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Local Authors => Brandon Sanderson => Topic started by: EUOL on July 25, 2006, 01:07:44 PM
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All right, it's official. The book has been released as of today. That means Amazon is shipping it, and that means people can--if they want--post reviews to Amazon about the book!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076531178X/ref=cm_plog_item_link/002-0191784-0456824?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155
So, after you've read the novel, please consider giving it a review. However, do be honest, and do--of course--read the book before you write a review. Don't just spam it with random praise! (As much as I like random praise....)
And, to start things off, Amazon posted the Booklist review of Mistborn a few days ago:
The Sliver of Infinity, the Lord Ruler, is the locus of religious and temporal order in a world in which the skaa are slaves or worse. Half-skaa erstwhile thief Kelsior is the only person to survive and escape the Lord Ruler's most brutal prison, in which, however, he discovered he has the powers of the Mistborn, which are based on the internal "burning" of certain metals, all of which the Mistborn can use, while most others can burn only one. Now Kelsior plans his most daring raid ever, into the center of the palace to discover the secret of the Lord Ruler's power. Beforehand, his band finds the half-skaa orphan Vin in another thieving crew, where she's useful because she brings good luck. She is also Mistborn and, if she can master and learn to trust her powers, will enable Kelsior's crew to infiltrate the nobility and possibly overthrow the status quo. Intrigue, politics, and conspiracies mesh complexly in a world Sanderson realizes in satisfying depth and peoples with impressive characters.
Nice to have something to balance out the PW review.
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I just had to make my way back to the site in order to congratulate you on the release of your second book. Archon and I got our copies today and I'm already rehooked to it, I particularily like comparing it to the version I read a while back. But, back to the point, congrats on another success.
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Just noticed it was at 5,051 on Amazon. Not too shabby, I guess, although we all know only the TRUE test of a good author is to break into the top 5,000.
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Yeah, Congratulations EUOL. I am thoroughly enjoying the book so far, I'm about 200 pages in, and I am duly impressed. Even though I liked Elantris, I think you have definitely topped yourself with Mistborn.
Edit: By the way, I am fairly well amused by your reference to Tekiel as one of the noble houses, and to Ryan Strobe as the noble who asked Vin to dance.
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Also notice that Lady Stace Whiting or someething like that (the name changed once and I'm not sure which one he went with) makes a minor appearance. :)
I'll have to pick it up when I'm not so broke from this last month's travels. Hopefully next month. I'm not in a hurry, since I've already read it. But I do hope to get to book 3 by the end of summer. I got back to such a pile of stuff on my desk, I'm not sure that's going to happen.
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It was wonderful!
I can't wait for MB2.
what's MB2 titled again?
I can see by the progress bars on the main page that MB3 is "well of ascension", but i've been looking around for a title of MB2, and can't seem to find it.
Anyway, i've been telling all my friends about MB
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So, how many languages is this book in?
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lol. Yes, there are a LOT of cameos in this book. Entropy's is my favorite.
The second book is actually named MISTBORN: THE WELL OF ASCENSION
Book three, then, is MISTBORN: THE HERO OF AGES
As for foreign sales, the only one we have so far is Spanish, but there are a number of others that are coming along, now that the book is actually out.
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The second book is actually named MISTBORN: THE WELL OF ASCENSION
Book three, then, is MISTBORN: THE HERO OF AGES
in that case, you might want to change the front page of the site:
(http://www.gregoryandrus.com/images/mb3.jpg) ;)
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Changed. Thanks!
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Which one was Ent's cameo?
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My formula for today.
2 hours in Airport Waiting Room + 5 hour plane flight + Mistborn = paradise.
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Hmph. Unless I get my Amazon order in today's mail (not highly likely...it just got to Federal Way, WA yesterday), then I don't think I'll have it to read on my flights over the next two days. Blech. Then again, if I start reading it on the flight tomorrow, I'll probably end up staying up WAY too late tomorrow night, and I have to be in to work down there on Saturday morning. Bad combination. Anyway, guess I'll just be stuck reading some dry non-fiction instead. **accepting my lot in life**
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RedAragorn, have you introduced yourself (in Site News, under "Introduce Yourself!")? Because I'm trying to figure out who you are and it's really bugging me. Are you a former TLEer? Or just a random friend of Brandon's who's joined in on the conversation already knowing him but nobody else?
