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So nostr:npub1hu3hdctm5nkzd8gslnyedfr5ddz3z547jqcl5j88g4fame2jd08qh6h8nh and I are both devouring the Mistborn saga by Brandon Sanderson (thank you nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a for the rec)…

I started reading first and just started “The Hero of Ages” and she’s on “The Well of Ascension.”

But the problem is I don’t want to finish… know what I mean? Once you’re invested in a truly great piece of fiction, invested in the characters, you don’t want it to end.

But it must end. Anything that cannot go on forever must stop. All good things must come to an end. Etc etc

Anyway, I guess what I’m really saying is I wish there was a Mistborn video game…

#bookstr

There’s a second set of four Mistborn books set later, but they follow different characters, since the core trilogy stands on its own. There are strong references to the core trilogy in them though.

I don’t like those books as much as the core trilogy, but they’re okay. They’re purposely more pulpy and less epic.

Sanderson is going to make two more Mistborn series, each set a bit further in the future. I don’t know how good they’ll be but that world isn’t done yet.

Sanderson has other books set in the broader shared universe. Stormlight Archives is the best-known of them, as it’s going to be ten 1000+ page books, with five out. There are some minor Stormlight/Mistborn crossover details in them.

I’d consider recommending Stormlight, but I am hesitant. The first two books are incredible. Up there with Mistborn, and more complex with characters you get really attached to. The third is still pretty good. The fourth and fifth in my view (and a nontrivial percentage of fans view) start to decline. So unless the sixth and subsequent books get better, I am more hesitant with recommending Stormlight.

Of all his countless books, his core Mistborn trilogy is my favorite because it’s a well-done complete epic tale from start to finish.

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I love the main mistborn series. Agree the others are less epic.

I think there is a Peter Schiff in the series who claims the intrinsic value of burning metals give them its monetary value?

Agreed, I'm still going to read the entire Stormlight Archive, but I really hope he can pickup the paceing a touch, I found book 5 started to drag a bit. His Reconners series is pretty good, pulpy rather than epic, and many of his novellas are good; my personal favorite is The Rithmatist because I LOVE a good mystery.

I decided to preemptively order the Stormlight archive because I’m honestly dreading finishing The Hero of Ages, and I’m almost done…

I worry I will feel worse than an Allomancer drained of metals… impotent… naked… weak…

I must replenish my supply.

Update: finished The Hero of Ages last night.

Loved the book. Loved the ending. What an absolutely complete and satisfying trilogy.

Thanks again for the rec, Lyn.

Moving on to “The Alloy of Law” but keeping my expectations thoroughly in check.

Debating a few quick blows to the head to scuttle my short term memory so I can reread Mistborn again fresh…