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Almost halfway done with the second book, enjoying the series so far. Not terribly well written but Sanderson is really good at making you want to keep reading and his fight scenes are super fun to read. What does /lit/ think?

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Bump with series art!

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>> No.2610487

Found the whole first book here some reason: http://www.e-reading.org.ua/bookreader.php/141413/Sanderson_1_The_Final_Empire.html

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The series would make an awesome Mahou Shoujo anime.

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>>2610500
I agree, this series would be perfect for an anime, it has the right kind of action and characters

>> No.2610510

>>2610500
I agree, it has the right kind of characters and action. Kelsier is like your stereotypical anime character

>> No.2610521

I've read the first, and have the other two.
The book was okay. It wasn't remarkable in any sense, but it wasn't terrible. I'm saving the sequels for when I don't have anything to read.
The magic system was pretty nifty, though.

>> No.2610523

>>2610521
Yeah, that's the main thing I liked about it. Sanderson really thought it through. I don't like the second as much as the first so far but I'm invested enough that I think I'm gonna finish them all.

The magic system would work really well for a videogame, hope they make one. I searched it and it looks like theres something in development.

>> No.2610529

I can't stand his writing style. He comes up with cool ideas (like burning metals) but writes like a high schooler and shoehorns cliched romance in.

>> No.2610540

>>2610529
True, I really do hate the romance. A lot. I just kind of skim over those parts of it.

>> No.2610541

I don't read books written by Mormons.

>> No.2610565

>>2610541
Fuck he's a mormon? Don't tell me these things I don't really like to look into the author's personal lives. I kind of stopped liking Orson Scott Card after I found out he was a raging homophobe even though it never came across in his books

>> No.2610580

>>2610565

I am sorry.

http://brandonsanderson.com/article/51/EUOLogy-Dumbledores-Homosexuality

>> No.2610586

>>2610580
The irony is astounding if you've read at least the first book

>> No.2610592

Yo son I just finished that series and I loved the shit out of it.
Sanderson is one of the best fantasy authors I've read.
Love his shat mang. I haven't read the fourth one yet, though, the Alloy of Law.

>> No.2610612

>>2610592
Yeah, the new one looks interesting. He advanced the plot like a couple hundred years or so but kept it in the same world? I'll probably check it out once I finish the trilogy

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I am a great fan of this book and i finished 1-3 although after those i found Alloy Of Law lacking, it was nice they using a Wild West theme and such but i think i will stop there i don't want my memories tarnished.
Also OP or anyone else in this thread do you have suggestions for me to read?
List anything that resembles Mistborn or anything that uses a magic system.

>> No.2610632

>>2610613
>anything that uses a magic system
Shit, son...

>> No.2610640

>>2610613
That's a very vague subject area.
All of Sanderson's other books are good, and you'll enjoy them if you liked the Mistborn trilogy.
Check out Dan Simmons, too.
Steven Erikson is alright, not phenomenal, but not bad.
Avoid Terry Goodkind, unless you like Ayn Rand.
Raymond Feist is also quite good.
Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun is good as well.

>> No.2610647

Way of Kings by Sanderson
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks

>> No.2610648

>>2610613
OP here. Not really sure what you've read already so I'll just list some of my favorite fantasy that I've read.

If you like Mistborn and want a similar book then I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend you read at least the first Dune novel. It doesn't have a magic system per se but in my opinion I think that Sanderson was really inspired by Dune when he wrote Mistborn, the two share lots of similar themes.

Obviously read A Song of Ice and Fire if you haven't. Sanderson was never really good at realistic portrayals of house politics and military strategy/leadership. Martin absolutely nails it. Definitely read these if you haven't, they were the best fantasy books I've read recently. They do have magical elements as well, but they're downplayed a lot.

>> No.2610651

>>2610647
When's he going to continue the War of Kings series?

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>>2610632

Sorry i meant with a good story, plot etc didn't know i had to say it
I read the First Law Trilogy
Night Angel
The warded man and book 2
anything that comes close to that or something that you think would be worth my while reading magic related i will take it gladly.

