The Way of Kings
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The Way of Kings
Phil
Jun 26, 2013 02:45AM
I've recently started reading The Way of Kings, and this is the first book I've read by Sanderson. I have to be honest and say that I am hooked! I love his style and I'm intrigued to learn how the narrative will develop.I am wondering, however, if a prior knowledge of Sanderson's other books is necessary in understanding some of the concepts in The Way of Kings? 'Fearspren', 'Lighteyes', 'Glyphpair', 'Chulls', 'Stormlight', 'Windspren' these are just a few of the concepts which I'm totally new to. Perhaps an understanding of these things will come as the narrative develops, but at the minute I find it difficult to visualise some of these concepts. Any help would be much appreciated!
No, this is the whole new universe, completely unrelated to any of his prior works. He likes to coin new words, but they are usually logical and easy to pick up.
If I remember correctly spren are some kind of spirits that manifest as representation of elements -windspren - or even human emotions - fearspren. Stormlight is perhaps some magical energy that can be harrnesed, a lot seems to be revolving about storms. I would help more but I didn't finish the book, sorry.
If I remember correctly spren are some kind of spirits that manifest as representation of elements -windspren - or even human emotions - fearspren. Stormlight is perhaps some magical energy that can be harrnesed, a lot seems to be revolving about storms. I would help more but I didn't finish the book, sorry.
I only read "The Way of Kings," and had no problems. It is the first book in a series, so no other books are necessary.
I read almost all the other books Sanderson wrote - they have different stories.
But if you enjoyed The Way of Kings then I definitely recommend you his other books, specially the Mistborn Series (4 books so far, plus 1 more that is being written) and Elantris (single book.
I also recommend you The Wheel of Time series. The author is Robert Jordan, but he couldn't finish the series, so Sanderson did it for him. He wrote the last 3 books (on the total of 14 books plus one prequel). The style of writting is very similar so may love it too.
But if you enjoyed The Way of Kings then I definitely recommend you his other books, specially the Mistborn Series (4 books so far, plus 1 more that is being written) and Elantris (single book.
I also recommend you The Wheel of Time series. The author is Robert Jordan, but he couldn't finish the series, so Sanderson did it for him. He wrote the last 3 books (on the total of 14 books plus one prequel). The style of writting is very similar so may love it too.
Philip wrote: "'Fearspren', 'Lighteyes', 'Glyphpair', 'Chulls', 'Stormlight', 'Windspren'. . ."
Those are all new concepts to this book. Others have already elaborated on the 'spren -- there are lots of types, and they show up at various places. However, it is unclear whether they are the cause of the phenomena or merely a side-effect. Do windspren create the wind? I remember that there is a discussion of this later in the book, but can't remember what the conclusion was.
Stormlight seems to be a magical energy that can be harvested during one of the killer storms that come through every few days.
Glyphs are a secondary form of writing used by the men in this world, in lieu of an actual alphabet. My best guess is that a "glyphpair" are two glyphs which are so commonly used together that they form their own basic unit. I imagine it would look like writing in hieroglyphs, or some other pictographic language.
Of course, I wrote all of that down before I realized that there was already a wiki out there for the series. Check it out if you want better/more accurate information (even pictures): Here's the article for chulls :)
Those are all new concepts to this book. Others have already elaborated on the 'spren -- there are lots of types, and they show up at various places. However, it is unclear whether they are the cause of the phenomena or merely a side-effect. Do windspren create the wind? I remember that there is a discussion of this later in the book, but can't remember what the conclusion was.
Stormlight seems to be a magical energy that can be harvested during one of the killer storms that come through every few days.
Glyphs are a secondary form of writing used by the men in this world, in lieu of an actual alphabet. My best guess is that a "glyphpair" are two glyphs which are so commonly used together that they form their own basic unit. I imagine it would look like writing in hieroglyphs, or some other pictographic language.
Of course, I wrote all of that down before I realized that there was already a wiki out there for the series. Check it out if you want better/more accurate information (even pictures): Here's the article for chulls :)
No, TWOK has nothing to do with any of Sanderson's other books.
Love that book. but avoid Sanderson's "Infinity Blade" and "Legion"; everything else is good.
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