wait what?
10 book long series?
Discussion
Yeah. For some light reading.
Kinda have to work up to Robert Jordan.
I started on the Wheel of Time at 14 when there was only one book out.
So are you pro-Sanderson or do you hate Sanderson? 🤣
Honestly around book 4 or 5 I realized I'd been reading this for most of my adult life and worried he might not live to finish it. I was heartbroken when I first heard Jordan has a terminal illness, and doubly so when he said the series would die with him.
Then he made that epic comeback and cranked out all but "the last" book, so he decided it could be finished by someone else. But I just couldn't stomach the idea that anyone else could do it justice, especially someone my own age.
Then I read Brandon's blog, where he said he read book 1 at 14, then 1 and 2 when 2 came out, 1 2 and 3 when 3 came out, etc (just like I did) so I immediately knew he was the right guy for the job.
Honestly, I think Harriet did a great job editing and the transition from Jordan to Sanderson was relatively seamless. I think Sanderson did a great job imitating Jordan's verbose writing style, and since he was working off Jordan's notes, hopefully didn't color the story with too many of his own ideas.
Honestly, Sanderson is a pretty good author in his own right too. The Stormlight Archives are coming along very nicely, and Mystborn was one of my favorite recent trilogies to knock out.
I didn’t grow up with these, I was a LoTR kid, but Erickson was the first long series to suck me in, and Jordan made me a believer that fantasies should have at least a dozen books. 🤣