>> No.2610666

>>2610565
I listened to a few of the podcasts from Writing Excuses (The one's with John Scalzi and Patrick Rothfuss). All of the hosts are fucking Mormons. It's like fantasy has been invaded by these freaks since that hack Orson Scott Card got in the game
Also, stop bumping with that stupid fucking art.

>> No.2610733

>>2610666
Is that why so many people here hate Rothfuss? His mormon heritage? The Name of the wind was a nice book, i don't think you should judge an author if their works are acceptable although that obsession with denna was annoying

Also to anyone else books that relate to these here please if you can
I am currently checking these guys out:
John_Scalzi
Gene_Wolfe
Raymond_E._Feist
Dan_Simmons
Steven_Erikson

>> No.2610767

Try The abhorsen Trilogy it's great and it has a unique magic system [bells]

>> No.2610830

>>2610458
Filled with so much angst it isn't even funny terrible book imho and this foolishness people talking about with "interesting magic system" is straw-man kiddies trying to defend there books.
Any thing with magic or fantasy is not literature.

>> No.2610834

>>2610733

Strange, I'm starting to notice a pattern here. I didn't know Rothfuss was a Mormon, but now that I do it all makes sense.

>Sanderson- shit
>O.S. Card- shit
>Rothfuss- shit

>> No.2610840

>>2610830
rofl

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>>2610830
Oh, you!

>> No.2610884

>>2610834
Rothfuss isn't a Mormon. I assume he's an atheist because he has a massive hard-on for Joss Wheddon. He seems like the desperate fanboy type.

>> No.2610890

>>2610733
Scalzi wrote one of the best sci-fi novels I've ever read, right up there with Armor by John Steakley. My father raves on and on about Feist, but his story seems like "HURR DURR I LOVE TOLKIEN SO I'M GONNA RIP HIM OFF"

>> No.2610931

>>2610890
Lol most of those authors i checked were scifi not a big big fan of it dunes was good but.... any books similar to mistborn you care to share with me? Or any magic book that was written for young adults or adults you can list? Since /lit/ recommended The warded man and i read the sequel i seek out books with dirty sex in them rape, buggering, incest... what have you made of me /lit/???

>> No.2610941

>>2610931
>Incest
ASOIF, it is that fucking simple.
And I recommended this to you before, but The First Law Trilogy is ASOIF but better in almost every way.

>> No.2610958

>>2610931
Sounds like the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy is something you would definitely like then.

>> No.2610985

>>2610941
The honest truth is i would like to read ASOIF but they are so fucking long..... for years i tried to build up my stomach to get them. Also i didn't see incest in the First Law books... lots of "clicks", "fucking pinks", "i'm still alive", "the fucking dogman" and hearing people grunt in sex but no incest


>>2610958
Will check this out.

>> No.2610995

Just read the second book. Holy shit.

The first 400 pages were so bad I almost gave up on the book. Absolute garbage.
At least the last 150 pages or so weren't as bad.

Why the fuck did Sanderson have to ruin the main characters with all that teen angst bullshit? The third book better not have any of that shit.
I'm fucking mad.

>> No.2610999

>>2610995
Yeah I'm not enjoying it very much so far but I just want to see what happens at the end. The romance shit needs to go.

>> No.2611024

Guys i just realized that The iron Druid Chronicles, Dresden Files and The Hollows by Kim Harrison have almost the same foundation, why do i see similarities when i read them? Why does Mistborn sound like a wannabe Night Angel?

>> No.2611033

>>2611024
Because urban fantasy is unoriginal and all the authros does the same shit.

>> No.2611045

>>2611024
Because all literature are written by computers that randomly compile facts about a topic say for e.g magic into one book and they throw in some angst, teens, humble beginnings, they are special, great power, they must kill or be killed, romance, they both want to fuck yet they can't see it and behave awkward like they are not having feelings for each other.
Rinse repeat throw in a few random odd names make some maps and you have a new book.

>> No.2611047

>>2611045
um... what?

>> No.2611049

>>2611045
>Don't like what i don't like