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MISTBORN Reviews
« on: May 14, 2006, 09:43:20 PM »
Amazon has posted the PW review of MISTBORN.  

It's okay.  Not a rave review by any stretch, but not condemning either.  Rather lukewarm.
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2006, 10:28:51 PM »
Yeah.  Lukewarm seems to sum it up.  Honestly, it seems to me the reviewer wasn't quite sure where to start with your book.  Trying to cram in an accurate description of your magic system--in a couple of sentences--doesn't seem a great place to try to focus.  Then again, the magic system is one of the big draws of the first book.
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2006, 11:00:19 PM »
Is the cover on Amazon the final version?  I looks much better without the orange-ish bars on the top and bottom.
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2006, 11:16:01 PM »
If you click the pic and enlarge it, the bars are still there.  Though they're not as big as I remembered them being . . .
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2006, 02:12:54 PM »
Hmm...no, not a rave review, but it does do a decent job of cramming in a pretty accurate description.

I'm wondering if it was the best idea to only send the book to Robin Hobb. I'm sure all the author quotes for Elantris didn't hurt that book's launch...

Do you think you'll get some major SF market reviews this time? I would hope so, seeing as you're Campbell-nominated...
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2006, 03:02:29 PM »
Moshe sent the book to Robert Jordan and Neil Gaiman, but both of those were long shots.  

I hope we get some other reviews.  Locus did do a review of ELANTRIS, but they waited until September for some reason.  Maybe they'll get to MISTBORN sooner.
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2006, 04:19:57 PM »
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Which isn't surprising also considering that the guy is in the middle of Chemo and radiation. He's probably a little busy, right now.
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2006, 04:50:46 PM »
oh. He's got cancer? I wasn't aware of that. Of course, I haven't read any of his work, so I don't follow him.
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2006, 05:39:32 PM »
No, he has a really rare blood disease--so rare that about 8 people a year are afflicted with it. So, not much research is done on it, and I think the chemo is just something that happens to seem to have a benefit. He's supposedly got 1-4 years left.
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2006, 06:15:33 PM »
Just proves there's always room at the top.  Or soon will be... ;D
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2006, 09:12:31 PM »
Harsh.  Very.
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2006, 10:06:48 AM »
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No, he has a really rare blood disease--so rare that about 8 people a year are afflicted with it.

Oh. Whoa, that's no good. 1 to 4 years. Not much.

Speaking of health, stacer, I hope your dad is out of the hospital and recovering well?
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2006, 09:36:54 PM »
Dad's out of the hospital and home, life as normal. No news, just waiting for some test results. Probably won't amount to anything.
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2006, 08:37:31 PM »
Hmm. At least he's home, even if the tests don't reveal any oddities. Of course, one always hopes someone will take better care of themselves after something liek this. But then again, we humans can be verrry stubborn. I hope he recovers well.
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Re: MISTBORN Reviews
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2006, 12:40:48 PM »
Well, in further bad review news, I've got a new 1-star review for ELANTRIS up.  Sigh.
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