Timewaster's Guide Archive

My opinion may not mean much as I haven't read the book, but as a fantasy fan I don't really like the cover.  There just isn't enough to the cover to pull in a passer by.  Of course I will buy the book, but if I weren't a Sanderson fan and I saw a book with this cover I may not be pulled to it.

I am not entirely sure it is necessary to label a character in a story as gay.  In general, knowing that piece of knowledge wouldn't necessarily have a large impact on a character's actions (except in one respect).  That being said, you could argue there are different types of gay people much as there are different types of other people.  My dad for example is gay, but if you were to right a story with a character for which he was the basis he would just seem like a rather liberal guy, but would otherwise be unextraordinary.  If a character in a novel were gay in the effect that it totally dominated their character then you could argue that this character's actions would greatly effect how he/she acts.

I am not to sure homosexuality is given the proper amount of treatment ("proper" meaning that characters in novels sexual orientation should relatively match up with the proportion of straight/gay people in real life society) because of the nature of writers.  Aren't most authors who write novels generally conservative much the way talk radio is conservative and other outlets of the media are liberal?  I have no basis for this but think this could be possible.

I think these new covers are great.  I wasn't a fan of the old art and that probably delayed me in purchasing Mistborn.

What is "Hope of Elantris?"

Touche.

You get the Stumps Me award for the day.

And what about those people (like me) that don't really have a library.  I am at the county limits so while I have several libraries on my way to work I can't go there.  The library in my county is at least 20 miles away and probably sucks b/c my county is still developing.

Of course I would not pay that much to rent a book.

First found out the guy existed yesterday.

I first heard of Brandon Sanderson earlier today.  Like many other people in the world the name was introduced to me with a particular recent announcement.  I was skeptical to hear that some individual I had never heard of would contribute greatly to AMOL.  But from fan reviews I have read of your works and just based upon the feeling I get about you I am pleased of the choise Harriet made.

I plan on picking up your works and giving them a go (though I may have to get through my current reading list). 

 A little about me:

I was introduced to fantasy at the age of 14 when I was in 9th grade (1994).  The author that opened my eyes was Terry Brooks.  Shortly thereafter I ventured into other series.  The most notable being WOT.  I have read books 1 - 6 3 times, books 7 - 10 2 times, and book 11 just once for now.

Over the past couple of years I have expanded my horizons by including more authors in my reading rotation (before I would tend to re-read books by a very few authors).  This was done because of the influence of posters on the Terry Brooks forums (which is also where I learned that you would be taking on AMOL).

All the best of luck to you.  It really seems like the fans that post here are family or friend.  This new fan hopes that he can be your friend someday as well    San Tan Heights Ward represent!