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Yes, I have now. You're welcome. The short answer, I guess, is yes, I am a former TLEer (barely) and a random friend of Brandon who knows just a few other folks (more of them after Brandon's wedding, tho). I only went to TLE a time or two under Brandon's encouragement, but never did more than read some from the slush pile. Yee-haw! Catch my intro to read the rest, I suppose.
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If you've read any of the slush pile you've suffered enough to qualify as a former TLE-er
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Yes, I have now. Â You're welcome.
Yay! Thanks. Yes, you're before my time. I joined TLE in 2000, long after Brandon's freshman year. :)
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Hey, I got my copy of Mistborn in the mail today. That's a lot faster than August 5th, when Amazon said it would arrive. Yea for the USPS. :)
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Entropy was the guy who got stabbed in the back by Kelsier, then dumped in someone else's gardens. He never appears in the book alive.
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Wow. Sounds like a good friend. So did you ever leave my cameo in, earning the grisly death by being tossed to flesh eating monsters, or did you change that name so that you can think up an even more horrific fate??
And Stacer - my brief time at TLE was well after our freshman year, I'd guess closer to the 2000 time frame, if I had to take a stab at it. Brandon was already well ensconced by the point I showed up there, and we weren't roommates anymore.
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Then I'll just blame it on my faulty memory. ;)
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Entropy was the guy who got stabbed in the back by Kelsier, then dumped in someone else's gardens. Â He never appears in the book alive.
I am eerily reminded of when we all found out you assigned Elantris for your class and Ent made the quip about Sprigg standing behind you with a knife and saying "Elantris or eviceration". That wouldn't happen to be related in any way would it?
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Red,
I just wrote a mention of a "Captain Conrad" in book three, but he doesn't have any screen time. I'll see if I can find a better place. I wrote you out of the ending of book two. I re-read the section, and realized that it really wasn't that flattering.
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I suppose I'm honored that you would flatter me so.
ON the good news side, my faith in the USPS has been restored as my package from Amazon arrived this afternoon (none too soon!!). SO, I will be reading, reading on this trip down to ABQ. Yay!
PS Carolyn says she already found a typo...
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Good news for Mistborn: BYU bookstore finally got the book out today, and the big display at the front entrance (the one they make look all pretty, behind the glass), is currently full of nicely arranged copies of Mistborn and Elantris. I'm really happy to see BYU giving the book good publicity.
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Amazon's #1 reviewer has added her review. It's very positive, if a little confused about some of the plot points. (Considering she's written almost 12,000 reviews, she probably reads so quickly that it's no wonder if she gets confused.)
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She also seems to be giving away some major spoilers, too.
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This is unrelated to the book itself, but did the color of the red foil on the cover bother anyone else? The rest of the cover is so pretty.
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yeah, actually it really does bother me. It's just too orangey and clashes with the rest of the color scheme.
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I like it, it looks much better with the foil then without, the foil enhances the colors in a good way.
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I agree with Sprig. The red foil adds something good to the cover that the scans just didn't have.
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It's not the fact of the foil, but the color of the red is too orangey.
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I like the orange, it causes the yellow to stick out more and so you end up with some nice highlights.
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Well I finally ordered Entropy's and Mine, there aren't any other international people that need one are there?
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I wasn't sure about the cover when I saw the scans, but I really dig it in person. I especially like the color scheme, so I find it interesting that some people hate it.
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My wife told me that she thought the cover was weird. I haven't made any decisions about liking the cover (and probably never will). I don't really judge a book by its cover.
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When I go to find a book at BN I look for the books with cool covers. This cover is so different that people are going to pick it up just to find out more. I also agree with Sprig and fellfrosch on the color. I love it!
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I haven't made any decisions about liking the cover (and probably never will). I don't really judge a book by its cover.
I don't think I tended to as much until I married the my husband the art guru. He'd probably arrange my books by color coordination if I let him.
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I am eerily reminded of when we all found out you assigned Elantris for your class and Ent made the quip about Sprigg standing behind you with a knife and saying "Elantris or eviceration". That wouldn't happen to be related in any way would it?
*snickers* One of my finer moments. And i'd forgotten about having a cameo in this book - that's probably the most awesome cameo ever. 'Dead man - Entropy'.
