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treeboy posted:I would recommend Warbreaker as well, people tend to feel it's one of his weaker stories but I thoroughly enjoyed it And it's been free on his site for a long time. Check it out!
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I'm re-reading Way of Kings, and I'm paying a lot more attention to the chapter headers this time around. Is the second batch of headers--that is, not the set of peoples' dying words--Hoid, talking to <someone> about whatever it is he's doing in regards to the Shards?
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Sep 5, 2011 23:22
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Cartoon Man posted:Well its not like he hasn't earned a break. He's put out a ton of books in the last six years, so I'd say he has. If only because he tends to write other, new projects, on his breaks. I could use another Alloy of Law written during his vacation.
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Sep 11, 2011 17:36
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IRQ posted:A lot of what came out so fast was written before he started really getting published. He's said a few times that the pace will slow down as that stuff is all out now. Yes, I know. I'm referring to the fact that the last time he 'took a break' he wrote The Alloy of Law.
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Sep 11, 2011 21:29
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:I just started Elantris the other day. Man, it's incredible how much better Sanderson's writing has gotten since his debut. I haven't read Mistborn or Way of Kings since this spring, but I could still tell the difference is night and day. This is true overall, but I liked Elantris more than Warbreaker.
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Sep 30, 2011 20:30
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pakman posted:Man, I love my new Kindle. I'm going to buy all the brandon sanderson books I haven't read yet from the kindle store. This guy can't have enough of my money. warbreaker is free as a PDF on Sanderson's website
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Oct 9, 2011 16:25
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I just finished Alloy of Law and I'd bet dollars to donuts that Wax's uncle was a kandra.
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Nov 12, 2011 05:08
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Ugly In The Morning posted:But Kandra have a direct link to Sazed through their spikes, and I don't think he'd take kindly to the kind of poo poo he was doing. According to the index, not all serve Harmony.
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Nov 12, 2011 18:43
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Popular Human posted:Just finished Alloy of Law. It was an awesome little bite-sized Mistborn novel, left me wanting a new trilogy in this setting. Did anybody else get the impression that the crazy guy in the prologue was burning atium? Yes, I did.
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Nov 27, 2011 23:59
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Decius posted:Also surprising for me: That Shallan owns a shardblade. And killed her father. I caught that one ahead of time.
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Dec 6, 2011 13:28
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veekie posted:Her role would probably be to deliver the shardblade to the people over at the warcamps who happen to be short one. That's a bit too obvious. I'm betting that, since she's attached to the foremost researcher in the world, she'll discover how they're somehow far more than they seem.
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Dec 11, 2011 03:23
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BananaNutkins posted:Or there will be a conflict between Jasnah and Shallan because Jasnah wants to unlock the secrets of the Monado. Sorry, wrong seriesthe shardblades and give them en masse to her country's soldiers, and Shallan thinks it will lead to an evil empire dominating the world. Kinda like the Einstein A-bomb situation. Well, there's already a country who came up with a way to replicate shardplate and shields, albeit imperfectly.
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Dec 11, 2011 16:07
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Lascivious Sloth posted:yep The guy at the end is the last Herald. Remember in the prologue when the Heralds gave up their duty, but one had died in the fight, and such was stuck wherever it was the Heralds wait for the next Desolation? That Herald is the at the end. Wit is Hoid, a character who's appeared in every Sanderson thus far. He's able to traverse the Shadesmar (that weird place Shallan went with the symbolheads) to get from one world to another. He has some further agenda, as yet unknown. ConfusedUs fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Dec 13, 2011 |
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Algid posted:No, he was the last herald, presumably once a regular human, but now regularly reconstituted from some sort of hell like limbo where they're held in reserve to fight in each desolation. They seem to be linked to the almighty. You're right. I had the wrong title for the guy!
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It reads more like you have a deep-seated hatred of authority in general and police in specific, and are projecting those feelings onto the novel.
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Dec 16, 2011 17:54
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IRQ posted:I honestly didn't pick up on that because it made so much sense in context. Sanderson! I didn't pick it up until my second read, and only then because I was talking about allomancy with my buddy. "Hey man, they came up with a way to stop rioters and soothers! They just wear these hats lined with...foil. Oh my god, they wear tinfoil hats!"
