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DW: Shadows For Silence in the Forests of Hell By Brandon Sanderson
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Since I read so much Sanderson this year (the Cosmere universe sucked me in), I was very excited to read a new Cosmere story. Sanderson has said that the story occurs on an unimportant shardworld. That's too bad, since there were some interesting magical concepts introduced in the story.
My favorite story so far, beating out both Neighbors and Bombshells. Halfway through, I was already sad that there aren't more stories set in this world. By the time I finished it, I knew I was done reading for the day, because whatever I read next would fall victim to unfair comparisons.
Well played, Mr. Sanderson. Well played.
Ah, good old Brandon Sanderson. I really loved that story. A nice palate cleanser after "I Know How to Pick Them". Nice to have a story about a woman who's motivations are her own and her interactions aren't solely with other men. Woo!
Oh, this was good! Gripping, tense, a seriously shady world where you survive if you follow a few simple rules. But it is so very easy to break a rule. I liked Silence, I think the world has great potential, hope sometime we might hear more about it.
Don't kindle fire, don't draw blood, don't run. Sanderson usually builds a rule-set like this for his magic wielders. Here, forest's inhabitants have to follow those rules to avoid being killed by spirits. Our dangerous woman is the inn-keeper who bounty hunts at night.After a short introduction, the story turns into a action-heavy page-turner with a great, tense and dark atmosphere. I'll probably have to re-read it another time to get all the hints and turns.
Nearly as good as The Emperor's Soul. Sanderson proves with this work that he is able to deliver shorter works along his doorstopper novels.
Wow. This one came as a surprise for me. I'm a big fan of Sanderson but this didn't seem like him at all for me. Dark. Gritty. Violent. Not things I think of when I think of Sanderson. But I liked it! I wasn't too sure when I started and it seemed to be another western tale but the forest and its shades quickly drew me in. And I liked the characters. I loved the style. Loved it. And the end... the grandmother... big smile. Loved it.
Alex wrote: "but I sure hope that we'll return to this world at some point."I don't think so - Sanderson told us that it's an "unimportant world" - he probably invents cosmere worlds just for the sake of one novella or story.
This was the type of story I hoped for in this anthology - an actual strong dangerous woman - not a woman who is "dangerous" as the sexual plaything of the main character man. I thought the setting was interesting and much more complete than I usually see in a short story. And yay for a competent dangerous woman!
I really liked this one. My favorite so far (which is saying something since the whole reason why I bought this book was for Bombshell). This didn't feel like a short story, it felt like a well told story. The kind you would hear around the campfire. I think if anything this anthology has introduced me to a lot of writers I could really get into.On a side note, anyone have Doctor Who flashbacks because of her name and the forests?
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I would like more stories in this world.
At first I was thinking yet another story in this anthology with a male POV, but it turned out to be a prologue of sorts and then again to wrap it up.
Very tense story Great job with the atmosphere.
This was my favorite in the collection. It told a complete story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. The characters were likable and I cared what happened to them. And it was one of the few that I felt fit the theme perfectly.
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Which seems to be a must harder thing than I would have expected.
Rob wrote: "I would like more stories in this world."Sanderson has said its an insignificant shardworld, so I'm not sure we can expect anything. But who knows, he writes at a fiendish pace. In reference to one of his latest tweets, while he waits a few days for his Steelheart sequel to get its first edit, he plans to write the sequel to Legion.
I wish he could give some of his astounding writing pace to GRRM. Just a little. To be honest, I enjoy Sanderson stories more.
Geoff wrote: "while he waits a few days for his Steelheart sequel to get its first edit, he plans to write the sequel to Legion"Yeah, and during lunch break he writes novellas like this one. While padding his dog he dictates one or two short stories.
Andreas wrote: "Yeah, and during lunch break he writes novellas like this one. Whil..."I'm still trying to convince myself that he isn't some kind of robot sent back from the future, designed to write exactly what I want to read, much like the Terminator, except with more prose.
Dara wrote: "I wish he could give some of his astounding writing pace to GRRM."Unfortunately, that won't happen. Patrick Rothfuss has said that Sanderson is on his "list authors whom I wish to kill so that I might eat their livers and thereby gain their power"
Geoff wrote: "Patrick Rothfuss has said that Sanderson is on his "list authors whom I wish to ki..."I'd love to see Rothfuss' trilogy finished. But I'm happy that he is more dedicated towards his social thingy "Worldbuilders". It's open for discussion what is improving the world more.
Geoff wrote: "Dara wrote: "I wish he could give some of his astounding writing pace to GRRM."Unfortunately, that won't happen. Patrick Rothfuss has said that Sanderson is on his "list authors whom I wish to ki..."
I wouldn't mind getting the last Kingkiller Chronicles book a little quicker. Not at the expense of Sanderson and his liver though.
Dara wrote: "I wouldn't mind getting the last Kingkiller Chronicles book a little quicker. Not at the expense of Sanderson and his liver though."Did you see the Worldbuilders lottery item, "Become a beta reader for Pat Rothfuss?" I had to bump my donation up by 33 cents for that...
I did not. I'll have to go look for it.
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Did you see the Worldbuilders lottery item, "Becom..."
It's for other works not Kingkiller, and honestly I'll just wait for the finished work.
But I DID see Sky show up on his blog yesterday! I felt famous adjacent!
http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2014/...
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