/me does the dead man dance
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it's a dead man's party, who could ask for more?
It's a dead man's party, leave your body at the door.
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I beleive it's "everybody's comin', leave your body at the door."
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Anyhow, today I am gleeful because my two copies came--complete with a bag of microwave popcorn. (Nessa, you are too wonderful!) Yay!!
EUOL, it's awesome to see how the design came out. Oh, and that's quite some scrawl your signature has devolved into. ;) I must say, the maps are classy. Sleek even. As for the other innards of the book, I love the typeface, display fonts, section page art (very interesting symbols), the Allomancy chart and glossary in the back. I even like the cover more than I did when I first saw it posted in the forum (though the "foil"/ comb-like lines across the top and bottom still seem off to me). It feels awesome to see my name among all the others who helped out, too. Anyway, I can't wait to read it again and see how it's changed in the final polish. :D
EUOL: P.S. I noticed that my copy is numbered, though it wasn't one of the first 50. Cool. 8) But... is that because of the flyer that Walden Books had posted? I stopped by, actually, back on July 4th weekend when I was in UT. The flyer indicated that *anyone* who ordered a copy and showed up would get a numbered copy. I thought, "Uh oh, there's going to be some disappointed people...."
So I mentioned how you were only planning to number the first 50. The clerk gave me this ... look and said, "Well, when someone reserves a copy, we make sure to tell them that." heh. I'm guessing *that* didn't quite work, eh? The fans won out! Not that I'm complaining, of course. ;)
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I did mail my copy to Brandon with return postage. I hope it gets to him soon.
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Shrain,
Yes, the book turned out amazingly. The maps and symbols were done by Isaac, aka CtlZed on the TWG boards.
And, you figured it out. Walden promised numbered copies to those who came, so I went up to 100 on this particular run. I may have to revise my "First fifty" rule into a "first signing" rule. Don't know. We'll worry about that next year.
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*snickers* One of my finer moments. And i'd forgotten about having a cameo in this book - that's probably the most awesome cameo ever. 'Dead man - Entropy'.
/me does the dead man dance
So, where exactly does the cameo happen? I've read to chapter 20 at B&N (I'm holding out to actually buy it until the Aug 12 booksigning), and I'm afraid I may have missed it, unless it was when Dox got rid of the men that were tailing Vin and Camoan (I think thats how you spell it). Other than that I'm lost.
Also I'd like to say that I think that the cover looks awesome, orange bars and all.
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Fortunately, Kelsier didn’t need to test Tekiel’s defenses this night. Instead, he crept along the wall toward the outer grounds. He paused near the garden well, and--burning bronze to make certain no Allomancers were near--reached into a stand of bushes to retrieve a large sack. It was heavy enough that he had to burn pewter to pull it free and throw it over his shoulder. He paused in the night for a moment, straining for sounds in the mist, then hauled the sack back toward the keep.
He stopped near a large, whitewashed garden veranda that sat beside a small reflecting pool. Then, he heaved the sack off his shoulder and dumped its contents--a freshly-killed corpse--onto the ground.
The body--which had belonged to one Lord Charrs Entrone--rolled to a stop with its face in the dirt, twin dagger wounds glistening in its back. Kelsier had ambushed the half-drunken man on a street just outside of a skaa slum, ridding the world of another nobleman. Lord Entrone, in particular, would not be missed--he was infamous for his twisted sense of pleasure. Skaa bloodfights, for instance, were a particular enjoyment of his. That was where he had spent this evening.
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Maybe one of these days I'll be cool enough to be a random dead NPC in one of brandon's books.
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Ahhh...y'know, I just glossed right over that cameo in my reading. I guess I should let the names sink in a little better going forward. I'm just barely into the Captain Demoux section. I must say that he definitely gets a pretty cush cameo! Not that I'm hoping for such, although something better than the "body in the street" or "tossed to flesh-eating monster" variety would be quite welcome. ;)
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And Sprig, you'd sure get a cameo in *my* book, after that outfit at the reception. Not that I'm ever writing one...
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Maybe one of these days I'll be cool enough to be a random dead NPC in one of brandon's books.
Then you could officially wear this (http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/gaming/76a1/) shirt as a conversation piece while picking up geek chicks.
:)
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Haha, that's an awesome shirt.
