Brandon Sanderson

[Stephan]

We have a topic about The Way of Kings, but we don't really have a topic about this brilliant man himself. Any Sanderson fans here? What's your favorite Sanderson book?

[Rebecca]

Me! Though I love absolutely everything he's written, aside from TWoK, my favorite Sanderson is definitely Warbreaker.

[Stephan]

Ah, Warbreaker is my least favorite.

My favorite is an odd one: The Aether of Night. I know it can never be published, considering it has basically been ripped apart to create Mistborn, but I loved it so much!

[Michael]

My favorite is an odd one: The Aether of Night.

Novella or something? How can I read this?

[Stephan]

It's one of his unpublished works, which you can get by mailing him.

It has the wells you find in Mistborn, along with the same secret those wells hold. It is a story of two gods clashing, and men caught between. As in all Sanderson's works, it comes with a really cool magic system, this one about special abilities that can be "grown". Some can grow vines to fight with, some can grow rocks to make armor and blades, etc.

[Rebecca]

I haven't read that one yet. I haven't read any of his unpublished works yet, actually, although I have several in my email.

[myyrdneopia]

I can't pin down what is my favorite. There are aspects of all three of the mistborn trilogy that I loved.

[Julia]

I love love love Brandon Sanderson. Sometimes I find him guilty of being a bit "gee golly" with his characters, especially the male leads who end up overcoming adversity and becoming pure-hearted leaders (Raoden, Kaladin). Aside from that, I find his writing very enjoyable and I always fall in love with his characters. I also appreciate that his stories contain a lot less sexual violence than a lot of mainstream fantasy.

[Michelle]

Brandon Sanderson is amazing. As my heterosexual male best friend so classily put it after reading his books: 'I want his babies'.
I think my favourite was 'The Well of Ascension' but it's so hard to choose. Anyone else have a soft spot for TenSoon?
Also, you say you've read his unpublished works? Can anyone ask for them? I'd really like to read them if possible.

[Rebecca]

I looove TenSoon! He's my favorite Mistborn character.

[Stephan]

Really?

[Rebecca]

Well, he's not my only favorite, but he's definitely one of them.