All things Brandon Sanderson
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Noodleface
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So I read about 1/3 of WoK before stuff came up and I never picked it back up. It was pretty good. In the meantime, I got the Mistborn trilogy for Christmas and was planning on reading either WoK or Mistborn next. Which series is better to get into first for a good feel of Sanderson?
FWIW I will probably start WoK from the beginning.
FWIW I will probably start WoK from the beginning.
Noodleface
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Nice, I was leaning towards Mistborn. Even though it's collectively longer than WoK, I needed a short book after woodshedding ASOIAF 3->5 in 2 weeks.
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What a machine, if GRRM, Patrick Rothfuss, Brett, Bakker, Weeks, Lynch, Lawrence and others could write at his speed while maintaining quality I'd look for early retirement just so I could read.
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Just finished Rithmatist last night and really enjoyed it. Guy eventually just has to run out of ideas and ways to craft a world around them. Each time a synopsis for a new book comes it I'm like, "oh really? Colors? Well, we'll see," and "oh, chalk stick figures? Great, that sounds exciting," etc... Then I spend more time looking at the damn diagrams in the books and thinking about the mechanics. Would love to see sequels to Rithmatist, Emperor's Soul, and Alloy of Law. Good news is that along with WoR he's sure to have 4 other books published by the time I'm finished with Blood and Bone of Malazan.
Grimmlokk
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Thank fuck you added the part I bolded or I'd have come back when drunk and went on some ridiculous diatribe that would benefit no one=P
Much as I love Sanderson's books I don't think of them like I do GRRM/Lynch or the first Kingkiller book. Sanderson's books are great because no one builds a world and a magic system like him, but the actual words don't stick with me quite the same. I tend to nitpick him more, but I think that's just because there always seems to be a Sanderson book fresh in your memory=P And he doesn't quite have the knack for dialogue that some of those other guys do, and I'm all about the dialogue. He's sort of like a counterpoint to Lynch that way. Lynch's world and magic are kind of hodge podge and small scale, but I could read 500 pages of just Locke and Jean talking. Sanderson makes a full vibrant world and super detailed magic system and has a lot of it all laid out in interesting and entertaining fashion pretty quickly.
Kovaks
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Just finished way of kings and fucking loved it, I hate waiting for the next book in a series, i couldn't put it down and i so want to see what happens next. I'm impressed by the quantity and quality he puts out and have enjoyed everything he does but i hope now that he is done with wheel of time he will focus on stormlight.
Intrinsic
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Jesus, I mean seriously read that blog update and just go through the list of stuff he has working, incredible. Highlights for me (other than copypasta'ing the whole list):
Warbreaker / Rithmatist sequel - Really cool, didn't know these were planned as a series unless I overlooked it completely, sounds familiar that Warbreaker was but though Rithmatist was just a short story he did during breakfast one day when the NY Times Crossword puzzle was too easy.
New Wax and Wayne!
The Liar of Partinel - A Hoid origin story... Not sure I really want this right now. He's a cool easter egg in all the novels (and can remain), but knowing too much about him might take away some mystique. But he says very far off so not too bad
Mistborn Videogame - Cool hearing that the new console generation has pushed it back and if they're developing it for Xbone / PS4 now, hope it is pretty good
Legion TV Show!- The damn short story read like a draft TV script, someone bring Jeff Goldblum back and do the same thing he did in Raines
He is a robot sent from the future
Warbreaker / Rithmatist sequel - Really cool, didn't know these were planned as a series unless I overlooked it completely, sounds familiar that Warbreaker was but though Rithmatist was just a short story he did during breakfast one day when the NY Times Crossword puzzle was too easy.
New Wax and Wayne!
The Liar of Partinel - A Hoid origin story... Not sure I really want this right now. He's a cool easter egg in all the novels (and can remain), but knowing too much about him might take away some mystique. But he says very far off so not too bad
Mistborn Videogame - Cool hearing that the new console generation has pushed it back and if they're developing it for Xbone / PS4 now, hope it is pretty good
Legion TV Show!- The damn short story read like a draft TV script, someone bring Jeff Goldblum back and do the same thing he did in Raines
He is a robot sent from the future
Intrinsic
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Well I don't know if it is a spoiler or anything, just don't dive too deep in to the wiki:http://coppermind.net/wiki/Cosmere
I guess when I said 'all' it was a reference to his Cosmere novels. Don't want anyone getting too sandy over that.
I guess when I said 'all' it was a reference to his Cosmere novels. Don't want anyone getting too sandy over that.
He's not even talking about Mistborn Trilogy #2 in there, so my _guess_ is the final tie up is going to be Mistborn trilogy #3.
And the reason for that is
he's publicly confirmed the state of the world of Mistborn #3 is far future with spaceships possessing FTL capabilities. That means the people of the time period of Mistborn#3 will be able to visit all of the other planets without having to go through the weird, dangerous plane of existence Shalan visits in Way of Kings.
Kovaks
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Yeah I looked through the coppermind a bit and shit now I have to read all of these, not that I'm really complaining but man he found my weakness, this is going to be like Michael morcock or trying to keep up with all batman titles all over again. At least I won't run out of things to read.
Just picked up Elantris today because the bookstore near me didn't have any of Mistborn. I'm like half done it already. :|
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http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2012...36-volume.html
There ya go, couldn't find it originally but knew that page existed.
There ya go, couldn't find it originally but knew that page existed.
Kovaks
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That is crazy and intriguing, though not getting the whole picture till 2035 is is sad, he better live that long, I guess I better too.
On another note, I have a hard copy of Elantris but I don't read hard copies anymore, and I don't really want to double buy it if I don't have to. does anyone know where I can find a mobi version of it for my kindle.
On another note, I have a hard copy of Elantris but I don't read hard copies anymore, and I don't really want to double buy it if I don't have to. does anyone know where I can find a mobi version of it for my kindle.