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Brandon Sanderson / Re: How did you find out about Brandon Sanderson?
« on: March 25, 2010, 05:22:49 PM »
I saw on /. that Robert Jordan died, and his wife had chosen Brandon to finish the books. Anybody here knows /. knows that criticism from the geek crowd there can be pretty harsh.
I looked up Brandon Sanderson, found his website, and read the first three chapters of Mistborn. Even if it wasn't a great book, I would have finished it for no other reason than he posted the first three chapters for free.
I have since purchased all 3 mistborn books and elantris, gotten my wife into them and now she's read them all. Wife pulled up his page and started reading Alcatraz, we thought it would be great to assign my 11 yr old daughter for a book report (homeschool), so I bought it and have read the entire alcatraz series to date.
We're currently reading the first book to my 8 yr old son.
Unlike most, I had not read WoT before I heard of Brandon. I had heard of WoT as the epitomy of Fantasy series, but never gotten around to it. I'm not trying to collect all of the WoT series in Hard Cover, and have read them all.
Will also be getting all of Brandon's works in hard cover as I can. Before Brandon, I read little Fantasy novels primarily reading mystery, suspense, and thrillers.
I looked up Brandon Sanderson, found his website, and read the first three chapters of Mistborn. Even if it wasn't a great book, I would have finished it for no other reason than he posted the first three chapters for free.
I have since purchased all 3 mistborn books and elantris, gotten my wife into them and now she's read them all. Wife pulled up his page and started reading Alcatraz, we thought it would be great to assign my 11 yr old daughter for a book report (homeschool), so I bought it and have read the entire alcatraz series to date.
We're currently reading the first book to my 8 yr old son.
Unlike most, I had not read WoT before I heard of Brandon. I had heard of WoT as the epitomy of Fantasy series, but never gotten around to it. I'm not trying to collect all of the WoT series in Hard Cover, and have read them all.
Will also be getting all of Brandon's works in hard cover as I can. Before Brandon, I read little Fantasy novels primarily reading mystery, suspense, and thrillers.