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Dec 31, 2011 01:52
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redreader posted:I am reading mistborn right now. Does the lord ruler story remind anyone else of Jecht's journey in ffx? Its ultimate conclusion is somewhat similar.
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computer parts posted:I just finished the first Mistborn novel and while I probably don't have anything to worry, I heard the next two aren't quite as good, but I feel like blind buying them at B&N tomorrow, so do they get a goon recommendation? They're just different. I love the entire series. But if I had to be 100% honest, here's how I'd explain each book's faults: Book 1 is basically Ocean's Eleven with allomancy. Its biggest failing is being overly expository at times. Book 2's biggest failing is the dreadfully slow second act. Book 3's biggest failing is that (a certain popular character)spends most of the book whining and crying.
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Jan 13, 2012 07:33
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Yeah, it's standalone, but he threw in some obvious sequel hooks at the end. Who knows, he might get bored on a 30-minute plane ride and write the sequel.
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Feb 23, 2012 21:39
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Calexio posted:How does Warbreaker stand up against Sanderson's other books? Just finished Elantris and to be honest it was a struggle. I just didn't really care about any of the characters apart from the gyorn. I actually put the book down for like a week because I hated whenever Sarene's twin cousins showed up. Luckily they didn't appear again after that part in the book. Between the two. It's free on his website though .
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Mar 13, 2012 15:16
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Everything else Sanderson's written has been great though!
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arioch posted:That scene in the plastic prison of Magneto breaking out with just iron from a man's blood is pretty much what Kelsier would be like. On a bad day.
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Mar 13, 2012 21:36
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Kwyndig posted:I agree that book two was the weakest of the three, go get book three now, and then read Allow of Law afterwards. This is the right thing to do.
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Mar 16, 2012 03:42
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eggsovereasy posted:Is Allow of Law good? I don't really care for the whole steampunk thing, but I might try it anyway. Alloy of Law is probably the best Mistborn book.
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Mar 21, 2012 04:12
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Casao posted:Just started reading Warbreaker last night. Yeah, it's pretty easy to spot his tropes. His favorite is the anti-princess; a stubborn, willful noblewoman who's witty and charming and bucks tradition. There's not just one, but two of those in Way of Kings.
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Mar 23, 2012 15:17
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Eh! Frank posted:Has Sanderson's Moiraine vs Kelsier write-up been posted here yet? Ahaha that owns.
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How the hell did I never catch that the Lord Ruler spiked Kelsier like that? That is A Thing with capital letters.
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Apr 3, 2012 02:28
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Wolpertinger posted:I sort of zoomed through Night Angel pretty fast without really digesting it, but I finished it with a positive impression even if it was just a shallow but entertaining action trilogy - I'm surprised to see such vitriol. As BananaNutkins says above, the Night Angel books are both very derivative and very juvenile. The whole thing reads like a repressed 14-year-old boy's action fantasy. The kid (a loser) has amazing potential (like every loser's mommy says) but his potential is blocked! (oh noes) But then he meets this super cool assassin man (father figure) who takes him in! Father guy teaches loser kid to be a badass ninja (gently caress yeah!). Then he gets the magic Whatsit that unlocks his hidden potential! WOOOOO! Now a badass ninja, loser kid finds out that the girl he had spent his whole young life protecting is now a major hottie (gently caress yeah!). But she's so sweet and virginal (count how often she's wearing white. I dare you.) and her situation is complicated. So he starts passive-aggressively pursuing her (because badass assassin ninja boys can't just, you know, ask her out for date). And then, oh noes, it's a love triangle, because the SUPER HOT SLUTTY ASSASSIN NINJA CHICK (with SEX MAGIC) has the hots for our ninja hero! More stupid drama happens and suddenly the world rests on our conflicted ninja hero's shoulders. At this point we take a break from the first interesting thing to happen to our hero and, instead, focus on a side character. There's some interesting things happening with this conflicted side character (a prophet, no less) that turns him into an evil god-king who (as mentioned before) rapes the gently caress out of some 13 year old girl, in front of her father and sister, just to prove a point! But in the end it means jack poo poo because this guy throws off his evilness all on his own without our ninja hero doing a drat thing. Which is weird! That whole side plot was pointless as gently caress. But whatever. Back to our ninja hero. He-- gently caress it. I'm done. Those books are terrible. The author writes a pretty good action scene but the rest is garbage.
