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Interview: Jan 20th, 2015
Mysterious Galaxy (Balboa Ave), San Diego, CA (Paraphrased)Leinton
Of all the published shardworlds, which one is your favorite to write and which would you want to live on.Brandon Sanderson
One he wants to live on would definitely be Scadrial, because they have running water and electricity. Favorite to write is Roshar. He would not want to live on any of them though because they don't have internet or delivery pizza. (He later stated that delivery pizza would likely be a thing Scadrial would get, but that it would not be delivered via coinshots becaues they were too expensive).Tags
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Interview: Jan 19th, 2015
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If you, Brandon Sanderson, as a person were able to be gifted just one set of powers from any of your book series what would you have and why? How would you use them? Save the world? Become a tyrant?Brandon Sanderson
I would probably pick [slight pause] Channeling from the Wheel of Time. No, I’d just be Doctor Manhattan. Sorry, he’s like all powerful, right? How would I use them? I would hope that I would save the world, and not become a tyrant.Tags
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Interview: Jan 24th, 2015
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If you had the choice of being an Epic and being evil or not, would you take that choice--Brandon Sanderson
Would I make the choice to become an Epic? Well they /ALL GO EVIL/ so //NO//. No no no no. I’d be a Mistborn, yes yes yes yes yes. *laughter* Epic? no no no no.Tags
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Interview: Jan 24th, 2015
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Would you rather be a misting or a Twinborn, and then which power would you choose?Brandon Sanderson
What powers would I have? ...I would probably pick Twinborn because “Hey extra power” right? I would probably have Wax’s powers from /Alloy of Law/, those are the ones I find the most interesting. Which is why I started with them there. I think I will be able to do cool things with them. Others are cool as well but-- With all this metal around, jumping on it would be so much fun.Tags
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Interview: Jan 24th, 2015
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If you were a misting, which power would you have?Brandon Sanderson
Coinshot. Coinshot for sure.Tags
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Interview: Feb 20th, 2015
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If you could live on any one of the worlds, which one would it be?Brandon Sanderson
If forced to, because I would stay here if I could ‘cause internet, internet’s really cool, mac & cheese, I like mac & cheese, I like instant ramen. But if I were forced I would pick Scadrial, the Mistborn world, because it’s the closest to all of those things, but beyond that it would, post-Catacendre, a very good place to live...Tags
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Interview: Feb 20th, 2015
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Which of your books do you think would be most appropriate or interesting for your kids to live in? Or most fitting.Brandon Sanderson
Most interesting? hehe The most fitting… Well I’ve got a child named Joel and I wrote a book about a kid named Joel so it’s probably most fitting there.Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 2015
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If Kelsier had been born on Roshar, would he have become a Knight Radiant and if so, which order?Brandon Sanderson
I think there’s a possibility that some of the orders might want him, but it really depends on which period he was born in, and what he’s up to, because Kelsier has this dark streak in him and he could go villain very easily, depending on what’s going on with him. That’s kind of how I view Kelsier’s primary attribute, if channeled correctly he’s a great force for good, but he’s like right on the line.Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 2015
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If you had to pick one character to have dinner with, who would it be?Brandon Sanderson
I’d pick Sazed. It would not be Kelsier, cause he’s kind of scary, and it would not be Hoid cause he would make fun of me.Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 2015
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If you could ditch the entire Cosmere and start fresh, what would you write about?[From the audience]: Fifty Shades of Grey fanfic!Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, that. Fifty Shades of Grey fanfic.Question
Except Brandon’s would be much tamer…Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, I don’t think mine would hit quite the same demographic.Question
It would have an awesome magic system though.Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, it would be based on the color grey, where each shade of grey produces a different magic effect.Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 2015
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If you could be a Misting, what would you be?Brandon Sanderson
