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The Will of the Many
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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy #1)[July 21, 2025]
Thank you!Series Schedule:
1. The Will of the Many (July 21)
2. The Strength of the Few (Nov 18) (expected pub Nov 11) [Link]
Availability? Audible Only?
I'm still reading the book and it's a story to keep your head around it. I've bought an eye-read on Kindle.
I eye-read this the first time. Going to try audio for reread. :)
I really loved this one but put it on hold at 25% because I was overbooked and decided to prioritise finished series... So I am definitely looking forward to get back to it.
It was a great read. Really enjoyed it. I'd like to try Islington's finished series sometime too.
Nirkatze wrote: "It was a great read. Really enjoyed it. I'd like to try Islington's finished series sometime too."If you want to read 'The Licanius Trilogy'...I'm yours. I've reread the first book a couple of times, but the other books are gathering dust on my shelves...
I am up for the other series, maybe after Black Company?
When does these end?
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I'll put a poke note in my tracker to see if folks are interested in January.
I am okay waiting or I was thinking maybe every other month opposite Malazan?
Hm. This is just a trilogy so I'm not sure I want to wait two months to go one to next--I'd rather find a stretch where we have three months free...
Nirkatze wrote: "Hm. This is just a trilogy so I'm not sure I want to wait two months to go one to next--I'd rather find a stretch where we have three months free..."That works for me :)
I would be interested too, on some later date, as I own the physical copies and I am yet to read them...
Same for me as Marie...
Does January sound good for folks? Could do, say, Jan-March 11th? I could probably put in a placeholder BR without Yanique getting too mad at me--we are now within 6 months.
If it's okay for the rest, then it's fine for me.
January to March works for me. This year is already full of great series for me to eye read but it's good to finally get this one schedule.
I am trying to make it through Sporemaggedon 2 and then will start this :)
I still totally plan to join this one. Will have plenty of time to finish until November... Just hope I won't forget too much until then.
Finished! Glad I reread... hope I remember when #2 comes out. There's a LOT going on in this book! (view spoiler)
The world-building is really interesting. I like how Islington combines new ideas with comfortable Roman tropes.
Nirkatze wrote: "The world-building is really interesting. I like how Islington combines new ideas with comfortable Roman tropes."Exactly! Full disclosure though, I am not stressing trying to keep the ranks straight with who gets what will, yeah, that would make reading this work and no thanks to that. I have general ideas where the main characters fall and that is good enough lol
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something like this, but for the categories in the above image... then you have to solve... but with Wills I guess... or the House ranks in Malazan...
I took a practice LSAT test when I was in college for my bachelors and there went my plans to attend law school so yeah, logic puzzle books were not fun for me...
Ranks aren't bad--it's just Latin and math... Eight Octavii cede to 1 Septimus, and seven Septimus cede to one Sextus, so a Sextus receives 7x8=56 Octavii worth of Will, with some fractions for the Septimus. But you don't really need to keep track except that anyone over a Septimus is going to be hulk powerful... and it sounds like anything higher than a Sextus is super rare anyway.But here's the chart at the start of the book if anyone wants reference:
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Nirkatze wrote: "Ranks aren't bad--it's just Latin and math... Eight Octavii cede to 1 Septimus, and seven Septimus cede to one Sextus, so a Sextus receives 7x8=56 Octavii worth of Will, with some fractions for the..."I was forced to take Latin in high school because it was a requirement for honors level and I blocked it out of my brain because when I say I had an attitude about it, I really had an attitude lol
Timelord Iain wrote: "looking at the chart, it's a reverse factorial..."What? The math classes I took for my math requirement to graduate college were how to teach math to elementary children 1 & 2, I think we got to simple equations. My science requirements were 2 classes that had no labs and were considered science for non-science majors, I think one was human reproduction and development and the other the fact of life.....I was not a model STEM student lol
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Timelord Iain wrote: "8! Is 8 factorial and is 8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1..."Are you speaking Latin?
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Just finished part 2, going to the movies last night meant I had no chance to finish so it'll be this morning. (view spoiler)
Timelord Iain wrote: "it's a kind of mathematical notation useful for permutations and combinations of objects..."Math makes my brain hurt. I can figure out 25% off when I am shopping a sale and shit like that but yeah, my higher math days are over, a fact I celebrate! And when my nieces and nephews ask me to help with their math I am like Listen, I can tell you the answer but I can't do it how your teachers want you to do it so even simple, basic math is beyond me at this point lol
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Math makes my brain hurt. I can figure out 25% off when I am shopping a sale and ..."
I mean... I have the same issue, ever since they invented New Math, which is supposed to be better if you learn it in school, but looking at it having learned the old way, looks stupid...
Timelord Iain wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "it's a kind of mathematical notation useful for permutations and combinations of objects..."Math makes my brain hurt. I can figure out 25% off when I am sh..."
Yeah new math is what I meant! So you want me to start adding from the LEFT and not the RIGHT? What sorcery is this??? And don't even get me started on how they want kids to divide! What? And they spent so much time this year (he was in 4th grade) learning to estimate with all these techniques and shit, I was like why don't you just solve the problem and stop rounding up and down? My nephew was like it's faster my way so my sister came up with 3 math problems and timed us and I had all 3 done and he was partway through #2 and I was like suck it, kid, I told you I was not a dummy lol
Note: We MAY be a little competitive in my family and the concept of letting kids win is not something we do, like ever. Give the kids a dose of reality young!
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I can do alot of math up to 1000ish in my head, then I might need paper and pencil to help things along... I can't do everything in my head like some people can...
If there is one voodoo math that I think would be cool to know, it's the Asian version where they draw lines and the intersections give the answers...
How do you know where to draw the lines? I do not see how that is easier than simply multiplying 12x32 lol
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New Math! Though I think this is actually Old Math...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mc7e...
And if you think those lines are fun, check out these that I deal with every day at work:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mc7e...
And if you think those lines are fun, check out these that I deal with e..."
I said cool math lines... not Kerplunk:
My lines are fun too!
Nirkatze wrote: "My lines are fun too!"Your lines make my brain hurt.....
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