Perfect State
From the author of Legion and the 1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive comes an action filled novella about privilege, culture clash, and expectations.God Emperor Kairominas is lord of all he surveys He has defeated all foes, has united the entire world beneath his rule, and has mastered the arcane arts He spends his time sparring with his nemesis, who keeps trying to invade Kai s world.Except for today Today, Kai has to go on a date.Forces have conspired to require him to meet with his equal a woman from another world who has achieved just as much as he has What happens when the most important man in the world is forced to have dinner with the most important woman in the world Read Perfect State – kino-fada.fr LOVE LOVE LOVE I recommend this for fans of Ready Player One and people who like Meta fiction. Short story, long review Don t say I didn t warn you. Dear slightly deranged members of the Sanderson Cult see my rating up there To think you wouldn t believe me when I repeatedly told you I wasn t completely hopeless So ha to you, QED, and all that Too be honest, before I reached the 50% mark I thought I would go for a 3 star rating you did NOT just read this, dear slightly deranged Cult Members but Sophie the second half of the story was pretty awesome so I went for 4 stars inste Short story, long review Don t say I didn t warn you. Dear slightly deranged members of the Sanderson Cult see my rating up there To think you wouldn t believe me when I repeatedly told you I wasn t completely hopeless So ha to you, QED, and all that Too be honest, before I reache...4.5 stars I reread this novella today, because I wanted to compare it to Sanderson s latest alternative reality novella, Snapshot Final review, first posted on www.FantasyLiterature.com Note one major spoiler in the fourth paragraph of this review, but I haven t tagged it because it occurs so soon, on about page 10.Kairominas has conquered the entire world or at any rate, what constitutes his world, where his magical powers, called Lancing, enables him to do almost everything except co 4.5 stars I reread this novella today, because I wanted to compare it to Sanderson s latest alternative reality novella, Snapshot Final review, first posted on www.FantasyLiterature.com Note one major spoiler in the fourth paragraph of this review, but I haven t tagged it because it occurs so soon, on about page 10.Kairominas has conquered the entire world or at any rate, what constitutes his world, where his magical powers, called Lancing, enables him to do almost everything except control the weather Bu...First, I d mention that it was totally different than what I had expected You may think the story deals with a God Emperor and his equal from another world, but that s not entirely correct I won t saythan that .The characters are nice, the dialogues are somewhat witty,and the idea of the simulation is interesting and thought provoking But unfortunately that s all the good things that I can say about this story I think dealing with the simulation could have been done better, because First, I d mention that it was totally different than what I had expected You may think the story deals with a God Emperor and his equal from another world, but that s not entirely correct I won t saythan that .The characters are nice, the dialogues are somewhat witty,and the idea of the simulation is interesting and thought provoking But unfortunately that s all the good things that I can say about this story I think dealing with the simulation could have been done bet...Taking the holographic universe to very logical conclusions, or at least just adding a new spin to the Matrix, I thought this was a fairly interesting read only made better by the end message.No spoilers, but it s kinda obvious from the start what the tale is about It s telegraphed pretty heavily.Still, there s a lot of great things about the novella, with good worldbuilding, a wide and sweeping grandiosity of scenes and settings that really makes this shine So what if I find the main characte Taking the holographic universe to very logical conclusions, or at least just adding a new spin to the Matrix, I thought this was a fairly interesting read only made better by the end message.No spoilers, but it s kinda obvious from the start what the tale is about It s telegraphed pretty heavily.Still, there s a lot of great things about the novella, with good worldbuilding, a wide and sweeping grandiosity...God Emperor Kairominas in 300 years has mastered everything in his world, well except weather but given another 50 years he ll conquer that too Now he has been informed by the powers that be that he must procreate You re probably thinking hey if he is a God Emperor who are these powers that be that can tell a God Emperor what to do Hahaha that is little twist 1 Kairominas lives in a simulated world.After 300 years of simulation he has pretty much run out of things to do He has a concept ...This was an awesome novella It had all the the elements that make Sanderson s epic fantasy series so entertaining The fantastic world building, the likeable characters, the amusing banter between the characters, and the fascinating plot that never fails to surprise In a distant future overcrowding on earth has lead to the majority of humanity living as littlethan brains in a jar The minds of such people live in virtual reality worlds tailored to their fantasies and populated by AI s G This was an awesome novella It...My very first 5 stars rating for a novella I wouldn t believe that it was possible for me to enjoy one that wasn t a part of a series this much I loved everything about this awesome baby novel except the audio part with that one, I am annoyed...I am constantly impressed by the seeming ease at which Sanderson is able to blend disparate ideas, genres, and settings together and then deliver something with the emotional impact of a full length novel in a novella I finished in about an hour Perfect State does all that andfirmly cementing Sanderson s status in my mind as either being a robot, having a bunch of writers chained up in his basement, or being a trafficker with unnatural forces.Decartes struggled with the idea that we could I am constantly impressed by the seeming ease at which Sanderson is able to blend disparate ideas, genres, and settings together and then deliver something with the emotional impact of a full length novel in a novella I finished in about an hour Perfect State does all that andfirmly cementing Sanderson s status in my mind as either being a robot, having a bunch of writers chained up in his basement, or being a trafficker with unnatural forces.Decartes struggled with the idea that we could be deceived about the world Maybe we aren t who we think we are, but instead, to use the modern vernacular, a brain in a vat All of our experiences are not real, but instead merely external stimuli applied to a brain in a labo...In Brandon Sanderson s book novella titled Perfect State Mr Sanderson bridges a number of different genres At first he places the reader into a fantasy realm where an all powerful emperor named Kai has ruled for three hundred years and brought peace to his kingdom.As it turns out Kai is the only human born in his kingdom, everyone else is a construct think The Matrix we learn that Kai is only a brain living in a jar and the controllers of his existence want him to procreate as part of In Brandon Sanderson s book novella titled Perfect State Mr Sanderson bridges a number of different genres At first he places the reader into a fantasy realm where an all powerful emperor named Kai has ruled for three hundred years and brought peace to his kingdom.As it turns out Kai is the only human born in his kingdom, everyone else is a construct think The Matrix we learn that Kai is only a brain living in a jar and the controllers of his existence want him to procreate as part of his life cycle Kai must leave his kingdom to go to a neighboring kingdom in order to accomplish this task, and so we enter a portion of the book close to urban fantasy mystery where all the rules of existence have accordingly changed He...
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