Chipotlemonger said:
It's all ebook for me at this point with Sanderson. One day with more space maybe I'll get physical copies of Cosmere books. I am at a stage in life where kindle reading is just the most convenient and easiest.
Eliminatus said:
Welp, guess who forgot to actually their timer last night for light day open. Missed out on a numbered copy of BoM but still snagged a signed one. I only have one numbered LB Sanderson anyways so honestly not a big deal to me.
Think I'm going to get the Dustbringer Cozy Bundle too. I'm not a swag person normally but someone needs to represent my people.
Saxsoon said:Eliminatus said:
Welp, guess who forgot to actually their timer last night for light day open. Missed out on a numbered copy of BoM but still snagged a signed one. I only have one numbered LB Sanderson anyways so honestly not a big deal to me.
Think I'm going to get the Dustbringer Cozy Bundle too. I'm not a swag person normally but someone needs to represent my people.
I couldn't get the checkout button to work so it removed it from my bucket. Grabbed a regular signed
Update: I abandoned Mistborn (for now) after this. Switched gears and read Warbreaker, which was great, but the whole time reading it i just wanted to hurry up and finish it to get back to Stormlight.boy09 said:I started The Final Empire. Finished Part 1 and it definitely has not hooked me yet... It feels like it's just been a huge info dump of the magic system so far. It feels like homework. Like i just read 100 pages of a textbook studying for an Allomancy test. Everything just feels over-explained, even the rebellion planning stuff.boy09 said:
Are you saying I should do Mistborn Era 1 and Warbreaker before WoR? That's kind of what I've been considering. Switching to a something that's only ~600 pages seems like a nice detour before jumping into WoR
I also think i'm still in a Stormlight headspace and this is a bigger vibe shift than i was expecting.
Definitely Not A Cop said:
Start re-reading now. You will pick up entire subplots that you missed the first time around completely to keep you interested. I've probably read the entire series 4-5 times and I still find something new every time. It's only 2.2 million words.
I feel like someone here posted a video with a long summary a while back. That was my simple plan to refresh myself closer to release.Orome said:
Im just planning on having an AI bot give me a summary, I waited too long to start a re-read. Or maybe find a good summary on YouTube and then go back and reread all of them next year
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"When Henry Cavill called me and was like: 'I'm too old for Kaladin, aren't I?'" Sanderson remembered. "I'm like: 'Yes, and he's also Asian.'"
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The Alethi (People of Alethkar)
1) Common features: tall stature, tan skin, black hair, lighteyes and darkeyes
2) Inspiration from Earth: Asian-Hawaiian people (You can imagine them as east-Indian people.), Asian-Arab people Kaladin is an Asian-Middle Eastern mix.
3) Brandon's choice: Dave Bautista for Dalinar, Alex Landi for Adolin
2. The Vedens (People of Jah Keved)
1) Common features: fair skin, red hair, lighteyes and darkeyes
2) Inspiration from Earth: Asian-Caucasian people (supposedly more Asian-like), red-haired Uyghur people, Shallan is a half-Irish, half-Japanese mix
3. The Unkalaki (People of the Horneater Peaks)
1) Common features: light tan skin (or just fair skin like the Vedens) (supposedly lighter than the Alethi), red hair, strong back molars to break shells and claws (result of Parshendi hybrids)
2) Inspiration from Earth: Asian-Caucasian people, Mongolian people, Polynesian people, Russian people
Lathspell said:
Yeah, the "round-eyes" are the Shin.
It is funny, because the first time I read the books, i imagined Szeth to be the Asian looking character, until I learned more.
I always hoped that the fact so many characters would be something other than white would help to get Hollywood on board with adapting it.
It is strange for us to imagine the characters, because the Alethi are supposed to be very tall people. I've also wondered why so much of the art for the books, approved by Sanderson, doesn't really depict these things.
I have not really gathered that the Vedens were also asian looking. Shallan is most assuredly never illustrated as such in any image I have seen. And I love the inside cover art of her from WoR so much my mother bought me a print of it from the artist.
Believe he was consulted on the Wheel of Time (and not really listened to that much), and was not proponent of the sort of casting they did in it.Lathspell said:
I always felt the Alethi were presented int he books as more middle-eastern/Indian than east-asian. However, due to Shallan's descriptions in the books, I've understood the Vedens to be much more caucasian.
She is literally described as pale-skinned, freckled, and with red hair. But i'm supposed to think she looks Asian? I call BS on that.
I've also always gone back and forth on the people from Iri, Rira, and the Reshi Isles. So many of them are blonde with tan skin.
And the end of the day, the exact race of each people isn't the MOST important thing to me. I do hope any adaptation doesn't present roshar as a modern day American city. You're supposed to notice someone is specifically Makabaki or from Vedenar, or Thaylenah. That's such an important part to the worldbuilding, and I know Brandon has specifically mentioned that. You may see more mixed near certain borders, but the various cultures stay fairly segregated. That is, aside from Bridge 4, apparently.
Lathspell said:
But then you have this official one, which is one of my favorites:
