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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Interesting reading list. I'm not familiar with Brandon Sanderson but I really like Brian Green and Simon Singh. Interesting tidbit on Simon Singh from Wikipedia: |
Really? I thought for sure I had seen you comment on either the Mistborn series or the Wheel of Time books that he completed. Huh.
If you are interested, I have my thoughts on Sanderson below.
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He has a reputation as a "world builder" and the "magic system" guy because his books tend to have unique magic systems and very detailed histories for the worlds, so if you like that you are in for a treat. If not, it can get old.
I really liked his Mistborn trilogy but I haven't read the follow-up yet. He did an excellent job with the WoT books he co-authored, I felt they were much better than the last couple (several) Robert Jordan books. The last book was good, but not as good as many people hoped which I tend to blame on Jordan instead of Sanderson since Brandon has stated that the notes he received for the last book were very detailed and the editor (Jordan's wife) required him to use almost all of them.
On The Way of Kings specifically, it is the first book in an approximately 10 book long series (figure 10,000+ pages for the whole thing), the second book is only coming out this year, so there has been a 4 year wait. If you don't like waiting for books (JRRM, Jordan) I would skip it until he gets caught up. Admittedly he did take some time off for the Wheel of Time books which slowed down his original schedule.
Personally, I think he has too many things going on at one time; Reckoners, Mistborn, and the Stormlight Archive (Way of Kings) are all on-going and active series for him. I am concerned about getting more into a series that is only 1/10th of the way finished after 4 years.