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Monolith. posted:Not to distract from the Mistborn discussion but Way of Kings is 900+ pages? Holy moly. Should I read Elantis before that or after? Elantris is pretty short and fast to read. I'd go with it first. It's also Sanderson's first novel and it shows. Way of Kings is better written, by a long shot. However, Elantris is fun. All the talk about how it was Sanderson's first novel scared me off for a long time. Don't let it scare you.
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May 4, 2012 22:25
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Fearian posted:I'm only going to dip into this thread briefly - I'm about two thirds through well of ascension and I'm terrified of spoilers. I think I glanced one big spoil as I checked the thread so forgive me if this has been discussed: Sanderson is bad about what we call the Sanderson Avalanche; lots and lots and lots of buildup, then everything falls downhill and just doesn't stop. You're in the buildup phase right now. The reveal for everything you said is entirely worth it.
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Jun 8, 2012 23:41
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:I blew through Elantris because Hrathen is a loving great character and it's a pretty good book besides. Hrathen is amazing. Raoden is pretty cool. Everyone else is fairly bland. 
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Jun 22, 2012 20:46
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soru posted:Eagerly awaiting his next book which has a magic system based on optimizing the order of how passengers board planes. "And lo, so it came to pass on a dark and stormy night that the Souwesterians rose up against the common man of the United Delta. A cry went up, repeated endlessly, echoing through the wreckage of a once-great nation, and that cry was this: "gently caress it. Sit where you want."
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Jul 19, 2012 18:45
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IRQ posted:His humor is terrible, but I like it because I find terrible puns to be completely hilarious. I agree. I actually laughed at Shallan in WoK several times. And Lightsong from Warbreaker, too.
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Jul 25, 2012 00:44
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This Post Sucks posted:The worst thing about Lightsong was that I listened to it on Audiobook and man was the voice actor horrible. Lightsong sounded like Keanu Reeves from Point Break (well, every movie, but still). That would suck. Whoa. Whoever posted that Lightsong's humor was "dad humor" a few pages back was right. You either love that poo poo or you hate it.
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Jul 25, 2012 03:26
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Black Griffon posted:Neato! I've already bought Elantris, that's why I'm asking. I'm gonna be able to read it in good conscience now, though. And since I have a six hour bus trip ahead of me, I'm gonna need that. Elantris is a little slow to get started, but once the ball starts rolling it doesn't stop. This is true for most of Sanderson's books but it's especially true for Elantris.
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Jul 25, 2012 16:58
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platero posted:Him livestreaming the writing process is going to look like a hacking scene in any cheesy tv show or movie, only it is real life. Or is this fantasy? (Yes. Yes it is.)
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Aug 1, 2012 04:29
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Ugly In The Morning posted:When the Sanderson Avalanche part hits, will you be caught in a landslide of escape from reality? I'm so happy someone got that. I bet you liked Lightsong's humor too, didn't you. 
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Mulozon Empuri posted:I can't but agree with this. It was a great read I though and well worth the $3. Support this guy so I can get a sequel! I bought it as soon as I saw the reviews. I haven't got to start it yet, though.
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RBA Starblade posted:Just chiming in to say I've finished the Mistborn trilogy too, and thought the ending of the third book made up for any shortcomings the novels had (Sazed spent far too much of the last book moping around and in the second Zane was too cliched even for a book made entirely of cliches). I haven't read any of Sanderson's work before but it was really nice to read something like Mistborn coming off of what I typically read. Though, I read them specifically to get away from apocalyptic, post-apoc fiction, so, I guess I failed with that. I didn't know it was popular enough to warrant trying to make a movie and a video game (that's going for Demon's Souls, ffs), though. I'd read Alloy of Law but I heard it wasn't that great and I'm not a fan of steampunk anyway. What? Alloy of Law is, quite possibly, the best of the entire series.
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He also planned on using the name "The Book of Endless Pages" for Stormlight 2. Then fans pointed out the irony for what will probably be a 1000-page tome. He's reconsidering the title, which I consider a damned shame. Calling his monster of a book "The Book of Endless Pages" strikes me as a perfect example of Sanderson humor.
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IRQ posted:I got the impression that he's supposed to be annoying and that only whatshisface finds him funny (because he annoys everyone else). Pretty much this. He's Lightsong 2.0.
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