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Fortunately, Kelsier didn’t need to test Tekiel’s defenses this night. Instead, he crept along the wall toward the outer grounds. He paused near the garden well, and--burning bronze to make certain no Allomancers were near--reached into a stand of bushes to retrieve a large sack. It was heavy enough that he had to burn pewter to pull it free and throw it over his shoulder. He paused in the night for a moment, straining for sounds in the mist, then hauled the sack back toward the keep.
He stopped near a large, whitewashed garden veranda that sat beside a small reflecting pool. Then, he heaved the sack off his shoulder and dumped its contents--a freshly-killed corpse--onto the ground.
The body--which had belonged to one Lord Charrs Entrone--rolled to a stop with its face in the dirt, twin dagger wounds glistening in its back. Kelsier had ambushed the half-drunken man on a street just outside of a skaa slum, ridding the world of another nobleman. Lord Entrone, in particular, would not be missed--he was infamous for his twisted sense of pleasure. Skaa bloodfights, for instance, were a particular enjoyment of his. That was where he had spent this evening.
Holy wow, I had just read that and I didn't even notice that it roughly comes out as Charlie Entropy. No wonder I'm not very good at looking for things out of the ordinary (unless I'm sniping in video games). Thats like uber cool; kill Sprigg next.
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I die in everyone one of his books, he just doesn't write about it.
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Sounds like he's manifesting his fantasy about getting revenge on you for all those times when you were kids. I would be worried about that if I were you.
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Scalzi wrote today on his blog about "Various Bits of Bookpimpery" where he pimps up a bunch of books and then allows readers to hype up other books in the comments.
One reader wrote:
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson came out last Tuesday. I read a galley of it, and thought it was great. In fact, I didn't really believe it could be that great, so I started it again. After I finishing it twice in a week (something I have not done since my original reading of Enders Game)I can say this is an incredible new author and a great first book of a series. It's great because I finished it (twice) without realizing it was a series until I saw bk 2 and 3 advertised on his web-site.
That's some good pimpering right there!
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I did mail my copy to Brandon with return postage. Â I hope it gets to him soon.
He did receive the book. As soon as I can convince him to stop writing and sign it, I'll mail it back to you!
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I get a warm, fuzzy feeling knowing that my name will be read by all your fans.
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Welcome, Pem! ;D
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I get a warm, fuzzy feeling knowing that my name will be read by all your fans . . . even if I'm one of the first houses to fall. :)
Things like this should really be talked about on the spoilers thread; given that for the time being I only have access to the book when I walk to B&N.
And I also want to welcome Pem.
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see, I get a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that something very close to my *real* name will be read by all his fans.
AND I'm not murdered off stage.
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Of course since none of us know what your real name is it won't do any good. If no one knows theres no way to boost your ego. Unless of course you subtly mentioned it being in the book to everyone who's ever read it...worthy of a ninja monkey conspiracy wouldn't you think?
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quite a few people here know my real name, actually, especially since my real last name used to be part of my nick.
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I finally got my copy in the mail yesterday. It was so exciting to see my name on the acknowledgements page (not that many read that page, but I can still show it to everyone). Yeah!!!
Now I just need to get it signed. I guess I can go to a signing, unless I can convince Brandon to come by TLE. It might help promote his book, esp. if he comes by after fall semester starts!
Hint, hint.
*Jelly nudges EUOL
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I just got Entropy's an my copy. I like how you're acutally advertising your chapter annotations in the book, it will be intresting to see how the site's page hits go up becasue of this.
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How do u guys have the 2nd and 3rd books? i just heard and read Mistborn... im so confused. plz unconfusatize me...
Also Mistborn was Awesome. one of the few books i'm willing to read again! (be proud of that!!! lol)
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GLE,
Some people on this forum are my (Brandon Sanderson) real life friends and what we call 'Alpha Readers.' In other words, they read, proofread, and comment on early drafts of my books. It's not something I let a lot of people do. However, don't worry--books 2 and 3 are coming out soon (in book terms.) Early next year for book two, and late next year for book three. (I hope.)
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:'( :o :'( Must I wait so long??
I miss your books already!!!
*sniffs and blinks eyes*
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I agree with kuntry. but what can you do? as you told me in another forum section, you have to put it through all that revising and stuff.. so... yah. i guess we will just have to wait. (sigh) ;)