The Mistborn Trilogy

[Bugg]

I quite enjoyed the trilogy. He's got a nice easy writing style (which I kind of needed, coming to them off the back of re-reading the Malazan books ), I thought Vin was a terrific character, and the magic system was unique. I didn't think the other characters were anywhere near as interesting as Vin, though, and they spent waaay too much time moping around dealing with their insecurities for my liking, so when he started killing them off my reaction was more 'ho hum' rather than 'oh no'. I saw it through to the end, glad I read it, but won't rush out to buy the new one.

 

[vurtomatic]

That's true, Sanderson is light reading compare to Erikson, I still can't bring myself to finish Crippled God.

 

[Bugg]

You should - it takes a while to get there but it's worth it

 

[soulsinging]

I kinda liked it at the time but had anticipated the ending and wanted to be wrong, the whole lets put a god up there and let them live happy ever after narked me

That's why I've never bothered reading the series. Sanderson is one of the Mormon invasion writers, and I really don't like theology wrapped up in my reading. He, Card, Meyer, and one other I can't call to mind at the moment are big in it. I saw it come through in Elantris and it sounds like he's really run with it.

I didn't like Tad Williams for his painfully over-the-top Christian parallels or Pullman for turning his story into more of an atheist treatise than a novel by the end of His Dark Materials.

 

[Angrybushpig]

I actually couldn't finish the books. I found them to be quite dull, with no real pace and the focus seems to be more on fashion sense and pointless descriptives.

I think this series may appeal to women more than men due to the clothes thing, not really sure what that is about. Also the way the main character is attracted to men who ignore her seems a bit cliche.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

Looks like there's another Mistborn book in the proceeds:

Mistborn: The Alloy of Law

Anyone know anything about this?

Not only is there another, there will be several more.

Sanderson, apparently, intends for Mistborn to be a "trilogy of trilogies", meaning a total of nine books. Each set of three will be a directly related trilogy, but each trilogy does not directly follow the previous, if you get what I mean.

Interestingly enough, The Alloy of Law was an unplanned writing exercise that eventually developed into a full novel. It isn't the start of the second trilogy, which I believe he has not yet begun.

 

[soulsinging]

Sanderson, apparently, intends for Mistborn to be a "trilogy of trilogies", meaning a total of nine books. Each set of three will be a directly related trilogy, but each trilogy does not directly follow the previous, if you get what I mean.

Interestingly enough, The Alloy of Law was an unplanned writing exercise that eventually developed into a full novel. It isn't the start of the second trilogy, which I believe he has not yet begun.

I may not like his religion or his writing, but that guy's got a work ethic this slacker can't even begin to wrap his head around.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

I second that. (The part about his work ethic, that is. I'm actually a fan of his books.)

Since breaking onto the scene in 2005, the guy has written 8 full-length novels, with the ninth coming out later this year. And that's not counting the four children's books he's written in the Alcatraz series.

What makes it even more impressive is that he isn't merely writing multiple novels in the same world (although even that would be impressive enough). Among the 9 novels are two independent stand-alones, a trilogy, a related-but-not-a-direct-follow-up fourth Mistborn novel, the final three parts of another author's series, and all the while has written the first entry into his own, new 10-volume epic.

Is it possible to extract his blood and somehow infuse George R. R. Martin with some of his genes?