 in 2020-ish...."

It was the first time for me too:) And I joined the army of devoted fans:):):)

Choko wrote: "It was the first time for me too:) And I joined the army of devoted fans:):):)."

I am glad you joined us, Choko. :)

I just listened to Edgedancer for the first time yesterday and today... the last step in my Oathbringer prep...

I find Lift equal parts annoying and hilarious... so much happened in what was a "novella"... didn't seem very skippable...

(view spoiler)[ Lift and her Shardfork... I missed that the line in WoR was her 2nd Oath I think... or forgot... the line about Remembering the Forgotten...

So the Sleepless guy?... Is the guy in WoK who is searching the land for all the varieties of spren one of his brothers?

The line at the end where she thinks her spren might not be a Voidbringer after all has me hopeful she'll quit calling him that sooner or later... that and all the awesomes are probably the 2 things that grate me the most after awhile... (hide spoiler)]

Iain wrote: "I find Lift equal parts annoying and hilarious... so much happened in what was a "no..."

I can only handle Lift in small segments. I hope if she gets a major part in one of the main books, and per BS it appears she will, I hope her character matures a little. I don't think I can hack 1200 pages of her dietary novelties and calling everybody a voidbringer. I do admit her messing with Dalinar, Kaladin, Adolin.....or somebody else who takes themselves seriously could be pretty funny. I think Jasnah might kill her just to shut her up.

ok. all caught up on all things cosmere. Finished arcanum unbound and Warbreaker this week. I am not reading the prereleased chapters oathbringer. intend to enjoy the hardcover fresh from beginning to end though I may also get the audio.

Anyone else seen this Sanderson Q&A info regarding Hoid? I'm paraphrasing here:

(view spoiler)[Hoid finds his way to important times and places using a form of feruchemy that harnesses luck (like in Mistborn)... and he does this by spending most of his time as down-on-his-luck beggars in other books/series... (hide spoiler)]

Iain wrote: "Anyone else seen this Sanderson Q&A info regarding Hoid? I'm paraphrasing here:

[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I've actually noticed it when reading the other series. I actually started with SA. In mistborn he's in one of the outer kingdoms where Spook ends up. (hide spoiler)]

Scott wrote: "Iain wrote: "Anyone else seen this Sanderson Q&A info regarding Hoid? I'm paraphrasing here:

[spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

I'd heard about (view spoiler)[the beggar thing... but I didn't know the reasoning until now... and I didn't know Hoid was a worldhopper until I started Stormlight Archive and started digging into the wiki... I barely noticed a Hoid in Mistborn when I read/listened to them... (hide spoiler)]

Ok, I've been avoiding this thread like the plague since I wasn't reading the Tor Chapters, but with the book release tomorrow I started reading the chapters last night and now can't wait to participate again :-) Happy Oathbringer Eve!

I thought about doing that but then figured, eh, I've waited this long...

Veronica wrote: "I thought about doing that but then figured, eh, I've waited this long..."

A lot of us are waiting. We enjoy the experience of just opening a new book for the first time..and just diving in from the beginning. Something of a let down if I get a book and then I"m going 1/3 into it already.

There is definitely something special about opening the new book for the first time. I could start on Kindle or Audio, but I'm going to wait til I get home from work tomorrow so I can experience everything fresh, and enjoy opening the box haha ;].

Liam wrote: "There is definitely something special about opening the new book for the first time. I could start on Kindle or Audio, but I'm going to wait til I get home from work tomorrow so I can experience ev..."

I keep refreshing Audible hoping I can download it early.

Scott wrote: "Liam wrote: "There is definitely something special about opening the new book for the first time. I could start on Kindle or Audio, but I'm going to wait til I get home from work tomorrow so I can ..."

Haha is it like a midnight release? How does that work?

I am in a hype moment - I cannot wait to delve into this one!

Liam wrote: "Haha is it like a midnight release? How does that work?."

Yes midnight. I was hoping it would be Australian midnight. :)

I ordered the hardcover but really I'm a kindle girl. I keep the hardcovers so I can get them signed at JordanCon but I'm sending the Tor chapters to my kindle since that's my preferred reading method anyway.

My hardcover (along with Deadhouse Landing) are both coming directly to work tomorrow morning, so I may be a bit behind you all from the start. If they had whispersync ready to go on releaes date, I might've gone that way instead. Still may get the audio from kobo at midnight since I have a credit with them.

Rob wrote: " If they had whispersync ready to go on releaes date"

I totally would have gone that direction for both had the choice been available.

Scott wrote: " keep refreshing Audible hoping I can download it early. "

Me too! lol. No luck so far though. :(

So excited for this! It better be waiting when I get home from work tomorrow.

Rob wrote: "Veronica wrote: "I thought about doing that but then figured, eh, I've waited this long..."

A lot of us are waiting. We enjoy the experience of just opening a new book for the first time..and just..."

Absolutely.

I stopped by a local B&N store today because sometimes they put out a book a day early so I was hoping maybe I'd see Oathbringer on the shelf. No such luck.

I will start in the evening, since I am going to finish Edhedancer first...

Scott wrote: "Liam wrote: "Haha is it like a midnight release? How does that work?."

Yes midnight. I was hoping it would be Australian midnight. :)"

I think it's 12am in your timezone, regardless... maybe some leeway for your country instead of yourself... should have bought it on Amazon.au or whatever they're website is :)

"Length: 55 hrs and 2 mins"

Maybe wikipedia is right and this IS 450k words... how are they gonna make a paperback edition if the Hardcover is 1250 pages...

Really tiny print?

Isn't the UK and some other countries already splitting the Hardcover in 2 because of binding issues?

Couldn't wait. subscribed to Kobo and got oathbringer for free on audio. Away we go when I should be sleeping :)

That color map though. <3

Yeah in Poland it's gonna be split up. 1 part comes out on the 22.11 and the 2 part some time in January which personally I think fucking sucks!;(

I keep hitting refresh fornite audiobook but no luck so far. I am excited for those how have started reading!

When will the kindle version be released? It says on the 14th but it's not there.