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I finished Mistborn a few days ago, it's a really good series, and he managed to tie up pretty much everything without me feeling it was rushed or forgotten (despite thinking a few times "Jesus will you just get to X already?!) Starting Way of Kings, can't say I enjoy it as much, but it's definitely something. Is there a free Mobi or Epub of Warbreaker, or is it just the PDF? Anyone tried the PDF on a kindle?
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# ¿ Jun 28, 2011 21:11 |
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# ¿ Nov 3, 2024 07:55 |
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I finished Alloy of Law last night, and I have to say I really prefer this book to the original Mistborn trilogy. I'm really looking forward to more in this time period with Wax, and if the rumors about a modern trilogy are true I think that could be incredible too.arioch posted:"I am, unfortunately, the Hero of Ages" is one of the greatest spoilers ever. Maybe I'm just completely dense, but until just near the end, I was quite sure that was Vin writing those parts.
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# ¿ Mar 19, 2012 08:10 |
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arioch posted:Too unlikely a person, she never kept a journal to begin with, and her voice was completely different. I went straight from 2 to 3, and the much more solemn tone seemed to fit the whole "Well, I majorly hosed up and doomed everything by releasing Ruin." thing.
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# ¿ Mar 19, 2012 09:32 |
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eggsovereasy posted:I just finished reading the Mistborn books. I really liked them. The plot was good and I really liked how everything got tied together by the end. Alloy of Law isn't steam punk. It's set in an industrial era with trains and guns, but there's none of that bullshit magical steam air ships or whatever. It's a book about a Wild West Sheriff going to an industrial town with guns and shooting up some bitches. I also find Twinborns a million times more interesting than Mistborns ever were.
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# ¿ Mar 21, 2012 05:09 |
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Just started reading Warbreaker last night. The more of Sanderson I read, the more I realize that he uses the same characters in almost every book. Which only makes Way of Kings more impressive, cause despite being similar, they're deep enough that I don't immediately go "Oh look, it's Elend." In fact, aside from the "Prince-type character who bucks tradition in order to do the right thing", it's really a stretch to find any of his usual characters. I enjoy everything of his I've read. Just kinda samey (in the same way that Eddings was, and he's still one of my favorites).
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# ¿ Mar 23, 2012 05:26 |
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The annotations on Warbreaker are really interesting to read as I go through, though he loves to shove spoilers in the titles of the annotations. When is Sanderson writing something that's not Wheel of Time, again?
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# ¿ Mar 27, 2012 08:35 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:He has that ebook/Subterranean Press novella due out soon, doesn't he? And he already has like three things planned for once the edits on AMoL are done (Rithmatist, Stormlight Book 2, maybe another Alcatraz book I forget). Are the Alcatraz books any good? They're supposed to be YA so I haven't read any. Stormlight 2 makes me happy, what's the Rithmatist?
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# ¿ Mar 27, 2012 08:49 |
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So maybe I'm way late on this, but I realized today that Mistborn are basically Jedi. You've the the TK (limited to metal, true) that they use to hurl themselves around and disarm/attack enemies, the ability to affect emotions, enhanced senses/toughness and the ability to predict the immediate future in combat making them nearly unbeatable unless you can do the same. Pretty much the only thing they're missing is the longer term force vision stuff. It actually makes me want to read a Sanderson Star Wars novel.
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# ¿ Mar 30, 2012 13:48 |
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IRQ posted:In as much as any magic user in fantasy stuff is a jedi, sure. No, this is pretty much direct one for one on the powers. Compare it to Elantris, Warbreaker, Stormlighht Archives and even the other magic systems from Mistborn. The only difference is the metal push pull instead of straight t.k. Anyway, just occurred to me and made me want a Sanderson Star Wars book.
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# ¿ Mar 31, 2012 11:21 |
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OneTwentySix posted:("You can tell I'm evil because I have an evil voice!!!" To be fair, that's pretty much how the book reads.
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# ¿ May 6, 2012 12:27 |
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veekie posted:Yeah, just wondering what the Compounds did, Iron would give you unlimited weight(handy when you can Pull as well, but you probably rather be a full Mistborn to survive), Steel makes you The Flash. Still can't figure out what Compounded memories would give. Permanently store the memory in your own mind, maybe.
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# ¿ May 10, 2012 07:58 |
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IRQ posted:Isn't all his stuff somehow tied together as far as a shared universe (to use the term literally rather than in it's lovely fanfiction sense)? It's called the "Cosmere" yeah. It's actually one of the most interesting bits I think.
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# ¿ May 22, 2012 05:35 |
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syphon posted:I don't know if he's really gotten 'better' at that or not. In Allow of Law, he spends a lot of time explaining the magic system (which is very similar to Mistborn but altered slightly). I don't know if he views it as a flaw though, since he's said multiple times that he's a magic-system nerd and that's one of his favorite parts of writing. I remember reading that Mistborn books will always be very heavy on the details, because the magic system is just the core of them. It's a conscious decision to focus on the way the magic works.
