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Five Unlikely SFF Friendships That Bring Me Joy
The SFF genre has no shortage of stock friendships and familiar pairings. They can be magical and memorable: Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Frodo and Sam. Locke and Jean. There’s a certain wonder that comes...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Two
Well, hello there. It’s Chicken time again! Cosmere Chickens, that is, because it’s Thursday, and we’re back with another installment of The Stormlight Archive rereadings. This chapter is another...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Three
Happy new year, everyone, and welcome back to the Rhythm of War Reread here on your favorite Tor.com! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season, and that many good things await you in the coming...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Four
Welcome back to the Stormlight Archive rereadings, my friends! We hope your year is going well so far. Today we take a side-step, as we rejoin Jasnah in Emul to check in on her campaign. Distraction...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Five
Hey, it’s Thursday again! Welcome back to the Rhythm of War Reread, where it’s time for some fun in Navani’s lab. This is a fairly science-heavy chapter, so… be warned, I guess? This week we cover some...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Six
Welcome back to the Rhythm of War Reread my friends! I’ll say right up front that this was a tough chapter to get through. Many of us have distrusted—and generally disliked—Taravangian ever since the...
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Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Shows Writers That It’s Okay to Have Some...
Many moons ago, when I was a young lad attending ye olde undergraduate university, I was filled with visions of writing big, rollicking sci-fi and fantasy stories. My heroes were Kurt Vonnegut, Ray...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Seven
Happy Thursday! Welcome back to the Rhythm of War reread, as we go through “Song of Stones”—a very fitting title for such a beautifully descriptive chapter. Venli’s POVs are often frustrating for us,...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Eight
Welcome back, my peeps and Cosmere ChickenScouts! It’s flashback time on the Rhythm of War Reread today, as certain family relationships are explored and a new form is acquired for the listeners....
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Nine
Oh, hey, it’s Thursday again, and time for another installment of the Rhythm of War Reread! We rejoin Navani in her lab this week, and I promise not to geek out on the physics this week. Or only a...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Seventy
Welcome back to the Rhythm of War Reread, as we reach the final events of Part Three. There are three chapters left (including this one) but they’re all the same set of events. This week is mostly...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Seventy-One
Welcome back to the Rhythm of War reread, as we reach the penultimate chapter of Part Three. It is a surprisingly upbeat chapter, sandwiched as it is between two very low points for other characters....
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Seventy-Two
This week, the reread comes to the final chapter in Part Three, and in typical Part Three fashion, it leaves us in the slough of despond. The title, “Outmatched,” really says it all. This is one of...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Interlude 7
Welcome back to the Rhythm of War Reread, as we start in on the third set of Interludes. This one takes us to a place we’ve been several times in Part Three—the Emuli campaign—but this time from...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Interlude Eight
Welcome back to the Rhythm of War Reread, where this week we get to hang out with our favorite little larkin, Chiri-Chiri. Oh, and Rysn, of course. And Vstim. For those who haven’t read Dawnshard...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Interlude Nine
As we reach the last of the third set of Interludes in our Rhythm of War reread, we return to one of the most controversial characters: (former) King Taravangian. He’s having an emotional day, with all...
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Here’s What Brandon Sanderson’s Four Kickstarter Books Are About
Over the past month, Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter project has raised a record-breaking $41 million+ from almost 186,000 backers, each of whom will receive four new books from the author in various...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Seventy-Three
Welcome back to the Rhythm of War reread, as we launch into Part Four! Today’s Cosmere Chicken-Scout input comes from Nazh, who has apparently been busily researching Rosharan writing systems. As for...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Seventy-Four
Here we are again, so it must be Thursday! This week, the reread returns to “present time” Venli, to show some major character progression in our favorite Willshaper. (Okay, our only Willshaper, but...
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Five Unlikely SFF Friendships
The SFF genre has no shortage of stock friendships and familiar pairings. They can be magical and memorable: Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Frodo and Sam. Locke and Jean. There’s a certain wonder that comes...
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