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'''''The Silence Divine''''' is an unpublished [[cosmere]] work by [[Brandon Sanderson]] |
'''''The Silence Divine''''' is an unpublished [[cosmere]] work by [[Brandon Sanderson]].{{bws ref|state-of-the-sanderson|State of the Sanderson|date=Jul 24, 2013}} It was originally planned to be a standalone novel however Brandon has since downgraded it to a novella a la ''[[The Emperor's Soul]]''. It will be renamed.{{bws ref|state-of-the-sanderson-december-2014|State of the Sanderson: December 2014|date=2014-12-18}} As of January 26, 2018 it might possibly be trunked. Brandon says about the premise: "What if viruses and bacteria evolved to give people magical talents when you caught the disease. This idea that a bacteria doesn’t actually want to kill you, or a virus doesn’t want to kill you. It wants you to live and spread it. You getting sick is a side effect. What if the side effect is, you got the common cold, all the sniffles and everything, but you could fly as long as you had the common cold? What would that do to society? What happens when someone invents penicillin and can wipe out half of these magical talents? What happens if people start catching a disease that makes everything they touch start on fire? |
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⚫ | So it was a story about basically fantasy Jack Bauer, who’s a member of the fantasy CDC, who tries to stop diseases and the problems thay cause. But in order to do his job, he has to keep his immune system terrible, like this weakling who can barely get up the steps, so that he can quickly catch diseases to get the powers he needs to with the outbreaks of these things." |
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|What if viruses and bacteria evolved to give people magical talents when you caught the disease. This idea that a bacteria doesn’t actually want to kill you, or a virus doesn’t want to kill you. It wants you to live and spread it. You getting sick is a side effect. What if the side effect is, you got the common cold, all the sniffles and everything, but you could fly as long as you had the common cold? What would that do to society? What happens when someone invents penicillin and can wipe out half of these magical talents? What happens if people start catching a disease that makes everything they touch start on fire? |
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⚫ | So it was a story about basically fantasy Jack Bauer, who’s a member of the fantasy CDC, who tries to stop diseases and the problems |
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== Setting == |
== Setting == |
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It is set on the |
It is set on the [[shardworld]] [[Ashyn]], in the [[Greater Roshar]] solar system.{{17s ref|post|62280|Q&A at Spokane Barnes & Noble|date=09 August 2013}} |
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The magic system involves illnesses granting people powers as long as they are sick.{{ |
The magic system involves illnesses granting people powers as long as they are sick.{{qa ref|460|11|Do you have new ideas?|date=Nov 7th, 2009}} |
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It is currently set to take place around the time of book 8 of ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'', but this could change in the future.{{wob ref|11901}} |
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== Behind the Scenes == |
== Behind the Scenes == |
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Brandon wrote, and read, a few test scenes while touring for ''[[Words of Radiance]]''.{{ |
Brandon wrote, and read, a few test scenes while touring for ''[[Words of Radiance]]''.{{bws ref|state-of-the-sanderson-december-2014|State of the Sanderson: December 2014|date=2014-12-18}} |
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== Trivia == |
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* The book's title comes from the fact that the disease that gives Ashyn's inhabitants the ability to keep their cities afloat also causes hearing loss.{{wob ref|12271}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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