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# ¿ Jun 11, 2012 05:24 |
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bowmore posted:Is there an ebook? Sanderson posted:As with LEGION, I will personally send a copy of the ebook to anyone who buys the print version. (We hope to have the ebook ready soon; we're working on it. It's not out quite yet.) So no, but he will be giving it out if you buy the regular book.
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# ¿ Oct 23, 2012 00:12 |
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Finished this last night. Thoughts on the whole book follow. Overall, a very good book. It never felt like it had the usual drag in the middle. It didn't feel like there was a huge avalanche either -- it had a nice system of peaks and valleys throughout. The interludes also felt a lot easier to follow this time around -- maybe it's just a better feel for the world. That all said, I do hate how everyone was a radiant at the end. Like, absolutely hate it. We had 2 books of struggle from Kaladin about learning to use and accept his powers. Shallan had a book of coming to accept her powers too, and what it meant. We got to see them meet their spren, learn and grow. And then half of the cast is also a radiant. It takes away from that. Obviously we need other radiants to come about -- and I really liked what they did with Lift's chapter for that. We don't need to see them all grow, but we need to see that it's out there happening. Not "We see a radiant... oh, guess I'm one too!"
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# ¿ Mar 7, 2014 15:08 |
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Hopeford posted:I spent all night finishing the book and I regret nothing. There are not enough uses of to explain how I felt when... That was definitely my favorite action scene in the book. One of my favorites in the book, actually.
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# ¿ Mar 7, 2014 18:03 |
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Where did people come up with the idea that teleporting has anything to do with Shadesmar? I don't believe we've gotten anything that shows that.
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# ¿ Apr 10, 2014 14:35 |
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thespaceinvader posted:I'm the guy, I love Sanderson's dad jokes. Pretend I just empty quoted this. Sanderson's dad humor is perfect and I hope he never changes.
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# ¿ Apr 12, 2014 14:32 |
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Xachariah posted:I'm not even wholly sure Odium is the Big Bad. Since when did Sanderson ever make things that easy? It would be like if the Lord Ruler in Mistborn actually was the ultimate Big Bad. It came too early and it's just too obvious. Probably gonna turn out that Odium himself got shattered too and Cultivation chess-mastered everything for *shocking reasons*. I'm pretty sure it's exactly as it seems. Anything else is going to be a twist for the sake of a twist, I think. Re-reading Words of Radiance (after re-reading Way of Kings). Got to the avalanche last night and stopped myself, now I'm a bit twitchy. Lot of things I picked up on the second time around I missed the first time around. Dallinar and Elohokar being radiants is very hinted at. And it's really annoying that nobody seems to pick up on anyone else being a radiant. Kaladin and Shallan are both told that there are others out there, and they both think they saved the other. Also spending some time trying to pick out Shallan's Truths. Think I found at least one: quote:"I seek the truth," Shallan said. "Whatever it may be, whoever may hold it. That's who I am."
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2014 15:53 |
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NovemberMike posted:He can still have the conversation between Hoid and Jasnah at the end, but pretending that she's dead (to the reader) adds nothing to the book and putting the reveal where it is just makes it feel like Kaladin found all the Dragon Balls and it's time to bring people back to life. Except what you're suggesting adds nothing to the plot. It's basically a handholding chapter for people who didn't pick up on obvious signs. Sanderson didn't pretend she was dead. He just didn't explicitly say "She's alive" if you missed the signs. Also, the whole point at the end if she was doing other stuff that we don't know about yet, dealing with Spren.
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2014 15:37 |
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The Puppy Bowl posted:There were signs that could plant doubt but to make so definite a scene and then undercut it and then do the same thing later in the book is just lazy. Did you only pick up on Kaladin having powers when he started running up walls? It really wasn't "signs that could plant doubt". It was blatantly obvious from the moment her body disappeared. That's Rule Number One of deaths -- if there's no body, they're not dead. It was even more obvious when Shallan drew things she wasn't seeing directly, and included Jasnah alive halfway through the book. There's nothing subtle about this. There's no detective work to do. Nothing is being undercut in this instance. And, as much as it sucks, I've really come around on Szeth's death and resurrection. He needed the clean break. The resurrection device is a poo poo plot element, but Sanderson already said "Nope one time use only!" in the book so it's not too bad, just lazy.
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2014 21:39 |
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The Puppy Bowl posted:I'm not say I didn't suspect immediately after the lack of a body was explicitly mentioned but literally having a character make certain they killed someone by stabbing them in the heart and then that character being just fine later is lame. It shows that there are no consequences in his narrative, no stakes. Get your soul decapitated, whatever we have a pill for that. Stabbed through the heart, it's cool she has super healing. Did the one thing that breaks your powers, we'll work it out buddy and then you're super charged. I think you just cannot deal with anything beside 3rd Person Omniscient POVs. Sanderson didn't say "Stabbing a surgebinder through the heart is the one true way to kill them." and then change that. He had a surgebinder heal from a bad wound. We know they can heal. We didn't see a body. Nobody with authority said she was dead. Nobody with authority said "Stab her to make sure", it was an uninformed mook who was, at best, working off of superstition. We, as readers, knew Jasnah was not dead. Or should have, anyway. There was no retconing. There was no changing or anything after the fact. nucleicmaxid posted:Can we all just agree that the timing was a little poorly thought out when he brought both back one after another and move on? This is the worst derail. [/spoiler] The proximity was bad, yes. But this isn't a derail -- we're discussing the books, that's exactly on track. If you have something else to discuss, please do.
