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I am nearly finished with The Way of Kings. At first the names struck me as odd, but then again lots of stuff did. Giant crustaceans? People with foot-long eyeb
by emddudley 11y ago
I am nearly finished with The Way of Kings. At first the names struck me as odd, but then again lots of stuff did. Giant crustaceans? People with foot-long eyebrows? Gem spheres used as both currency and lamps? Over time I got used to the names.
Actually, I remember one part where Sanderson describes how in the Vorinism religion symmetry is very important, and that the best names are symmetrical or almost symmetrical, like Shallan and Urithiru. I thought that was super creative!
- noxToken 11y agoI think The Stormlight Archive should get a slight pass on the oddities of people, creatures and cultures. The Stormlight Archive is aiming to be an epic that is established in a world of disparate cultures and fantastic creatures. The idea is that culture is very centric to an area and its peoples. Once you leave that area, even if it's only 2 or 3 days by carriage, you transition to a distinct cultural shift. It's as if England and Japan were only separated by 100 miles, but you hit Egypt, Germany, Nigeria, Romania and Mexico along the way. Thus you get a large homogeneous population with their status quo and beliefs alongside markedly different people intermixed.
- RodericDay 11y agoThis is precisely why "Kaladin the Paladin" (he doesn't actually fit the archetype, but it's close) takes me out of it. It's not that it's too weird, it's that it's not weird enough. Plus they call him "Kal". It's relying just as heavily as Morrowind was on pre-existing expectations, just different ones (worse ones, imo).