How far would you travel to meet an author?

[merithyn]

Max got to ask him some questions about one of his big epic novels, too.

Did you pass on my regards and my request that he not take so long with his next book?

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I think Sanderson said that the next book will be out in March, but I could be confusing that with another one all together. He's working on something like four projects at the moment.

No, we did not pass on anyone's regards. As it was, I hogged most of the time, and then had to - shame-facedly - get back in line so that Max had time to ask him his own questions.

[Eddie Teach]

I told him he could take as long as he wants. No rush.

Thankfully you were talking to your cat.

She doesn't appreciate being referred to as "him".

[crazy canuck]

I hogged most of the time, and then had to - shame-facedly - get back in line so that Max had time to ask him his own questions.

[Kleves]

Sanderson's coming to Seattle in a couple of weeks. Maybe I'll check it out. 

[merithyn]

Sanderson's coming to Seattle in a couple of weeks. Maybe I'll check it out. 

He's fun. I think you'll like him.

[Razgovory]

[jimmy olsen]

Suck it Raz

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The Emperor's Soul, Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications)

[merithyn]

The issue with Sanderson is that he's really irregular. The Mistborn Series is wonderful, imo. Worth reading over and over again. I just read his new book, Steelheart, and it was cute. Nothing phenomenal, but worth the read. I couldn't through the first 50 pages of Elantris.

[Ed Anger]

I'd walk a thousand miles for pearls of wisdom from John Norman.

[jimmy olsen]

The issue with Sanderson is that he's really irregular. The Mistborn Series is wonderful, imo. Worth reading over and over again. I just read his new book, Steelheart, and it was cute. Nothing phenomenal, but worth the read. I couldn't through the first 50 pages of Elantris.

Steelheart's YA isn't it though?

Elantris was his first book, definitely rough. If you read his stuff in order you can see the steady improvement.

[merithyn]

The issue with Sanderson is that he's really irregular. The Mistborn Series is wonderful, imo. Worth reading over and over again. I just read his new book, Steelheart, and it was cute. Nothing phenomenal, but worth the read. I couldn't through the first 50 pages of Elantris.

Steelheart's YA isn't it though?

Elantris was his first book, definitely rough. If you read his stuff in order you can see the steady improvement.

I disagree. His first book, Elantris, sucked. His second book, Mistborn, was incredible. The Way of Kings (one of the first books he started writing, though it wasn't published until he finished the WoT stuff) is okay. I'm about 50 pages in and I want to keep reading it, but it's not blowing my socks off.

It isn't that he's getting better. It's that he's irregular. Some books he does very well; others he doesn't.

Honestly, I think most people love him because he made the WoT series worth reading again, and people are grateful for that.

[jimmy olsen]

The issue with Sanderson is that he's really irregular. The Mistborn Series is wonderful, imo. Worth reading over and over again. I just read his new book, Steelheart, and it was cute. Nothing phenomenal, but worth the read. I couldn't through the first 50 pages of Elantris.

Steelheart's YA isn't it though?

Elantris was his first book, definitely rough. If you read his stuff in order you can see the steady improvement.

I disagree. His first book, Elantris, sucked. His second book, Mistborn, was incredible. The Way of Kings (one of the first books he started writing, though it wasn't published until he finished the WoT stuff) is okay. I'm about 50 pages in and I want to keep reading it, but it's not blowing my socks off.

It isn't that he's getting better. It's that he's irregular. Some books he does very well; others he doesn't.

Honestly, I think most people love him because he made the WoT series worth reading again, and people are grateful for that.

The Way of Kings is by far the best novel that's he's written, blows Mistborn out of the water. Don't judge it until you've finished it.

[merithyn]

The Way of Kings is by far the best novel that's he's written, blows Mistborn out of the water. Don't judge it until you've finished it.

If I don't care what happens 50 pages in, it's not "the best novel that he's written", nor does it "blow Mistborn out of the water". I started Mistborn and didn't put it down until I finished the series. I've read the first chapter of The Way of Kings twice now, and I'm pushing myself to read past Chapter 3.

[Maximus]

Honestly, I think most people love him because he made the WoT series worth reading again, and people are grateful for that.

My impression is that for the bulk of his fans, him completing WoT was kind of cool but kind of annoying as it kept him from his real writing.

[merithyn]

Well, given that I'm not much of a fan of WoT, either, I was only guessing.