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2014 15:03 |
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Tunicate posted:Seems more like the tendency for abusers to cause torment by proxy. Nice pet you have there. Shame if something happened to it. I mean, he's obviously a hosed up dude. There's no question about that. He's just likely hosed up by watching his daughter manifest powers associated with evil and kill his wife. He can't really take out this hosed upidness on her (since she would probably murder him too), so he goes after every other target in range.
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# ¿ May 8, 2014 16:30 |
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uh zip zoom posted:My good friend keeps telling me to read those. Are they all heists? I saw the first episode of that adaptation they did for sci-fi; wasn't terrible. No, the most recent is a heist. The rest are all mysteries really. Takes a real Noir theme at times.
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# ¿ May 31, 2014 14:50 |
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Anyone here read The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington? It was recommended to me on Amazon last night, and the reviews credited it as being very influenced by Jordan and Sanderson. Few chapters in and it feels like something Sanderson could've written. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ME5G3DM/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title is the URL, it's free for Prime owners in the lending system or $3 on Kindle. It is a bit Young Adult, but I figure Sanderson fans shouldn't be bothered by that - I'm not.
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# ¿ Oct 21, 2014 13:22 |
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As far as YA stuff goes, I generally find that it involves some compromises to the structure. Simpler vocabulary, shorter sentences. Since the story is shorter too, there's usually fewer side plots and less detail to the main plot. Not everything falls into that, and something being YA doesn't make it bad. It's just a different kind of book.
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# ¿ Oct 22, 2014 14:40 |
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Hopeford posted:Just begun reading it. I'm really early into the book(some 50 pages or so) so maybe that changes but so far I'm not too into it. So far, all characters seem to fit into roles a bit too tidily for my tastes. Like there's the protagonist, who's very...protagy, the supporting best friend, the love interest, the mean person, the not so mean person...but what really kills me is that the plot is progressing in a very mechanical way. Like it kind of feels a bit like a tabletop RPG when your GM railroads you into the plot. I actually just finished it. I can definitely understand some of that (that's part of the YA thing, I guess I'd say). I do feel it grows out of that a bit. There are some serious archetypes though. I'm not sure it ever really busts out of being a coming of age, sword and sorcery book. It's very genre. If that will turn you off, I'd probably say avoid it. It's a good length book. The world building didn't blow me away, but it's pretty good for a first novel. The magic isn't as video gamey as Sanderson's can be, but it's certainly interesting. All in all, I enjoyed it, and I think it's easily worth $3.
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2014 23:39 |
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Thyrork posted:Oh, and I agree that Emperor's Soul is really great, but Perfect State is amazing. Try that too. What? Perfect State was pretty bad. broken clock opsec posted:The Sanderson Avalanche is a feature, not a bug. I like it because it's a serious shift into overdrive for Act 3 (particularly in a book like Mistborn 1). The problem is, too often, Sanderson can't write a good 2nd act. Instead of building to a climax in a steady manner, Sanderson's books generally kind of flounder about for 2/3s of the book before spiking.
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# ¿ Nov 16, 2015 14:10 |
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Xaris posted:also you forgot The Rithmatist. i'm excited for the next one. Neither Rithmatist nor Perfect State are cosmere.
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# ¿ Jun 12, 2016 02:16 |
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When I think "SAW writing team" my first reaction is always "these dudes should adapt Sanderson's work".
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# ¿ Oct 28, 2016 06:39 |
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Sab669 posted:I missed it if it was discussed in all the Oathbringer spoilers, but I have a question about Lift: She's Awesome.
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# ¿ Nov 28, 2017 14:44 |
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Lift is the best Sanderson character, because you can tell who is absolutely 0 fun by who hates her.
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# ¿ May 18, 2018 01:45 |
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Sab669 posted:https://brandonsanderson.com/call-to-adventure-stormlight/ Seems like a pretty interesting game concept, and they seem to be going after authors for expansions - Name of the Wind is the first expansion.
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# ¿ Aug 7, 2018 00:06 |
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# ¿ Nov 3, 2024 07:55 |
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As someone who really likes both Warbreaker and crossover Easter eggs.... It really doesn't matter if you read Warbreaker before Stormlight. Nothing plot-relevant is dependent on you knowing anything about Warbreaker. It adds a little background detail and fleshes out a few interactions and motivations, but it all makes perfect sense without having read Warbreaker or remembering anything about it. Edgedancer is a little more relevant, since it addresses the massive change in motivation of one of the side characters that happens between 2 and 3. But that's also something you can infer from context. That said, Warbreaker owns. And you should read it.
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# ¿ Dec 16, 2019 14:13 |