I’d choose steel because I would like to fly around.Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 2015
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Shardblade vs. lightsaber, which one would win in a clash?Brandon Sanderson
Depends on who’s writing it, I or Lucas. If I were writing it, I’d say they bounce off each other.Tags
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Interview: Oct 17th, 2015
Havoc
I know that 'Perfect State' is not part of the Cosmere, but if the Wode were to construct a 'Perfect State' for someone like Hoid, would that look like the Cosmere?Brandon Sanderson
So a universe with him as the most important character.. yes.Tags
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Interview: Feb 17th, 2016
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With The Reckoners you had to make the decision not to put it into your cosmere cosmology, was that a difficult one?Brandon Sanderson
It was not difficult once I realized I did not want Earth to be part of everything else.Question
If it had been would [CalamityDavid? have been a Shard of Adonalsium?]Brandon Sanderson
That’s an interesting question. Maybe.Tags
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Interview: Feb 17th, 2016
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If Kelsier hadn’t died and became Emperor instead of Elend, how would he have ruled?Brandon Sanderson
Poorly. He would have gotten bored pretty fast.Tags
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Interview: Feb 17th, 2016
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If you were an Epic what would your powers be?Brandon Sanderson
Truthfully it would be something like summoning books out of the air. But if I wanted one I would pick flying.Tags
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Interview: Feb 17th, 2016
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What would happen if the King’s Wit, Wayne, and Mat Cauthon from these last three Wheel of Time books went into a room and locked it?Brandon Sanderson
I think they’d all like each other. And they’d try to one-up each other, it’d be an epic [...]Tags
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Interview: Feb 25th, 2016
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A lot of your books deal with dealing with mortality. Do you have a contingency author lined up?Brandon Sanderson
I don't have one lined up, I just have good notes. And my assistant knows what authors I like and things like that, it would really just depend on how long I last. Like right now I'd probably ask Brian McClellan to do it, but who knows, he might be too big by...but hopefully I'd last until I'm like 90 and we just need someone to finish like one book.Tags
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Interview: Feb 22nd, 2016
Kurkistan
So when that cork [in Bands of Mourning] was thrown above the train, if the cork had been thrown by someone who was standing _besides_ the train, what would have happened when the bubble hit [the cork]? So the bubble's moving at 60mph and the cork [is not moving laterally relative to the bubble] and gets hit by a bubble...Brandon Sanderson
Right. Right right right... So... this one's complicated. Let me see if I can... So anything that touches the bubble will be immediately lodged into the bubble, and be hit by that... So say you throw something up, the bubble hits it, is that what you're asking?Kurkistan
Yeah.Brandon Sanderson
But it does not have "momentum" the same as the thing? So it would probably be in the bubble for a short time.Kurkistan
So if I threw the cork straight, and then the bubble came from the right, the cork would shift to the right within the bubble as the bubble thought it was moving or something?Brandon Sanderson
Kurkistan
So the bubble thinks the cork is travelling like 60mph North, the cork thinks it's not moving at all...Brandon Sanderson
Yeah...Kurkistan
So does the cork move the opposite direction of the bubble or something?Brandon Sanderson
Ask Peter the math on that one, and I'll have him run the math. That one's kind of... it's kind of like the time travel train experiment stuff, with the flags and things. So let's go ahead and PAFO that one.Footnote
>Result of PAFO: http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/52790-calamity-tour-chicago-naperville/page-4?p=414459#entry414459Tags
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Interview: Apr 8th, 2016
Kurkistan
What exactly was Harmony's original plan for Lessie if she'd gone along with it?Brandon Sanderson
Well the original plan was to turn Wax into what he kind of ended up being.Kurkistan
And Lessie would still be alive, then?Brandon Sanderson
Yes, and kind of as his minder slash, ya know...Tags
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Interview: Feb 20th, 2016
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Would Mat’s fox medallion prevent allomancy?Brandon Sanderson
It would prevent emotional allomancy, but not metals on his body.Tags
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Interview: Feb 20th, 2016
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How much of Newcago would a Coinshot have to eat to Push it?Brandon Sanderson
A lot.Tags